I saw Endhiran. It's in 2D, but I can say it's 4D in fun! It's proved to me beyond all doubt that Indians love mythology and also mythology can do with a bit of technology like robotics and animation. I will not be a spoilsport and tell you the gripping story. I will just list a few things about Endhiran:
- Rajni doesn't disappoint. I quite liked him and Ash. In fact the movie shows that there are a very small number of people irreplaceable in India like Rajni and Aishwarya.
- The movie story line borrows heavily from Hindu epics with characters like Raktabijasura ( this is Navaratri time!) and Bhasmasura. However it is a true original.
- In fact Chitti Chitti Bang Bang movie has copied the idea from Endhiran. You may wonder how, but you see Endhiran (his name is Chitti and he goes bang bang) defies the concept of time. For example the robot can instantly manufacture clones of himself and endow all of them with super programs which can be used in a cloud computing mode.
- Rajni is called Dr.Vaseegaran. That is perhaps derived from the Sanskrit word Vashikara, which means a Captor. Like Ravana. But then it's not Rajni, but the robot-who-goes-bad Mr. Endhiran who becomes a Ravana. He falls in love with Ash and steals her from Dr. Vasi.
- Endhiran is not your ordinary everyday robot. He has supersonic speed, super strength, and also SUPER magnetism (and speed 1 TeraHz and memory 1 ZettaByte- 10^21B). He can act like a 10 tesla magnet and attract large quantities of metallic objects. His preference is for machettes used to chop coconuts (he chops policemen's greedy palms).
- Aishwarya is simply superb. Even a small nut will fall in love with her. Then why not a super robot? In fact he plans to produce robo sapiens after marrying her!
- Even Endhiran will have to negotiate. But only with Madras mosquitoes. They tame him by reminding him of their powers of mass destruction which far exceed his capacity. They are also indestructible, and have fancy names like Rosalski.
- Any resemblance to Toy Story 3 (robot gone wrong) and 3 Idiots (complicated delivery) is purely coincidental. If you want to know how to correct with your bare hands a wrong foetal presentation, read here.
- It is no longer fashionable to say to a woman, "I love you." Better say, "ÿou're my wasabi".
- You can make a full love song with words that rhyme with Kilimanjaro and Mohenjadaro. (No, they don't show scenes from these places. They use computer graphics for scenery).
- If you thought all Bollywood dances show lots of men and women dance like robots think again. They ARE robots!
- Robots will overtake India. They will build the next CWG stadia and stuff in time, without corruption, and without 1000% cost overrun. You see, we have the best software folks in the world like Vaseegaran!
- However, we still need to solve one problem. Robots need electrical power. And once the power is cut, they fall down almost dead, but thank God we have lots of Amabassador cars stuck in traffic jams in Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, T. Nagar and Nungambakkam High Road. The robots will rush or crawl and snatch power from their batteries!
- Finally: some things never change. Sanskrit words mutate themselves so cutely in Tamil. Yantra becomes Endhiran!
