Enthiran (2010)

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Director:

S. Shankar

Writers:

S. Shankar (dialogue)
S. Shankar (story)
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Release Date:

1 October 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Musical | Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Love, hate, and betrayal between the creator and his creation

Plot:

An android constructed by a scientist falls in love with the bride-to-be of his creator.

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Android | Mosquito | Scientist | Wilhelm Scream

Awards:

11 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Rajinikanth	...	Dr. Vaseegaran / Chitti (as Rajnikanth)
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Sana
Danny Denzongpa	...	Dr. Bohra
Santhanam	...	Siva
Karunas	...	Ravi
Delhi Kumar	...	Vaseegaran's Father
Cochin Hanifa	...	Traffic Police
Kalabhavan Mani	...	Pachaimuthu
Devadarshini Chetan	...	Latha
Sabu Cyril	...	Agent Shah
Chaams	...	Barber
Shriya Sharma	...	School student
Sugunthan	...	Walkie-Talkie Inspector
Kriz Chris Henri Harriz	...	Austrian Goon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raaghav Ranganathan	...	Bad Boy Next Door
S. Shankar	...	Cameo Appearance as Military Soldier

Directed by
S. Shankar		(as Shankar)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Madhan Karky		dialogue
S. Shankar		dialogue
S. Shankar		story and screenplay
Sujatha		dialogue

Produced by
Kalanidhi Maran	....	producer (as Kalanithi Maran)
Jack Rajasekar	....	executive producer: Hollywood
Hansraj Saxena	....	executive producer

Original Music by
A.R. Rahman		(music)

Cinematography by
R. Rathnavelu		(director of photography) (as Ratnavelu)

Film Editing by
Anthony

Art Direction by
Sabu Cyril
Santosh Kotkar

Costume Design by
Mary E. Vogt

Makeup Department
Banu	....	key makeup artist
Vance Hartwell	....	special makeup effects artist
Aimee Macabeo	....	special makeup effects artist
Alan Scott	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Dinesh Nair Mumbai	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Manoj Bharatiraaja	....	first assistant director
K.S. Jairam	....	co-director
K.S. Jairam	....	first assistant director
Atlee Kumar	....	assistant director (as Atlee)
Shankar Nutheti	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Sabu Cyril	....	set designer
Mauricio Ruiz	....	concept artist (as Maury Ruiz)
Suresh Selvarajan	....	assistant art director
Simon Webber	....	character designer

Sound Department
Shalini Agarwal	....	adr recordist
Kyle Billingsley	....	foley mixer
Jayesh Dhakan	....	adr recordist
Amrit Pritam Dutta	....	sound designer
Arunav Dutta	....	sound editor
Kannan Ganpat	....	sound mixer
Vijay Kumar	....	sound editor
Mark Lanza	....	sound effects editor
Tom Marks	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rick Owens	....	foley artist
Lucas Pedersen	....	sound editor
Resul Pookutty	....	sound designer
Kunal Rajan	....	sound editor
Kunal Rajan	....	sound effects editor
Arun Rama Varma	....	sound effects editor
John Sanacore	....	foley mixer
Pramod Thomas	....	sound mixer
Alex Ullrich	....	foley artist
Jayant Vajpayee	....	audiographer
Varun Visoi	....	foley recording

Special Effects by
Jim Charmatz	....	character designer
Brian Claus	....	model construction
Michelle Deville	....	fabrication department: Legacy Effects
Jared Guenther	....	special effects technician
Anthony Julio	....	special effects makeup
Aimee Macabeo	....	special makeup effects artist: Legacy Effects
David Monzingo	....	special effects makeup: Legacy FX
Steven Munson	....	mold maker: Legacy Effects
Christopher Allen Nelson	....	special effects makeup
Toi Ogunyoku Jr.	....	model department: Legacy Effects
James Springham	....	model department: Legacy Effects
Cole Taylor	....	legacy effects administrative staff

Visual Effects by
Adel Adili	....	visual effects
Arun Kumar Akavaram	....	lighting artist
G.G. Amuthan	....	senior compositor
Sanjay Baghel	....	cg lighting artist
Chi Wai Chan	....	visual effects senior technical director
Anoop Chandran	....	matchmove artist: EFX
Barish Chandran	....	visual effects artist: Vensat Tech Services
Chu Chu Cheng	....	visual effects producer
Tak Keung Cheung	....	computer animator
Yiu Ho Cheung	....	visual effects coordinator
Edwin Chow	....	digital lighting technical director
Chen On Chu	....	visual effects producer
Choi-Ying Chung	....	visual effects coordinator
Dennis Chim Kwan Chung	....	visual effects artist
Frankie Chung	....	visual effects supervisor
Wing Hang Chung	....	visual effects artist
Paul Debevec	....	visual effects
Viswaprakash Dhanalakota	....	visual effects coordinator
Pete Draper	....	visual effects
Praveen Elango	....	digital compositor
Fung Wan Fung	....	computer animator
K.V. Hariharan	....	senior compositor
Jack Ho	....	vfx supervising producer
Chan Chun Hoi	....	visual effects artist
Sino Choi Ming Hon	....	senior animator
Peter Hou	....	visual effects artist
Wu Huiling	....	visual effects artist
Vee Jay	....	visual effects (as Vasanthan)
Zhizhong Ji	....	visual effects artist
Usher Jiang	....	visual effects artist
Rajesh Kumar K.V.	....	matchmove artist: EFX
Chandra Sekhar Kamuju	....	digital compositor
Gnana Kannan	....	compositing supervisor
Ramesh Karthikeyan	....	senior compositor
Tsui Wai Kit	....	compositor
Eswarbabu Kolla	....	compositor
Dondeti Koti Reddy	....	lighting artist
Dondeti Koti Reddy	....	visual effects artist
Ranjan Kumar	....	visual effects artist
Kumaran	....	compositor
Chandran Lakshmanan	....	digital compositor
Joe Lau	....	visual effects artist
Wing-Suen Lau	....	senior compositor
Ross Kar Hin Leung	....	digital lighting technical director
Joe Ming Hang Lo	....	visual effects artist
Li Yun Man	....	computer animator
Vinod Mannem	....	visual effects artist
Binku Mathews	....	rigging artist
Rudolf Menon	....	lighting team lead
Rudolf Menon	....	lighting technical director
Srinivas Mohan	....	visual effects supervisor
Vivek Mohan	....	digital compositor
Edward Pak	....	compositor
Azhagu Raj Pandian	....	visual effects
Murali Manohar Reddy Penubadi	....	visual effects
Lino Stephen Peter	....	technical director
Ralph Chun Ho Poon	....	CG supervisor
Rajiv Raghunathan	....	digital intermediate production head
Raju	....	visual effects artist
Pari Rajulu	....	concept artist
Pari Rajulu	....	texturing artist
Kaithapulla Ramakrishna	....	matchmoving artist
Satheesh Rangasamy	....	digital compositor
Abdul Rasheed	....	digital compositor
Sajeev Sadanandan	....	matchmove artist: EFX Chennai
Sanath	....	visual effects supervisor
Stalin Saravanan	....	visual effects supervisor: Vensat
Sathiyakumar	....	motion capture tracker
S. Shankar	....	visual effects coordinator
Zang Shaopeng	....	visual effects artist
Andrew Shibi	....	visual effects coordinator
Ju Songgeun	....	visual effects artist
Sreeraj Sreedhar	....	stereoscopic compositor
Addanki Subbaiah	....	programmer
Addanki Subbaiah	....	rigging artist
Chi Ho Suen	....	animation director
Supreeth	....	cg modeler
Kondareddy Suresh	....	visual effects
Iris Tsang	....	visual effects producer
King Ho Tse	....	digital compositing lead
Venkat Karunakar Uday	....	comp supervisor: Lead Compositor
Sathishkumar Vadivelu	....	compositor
Liu Po Wah	....	visual effects artist
Lo Siu Wing	....	computer animator
Eddy Wong	....	visual effects supervisor
Zerah Shing Yan Wong	....	digital art director
Chen Xianpeng	....	senior animator
Cathy Chan Ka Yi	....	visual effects artist
Xiong Yiduo	....	senior technical director
Marco Chun Yi Yip	....	animation technical director
Lee Sheung Yue	....	visual effects artist
Yak Hong Yung	....	cg supervisor
Lu Yunpeng	....	visual effects artist
Lu Zhihui	....	visual effects artist

Stunts
Yannick Ben	....	stunt performer
Peter Hein	....	stunts
Kenny Lo	....	stunt double
Alex Martin	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Alex Martin	....	stunt double
Jean-Charles Rousseau	....	stunt performer
S. Shankar	....	action designer
Woo-Ping Yuen	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Aravindkumar	....	first assistant camera
Douglas S. Holgate	....	aerial dp

Animation Department
Alige Ajith	....	animator
Nayeem Mohammed	....	animator
Kaithaplla Ramakrishna	....	animator
Kaithaplla Ramakrishna	....	layout artist
Kaithapulla Ramakrishna	....	animator
Kaithapulla Ramakrishna	....	layout artist

Editorial Department
Ken Metzker	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Pallikonda Adrushta Deepak	....	additional programmer: songs (as Deepak P.A.)
Pallikonda Adrushta Deepak	....	mix engineer (as Deepak P.A.)
Pallikonda Adrushta Deepak	....	recording engineer (as Deepak P.A.)
Pallikonda Adrushta Deepak	....	song mixer (as Deepak P.A.)
Javed Ali	....	playback singer
Yogi B.	....	playback singer
Mark Berrow	....	musician: violin
Kazimir Boyle	....	composer: additional music (as Kaz Boyle)
Clinton Cerejo	....	playback singer
Chris Clad	....	violin
Benny Dayal	....	playback singer
Matt Dunkley	....	conductor
Matt Dunkley	....	orchestrator
Shreya Ghoshal	....	playback singer
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Hariharan	....	playback singer
Naresh Iyer	....	playback singer
Madhan Karky	....	lyricist (as Karky)
Kash	....	playback singer (as Kash n' Krissy)
Krissy	....	playback singer (as Kash n' Krissy)
Steve Mair	....	musician: double bass
Praveen Mani	....	playback singer
Shweta Mohan	....	playback singer (as Swetha Mohan)
Vijay Prakash	....	playback singer
A.R. Rahman	....	playback singer
Khatija Rahman	....	playback singer
Balasubramaniam S.P.	....	playback singer
Kirti Sagathia	....	playback singer
Sadhana Sargam	....	playback singer
Tanvi Shah	....	playback singer
Chinmayee Sripada	....	playback singer
Vairamuthu	....	lyricist
Srinidhi Venkatesh	....	sound engineer
Pa. Vijay	....	lyricist
Pradeep Vijay	....	playback singer
Dave Foster	....	music preparation (uncredited)
Geoff Foster	....	score engineer (uncredited)

Other crew
Vance Hartwell	....	extra
Ramji Natarajan	....	location logistics supervisor brazil and peru
Shobi Paulraj	....	choreographer
Prabhudheva	....	choreographer (as Prabhu Deva)
Jayesh Pradhan	....	assistant choreographer
Remo	....	choreographer
Dinesh Shikari	....	choreographer
Raju Sundaram	....	choreographer

Thanks
Kamal Haasan	....	very special thanks
Shah Rukh Khan	....	very special thanks
Sujatha	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• Sun Pictures

Distributors

• Ayngaran International (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
• Ayngaran Video (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Fusion Edge Media (2010) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Fusion Edge Media (2010) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Fusion Edge Media (2010) (Korea) (theatrical)
• Fusion Edge Media (2010) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Fusion Edge Media (2010) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Fusion Edge Media (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sun Pictures (2010) (India) (theatrical)
• Unplugged (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• B4U Television Network (2010) (UK) (all media)
• Bhavani DVD (2010) (USA) (DVD) (telugu version)
• Ficus Movies (2010) (USA) (all media)
• Fusion Edge Media (2010) (worldwide) (DVD) (excluding India)
• Fusion Edge Media (2011) (USA) (all media)

Special Effects

• Indian Artists Computer Graphics
• Menfond Electronic Art & Computer Design Company
• Firefly Creative Studio
• Fusion Edge Media
• Kinomotive Studio Limited
• Legacy Effects (animatronic and makeup effects)
• Stan Winston Studio
• Vensat

Other Companies

• APU Productions  international logistics
• APU Productions  international production liaison
• Fusion Edge Media  US liaison
• Pictorvision  Eclipse aerial camera system
• Think Music  soundtrack (tamil version)
• Venus Records & Tapes  soundtrack (Hindi version)

Also Known As:

"The Robot" - Europe (English title) (alternative title)

Runtime:

155 min | USA:174 min

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:MA15+ | Ireland:12A | Japan:G | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Company:

Sun Pictures

Trivia:

Made on a budget of Rs.180 crores (approximately US $40 million), this is the most expensive Indian movie ever made.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: During the song sequence of Kadhal Anukkal, the light reflectors and the crew are visible through the reflections that come from Rajini's sun glasses in many shots, especially in the shot at the beginning of the song where Rajini sits with the guitar in his hand.

Quotes:

[Before shooting the whole police crowd]
Chitthi:Happy Diwali Folks!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Half in the Bag: Robot and The Last Circus (#1.19)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Boom Boom Robo Da

Not a Master Piece but a Path Breaking with its Breath taking Visuals.

Rajini Kanth

Magic: Whats Magic? Its a Power to make you sit and watch a Person is doing and here it is... Its Sheer magic of Rajini. He had given us a Completely new Indian film. This Movie will prove in all ways, who is the super star of India.

Endhrian Movie Review

You would have heard about Western Style, Western Movie etc.. Now, here after there is one more, That is Eastern, its Eastern Style, the RAJINI Style. Rajini and Shankar will always be remembered as the Persons responsible for making a movie that will literally reduce the gap between Hollywood and Indian Movies. They are responsible for the Giant Step Tamil Film Industry had taken.

Endhiran is Indian and is Desi meets western and let we call the new genre of film making as Eastern.

The Highlight of the Endhrian is its Special Effects, that you can match this movie with any Hollywood movies. Yes this movie is - perhaps the first Indian Science Fiction movie which is successful and high in Special EFX. Here all Spidar Man, Hancock, Hulk, Superman become one man and its amazing that for the first time we are going to accept an Indian Desi Hancock. Its hard to identify Special Efx used in most of the Scenes. The Special Efx in the last 45 Minutes is breath taking and very creative, not taken or inspired from any Hollywood movies like Blade or I Robot or Spider Man or Hancock. He had introduced a new Genre and which is going to be repeated in the future, this movie is going to inspire many and many Future Indian film Directors.

The Movie is Big, Grand and Explosive. Final 15 or 20 Minutes will keep you at the edge of your seat. You will witness the greatest ever SP EFX Indian Movie or even Asian movie.

Dialogues: Dialoges are very good and easy to understand for anybody. Its simple and convey the message easily. Eg:

Person 1: Do God Exist? Chitti: What you mean by GOD? Person 1: Our Creator. Chitti: Then, Yes, (Pointing Vaseegaran) he is my God, my Creator.

On the whole: The Movie is going to break all kind of Indian Box Office records. The movie has everything, whatever the Team had promised before. Great achievement by SUN Pictures and S Shankar.

Look out for the Final 20 Minutes, the Magnetic EFX, the Giant ROBO, The Snake, Rajini's Dialoges and his Face expressions in the last quarter.

This movie is not a Masterpiece but is Path Breaking with its breath Taking Visuals. The film is a Visual Treat and technically way ahead of any Indian Movies.