Running time 166–177 minutes Country India Language Tamil Budget est. ₹1.32—1.62 billion Box office est. ₹2.90 billion Enthiran ( lit. Robot) is a 2010 Indian -language written and directed. It is the first installment in the.
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The film stars and in lead roles;, and play supporting roles. The were composed by while the dialogues, cinematography, editing and art direction were handled by, and respectively. The story revolves around the struggle of scientist Vaseegaran (played by Rajinikanth) to control his creation, an named (also played by Rajinikanth), after Chitti's software is upgraded to give it the ability to comprehend and exhibit human emotions.
The project backfires when the robot falls in love with the scientist's girlfriend (Rai), and is manipulated by Bohra (Denzongpa), a rival scientist, into becoming homicidal. After being stalled in the phase for nearly a decade, the film's principal photography began in 2008 and lasted two years. The film marked the debut of studio (which was responsible for the film's and ) in Indian cinema. Enthiran was released worldwide on 1 October 2010, along with its versions: Robot in and Robo in. Produced by, it was India's up to that point. The film received generally positive reviews upon release. Critics were particularly appreciative of Rajinikanth's performance, Rathnavelu's cinematography, Cyril's art direction and the visual effects.
Enthiran emerged as the top-earning Indian film of 2010 and is the of all time. It won two, three, seven and two. Enthiran was followed up by its, which released in 2018. Contents. Plot After a decade of research, the scientist Vaseegaran creates a sophisticated with the help of his assistants, Siva and Ravi, to commission it into the.
He introduces the robot, named, at a robotics conference in. Chitti helps Sana, Vaseegaran's girlfriend, cheat in her examination, then saves her from being assaulted by a group of thugs. Vaseegaran's mentor, Professor Bohra, is secretly engaged in a project to create similar android robots for a terrorist organisation, but has so far been unsuccessful. Vaseegaran prepares Chitti for an evaluation by the Artificial Intelligence Research and Development (AIRD) Institute, which is headed by Bohra. During the evaluation, Chitti attempts to stab Vaseegaran at Bohra's command, which convinces the evaluation committee that the robot is a liability and cannot be used for military purposes. Vaseegaran's effort to prove Bohra wrong fails when he deploys Chitti to rescue people from a burning building.
The robot saves most of them, including a girl named Selvi who was bathing at the time, but she is ashamed at being seen naked on camera and flees, only to be hit and killed by a truck. Vaseegaran asks for one month to modify Chitti's to enable it to understand human behaviour and emotions, to which Bohra agrees. While nearing the deadline, Chitti becomes angry with Vaseegaran, demonstrating to him that it can manifest emotions. Chitti uses Sana's textbooks to successfully help Sana's sister Latha give birth to a child.
Bohra congratulates Vaseegaran on the achievement and allows Chitti to pass the AIRD evaluation. Chitti develops romantic feelings for Sana after she congratulates Chitti by kissing it. When Vaseegaran and Sana realise this, Sana explains to Chitti that they are only friends. Saddened by Sana's rejection, yet still in love with her, Chitti deliberately fails an evaluation conducted by the Indian Army.
Enraged, Vaseegaran chops Chitti into pieces, which are dumped by Siva and Ravi into a landfill site. Bohra visits the site to retrieve Chitti, which has now reassembled itself, albeit in a damaged state. Bohra embeds a red chip inside Chitti while reconstructing it, converting it into version 2.0, which is more aggressive and unempathetic. It then gatecrashes Vaseegaran and Sana's wedding, kidnaps Sana, creates replicas of itself and kills Bohra. Using its robot army, Chitti occupies AIRD and causes mayhem in the city. After informing Sana that it has acquired the human ability to reproduce, Chitti wishes to marry her so that a machine and a human being can give birth to a preprogrammed child, but Sana refuses.
It eventually finds Vaseegaran, who entered AIRD to stop it, and nearly kills him before the police appear. The ensuing battle between Chitti's robot army and the police personnel leads to a lot of property destruction and many casualties. Vaseegaran eventually captures Chitti using a magnetic wall and accesses its internal control panel, whereby he instructs all the other robots to self-destruct. He then removes Chitti's red chip, calming it. In a court hearing, Vaseegaran is sentenced to death for the casualties and damages caused by the robot army, but Chitti explains that it was Bohra who caused its deviant behaviour and shows the court video footage of Bohra installing the red chip. The court releases Vaseegaran, while ordering that Chitti be dismantled. Left with no choice, Vaseegaran asks Chitti to dismantle itself.
While saying goodbye, Chitti apologises to Vaseegaran and Sana, who forgive it, before dismantling itself. The film's setting then shifts to 2030. Chitti is now a museum exhibit. A curious school student on excursion asks her guide why it was dismantled, to which Chitti responds, ' Naan sinthikka arambichen' ( I started thinking). I thought that playing Chitti the robot would be very difficult. He is a machine. His movements should not be like a human being's.
We had to draw a line. If I deviated even slightly, Shankar would point it out and say I was being too human. After four to five days of shooting, we found a rhythm. — Rajinikanth, on his experience of playing Chitti. as Vaseegaran and. as Sana. as Bohra.
as Siva. as Ravi. as the traffic police officer.
as Pachaimuthu. as Vaseegaran's father. as the neighbourhood bully. as Latha, Sana's sister. as Vaseegaran's mother. as Shah. as the police inspector.
as the curious student. as one of the barbers working at. as K. Bhajanlal, one of the customers at The Park Hotel Production Origin Following the completion of his first directorial venture in Hindi, (2001), announced his next project, Robot, which was to feature.
The film was to be produced by the now-defunct company Media Dreams, a division of. The film was reported to be a futuristic set in Chennai in around 2200 or 3000. Despite the completion of a photoshoot featuring Haasan and Zinta, the project was shelved as a result of scheduling conflicts with Haasan. Shankar consequently started work on (2003). After Boys, Shankar began work on his next feature starring, which was initially reported by to be Robot revived, but was later revealed as (2005). One month post the release of his action film in June 2007, he approached for the lead in Robot.
Khan was about to produce it under his own banner, but in October the same year the project was officially aborted due to creative differences between the two. The project was revived in January 2008 with and the -based production company willing to produce the film. The state government of granted tax exemptions for films titled in, resulting in the new production being renamed Enthiran. While was originally assigned to write the dialogue for the film, took over after Rangarajan's death in February 2008. In December 2008, Eros International withdrew from funding the project after financial difficulties caused by the box-office failure of (2008) and (2008), with the subsequent departure of Ayngaran International, which struggled with the. The film's production and release rights were sold to.
Cast and crew. For their roles, Rajinikanth ( left) and Rai ( right) were paid ₹450 million and ₹60 million respectively. In January 2008, accepted the lead role in the film for a salary of ₹450 million. Shankar rewrote the original script to suit Rajinikanth's acting style. In an interview with the Tamil channel, held shortly after the film's release in October 2010, Rajinikanth revealed that Shankar, following the release of his in 1996, had approached and pitched three storylines for him to consider for his next venture.
Rajinikanth was impressed with two of the scripts and agreed to star in the films, which became Sivaji and Enthiran. The third script narrated by Shankar focused on an aspiring bodybuilder; it eventually became (2015). Although was Shankar's original choice for the female lead in 2001, she declined it owing to a busy schedule and was replaced by Zinta.
When Shankar revived the project with Rajinikanth, contenders for the part included, and Rai, who was ultimately selected and paid ₹60 million. Rai's voice was dubbed. Several actors were considered for the role of Professor Bohra, including, and British actor, but it was who eventually received it, making Enthiran his first film in Tamil. Dubbing for Denzongpa was provided by Kadhir.
Comedians and were cast to portray Vaseegaran's assistants Siva and Ravi respectively. The soundtrack album and background score were composed by A. Rahman., and Madhan Karky authored the lyrics for the songs., son of filmmaker, was signed on to be an assistant director after he approached Shankar. Also working as assistant directors were, Shree and Karthik G. Krish., in addition to being the film's art director, made a guest appearance as Shah, an interpreter between Bohra and the terrorist organisation.
Was hired as the cinematographer after, and were considered. Was the film's editor., known for his work in and the films, was selected to be the stunt co-ordinator, while, a visual effects studio based in the United States, were in charge of the and animatronics in the film.based film technical company, were responsible for the. The film's was done by Rekha Haricharan. Costume design and Mary E. Vogt were chosen to design the film's costumes. Fifty-seven costumes were used for Rai, including a 'Mexican tribal' look that she sported during the filming of the ' segment.
According to make-up artist, no prosthetics were used for Rajinikanth to avoid bothering him by withholding his time on set. Additional make-up was by Vance Hartwell, an employee of Legacy Effects.
The visual appearance of Chitti was based on the. For Chitti's 'villain robot' look, its hair was spiked and brown coloured lenses were used for its eyes, whereas for its 'good robot' look, green coloured lenses were used. The wig used for Chitti's 'villain robot' look had a silver streak in the middle, made out of hair, while its leather jacket was designed by Vogt. To make Vaseegaran look mature, the team made Rajinikanth sport an. Suits made of copper were used for Chitti's costumes.
Principal photography. The residential section of the Incan city of Machu Picchu, which features in the song, 'Kilimanjaro'. For Sabu Cyril's sets, Shankar required approximately twice as much studio floor space as for his previous film.
After rejecting for technical reasons, Enthiran 's producer, took six months to set up three air-conditioned studio floors on land in owned by Sun TV Network. Filming began on 15 February 2008 at in Chennai. After the initial stages of filming, Shankar and Rathnavelu toured the world for three weeks, scouting for exotic filming locations.
They visited Austria, Germany, Peru, Brazil and Argentina, looking for a backdrop to shoot the 'Kilimanjaro' and 'Kadhal Anukkal' segments, eventually deciding on Peru and Brazil. 'Kilimanjaro' was filmed at the ruins of the city of in Peru, with some 100 Brazilian extras. It was choreographed by and supervised by Fernando Astete, director of the Machu Picchu archaeological park. 'Kadhal Anukkal' was filmed in in northeastern Brazil.
The filming for Chitti's introduction to the international robotics conference was completed in December 2008 at and, where more than 400 students were used as extras. Further footage was shot over five days at the on the car carrier, Neptune Ace.
An action sequence where Chitti saves Sana from thugs was filmed in, under the supervision of the action choreographer. Scenes featuring Rajinikanth as Chitti were captured over five days at the in Chennai. Sabu Cyril told Uma Kannan of that the sets for the climax sequence, which was filmed at, consisted of a tar road and glass buildings which rose to 65 feet (20 m), and that, reported to have cost ₹50 million, were also used to design the sets. The set for ', a sequence choreographed by, was designed and constructed by Cyril at Ramoji Film City. Filming of the number took place over 22 days in April 2009. Junior artists were employed by Rathnavelu to wear masks of Rajinikanth.
For the sequence entitled 'Irumbile Oru Irudhaiyam', choreographed by and featuring Rai and Rajinikanth as Chitti, three different sets were used: one of copper, one of gold and one in silver. The musical number, which was filmed in AVM Studios for eight days, was the last portion of the film's principal photography. D'Souza incorporated the style of, but encountered difficulties in performing the dance movements in tandem with the robot, and with the restrictions created by the rigid costumes. Principal photography ended on 7 July 2010. Visual effects Impressed with the film's script, became the visual effects supervisor in December 2007. He asked Shankar to increase the filming schedules by six months to include pre-production requirements. Both Mohan and Shankar visited several visual effects companies, including the New Zealand-based and the United States-based, and before partnering with Legacy Effects.
The original Eros-Ayngaran visual effects budget was ₹700 million, but after Sun Pictures took over production, it was significantly reduced to ₹200 million. As a result, the visual effects team had to omit and alter some sequences, making Chitti wear sunglasses for most of the film to reduce the cost and difficultly of animating his eyes. After a series of tests, including a scene in which Chitti jumps on a train to save Sana, Mohan eventually decided to use the technique in 40 out of the 60 visual effects scenes featured in the film, consisting of 2,000 takes. Further previsualisation supervision was conducted by P. Sanath of Firefly Creative Studios, a visual effects company based in. Were constructed using 3D animation programs for every scene in the film and were shot from different angles. In an interview with Malathi Rangarajan of, Mohan said that all of the pre-production work took one-and-a-half years to complete.
Rathnavelu used the camera and also wrote a 1,600-page manual, in which he listed all of the possible angles from where he could film the characters Rajinikanth played. Legacy Effects and the Hong Kong-based visual effects companies Kinomotive Studios and Menfond Electronics took responsibility for the film's work. To create the robots with Rajinikanth's appearance, a complete scan of his face in 3D digital format in all possible lighting conditions was conducted using the Doom Light Stage, so that his face could be replicated on the. The technique, according to Shankar, was previously used in (2008). The robot Chitti featured in the film was a mannequin made by a Legacy Effects team of 100 technicians in Los Angeles. For every robotic mannequin used, six puppeteers were employed to control the mannequin's movements.
Themes and influences Enthiran focuses on the battle between man and machine. Despite Shankar's claim that Enthiran was a purely original idea, it has been compared to 's 1818 novel, owing to the similar personae of Chitti and, both of which turn against their respective creators. Moti Gokulsing and Wimal Dissanayake, in their book Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas, noted the similarity between the two works, arguing that Chitti was 'manipulated by Bohra to become a Frankenstein-like figure'. Writing for, Genevieve Koski observed, 'The plot of Enthiran is essentially Frankenstein via 's.' Director and film critic called Enthiran 'a superhero film, a sci-fi adventure, a triangular love story with a hint of the ', while remarking that Enthiran 's similarities to (1984) were 'more than obvious.
Not just visually—where we see the Superstar with one human eye and one scarred metallic eye but also intentionally spelt out when the bad robot announces that he has created Terminators.' Kamath compared two of the film's robots to and, from the film series, which was referenced in Enthiran when Vaseegaran refers to one of his creations as 'R2'. Although Shankar initially claimed that Enthiran would be made for all audiences, including those lacking, the film is influenced by and makes references to many scientific principles relating to the fields of engineering, computer science and robotics, including and Asimov's laws of robotics. Visual references are made to the (2005) and (2005). In his book Visual Perception and Cultural Memory: Typecast and Typecast(e)ing in Malayalam Cinema, Sujith Kumar Parayil notes the similarities between Kalabhavan Mani's role in the film to the one Mani played in the film (1996). Main article: For Enthiran's soundtrack and score, A. Rahman made use of the, an instrument he had experimented with previously in the song 'Rehna Tu' from 's (2009).
The film also marked the debut of Rahman's daughter Khatija as a playback singer. The soundtrack album to Enthiran was released on 31 July 2010 at the in, Malaysia. The Tamil and Telugu versions were released by Think Music, while the Hindi version was released by Venus Music. Think Music purchased the release rights of the Tamil and Telugu versions of the album for ₹70 million. The album of the film's Telugu version, Robo, was released on 6 August 2010, while its Hindi version, Robot, was released on 14 August 2010.
After the second day of release, the album's Tamil version reached the number one position in the Top 10 World Albums chart on, making it the first Tamil album to do so. Release Enthiran was released on 1 October 2010 in three languages—in Tamil as Enthiran, in Hindi as Robot and in Telugu as Robo. The original version was in Tamil, while the Hindi and Telugu versions were dubbed. The film was released in 2,250 theatres worldwide, including 500 theatres in Tamil Nadu, 350 theatres in, 128 theatres in, 23 theatres in, and 750 theatres in North India.
With an estimated budget of ₹1.32—1.62 billion, Enthiran was up to that point, surpassing the Hindi film (2009), which was filmed on a budget of ₹750 million. Enthiran became the first Tamil film to be released at the, a theatre complex in, and it was screened at the 21st, held in the United Kingdom in 2011. Additionally, a version of the film, edited to a running length of two hours, was released in Japan in May 2012, and later screened at the 24th, where it won a special award under the section 'Winds of Asia–Middle East'. By public demand, the original, unedited version was later released in that country.
Marketing and distribution The first poster for Enthiran was released on 8 September 2008. The film's trailer was released on 11 September 2010, at the theatre complex in Chennai. To promote Enthiran, organised a festival from 25 September 2010 until its release date, in which they screened popular films of Rajinikanth at the company's theatre in. In Coimbatore, the printed 100,000 post cards advertising the film. Sun Pictures invested a total of ₹500 million on promotional activities. Advance bookings for the film began two weeks before the release date in the United States.
In the neighbourhood in New York, tickets were sold out within ten minutes of going on sale. In Kerala the distribution rights were sold for ₹50 million, while in Karnataka they were sold for ₹100 million.
The distribution rights in Mumbai were sold to Shringar Films. In the United Kingdom, Enthiran was released by Ayngaran International, while Robot was released. DVD marketing in India was handled by; Ayngaran International released the two-DVD set of the film in early 2011. Plagiarism allegations The novelist Aarur Thamizhnadan made a complaint with the against the filmmakers in November 2010, stating that the producers plagiarised his 1996 novel Jugiba. Thamizhnadan demanded ₹10 million from the director and producers for damages and filed a case against Kalanithi Maran. In June 2011, the dismissed the case after a petition filed by Maran denying the allegation was approved. Reception Box office The daily newspaper reported that Enthiran grossed ₹580 million from all versions in the opening weekend, and stated it netted ₹1.17 billion by the end of its opening week.
According to a February 2015 report by Hindustan Times, the film has grossed ₹2.56 billion worldwide in its lifetime. Stated in July 2015 that the film grossed ₹2.90 billion from both its original and dubbed versions. Enthiran became the top-earning Indian film of 2010 ahead of and and became the at that point. As of January 2018, Enthiran is the of all time after 's two-part films (2017) and (2015), and 's (2016). Estimated that Enthiran netted ₹1.95 billion across India with the Tamil version netting ₹1.20 billion, the Telugu version netting ₹530 million and the Hindi version netting ₹220 million. The website estimated the overseas earnings of the film (including its dubbed versions) at approximately $12 million as of November 2010 with the Tamil version grossing $11 million and the remaining $1 million coming in from the Telugu and Hindi versions. Enthiran collected ₹1.05 billion in Tamil Nadu alone, a record it held for seven years before being surpassed by (2017), which grossed ₹1.526 billion.
Critical response India Enthiran received positive reviews from critics in India, with praise particularly directed at Rathnavelu's cinematography, Cyril's art direction, Srinivas Mohan's visual effects and Rajinikanth's performance as Chitti. Aniruddha Guha of gave the film a rating of four out of five stars and believed it had the 'best special effects ever seen in a Tamil film' and that it was 'one of the most entertaining Tamil films—across all languages—ever made.' Both of The Times of India and Kaveree Bamzai of rated the film four out of five stars. Kazmi called it 'the perfect getaway film'. Bamzai praised Rajinikanth's acting in the film and said, 'Rajni tells us why robot sapiens are superior to '. Both of and Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff.com gave Enthiran a rating of three-and-a-half stars out of five. Chopra criticised the film's portions in the second half, describing them as 'needlessly stretched and cacophonous', but concluded her review by saying, ' Robot rides on Rajinikanth's shoulders and he never stoops under the burden.
Aided by snazzy clothes, make-up and special effects, he makes Chitti endearing.' Srinivasan, however, said that Shankar 'strikes the balance between science fiction and masala quotient.' She concluded that, 'Whichever way you look at it, Endhiran sic is one of those rare films that give you just enough material to pull you in, and enjoy yourself.' Of gave a rating of three out of five stars and said, 'In the end, it's the fantastic special effects and an inspired performance from Rajnikant sic that keeps the film fresh.' , writing for Hindustan Times, rated it three stars and said, 'Leave aside jokes running on the Internet. This film, just a few feet too long, is fine entertainment by itself.'
Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express noted Enthiran for having 'An engaging script, brilliant special effects, and a debonair hero who still carries his charisma effortlessly.' Karthik Subramanian of The Hindu observed that actors 'tend to get lost in special effects movies.' Subramanian believed it was not the case in Enthiran: 'Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai carry the movie on their shoulders, and considering the fact that much of the acting must have been in front of green screens, one has to say that nothing looks artificial right through.' In contrast, Gautaman Bhaskaran of Hindustan Times rated it two out of five stars, writing that 'Shankar's work slips into a loud, overdramatic and exaggerated mess'. Overseas Enthiran has received a rating of 60% on the website, based on ten reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10.
Lisa Tsering from said, 'Rajinikanth is such a badass that is.' She praised the filming locations, especially the 'Kilimanjaro' song sequence, but criticised the length of the film's climax portions.
Genevieve Koski from The A. Club believed that Enthiran was 'pretty good' and concluded that 'if you prefer elaborate costumes and dance music mixed in with your killer-robot action, expect to enjoy up to an hour of Enthiran.' Marc Savlov of called Enthiran 'the best apocalyptic sci-fi-romcom-melodrama-dance-off date movie of the year.'
Roger Moore, writing for the, gave a mixed review, evaluating it as a 'melodramatic kitschy Indian musical about a robot built for national defense but who discovers his human side.' Following the film's screening at the, American film director praised Enthiran 's originality. Conversely, of believed that Shankar 'riffs on everything' from Frankenstein to The Terminator, but suggested that the film was an 'overwhelming mash-up of American-style, f/x-driven sci-fi spectacle and a Bollywood musical.' Akifumi Sugihara, director of the Film Business division of, stated that the film was 'rather unique, interesting, funny and marketable.'
Miwako Fujioka, a member of the Japan-based Happinet Corporation, called Enthiran 'a Bollywood type of film with a lot of Indian flavours in it.' Awards and nominations. Main article: At the, Enthiran won for. It won in three categories at the for, and Best Costume Design. At the, it was nominated in fourteen categories and won in seven, including and for Rajinikanth,. At the, the film won awards under the and Spectacular Cutting Edge Technology categories.
Legacy In a personal appreciation letter to Shankar following the film's release, the director described Shankar as India's, Enthiran as India's (2009) and Sun Pictures as India's. Enthiran was the only Tamil film featured on the (IMDb) list of the 50 best films of 2010. The film was also included as a case study in a postgraduate elective course of the, 'Contemporary Film Industry: A Business Perspective'. Scenes from Enthiran, particularly one known as the 'Black Sheep' scene, have been parodied in subsequent films, including (2011), (2011), (2013), as well as in the Telugu films (2011) and (2011). In the film, Chitti often introduces himself by stating the of his, which is 1 terahertz (10 12 ), and his limit, which is 1 zettabyte (10 21 ). This introduction dialogue, which is spoken by Chitti as 'Hi, I'm Chitti, speed 1 terahertz, memory 1 zettabyte' became popular. Rajinikanth featured in a cameo role as Chitti in the science-fiction film (2011).
On Rajinikanth's 64th birthday, an agency named Minimal Kollywood Posters designed posters of Rajinikanth's films, in which the characters from the franchise are dressed as Rajinikanth. The digital art was hand drawn on a digital pad by Gautham Raj. One of the posters depicted a mutated Minion, reminiscent of Chitti's 'villain robot' look in Enthiran. In March 2015, Kamath, in his review of the science fiction film, compared its eponymous lead character to Chitti in terms of learning human emotions. Main article: In September 2015, writer announced that the pre-production stage of a sequel to Enthiran was 'going on in full swing' and that principal photography would commence once Rajinikanth finished filming for Kabali, by the end of that year.
Would be the cinematographer and A. Rahman would return as music director, while Muthuraj would handle the art direction. The sequel would be shot in 3D, unlike its predecessor which was shot in 2D and converted to 3D in post-production. Titled 2.0, the film entered production in December 2015 and was released on 29 November 2018.
Rajinikanth reprised his role as Vaseegaran and Chitti with the additional cast played. The and gives the runtime as 166 minutes and 177 minutes respectively. ^ claims the film's budget to be ₹1.32 million, whereas Anirban Bhattacharya of and T. Sreenivasan Raghavan of state that it is ₹1.62 billion. ^ The average exchange rate in 2008 was 49.82 ( ₹) per 1 US dollar (US$).
In an interview with Geety Sahgal of, Shankar stated that Rai had her dialogues translated from Tamil to English and rehearsed it the night before each day of filming. In and, a crane shot is a shot taken by a on a. Vogt was also the costume designer for the film series.
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The average exchange rate in 2009 was 46.29 Indian rupees ( ₹) per 1 US dollar (US$). The 'Black Sheep' scene refers to a scene where Chitti finds Dr. Vaseegaran disguised as him amidst the robot army. The satellite rights of Mankatha, Osthe and Singam II were purchased by Sun TV.
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