Robot

I finally watched the movie “Robot”. The fact that, me along with J* and mom-in-law were awake till 12 on a Sunday night, even though had to start the next day at 5 am, is reason enough to believe that we liked it J

Below are some random thoughts about the movie that are coming to my mind:

Ø  The concept of the movie- a super genius scientist (Rajni as Dr. Vasi) who invents a super intelligent robot (Rajni again as Chitti the robot) - is brilliant. (My jiju who has a specialization in robotics, claims that he can make a similar thing, but for laymen like me, it’s still brilliant :P)

Ø  Rajnikanth looked 30 years younger than his age

Ø  Aishwarya Rai is beautiful. I had read somewhere, that her role could have been played by any other actress. True, but it wouldn’t have been the same and even though I don’t like her voice, her looks compensate with that

Ø  Thinking about it, the casting is funny. The heroine romances a guy who is as old as her father-in-law(or father for that matter )

Ø  Danny Denzongpa  plays off his negative character quite well

Ø  Chitti is awesome as a machine, but things take a nasty turn when Dr. Vasi instils emotions in the machine and Chitti falls in love with his creator’s girlfriend(Aishwarya, that is)

Ø  The songs are shot gorgeously

Ø  The lyrics of the songs are nonsense, in Hindi at least. Hopefully they made some sense in the Tamil version. Sample this – Mohan jo daro, isko dil me utaaro (???) from the song dhak dhak go, badi madhoshi (?????)

Ø  The music, even though by AR Rehman, fails to make an impact

Ø  The extended conversation of Chitti with the mosquitoes (yes, it’s there) is hilarious :D

Ø  The climax sequences with the army of Chittis are brilliant

Ø  They reminded me of Jurassic Park and Anaconda :P (I later read that the special effects are indeed done by the team who worked on Jurassic Park)

Ø  If one Rajnikanth is good for you, this has hundreds of them at one point

Yes, there are unbelievable action sequences that Rajnikanth is synonymous for, still the movie is much more than that and definitely recommendable. This roller coaster ride should be experienced!