Endhiran (Robot) 2010

Defination:
Rajnikant: The bus conductor who became not just a Superstar, but a phenomenon. Combine a little bit of the do goodness of Bono, the charisma of Sean Connery, the cult status of the Beatles, the spirituality of the Dalai Lama, put it in a blender, add a moustache, some slick angular moves and you have the second biggest star in Asia and he isn't even from the much hyped Bollywood. As Lennon once said (controversially) his popularity rivals the gods.(atleast in Tamil Nadu)

Thalaivar Robo

Robot alias Endhiran is his late but  latest offering. There is no use explaining anything in usual Rajni movies but this one is different. First of all this is a Kamal Haasan movie, so there is a bit of character development and less of senseless style and punch dialogues. So to compensate here is a bit of bullet punch points outlining the highlights.

• Meeheeh Black Sheep! The Villian Rajni! Rajnikanth makes the best villain with a manic glitter in his eyes and the painted slightly freakish slab of make up on his face. (Think Heath Ledgers Joker with a less arthritic make up artist)
• Introducing sci fi/ fantasy to the Indian Junta. We have so many engineers and so few sci fi movies. 
• The scientist Rajni taking a back seat and not even beating up the big fat shirtless guy who messes with his girlfriend ( who messes with the big fat shirtless guy first)
• 61 year old man doing stuff even 30 year olds will not find the energy to.
• Graphics! Graphics! Graphics! Oru Rajni sonna naan nooru Rajni kamipen! ( You tell me one Rajni and I will show you a hundred!)
• The way the graphics were intelligently used. Big but not unbelievable. 
• 1 zzigabyte! ehehehehe.

Then there were the letdowns

• Aishwarya Rai's make up in some scenes, get her a mirror or an eye check up for god's sake!
• Kilimanjaro song. Sue the director, choreographer, make up artist and stylist for defacing some of the prettiest ancient monuments.
• The comedy track? if there was one.
• AR Rahman, you sent the wrong cd. These aren't the songs we heard during the audio release. These sound like rough cuts!! (or was it the theatre audio systems fault?)