Comments on: Like a G6. Enthiran (The Robot)

By: Ruben

Ruben — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:21:33 +0000

While I appreciate the criticism of this film, I do have to say that this film is made for the audience to be entertained and also a target audience who ,lets be honest, are not the best educated. The average ticket price for a film in India is Rs 25. Thats 50 cents!! Yet managed to recoup $82 million. Make no mistake, this film was made on a budget of $34 million and is 3 hours long which is the same budget as the average Hollywood romcom not even close to the budget of Avatar. So there will be some low budget looking scenes. There’s 345+ languages in India which are all COMPLETELY different from one another which is why there is a difference between Telugu, Tamil, Bollywood etc. Its the same way Welsh, Scottish, Irish and English are ethnically the same but they speak different languages except in India its 300 more languages. I may have gone off topic but its just a few things to know about the Asian/Indian film industry. Not the smartest but it’ll keep you entertained. I could go on but time doesnt permit me. Oh and there’s also a few odd bunch of Indian films which are waaaay better than this and can be compared to Hollywood movies however it doesnt get the same limelight because it’s not the type of film Indians want to watch unfortunately. This is a good review but even better if you could’ve looked deeper into Rajnikanth and Indian film industry. By the way, Rajnikanth was discovered whilst a bus conductor. He was seen catching a cigarette in his mouth and doing it repeatedly with style. True story.

By: Bryan White

Bryan White — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:40:03 +0000

I’m curious and hope you readers in India can help me out with this. What is the difference between a Bollwood movie and a Telugu movie? I get shit here for lumping all movies made in India into the Bollywood category but no matter what part of India or what Indian culture they represent, they all sort of look the same to me. Silly comedy, hokey romatic angle with a devastatingly beautiful actress, outrageous action, song and dance numers. I’m just ignorant of the nuances that separate Bollywood from, say, Tollywood. What makes the difference?

By: kedar c.

kedar c. — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:08:24 +0000

a typical b grade movie like treatment spoiled a good plot. had it been shorter , made in bollywood and starring hrithik ,it could have been awesome.

By: Bryan White

Bryan White — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:13:49 +0000

That’s cool. You can go right ahead and do that. My feelings probably won’t be hurt. It doesn’t change the fact that it was a really crappy flick.

By: Manoj

Manoj — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:55:51 +0000

You just dont understand India..i would call u ignorant as u are extremely narrowminded for a movie reviewer

By: Shaz

Shaz — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:53:25 +0000

I am not a Rajnikant fan but this film has more imagination and creativity than most Bollywood or Hollywood crap released this year. It is totally zany and madcap and, of course, not to be taken seriously. I pity these self-hating Indians who are ready to bring down any film.

James Cameron: Take away the special effects of his films and all of them are cheesy, badly written and simplistic. Even the Western media acknowledges that. But he has a budget of billions which is nothing to the budget which our films have. I am not saying that this is the greatest film ever made or but one has to relax and soak up the madness of this film. The silliness is part of the package. Didn’t we love Kung-Fu Hustle?

By: Kumar

Kumar — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:05:58 +0000

You are 100% right I completely agree with you, and the worst part is comparing shankar to james cameron by indian media…

By: Pablo Podhorzer

Pablo Podhorzer — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:41:30 +0000

You don´t need to defend yourself, this film is so silly that bad Hollywood comedies look good in comparison. Sure, it is sometimes funny, but it cannot be taken seriously. American movies lack the kind of freedom and imagination seen in some sequences of “Endhiran”, but the movie is so full of cliches and superficial writing that the good will towards it doesn´t last. Cultural differences or not, “Endhiran” will never be part of a canon of best movies.

By: Bryan White

Bryan White — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:17:38 +0000

…and it begins.

Look, I apologized at the end for oversimplifying Indian film culture and I also realize that there are different factions of Indian-language film but I’d be wasting my breath by trying to break it down and explain Tamil, Telegu and Bollywood because let’s face it, outside of India, this means nothing to anyone. It’s just a Westerner’s opinion of a really alien concept in film. I could show 100 pictures made in North America and you’d probably react to them the same way I reacted to Enthiran. It’s all just cultural differences and flicks made in India are not meant to be enjoyed by foreigners. So take it all with a grain of salt, will ya?

The rest of you can relax, too. I get it. It’s just one American’s opinion and the Indian box office has already spoken overwhelmingly in favor of pretty much everything Rajni has ever done.

By: Madhuri

Madhuri — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:44:53 +0000

First of all this is not a “bollywood” film- those are made in Hindi language. Endhiran is a Tamil movie.
Not all movies have songs, yes a majority of them do, but not all.
Indian movies are made only for Indian audiences, they do not structure their movies to please global audience. Just like Hollywood movies do not do well in India, Indian movies do not translate well outside of Indian diaspora.
Secondly: http://bit.ly/9C0K1o http://bit.ly/fPcrYy