Ok, first things first. I have hardly watched any Rajni movie. Last one I watched was Chandramukhi, and honestly it was a complete turn off for me. The only reason I went for Robot was that my roomy wouldn't let me sleep that day.
And I am glad that I didn’t sleep that day.
The movie is about a scientist Vasi (Rajni), who spends years of his life in building a Robot. After initial hiccups, he successfully does so. The robot (Rajni) is brought out to the world, and voila, there are flaws in Vasi's creation brought out by different instances. The robot cannot understand feelings, does not understand 'aurat ki izzat' and blah blah blah. Don’t worry, Dr. Vasi has solution to all the problems. He actually injects feelings in to the Robot. And before you know it, the Robot falls in love with Aishwarya Rai(Oh Damn! I knew I was forgetting something here. Aishwarya is Dr. Vasi's girlfriend ... and ... ermm .. well that’s it, that’s all you ever get to know about Aishwarya).And now ladies and gentlemen, the trouble starts. And you have to watch the movie for that, because this review can never do justice to what unfolds in the screen henceforth.
Don't get me wrong. The movie isn’t as crazy as it sounds. It’s actually fun to watch.
Somewhere I had read that this movie did not have a 'Rajni entrance'. And boy, was I relieved. Robot jumps to the point directly, wasting no time in any unnecessary business. From the first scene where we see Rajni building a Robot, you know Sankar is already into the story.
Sankar not only manages to bring out a story with a sensible narrative pace, but also brings forth visual effects that leaves you spellbound. Hats off to Rajni's imagination especially in the second half. The seamless migration between key plot points and visual effects is thoroughly enjoyable never going out of place in either case.
Onto the performances. 'Robot', as expected, belongs to Rajnikanth. He effortlessly brings out different personalities in the 2 characters - Vasi and Robot. It’s commendable how he has brought out the range of emotions in a mechanical character as Robot. Aishwarya, on the other hand, looks pretty, dances well, and .. well .. looks pretty. Danny is reliable as usual.
If there is something that I didn’t like in the movie, then it would have to be the placement of songs, especially 'Kilimanjaro', which really tests your patience. In fact, the whole movie could have done without any of the songs.
My advice: Watch the movie in the theatres and enjoy the roller coaster ride!!!!
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