vvp_14 With this film it just goes to show that no matter how much money they spend on smashing cars, massive sets, extras and CGI (which is not that good, by the way) you still get a story created and told by someone with intelligence no more than that of a 12-year old. To add to that are the stunts that defy the laws of physics, stupid dances by the android, infantile dialogues, fake acting, some absolutely ridiculous conversations of the robot with mosquitoes, laughable fights and giant worms, pyramids and other fighting structures made up of robots turning this in the end into a complete grotesque made-by-amateurs-in-a-garage joke, no matter how expensive it was.I realise there are huge cultural differences in what is perceived a good film and I'm happy to ignore those to get to the bare bones of it, but there certainly exists a universal appreciation by all human beings of what is good and original, and if you also strip the film of all that is western in the way the movies are created including the stolen ideas from western sci-fi film (The Matrix, several robot films), all the cars and technology, as well as of the purely Indian thing here - the dancing-singing numbers - one is left with nothing more than a pile of rubbish.The only good thing about this film is actually those dancing and singing clips that have nothing to do with the story. Visually and choreographically very beautifully done (excluding the songs, that is). Maybe Indian film-makers should stick to those Bollywood ways of making movies that I'm sure some of them are deserving every praise in their own right and not embarrass themselves any more.P.S. Some Indian fans called it the Indian I, Robot. And so it is. The only question is: is this all they are capable of producing?

proctor silex If you are not Indian, you, like me, probably first heard about Endhiran by seeing fantastic clips of fighting androids on YouTube. With special effects and creativity like that, how could one go wrong? Right? Good enough acting. Decent writing (maybe my issues with the story and dialogues are just cultural or lost in translation). Great special effects. Decent song and dance numbers if you are into that sort of thing. Forever. Seriously: FOREVAAAAARR. After the first hour, I thought that they would be tying up the story soon. After all, how much more ritz could they put on about romantic robots? Much much more than my friends and I could handle. It is an enjoyable movie, but it is far too long and the songs get really old and merely draw the movie out rather than advance the story (and my enjoyment). If there were a version condensed down to just over an hour with only a few dances, it would probably be awesome and worthy of 8.5/10.

ian959 Perhaps I went into viewing this film with too many expectations based upon what I had heard about it, but Endhiran just left me bemused.On the plus side, yes it was marginally different to most Indian films but ultimately once you removed the very good veneer not that much different. That veneer was some of the glossiest and best effects seen in an Indian film ever, although even those at times were by no means a good as has been claimed (think low definition in an otherwise high definition presentation).But the negative side? Whoa were there lots here. I don't think the writers actually knew where they wanted to take this film after they got into the meat of it and in the end it feels like a compromise that ended up going a well trodden path. Rather than being truly original they tried to seek inspiration from way too many robot sci-fi films which really destroyed where they were heading. Did they really need to go the robot runs amok route for instance? Jealous, bumbling lab techs? Been done to death by many a B-grade sci-fi film and I don't think it added much to the film other than a lot of length and poor attempts at humor.Sorry to all the Rajnikanth fans out there but his recent work has not been of high standard to me (and that includes the woefully overrated Sivaji) and again his "acting" lets this film down badly. He does not have the emotional range that his character needed. Some of that perhaps lies in the casting. Whilst Aishwarya is undoubtedly a very beautiful woman, I cannot help but feel that this film needed perhaps less beauty and more substance that an older, better actor could have provided. The age difference of the actors here simply did not convince at all, for all Aishwarya's efforts, and the chemistry just did not seem to be there - and that relationship was crucial to the film.The editing could have been a lot better too but in some respects I guess that they wanted to emphasize the technical aspects of the film which absorbed a large chunk of the budget no doubt. Indeed, too much seemed to be compromised to allow the effects to take center stage. Never a good idea, whether you are James Cameron or Shankar.The effects themselves were never as smooth and realistic as those found in Hollywood. That in itself would not be a concern except there was a such a huge emphasis on the effects that every little issue with them became clear. If you are going to do an effects-laden film then you need to get the effects 100% spot on, something that a great director knows. Failure to do so can take the audience out of the illusion very easily as it does here on occasions.Whilst I understand that the Indian viewing public expects and demands songs in their films, there really was no easy way to include them in this film without it being a huge distraction. Had this truly been a groundbreaking Indian film, they should have had the guts to cut the songs out. They added nothing to the film and took the viewer out of the storyline too much.Maybe its just me and Shankar films but this was a disappointment of the highest order.

Saad Khan Endhiran – ROBOT – ( A ) Robot is true entertainer, with wild action sequences and high quality graphics. The special effects of the movie are comparable to Hollywood movies. Rajnikanth is the man who made it so enjoyable with his performance. The difference of performances between engineer Rajnikanth and Robo before and after interval is spectacular. No one can imagine that it's the same person. Aishwarya Rai looked stunning in this movie; usually in commercial movies she doesn't look as stunning as to traditional movies. But this time in every frame and shot she leaves her beauty and performance mark. The director S.Shanker gave an amazing direction and A.R.Rahman's score is splendid as always. Overall, A complete package of fun, drama, action and entertainment.