The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache. Cyrano de Bergerac was a French dramatist and duelist known for his flamboyant style of acting. Admiration for Superstar Rajnikanth runs over three generations. A consummate showman, he displays childlike wonder at his own feats. The movie Enthiran, just reiterates that the word Rajniac must be added to the English dictionary as a synonym for the words passion, arrogance, style and may be even to summarize the phrase,

I cannot explain what I just saw.

A Kamal Hassan fan and the biggest critique of the stereotype that Rajni has created over the past two decades, has not had any influence on my opinion about Enthiran, the ROBOT.  As R2 enters Dr. Vaseegaran’s research lab, what one would see is a bearded Rajni and his educated alla-kais trying to bring Chitti to life. Where is the standard Rajni smile or a vannakam and the SPB song? Chitti, the robot, interpreting its commands literally is a laugh riot. Though a logical person like most of us would recognize the mokkai jokes, we were cheering and whistling when Chitti gives the IP address or when he turns his head. Ash (Sana, Dr.Vase’s irritating and annoying girlfriend) looks better than in any other movie in which she has acted in the past decade. I wonder if any other heroine could have matched the grandeur which Chitti 2.0 brings to the movie and his role. Her introductory scenes are followed up with a few unromantic romance scenes which were appreciated by a few.

Danny Dengzongpa (Dr. Bohra), head of the AIRD evaluation committee is invited to attend a robotic conference where Vase introduces Chitti to the world. The subtle answers given by Chitti to the people who quiz him are laudably well written. The plot is thrown at the audience when Danny wants to know the neural schema on which Chitti works on. Shanker takes the cue to show the audience the powers of Chitti when Sana gets Vaseegaran’s approval for taking Chitti with her for two days. May be the best fight among all were the shots in the train, but I would vote for the scene that depicts the demi-god status of the superstar. “Who is this Chellatha?” Innocense on-screen was Chitti’s biggest success. I am sure; every girl would have wanted to kiss those cheeks after the zigbee-e-adicha-copy scene.

Bohra puts an end to Vaseegaran’s dream doubting the robustness of Chitti’s neural schema. His decision is proven right when Chitti saves a girl from fire; but is not able to understand the humiliation she faces when brought nude in front of the media. The science behind Chitti gaining human emotions after the lightning hits him is cushioning. Chitti proves that he is a complete robot when he orchestrates a complex natural delivery for one of Sana’s friend. I must tell you; this was way more exciting than the scene in the movie, 3 idiots!

Chitti falls in love with Sana and confesses the same during her birthday party which comes after an enthralling dance choreographed by Raju Sundaram. Deeply obsessed with Sana, Chitti fails the army trial on purpose where he strings lines about Sana’s beauty when asked to bomb one of the fake targets. Vaseegaran gets really angry and decides to destroy Chitti since his objective of bringing him to the world failed. Shanker decides to have a song and hence a few scenes with Kalabhavan Mani. I guess he knows when people need a dum-break too.

One man’s loss is another man’s gain. Chitti falls in the hands of Bohra, who decides to give an entirely new look to him and also inserts the ‘red chip’ needed to make sure what his clients demanded for. What we get is a local version of the Joker made of steel and more intelligent with amazing looks, yet one of the best villains seen in Tamil Cinema. Version 2.0 is just unstoppable. He kidnaps Sana from the wedding dias just before Vaseegaran is about to tie the knot. The not-so-matrix kind of car chasing fight is amazing, yet, Chitti shooting the shit out of the mamas with a smirk on his face and saying, ‘Happy Diwali Folks’ , gives me nightmares till date. That was an ‘asta-la-vista-baby’ moment. Wish I knew how to whistle. When the world blames Vaseegaran, he contacts Chitti 2.0 remotely. If you did not catch the animosity in that laughter when he says ‘No one can destroy me’, you might prefer watching a few TR movies. I meant, stop watching cinema.

Chitti 2.0 treats Sana like a queen. Scenes with Sana in their bedroom just reminds you of the brilliant protagonist roles which Rajni has performed when he was a villain in Tamil cinema. Vaseegaran’s extreme-pwnage plan of infiltrating Chitti’s camp fails miserably when he finds blood inside. He decides to put an end to Vase whom he believes to be a barrier in between his relationship with Sana. Next five minutes in the movie must be sent to dummies learning to act like a villain. <One entire paragraph about Chitti 2.0 has been removed because it is extremely Rajniac> The visuals shown in the last 15 minutes are just unmatched in the history of Indian Cinema. All of Chitti’s creations form the shape of a sphere, Eiffel tower, a giant etc all to combat the huge military gathered to decimate him. One can say that the visual and logical flaws were way lesser when compared to the greatness. The climax is brilliant when Vaseegaran removes the red chip to get back his Chitti and when the court orders him to dismantle his creation.

Can I help you professor? Dismantle yourself Chitti.

I can’t imagine any other ending since one cannot kill Rajni, even if it is a movie. I found a vast difference in the CG between the last 30 minutes and the rest of the movie. May be it was because of limited amount of funding, though 160 crores seems big enough. Rahman has lost it. May be his interns are composing these tunes, but the sounds in Enthiran are definitely not what I would carry with me forever. It still made me dance, I must say. Karunas was completely wasted. ‘Illayathalapathy’ Vijay could have done a better job, might have made a lot of money too. Length of the movie is also questionable, but, most of it seems to be there for a reason. The ‘Rangusky’ mosquito scene, for example, was added to honor Sujatha.

One cannot expect an agonizingly complicated sci-fi story/script like The Matrix. The movie is mainly aimed at the Tamil population around the world who appreciate a certain bit of masala.  They do not want to put much of their brain to use, but also do not want to sleep. Overall, it is an event that has to be experienced.