This was my first attempt to watch a 'Rajnikant movie' in a multiplex and that too on a vital sunday. Not that i expected a well-scripted story or awe-inspiring acting , but i certainly wanted to laugh my lungs out on the 'Rajni-isms' that are so ubiquitous in all his movies. But unfortunately, this movie lacked the 'rajni-isms' too apart from the other bare essentials !:(
The movie starts with a horrible looking(apt to his profession) scientist who only gets uglier with time, trying to give the final touches to his robot, which he has been working on for the last 10 years. A minute later you getto see a sylph who is crazy about this 'Fugly nerd'. Aishwarya's looks only act as an eye-soother. Her acting, nonetheless make her equally resentful. You getto know that he has not met her in God- knows-how -many-days, but still this angel is crazy about him(Maybe that's y this fugly was named-VASHIKARAN). Once the robot is fully-operational the problem gets worse. No, not for the scientist ,but for us, the audience. Why? Coz, he is a lookalike of the wrinkle-faced Mr.Fugly-scientist.:P {Ek rajni bardasht nai hota- ab do-do jhelo}.
The robot is christened 'Chitti'and the next half an hour is the only watchable part coz its humourous.
The real problem arises with the peck-on-the-cheek.
2 bits of kiss and a 160crore disaster...thats ROBOT for you.!
Rajni-anna has redefined ground-zero of the celluloid world.
The next 2 hours were pathetically unbearable. The machine-human love story,the mosquito mode,dengue Lakshmi, the innovative concept of Robo-sapiens,the rajni-echelon blah blah, fuss fuss, *snore snore* *nudge* , "......Kilimanjaro,...mohenjodaro..." oh sorry i drifted into slumber but the obnoxious soundtrack woke me up. Did i read A.R.Rehman somewhere,I cannot believe it.!:O
So, why did'nt i leave the hall and go rajni-bashing?? Well, my friends 2 reasons: 1st - I liked the special effects, and 2ndly, oye ,i had paid Rs.180 ya', vasool to karna hi tha.
The only notable features of the movie were the special effects, which were hollywood style and very dexterously filmed. Of all the subjects that the robot had studied, geometry was his strongest.
Its been 4hours since i watched the movie and i have still not been able to overcome the 'Rajni-Hangover'.
But, 1 thing that crossed my mind several times was that 'why would somebody usher in Rs.160 crores for such a movie? Why would a producer invest the colossal amount in a project which lacks the 'Khans or Kapoors'?? Moreover, the movie saw moderate publicity.Perhaps, not even 1% of the finance was pushed into publicity.
"What Khan, khanna & kapoor ya' " blurted my Tamil friend, "the movie stars 'The God' (aka Rajnikant in some parts of India:P), who else do you think, financers can take such a huge risk on? He has done it before with 'Shivaji-The Boss' where the budget was Rs.100cr, and i am sure he'll do it again. Imagine,Rs.160cr banked on Rajni-anna..."
"..and the lady bacchan.."i interrupted him. He flashed me a scornful look and i zipped my lips.
But, how true isn't it? While, the tabloids keep publishing rumours about the 'baadshah' and 'shehenshah',cat and dog fights, rajni certainly reigns as 'The God' and steals the show with his full-on,bullshit movie.
I cetainly would'nt be surprised if i witness the sequel to this movie, probably named 'Robosapiens' and with a Rs.300cr tag attached.
