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Topic started by thamiz on Sat Jan 5 16:08:26 2008.

Is this movie really crystallized out, folks?!! Very Happy

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From: thamiz on Sat Jan 5 16:10:20 2008.

The Boss of the Box-Office will soon be back. Months after Sivaji The Boss set the cash registers ringing worldwide, Tamil superstar Rajnikanth [Images] is teaming up with the out-of-the-box director Shankar again.

If top industry sources are to be believed, Shankar will work with Rajnikanth in Robot, which was planned to be shot with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead and as producer. But the project apparently did not work out owing to 'creative differences', with Shah Rukh himself confirming the separation. Later, it was reported that Shankar approached Aamir Khan [Images] for the role.

Though the film's thread is not confirmed, the name 'Robot' and widely-speculated media reports suggest the story is about a maverick scientist who creates a robot and later runs into trouble with his pet creation.

When the movie does hit the screen, Shankar, known for his expertise in state-of-the-art film-making technique, could thrill filmgoers, especially Rajnikanth fans wordwide. Film buffs and Rajnikanth fans say if the duo team up again, it could be "explosive".

Sources say a top production house in Mumbai will produce the film, in what could be the most expensive film ever made in India. If Sivaji was shot for a whopping Rs 80 crore (Rs 800 million), the new film is expected to cost more than Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion).

According to sources, Shankar has held discussions with the Mumbai production house, which has shown a keen interest in the film with Rajnikanth, the highest-paid actor in the country.

Interestingly, a search on 'Robot-Shanker-film' throws up many actors' names as the heroes of this dream project -- the latest being Ajith of Billa fame in the lead.

When official confirmation comes that Rajnikanth will star in the Shankar film, remember you read it on rediff.com first!
From: thamiz on Sat Jan 5 16:12:29 2008.

Rajinikanth replaces Shah Rukh Khan in India's costliest movie

CHENNAI: Digging for gold appears to have become superstar Rajinikanth’s favourite pastime. As if the Rs 80-crore blockbuster Sivaji, The Boss was not enough, filmdom’s money spinning hero has now signed up for India’s costliest movie.

Pegged at Rs 100 crore, director Shankar’s Robot, a science fiction film, will see Rajni replace King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan as hero. London-based Ayngaran International, in which Kishore Lulla-owned Eros International picked up a controlling stake last July, is to produce the film.

Robot will be released in five languages for a global audience. This dream project of Shankar was also to be produced by SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment. In fact, last year, the film had been planned featuring filmdom’s other cash king Shah Rukh Khan.

However, owing to differences between Shankar and SRK on the creative front, as acknowledged by the latter in recent statements, the film was dropped about two months ago. Observers say, given Shankar’s penchant for large canvas presentations the cost of production of Robot could even cross the Rs 100-crore mark, setting a new Indian record.

“Ayngaran and Eros Multimedia will be jointly producing Robot featuring Rajinikanth and directed by Shankar. The formal agreements will be signed soon,” Ayngaran International CEO Rohan Manickavasagar told ET on Friday from London.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Cetera/Rajnikanth_unseats_SRK_to_swing_Robot/articleshow/2676145.cms
From: Devar Magan on Sat Jan 5 16:13:07 2008.

Robot.. thamiz what are ur views on this project?

many fans are worried
From: thamiz on Sat Jan 5 16:15:23 2008.

Robot confirmed!

By Moviebuzz
Saturday, 05 January , 2008, 16:52
Last Updated: Saturday, 05 January , 2008, 17:07

Shankar’s magnum opus, his dream project Robot (its not spelled as Robo) has become a reality. Sources close to Rajnikanth has confirmed that Robot is going to be his next film!
Ayngaran International and Eros Multimedia are the producers of Robot. Speaking exclusively to Sify.com, Karunamoorthy, Chairman of Ayngaran International said: “ We are very happy to announce that superstar Rajnikanth, Shankar along with A.R Rahman are coming together again to make Robot, which is going to be made in four languages Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and English.”

Robot is going to be the most expensive film ever made in India. Ayngaran is expected to issue a press statement later today (Jan 5) to formally announce the film. The shoot of the film is likely to start in the summer of 2008, and it will be a dream come true for Shankar. The technicians who will work for the film will be chosen in the next few days while the rest of the star cast will be selected closer to the shoot.

We at sify.com wishes Rajnikanth, Shankar, A.R Rahman, Karunamoorthy and Kishore Lulla all the best to make Robot the ultimate entertainer.
From: thamiz on Sat Jan 5 16:30:46 2008.

Well, I think it is just GREAT!

I am honest!
From: cujoo on Sat Jan 5 16:34:04 2008.

I hope everything goes well..... It should be an entertainer not a science fiction movie.
From: thamiz on Sat Jan 5 16:38:23 2008.

I am sure both Rajni and Shankar know very well what they are getting into.

I think it will come out good!
From: thamiz on Sat Jan 5 16:41:52 2008.

I wish they dont start the work before 10A hits the screen.
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Sat Jan 5 16:50:28 2008.

well, like an Kamal haasan, who always thinks ahead, i too try well if this project realises, and if rajni fans are suddenly convinced and get ready for a (easily understandable)science fiction and if someone comments like"see yaar, rajini is trying something whech even kamal didnt try. advanced hitech robo" ect, i would say, its kamal who did a vikram when nobody even know what computers are...a movie budgeted1 crore, at that time itself aand also earned the investment,eventho flopped with less profit(it ran in kerala)

well thats past. coming to future, if shankar ties to join the hiteck movie maker league i doubt that will happen, given shankar's skillset.

anyways andavar would possibly march as a sensible filmmaker to world cinema with his past records and the future 10A and Marmayogi.

eitherways, tamil cinema is looking more interesting than bolly kudos to robo team(if its happens)
From: Dilbert on Sat Jan 5 20:40:04 2008.

ROBOT ROBO - or RAJNI ROBOFIED

Shankar he is a good presenter,talented director, he is able to make sure that his producer's get there money from the project.
In Hindi they call it " Paisa Vaasul Director"

Sci - Fi are the movies which are ringing big time at Box office world wide for last 5 year or so. The Current Video Game Hi Tech Gene is leaning more towards I Robot kind of the movie.

From Thalivar's Point of view Lets face it How many people are going to accept him in a Role like Mulum Malarum now? Do you think Producer can stay in business after casting the BOSS with his new Salary ? Get Real guys.

Bottomline as a Die Hard Fan of Thalivar.

" Its definetely the boldest move by him in recent years."

I feel Movie will be in line of " I AM A LEGEND" I am excited if its true. But as per me its still not confirmed yet.

FDFS Confirmed

MODS Keep a Lock ready for this thread
From: breadpuli on Sat Jan 5 20:59:31 2008.

I remember that in an old interview Shankar was telling why he and Kamal are not starting the project is because the budget will be too huge and with this different theme whether they can collect that much to make a profit.

That may be why he chose Sharukh as he has the best foreign market.
Now with Sivaji's reach outside Tamilnadu, may be Shankar got the confidence to go ahead with the project with a south Indian hero.
I hope he sticks to his original scripts and does not change it too much for Rajini. Hope it will make waves and give Rajini scope to prove his skills.
From: dinesh2002 on Sat Jan 5 21:55:12 2008.

i want Aishwarya Rai as the heroine

AISHWARYA RAI ..... SHANKAR..... SIGN HER for ROBOT !!!!
From: Kollywoodfan on Sat Jan 5 22:01:00 2008.

Aish not needed...
From: dinesh2002 on Sat Jan 5 22:18:36 2008.

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Aish not needed...

Y not ?? She would add more grandeur to ROBOT
From: Mahen on Sat Jan 5 22:19:25 2008.

Aish r?? married aunty not needed..Shankar is eyeing deepika padukone according to galatta.com...But i doubt she'l sgree..Shankar hasnt learn his lesson even after sivaji, where many bollywood heroines rejected him...I wish he could just go for tamanna..inexpensive n talented...hehe

From: dinesh2002 on Sat Jan 5 22:41:16 2008.

Mahen wrote:

Aish r?? married aunty not needed..Shankar is eyeing deepika padukone according to galatta.com...But i doubt she'l sgree..Shankar hasnt learn his lesson even after sivaji, where many bollywood heroines rejected him...I wish he could just go for tamanna..inexpensive n talented...hehe

married aunt va? Aish endrum Olagha Azhagi pa....

Deepika looks like a sappipotha bokanaka.... hope they wont sign her in.... Tamanna va.... no comments

i dun mind Sadha again though ....

From: Kollywoodfan on Sat Jan 5 22:41:26 2008.

dinesh2002 wrote:

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Aish not needed...

Y not ?? She would add more grandeur to ROBOT

Aish-than heroine a irrukanuma? Ms (now Mrs) World-ku nadika-ve theriyathu. Grandeur-ni solli padathe kedikavaena

From: dinesh2002 on Sat Jan 5 22:45:30 2008.

Kollywoodfan wrote:

dinesh2002 wrote:

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Aish not needed...

Y not ??

She would add more grandeur to ROBOT Very Happy

Aish-than heroine a irrukanuma? Ms (now Mrs) World-ku nadika-ve theriyathu. Grandeur-ni solli padathe kedikavaena Rolling Eyes

Aish ke nadike theriyatha ???

enna pa kamedi pannuringe .... she is by far the best actress in Indian Film Industry [now] who has awesome looks, extraodinaire dance steps, and excellent performance .... did u check her out in Provoked, KKKK, Jeans, Taal, Devdas, Iruvar ?!?! these r some of her powerful films....

i do hope Shankar tries again for her...i would really love to see Aishwarya Rai in Shankar's film again...

and Rajni - Aishwarya Rai ... it doesnt gets better.... Rajini Super Star, Aishwariya Female Super Star

From: Nerd on Sat Jan 5 22:48:28 2008.

pudhu thread pOttAchA.. already 3 pages If the movie materializes we may have 25 versions
From: dinesh2002 on Sat Jan 5 22:54:00 2008.

Nerd wrote:

pudhu thread pOttAchA.. already 3 pages If the movie materializes we may have 25 versions

this combo again is just dream come true.... its still unbelievable ......

lets discuss on the other crews :

Sets : Sabu Cyril
Camera : Ravi K. Chandran /Manikandan [Anniyan 1]
Lyrics : FULLY by Vairamuthu
Dialogues : Sujatha
Choreographer : Raju Sundram
From: Dilbert on Sat Jan 5 22:56:05 2008.

Ok as Nerd Say ! I just couldn't keep myself away from this thread. every cell of mine is just

My Fantasy Team for this movie.

1) Director : Shankar
2) Asst. Director : Vetrimaran ( NOT THIRUMARAN)
3) Camera : P C Sriram
4) Dialogue : Sujatha for Main Script / Crazy Mohan for Comedy
5) Music : ARR / or / any international musician/ a fresh new talent
6) Costume : Manish or G Armani
7) Villan : Nana Patekar / Sanjay Dutt / any well built or macho person
8) CGI / Animation : DREAM WORKS / VFX Studios
9) Heroine : I prefer if there is none its a subject oriented movie end to end action packed thriller
10) THE ROBOT RAJNI

From: Kollywoodfan on Sat Jan 5 23:03:24 2008.

dinesh2002 wrote:

Aish ke nadike theriyatha ??? Laughing

ippothan konjama develop-airukange

I agree that she has had some excellent films like Devdas, KK, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, but she most definitely is not the best actress in the industry (she just has the Ms.World title...others are just as beautiful and dance well too) and she is definitely not so good that Rajini (as in his team for every film) needs to go after and get rejected by her.

Female Superstar-a

Ithellam too too much.

Deepika would be nice.

From: thamiz on Sat Jan 5 23:17:20 2008.

Reel Buzz: Rajni to do Shankar’s Robot?

The hottest news that is making rounds in Kollywood is about the teaming up of superstar Rajnikanth and ace director Shankar for the second time.

According to sources the project is Shankar’s dream sci-fi venture Robot which he announced with Shah Rukh Khan a few months ago, since the subject required a national star. The project which was supposed to be produced under Shah Rukh Khan’s home banner Red Chillies was dropped for various logistic problems, which the director himself confirmed.

Now the buzz is that after the stupendous success of Sivaji, it became easier for Shankar to approach the superstar and it is believed that he also completed one sitting of the story narration. While Shankar has confirmed that talks are going on with the superstar, nothing has been finalised. The film is produced jointly by Mumbai-based Eros International and Ayngaran International, an association that was mediated by producer A.M.Ratnam.

If sources are to be believed, this could be the most expensive project ever made in the country. Shankar, who has clout in Mumbai, is trying to rope in the latest Bollywood sensation Deepika Padukone to act opposite Rajnikanth. A.R. Rahman has been confirmed as music composer for the film. Official announcements, according to sources, will be made during the silver jubilee function of Sivaji.
From: thamiz on Sat Jan 5 23:18:29 2008.

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Aish-than heroine a irrukanuma? Ms (now Mrs) World-ku nadika-ve theriyathu. Grandeur-ni solli padathe kedikavaena
From: thamiz on Sat Jan 5 23:20:16 2008.

Nerd wrote:

pudhu thread pOttAchA.. already 3 pages If the movie materializes we may have 25 versions

I dont care how well the movie comes out. I just want this news to BE TRUE for now!

From: dinesh2002 on Sat Jan 5 23:44:49 2008.

Kollywoodfan wrote:

dinesh2002 wrote:

Aish ke nadike theriyatha ??? Laughing

Ithellam too too much. Rolling Eyes

Deepika would be nice. Smile

yenpa en aasaiye kedukeringe

cheri cheri.... lets see who does actually gets this role ...

i just hope its not Shreya....

From: Kollywoodfan on Sat Jan 5 23:50:47 2008.

sari sari...keep on dreaming I'll stop
From: Sinthiya on Sun Jan 6 0:48:22 2008.

dinesh2002 wrote:

i dun mind Sadha again though ....

hehehe.... ...i like Sadha, but not a good combo, at all...
From: Kollywoodfan on Sun Jan 6 0:49:43 2008.

I guess we need to know what type of role it is really...

From: breadpuli on Sun Jan 6 0:51:47 2008.

thamiz wrote:

Reel Buzz: Rajni to do Shankar’s Robot?

The hottest news that is making rounds in Kollywood is about the teaming up of superstar Rajnikanth and ace director Shankar for the second time.

According to sources the project is Shankar’s dream sci-fi venture Robot which he announced with Shah Rukh Khan a few months ago, since the subject required a national star. The project which was supposed to be produced under Shah Rukh Khan’s home banner Red Chillies was dropped for various logistic problems, which the director himself confirmed.

Now the buzz is that after the stupendous success of Sivaji, it became easier for Shankar to approach the superstar and it is believed that he also completed one sitting of the story narration. While Shankar has confirmed that talks are going on with the superstar, nothing has been finalised. The film is produced jointly by Mumbai-based Eros International and Ayngaran International, an association that was mediated by producer A.M.Ratnam.

If sources are to be believed, this could be the most expensive project ever made in the country. Shankar, who has clout in Mumbai, is trying to rope in the latest Bollywood sensation Deepika Padukone to act opposite Rajnikanth. A.R. Rahman has been confirmed as music composer for the film. Official announcements, according to sources, will be made during the silver jubilee function of Sivaji.

The same (most expensive) is being told about 'Marmayogi' !!
Why this obsession about 'most expensive' stuff !!
Seems the goal is to make the most expensive movie than the best movie

Are these Kamal/Rajini obsessions or media created hype ?

From: Mahen on Sun Jan 6 1:11:32 2008.

Sadha va

She was disappointing in anniyan..She doesnt suit big budget movies..I hope shankar goes for someone fresh and has mass appeal..

My dream team:
cinematography-santhosh sivan/pc sreeram
Editor-sreekar prasad
Dialogue-obviously sujata
Music-obviously ARR
Costume-Manish Malthora
Villain-Big B(unlikely)
Heroine-Katrina KAif/Tamana/Kareena
Stunts---Pls get hollywood or hong kong guys..no more kanal kanan or peter hein pls
Art--Sabu Cyril[/tscii]
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Jan 6 1:13:23 2008.

oh MY GOD!!!

SO Rajni in SCI-FI?
From: rookie007 on Sun Jan 6 1:13:49 2008.

Quote:

I dont care how well the movie comes out. I just want this news to BE TRUE for now!

same here ...I am crossing my fingers and waiting for the offical news to be released....
But thinking about our SS, acting in Shanker's Dream Project :::: Son of a #@$#@$#@$#$
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Jan 6 1:14:26 2008.

My suggestion would be

SIGN UP

for golden beauties.

Madhuri dixit / Shridevi

They both would rock against rajnikant than any new kid face!

From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Jan 6 1:17:14 2008.

breadpuli wrote:

The same (most expensive) is being told about 'Marmayogi' !!
Why this obsession about 'most expensive' stuff !!
Seems the goal is to make the most expensive movie than the best movie Smile

Are these Kamal/Rajini obsessions or media created hype ?

Sad plight eh

I think such expensive projects would 'make-good' the investment and reach wider range of audience!!

(now that its a robot movie It can reach even SIBERIA

(or so the sources would say

) )

As per MAKING OF 'BEST MOVIE' I am still not sure.

Lets wait n watch.

From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Jan 6 1:19:39 2008.

Mahen wrote:

My dream team:

Dialogue-obviously sujata
Villain-Big B(unlikely)
Heroine-Katrina KAif/

I second that!

PRETTY IMPRESSIVE!
From: A.ANAND on Sun Jan 6 1:48:21 2008.

my dream team 4 this movie

camera:nirav shah,ravi k chandran
editing:sreekar prasad
dialogue:sujata
music:solla thevai illa[my god]
heroine:ishwarya
art:sabu sril,sameer chanda
stunt:peter hyne
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Jan 6 1:52:50 2008.

kolly,

konkona sen

For that matter,

I DONT MIND

ABHIRAMI
From: buddysathi on Sun Jan 6 3:50:02 2008.

My list....

Hero: Thalaivar
2nd Hero: Vikram
Heroine: Nadhiyaa
2nd Heroine: Tamanna
Cinematography: Nirav shah
Music: ARR
Villian: Thalaivar himself
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Sun Jan 6 5:41:23 2008.

madhuri dixit ok. sridevi? she is already an paati now makeup potta rajinikku akka pola irupaanga
From: dinesh2002 on Sun Jan 6 8:18:53 2008.

cant wait for the official announcements to be made on Jan 11...

then it will be official for us to discuss more on the project... .... this is just so exciting.... !!
From: Raikkonen on Sun Jan 6 10:20:41 2008.

They should just book Yana Gupta, she looks like my 4th girlfriend
From: m_23_bayarea on Sun Jan 6 12:23:09 2008.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

ROBOT Tsunami is striking media!!!

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v243/rajinifans/ROBOT/

http://rajinifans.com/showurl.php?url=http://rajininews.blogspot.com/2008/01/robot-tsunami-is-striking-media.html
_____________________________

Let's hope this becomes real, soon!
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Jan 6 13:12:30 2008.

Well, Robot is not confirmed yet from Rajni side. According to today's maalaimalar, he is deeply thinking and it will be no woder if he will say no.
From: Prabo on Sun Jan 6 15:59:03 2008.

Sivaji was tailor made for Rajni and was conceived keeping one and only Rajni in mind. Where as Robo was developed keeping no actor (or Kamal) in mind. How Rajni going to fit into this scheme of things will be interesting to wait n watch. Whether Shanker will add Rajni formulas into his dream project or Rajni sans his trademark mannerisms for a Sci_Fi flick or both compensates for each other and give a half baked product like "Vikram" (Sci-Fi + masala), though this movie stands out to be the only Sci-Fi attempt in Tamil(may be "E" also will fall in this genre). Anyway if this project materializes, expectations will be
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Sun Jan 6 16:09:54 2008.

whatever it is, its a good move if rajni agrees
From: Prabo on Sun Jan 6 16:17:20 2008.

No doubt at all. The entire attention will centre at Tamilnadu and it will be the biggest ever release for a Tamil movie exceeding Sivaji. Why should one run after SRK, if we have our own Rajni who can demolish any box office records......Hope announcements r made soon....
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Sun Jan 6 16:22:02 2008.

Prabo wrote:

Why should one run after SRK, if we have our own Rajni who can demolish any box office records
we dunno. sivaaji <<< OSO and we dunno the reach. but thats in shankar's hand. if the story is not as crappy as koi mil gaya and is gripping, it may help in north, to some extent
From: Prabo on Sun Jan 6 16:31:52 2008.

Agreed SRK has more reach, even in Bangaladesh & Pak, but with changing marketing strategy and release strategy(more prints, more screens n more collections), i guess even Rajni can pull it off. Post Sivaji, Rajni has expectations even in north. But, as u said it all depends on Shankers dealing of the subject & Rajni's charisma. I dont expect a kids movie from Shanker/Rajni like KMG or Krissh, no no...It should be far superior
From: Dilbert on Sun Jan 6 17:41:06 2008.

Sakala

Shivaji -was Much better in every single dept against OSO (Copy cat of Karz)

Bollywood has produced very few quality movies compared to any other regional languages in last couple of years.

So Any Good Movie with good Marketing stgys will do the job (Definetely AVM Sucked in this dept). Even people in North want to see beyond hindi.

I feel ROBO or ROBOT will fit the bill only if its just pure Action packed Thriller for New Gene , I personally would pefer Thota Tharani's Sets should be used for much better purpose than mere duets.
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Sun Jan 6 17:46:07 2008.

it maybe a copycat but surely OSO was interesting. I dunno to compare but surely OSO was good. as good as sivaaji. or slightly even better
From: Wibha on Sun Jan 6 17:58:08 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Sakala

Shivaji -was Much better in every single dept against OSO (Copy cat of Karz)

shivaji is a copy cat of all kinds of mass movies...........same old hero doing good and villain attacking......................... OSO atleast changed s'thing in it.................
From: cyouinme on Sun Jan 6 18:09:12 2008.

i have mixed feeling for this moive, but if movie is in line with I AM LEGEND then i am sure it will rise the bar of Tamil Cinema to several levels

* I am an big fan of super star and i liked Sivaji, but Shankar made mockery of CPR, i hope he won't do this kind of mistakes in ROBO

can't wait to watch ROBO, thalaivaaaaaaa

From: Dilbert on Sun Jan 6 19:16:38 2008.

Wibha wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

Sakala

Shivaji -was Much better in every single dept against OSO (Copy cat of Karz)

shivaji is a copy cat of all kinds of mass movies...........same old hero doing good and villain attacking......................... OSO atleast changed s'thing in it.................

OSO Atleast Changed what ? Oh yeah 6 packs.. !! End Dig >

From: Dilbert on Sun Jan 6 19:25:07 2008.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar wrote:

it maybe a copycat but surely OSO was interesting. I dunno to compare but surely OSO was good. as good as sivaaji. or slightly even better

Sakala common. Slightly brightly enna kodumai Saravanan eedu!
From: thamiz on Sun Jan 6 23:44:40 2008.

Sanjeevi wrote:

Well, Robot is not confirmed yet from Rajni side. According to today's maalaimalar, he is deeply thinking and it will be no woder if he will say no.

I think Shankar knows how to come up with a successful movie with Rajni. Rajni should go for it!
From: selvakumar on Mon Jan 7 0:18:47 2008.

MADDY wrote:

....and also, i would prefer Ilayaraja as the MD for this project.....period....
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 0:40:07 2008.

If a movie like SIVAJI can become such a big blockbuster, then why not Shankar's Dream Project... I'm positive Shankar's Dream Project was not written with Rajini in mind!

From: selvakumar on Mon Jan 7 0:43:46 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

If a movie like SIVAJI can become such a big blockbuster, then why not Shankar's Dream Project... I'm positive Shankar's Dream Project was not written with Rajini in mind! Razz

I was thinking about you when I heard the news on ROBO ! Hope it fulfills your wish unlike sivaji !

A script oriented film rather than a hero oriented film !

If shankar balances both, then it will good. And most important point : Screenplay should be racy !

From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 0:46:53 2008.

selvakumar wrote:

m_23_bayarea wrote:

If a movie like SIVAJI can become such a big blockbuster, then why not Shankar's Dream Project... I'm positive Shankar's Dream Project was not written with Rajini in mind! Razz

I was thinking about you when I heard the news on ROBO ! Hope it fulfills your wish unlike sivaji ! Smile

A script oriented film rather than a hero oriented film ! Very Happy

If shankar balances both, then it will good. And most important point : Screenplay should be racy ! Smile

It MUST be a good movie with Rajini just playing the central character, period! All this TAILOR-MADE stuff is gone with SIVAJI!

From: Nerd on Mon Jan 7 0:48:44 2008.

But bay I dont think that would happen. Shankar would definitely inject some masala into his dream script to please B and C and rajini fans. Thats precisely the reason I don't want this film to materialize

From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 0:52:10 2008.

Nerd wrote:

But bay I dont think that would happen. Shankar would definitely inject some masala into his dream script to please B and C and rajini fans. Thats precisely the reason I don't want this film to materialize Razz

From: Nerd on Mon Jan 7 0:55:04 2008.

And common Rajini will be 60+ when the movie releases and a Sci-fi at that age.. If he plays a robo in the movie it might not look good at all
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 0:56:58 2008.

Let's keep hubbing for the next 2 - 3 years, like we did for SIVAJI with all kinds of expectations, and then _____!
From: rookie007 on Mon Jan 7 1:07:35 2008.

Quote:

And common Rajini will be 60+ when the movie releases and a Sci-fi at that age.. If he plays a robo in the movie it might not look good at all

He might not be playing as a young hero in this movie... maybe just as an old man ..... would ROCK
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 1:45:27 2008.

Shankar holding talks with Rajini on 'Robot'
PVS - 1/5/2008

Director Shankar has zeroed in on superstar Rajinikanth for his dream project "Robot" after Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan backtracked on his commitment to produce and act in the film.

According to Kollywood sources, it is almost certain that the project will come through with Rajinikanth and an official announcement in this regard is expected to be made on the occasion of the silver jubilee celebrations of the 2007 topper "Sivaji: the boss".
"Sivaji" was by far the most successful venture of AVM starring Rajini directed by Shankar.

Soon after its release Shankar wanted to take up his pet project "Robot" as he had already gone through the preliminaries after Shah Rukh Khan had given his nod to act and produce the film under SRK's home banner Red Chillies. But the project had to be dropped for some unavoidable reasons and this was confirmed by both Shankar and SRK.

Shankar, however, has not given up his hope and continued to score for a national star of SRK's stature. With "Sivaji" becoming a phenomenal success, Shankar has approached Rajini. And it seems his relentless pursuit and efforts have come to fruition. He is said to have had narrated the story to Rajini. The first round of talks is over. Shankar is reportedly confirmed that further deliberations are under way.

"Robot", a sci-fi venture, will be produced jointly by Mumbai-based Eros International and Ayngaran International. Producer A.M. Ratnam is believed to have helped bring about this collaboration in production through mediation.

Sources also say that with his clout in Mumbai, Shankar is making efforts to get the latest Bollywood sensation, Deepika Padukone, to play the heroine in "Robot".

Whatever the composition of the crew, A.R. Rahman will be the music director for the film as Shankar has already confirmed.

http://www.nowrunning.com/news/news.aspx?it=13337

From: selvakumar on Mon Jan 7 1:47:50 2008.

Quote:

"Robot", a sci-fi venture, will be produced jointly by Mumbai-based Eros International and Ayngaran International. Producer A.M. Ratnam is believed to have helped bring about this collaboration in production through mediation.

From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 1:49:26 2008.

Rajnikanth set for acting in 'Robo'

2008-01-05 13:33:03 Source : CNBC-TV18

Super star Rajnikanth is now all set for his next film, tentatively titled, 'Robo', reports CNBC-TV18’s Veeragahav.

Just as the superstar's Sivaji mania begins to fade out, Rajnikanth's next reel life avtar is all set to be Director Sankar's Robo. Industry sources say the deal is now final. Director Sankar, who made Sivaji, had initially approached Sharukh Khan. But the deal fell through.

Robo is also expected to take the southern superstar beyond the Vindhyas. The movie will be made in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu simultaneously. The superstar's Sivaji itself is presently being dubbed in Hindi. Sources say the success of Sivaji in the north Indian markets has inspired plans for a simultaneous Hindi version for Robo.

They also say that Robo will be bigger and more expensive than Sivaji, which was made at a cost of close to Rs 80 crore and earned nearly Rs 100 crore. For the moment though, the Tamil filmworld is all geared up for a grand celebration of Sivaji's success on January 11.

http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/business/rajnikanth-set-for-actingrobo/13/45/319932
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 1:50:22 2008.

Thamizh, once the project is finalized, let's set up a POLL for this thread, alright!
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 1:53:03 2008.

Deepika opposite Rajinikanth!
Jan 6, 2008, 06:42

After Shriya, looks like the next heroine to star opposite the Superstar will be Deepika Padukone, the latest sex symbol in Bollywood.

The news of Shankar and the Superstar joining again for Robot has been spreading through Kollywood like a viral virus! Now the latest buzz is that Shankar is keen that Deepika play the leading lady in the film.

It is also heard that Ayngaran International and Eros International will jointly produce this film. Though talks have been going on between Shankar and Rajni, no official announcement has been made. The same is expected to take place at the silver jubilee celebrations of Sivaji.

http://www.tamilstar.com/news/publish/article_3564.shtml
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 1:55:49 2008.

Robot confirmed!

By Moviebuzz
Saturday, 05 January , 2008, 16:52
Last Updated: Sunday, 06 January , 2008, 11:51

Shankar’s magnum opus, his dream project Robot (It's not spelled as Robo) has become a reality. Sources close to Rajinikanth have confirmed that Robot is going to be his next film!

Ayngaran International and Eros Multimedia are the producers of Robot. Speaking exclusively to Sify.com, Karunamoorthy, Chairman of Ayngaran International said: "We are very happy to announce that superstar Rajinikanth and Shankar, along with A R Rahman, are coming together again to make Robot, which is going to be made in four languages Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and English.”

Robot is going to be the most expensive film ever made in India. Ayngaran is expected to issue a press statement to formally announce the film.

The shoot of the film is likely to start in the summer of 2008, and it will be a dream come true for Shankar. The technicians who will work for the film will be chosen in the next few days while the rest of the star cast will be selected closer to the shoot.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14585005
From: Prabo on Mon Jan 7 3:44:02 2008.

Though this combo seems to be like a magnum opus, i have mixed feeling gor this combo, presence of Rajni in Robot will only add pressure to Shanker to add some Rajni stuffs to please some section and if Shanker wants to give a genuine Sci-Fi thriller should settle for some other actor. Well, imagine Robot having a Rajni intro song praising Tamil makkal and thai kulams Rajni should go in his way and Shanker in his way and if they are going to join hands for commercial reasons, then i would doubt the content of the movie.

If this film materializes its OK and if not also its good. I remember Hindustani(Indian) ran around 50 days in north india and at that time Kamal's film had less expectation in north and the film did well for the story. After that Kamal seemed to do more in Hindi like Chachi 420, Aalavandhan(dubbed), Hey ram, etc....So, Shanker's decision(or Rajni's decision) is crucial.
From: dell_gt on Mon Jan 7 4:05:58 2008.

yea this is really great news... rajni sir sure will rock in robot...
ROBO the future...
From: kamath on Mon Jan 7 4:31:13 2008.

If shanker does robot with rajini, it will be only a rajini film.

Forget sci-fi.
From: cm123 on Mon Jan 7 5:34:03 2008.

Another film befor Robo

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14585581
From: cm123 on Mon Jan 7 6:55:37 2008.

Robot - Official statement

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14585694
From: Raghu on Mon Jan 7 8:15:20 2008.

Oh boy Oh boy, maama miya

here is my Team

Hero- Emporer of Indian Cinema
Heroine - hmm not sure
Villain - Raghuvaran/Mithun
Music- ARR
Singer - SPB SPB and SPB

Chumma athirumla, I will start buying the tickets already

From: Raghu on Mon Jan 7 8:18:38 2008.

Prabo wrote:

Though this combo seems to be like a magnum opus, i have mixed feeling gor this combo, presence of Rajni in Robot will only add pressure to Shanker to add some Rajni stuffs to please some section and if Shanker wants to give a genuine Sci-Fi thriller should settle for some other actor. Well, imagine Robot having a Rajni intro song praising Tamil makkal and thai kulams Wink

Rajni should go in his way and Shanker in his way and if they are going to join hands for commercial reasons, then i would doubt the content of the movie.

If this film materializes its OK and if not also its good. I remember Hindustani(Indian) ran around 50 days in north india and at that time Kamal's film had less expectation in north and the film did well for the story. After that Kamal seemed to do more in Hindi like Chachi 420, Aalavandhan(dubbed), Hey ram, etc....So, Shanker's decision(or Rajni's decision) is crucial. Confused

i agree with your points,

From: dinesh2002 on Mon Jan 7 8:33:18 2008.

Raghu wrote:

Prabo wrote:

i agree with your points,

hmm...its true.....

imagine having another " ballelaike" in ROBOT??

omg...nightmare!!!

From: Pras on Mon Jan 7 8:35:44 2008.

dinesh2002 wrote:

Raghu wrote:

Prabo wrote:

i agree with your points,

hmm...its true..... Confused

imagine having another " ballelaike" in ROBOT?? Shocked

omg...nightmare!!! Shocked

with a robot nayanthara dancing in it ?

hey, robotleika robotleika ...
annan vantha desam santhra mandalam-daa

From: Raghu on Mon Jan 7 8:38:33 2008.

Prabo

SS Intro in Shivaji was different than the rest of SS films.....
i mean the intro was more realistic than the MASS HERO type of intro , v had in SS other films

so I don't think Shanker would Introduce SS or open the film with a song!

From: dinesh2002 on Mon Jan 7 8:38:42 2008.

Pras wrote:

dinesh2002 wrote:

Raghu wrote:

Prabo wrote:

i agree with your points,

hmm...its true..... Confused

imagine having another " ballelaike" in ROBOT?? Shocked

omg...nightmare!!! Shocked

with a robot nayanthara dancing in it ? Laughing

hey, robotleika robotleika ...
annan vantha desam santhra mandalam-daa

From: kamath on Mon Jan 7 8:39:20 2008.

I think rajni should take a "brave" step of doing a film where there is some substance.

I know his fans will not allow him to but as director mahendran has said he shud go back to roles like 6 to 60, engeyo ketta kural & not run around the likes of shriya still.

I remember reading an interview sometime back wherein rajini had stated that he would love to play a villain in a film.

He can do something similar to "amaithipadai" playing a double role of villain & hero.

Since he has reached a stage where he need not look into only the commercial aspects, maybe he can produce a film himself & try out a new role.

Wishful thinking perhaps but not impossible.

From: Prabo on Mon Jan 7 9:03:10 2008.

Raghu wrote:

Prabo

SS Intro in Shivaji was different than the rest of SS films.....
i mean the intro was more realistic than the MASS HERO type of intro , v had in SS other films

so I don't think Shanker would Introduce SS or open the film with a song!

Well may be like "Mudalvanne Song" in Mudhalvan where iron masked (here Robots) dance

.
Jokes apart my point was not abt the intro song for SS, if a film does not require a hero intro song, Shanker should not compramise for Rajni. Then he will compromise with dialogues, then with fight, then, then....Fianally the movie

From: Nerd on Mon Jan 7 9:10:40 2008.

cm123 wrote:

Another film befor Robo

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14585581

This is some great news though P.Vasu might screw it up So robo is officially confirmed eh
From: Prabo on Mon Jan 7 9:15:17 2008.

I liked Sivaji with all its plus & minus, including the intro song for SS, though as u said its not an out & out Rajni intro song one would normally see. But, Shanker has given enough statements prerelease of the movie that it would be an complete Rajni movie and it was. Here, Shanker obliged and allowed Rajni to overshadow him. Now, whether Rajni will do the same for Shanker and slip into the character as it requires is the Any way yet another news Rajni+P.Vasu+KB
From: Raikkonen on Mon Jan 7 10:08:32 2008.

Here's hoping for a better effort than Shivaji..
From: Raghu on Mon Jan 7 10:39:22 2008.

i feel this topic will go on and on till the relase of the movie, as it is well known fact that shanker takes on average 2 years to complete a movie, v can expect Robo during the Olympics time
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 12:45:14 2008.

Rajini's Robot production is confirmed by producers
(2008-01-07)

It’s official now. The mystery that surrounded superstar Rajini Kanth’s next project and Shankar’s Robot has finally been divulged with production houses Ayngaran International and Eros Multimedia officially announcing that the superstar will star in their next production venture.

The project, Robot, will mean that the trio Rajini-Shankar-Rahman will join hands yet again to recreate the Sivaji magic.

Robot has earlier been in the verge of commencement with Shah Rukh in the lead, however, it died a natural death with opinion differences cropping between Shankar and the Bollywood Badshah.

Robot, the producers claim, is a mammoth venture and will be produced in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and other regional languages. Shankar is said to be finalizing technicians for the visual effects extravaganza, the official announcement of which will be out soon.

As for the superstar, news from reliable sources state that he will feature in a short-duration project produced by Balachander’s Kavithalaya pictures and directed by P. Vasu before Robot’s commencement

http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jan-08-02/07-01-08-robot.html

http://www.rajinifans.com/detailView.php?title=512
From: thamiz on Mon Jan 7 13:14:57 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Thamizh, once the project is finalized, let's set up a POLL for this thread, alright!

Sure bay!

Let me know how u wish to set that up! I will do as you wish!

From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 13:47:47 2008.

thamiz wrote:

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Thamizh, once the project is finalized, let's set up a POLL for this thread, alright! Razz

Sure bay!

Let me know how u wish to set that up! I will do as you wish! Very Happy

Chandramukhi - Subdued role - Not a Super hero or anything...

Sivaji - Surely, a Larger-than-Life role...

Malayalam Remake - From what I read in the reviews, it's mellow for sure...

Robot - Just the opposite, I guess...

Nice switching back and forth!

From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Mon Jan 7 14:26:59 2008.

sultan?
From: kb on Mon Jan 7 14:34:04 2008.

rumours say. no heroine in the movie..
story goes likes.. rajini meets a a small child and her mother. rajini is the robo
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 14:38:44 2008.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar wrote:

sultan?

Oh yeah, I forgot... ANIMATION, even better variety!
From: thineshan54321 on Mon Jan 7 16:23:23 2008.

kb wrote:

rumours say. no heroine in the movie..
story goes likes.. rajini meets a a small child and her mother. rajini is the robo

thats retarded... lets not do story speculations again or listen to media's.
From: thineshan54321 on Mon Jan 7 16:26:48 2008.

good to be back in rajni forum again. missed sivaji days for a while. hope we get to see some amazing stuff in ROBOT!
From: cm123 on Mon Jan 7 19:00:09 2008.

Silar ninaipathu pola Robo is not a sudden decission ..

and u guys don't have to worry about age and suitability..

They know how to convince audience..

Check they had discussions before 6 years too

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/rajinifans/ROBOT/SS_ROBOTcopy.jpg

It seems budjet was a problem at those days...

First Anniyan was told to Rajini with double act as a Constable and a spilt personality killer, when rajini refused Shankar modified the script suitable for Vikram..
From: Freedom on Mon Jan 7 19:27:17 2008.

Just read from hindu that Nirav Shah is handling the camera. That would be cool!!
From: thamiz on Mon Jan 7 19:45:23 2008.

Freedom wrote:

Just read from hindu that Nirav Shah is handling the camera. That would be cool!!

link please!
From: Freedom on Mon Jan 7 20:31:40 2008.

thamiz wrote:

Freedom wrote:

Just read from hindu that Nirav Shah is handling the camera. That would be cool!!

link please!

This should help

http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/08/stories/2008010858240200.htm
From: RC on Mon Jan 7 20:33:08 2008.

kb wrote:

rumours say. no heroine in the movie..
story goes likes.. rajini meets a a small child and her mother. rajini is the robo

If thats the case, that would similar to Terminator with Rajini doing an Arnold!
From: Mahen on Mon Jan 7 21:06:59 2008.

Nirav shah?kinda disappointed..His work in oram po and billa was nothin to rave about..Nothing outstanding so far as compared to Ravi k chandran, kv anand,pc,ravi varman
From: Nerd on Mon Jan 7 22:04:22 2008.

Sun TV news-lEyE sollittAinga pOla

From: Dilbert on Mon Jan 7 22:18:51 2008.

cm123 wrote:

Silar ninaipathu pola Robo is not a sudden decission ..

and u guys don't have to worry about age and suitability..

They know how to convince audience..

Check they had discussions before 6 years too

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/rajinifans/ROBOT/SS_ROBOTcopy.jpg

It seems budjet was a problem at those days...

First Anniyan was told to Rajini with double act as a Constable and a spilt personality killer, when rajini refused Shankar modified the script suitable for Vikram..

Umm Interesting article. Any idea In which magz this was published ?

Thalaivar Thandavam in 2008 - 2009.

From: Nerd on Mon Jan 7 23:06:02 2008.

http://www.ayngaran.com/Ayngaran/Ayngaran_Home.html
Shankar has always been saying that its his dream script. Lets see if he really lives up to that or as usual succumbs to pressure. The latter seems to be more possible because of the budget. He MUST please thalaivar fans no matter what. I

From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 23:08:43 2008.

Nerd wrote:

http://www.ayngaran.com/Ayngaran/Ayngaran_Home.html
Shankar has always been saying that its his dream script. Lets see if he really lives up to that or as usual succumbs to pressure. The latter seems to be more possible because of the budget. He MUST please thalaivar fans no matter what. I

Ask all Thalaivar fans who want a masala to go on a vacation or something... So that we can see a good movie and a nice performance from Thalaivar!

From: Nerd on Mon Jan 7 23:09:37 2008.

Well I am OK with both.. But I can't stand the trademark shankar inanities
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 23:10:20 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Thalaivar Thandavam in 2008 - 2009.

The last time Thalaivar was talked abt in 2 - 3 movies at the same time was in 1992... Mannan, Annamalai, Pandiyan, etc... After that, it's been just one movie at a time! Here we're not even done with SIVAJI fully yet, and are already talkin abt 2 other projects!
From: Nerd on Mon Jan 7 23:16:23 2008.

I really hope that the Vasu film is going to happen.. That way we wont have a lo..ng break after the BOSS
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 7 23:23:57 2008.

Nerd wrote:

I really hope that the Vasu film is going to happen.. That way we wont have a lo..ng break after the BOSS

No way, you have this unnamed remake movie, SULTAN, and then ROBOT! A lot of Thalaivar to be talked abt, not forgetting the Silver Jubilee of SIVAJI that's comin up next week!
From: rookie007 on Tue Jan 8 0:58:24 2008.

Quote:

No way, you have this unnamed remake movie, SULTAN, and then ROBOT! A lot of Thalaivar to be talked abt, not forgetting the Silver Jubilee of SIVAJI that's comin up next week!

Before Robo and the unnamed remake movie ...
I am waiting for Sultan .....
Hope it clicks like Shivaji ...
From: selvakumar on Tue Jan 8 1:48:41 2008.

Mahen wrote:

Nirav shah?kinda disappointed..His work in oram po and billa was nothin to rave about..Nothing outstanding so far as compared to Ravi k chandran, kv anand,pc,ravi varman

Yes.. They should better stick to KV, RKC and RV !
From: Roshan on Tue Jan 8 2:38:43 2008.

Robot was initially planned with KH, then SRK, then Ajith and now RK. All 4 actors are completely different in their own way, when it comes to performance. This indicates that there is nothing great about the script and Shankar can keep on changing it, according to the actor he choses. I feel except for the title others are subject to many compromises.

Anyway, I am glad that Ajith is out of it and wish RK all the very best with this project.
From: raaja_rasigan on Tue Jan 8 3:05:50 2008.

When can we expect Robot release... atleat by summer 2011?

shakar-ukkudhan velichan? even GOD doesn't know?
From: MADDY on Tue Jan 8 3:08:04 2008.

raaja_rasigan wrote:

When can we expect Robot release... atleat by summer 2011?

shakar-ukkudhan velichan? even GOD doesn't know?

just wondering y there is still expectation for shankar movie in HUB - i thot he was a "untouchable" here

From: raaja_rasigan on Tue Jan 8 3:12:45 2008.

MADDY wrote:

raaja_rasigan wrote:

When can we expect Robot release... atleat by summer 2011?

shakar-ukkudhan velichan? even GOD doesn't know?

just wondering y there is still expectation for shankar movie in HUB - i thot he was a "untouchable" here

VEERACHAMI eppadi irukkunu comment panradhillaye.. adhu madhiridhan

From: ThalaNass on Tue Jan 8 3:12:56 2008.

wowowowow Thalaiva very eager to c u again in bigscreen on Aug 15th 2009

Rahman Shankar
From: kamath on Tue Jan 8 3:13:01 2008.

I am glad that Ajith is out of it

Roshan,
A caSe of sour grapes?
From: MADDY on Tue Jan 8 3:16:06 2008.

kamath wrote:

I am glad that Ajith is out of it

Roshan,
A caSe of sour grapes?

strangely - even i'm glad that Ajith is out of it.......though i wanted Ajith to act under big directors - Shankar's was a very risky proposition.........and Robo is too huge - Ajith cud have been affected badly by it.......thevaye illa indha vambu
From: SoftSword on Tue Jan 8 3:17:43 2008.

nice to know that thalaivar is continuing to occupy the media in 2008 as well... and in 2009 as well i hope... as this could be the time when the robo would be released...

such a big project...
but i am still wondering what impressed rajini in this movie... and what could be the nature of his role...

but i am damn sure that rajini would be acting as a middle aged guy... in this mid 40's... in the role of a scientist...
infact in shivaji as well, he played a middle aged guy, as in one scene he would say "idhu en irupadhu varushatthu kanavu, uzhaippu"

wait... one more thing is making me think now....
for getting the tax clearance, will they change the movies name....
what about the title "Iyandhiraa"

I am sure its IYANDHIRA
cant wait....
From: kamath on Tue Jan 8 3:19:00 2008.

Maddy,

In spite of ajit, robot would have been a hit & helped ajith's career.

From: Roshan on Tue Jan 8 3:19:47 2008.

MADDY wrote:

kamath wrote:

I am glad that Ajith is out of it

Roshan,
A caSe of sour grapes?

Smile

strangely - even i'm glad that Ajith is out of it.......though i wanted Ajith to act under big directors - Shankar's was a very risky proposition.........and Robo is too huge - Ajith cud have been affected badly by it.......thevaye illa indha vambu Very Happy

Yes Maddy you are right ! I have already expressed my disappointment and displeasure when they first announced that Ajith is going to act in Robot. I was never happy with that move

From: Roshan on Tue Jan 8 3:21:27 2008.

SoftSword wrote:

I am sure its IYANDHIRA
cant wait....

Iyandhira sounds feminine.. what about 'Iyandiran' ?
From: SoftSword on Tue Jan 8 3:41:25 2008.

naama vena oru competition veppom...

guys... shoot-in your choice of title for the movie...
From: A.ANAND on Tue Jan 8 4:21:46 2008.

மீண்டும் வாசு இயக்கத்தில் ரஜினி!

ரஜினி - ஷ்ரியா1 | ரஜினி - ஷ்ரியா3 | ரஜினி - நயனதாரா | ரஜினி | சீனிவாசன்
ஷங்கரின் ரோபோட் படத்தில் நடிப்பதற்கு முன்பாக பி.வாசுவின் இயக்கத்தில் ரஜினிகாந்த் ஒரு படத்தில் நடிக்கவுள்ளார். இந்தப் படத்தை கே.பாலச்சந்தர் தயாரிக்கவுள்ளார்.

சிவாஜியைத் தொடர்ந்து ரஜினிகாந்த் நடிக்கவுள்ள மெகா பட்ஜெட் படம் ஷங்கரின் ரோபோட். இந்தப் படத்தை ரூ. 120 கோடி செலவில் எடுக்கவுள்ளனர்.

ஆனால் அதற்கு முன்னதாக ரஜினி ஒரு படத்தில் நடிக்கவுள்ளார். இப்படத்தை தனது குரு கே.பாலச்சந்தருக்காக நடித்துக் கொடுக்கிறார் ரஜினி. பாலச்சந்தர் தயாரிப்பில் உருவாகவுள்ள இப்படத்தை பி.வாசு இயக்கவுள்ளார்.

வாசுவும், ரஜினியும் சேர்ந்து ஏற்கனவே நான்கு வெற்றிப் படங்களைக் கொடுத்துள்ளனர். லேட்டஸ்டாக அவர்கள் கொடுத்த மகாஹிட் சந்திரமுகி என்பது நினைவிருக்கும்.

வாசு இயக்கத்தில் மீண்டும் ரஜினி நடிக்கப் போகும் படம், மலையாளத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்ற கத பரயும்போல் படத்தின் ரீமேக் ஆகும்.

இப்படம் கடந்த ஆண்டு கிறிஸ்துமஸ் தினத்தன்று ரிலீஸானது. இப்படத்தில் மம்முட்டி, சீனிவாசன் ஆகியோர் நடித்துள்ளனர். முழுக்க முழுக்க சென்டிமென்டல் காமெடிப் படமான இப்படம், கிராமத்தில் இருக்கும் முடிதிருத்தும் தொழிலாளிக்கும், சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் நடிகர் ஒருவருக்கும் இடையே மலரும் நட்பைப் பற்றியதாகும்.

இப்படம் கேரளாவில் பெரும் ஹிட் ஆனது. பிரகாஷ் ராஜ் உள்ளிட்ட பலரும் இப்படத்தின் கதையை வாங்க பிரம்மப் பிரயத்தனம் செய்தனர்.

இந்த நிலையில்தான் கடந்த வாரம் சீனிவாசன், ரஜினிக்காக போர் பிரேம்ஸ் தியேட்டரில் படத்தைப் போட்டுக் காண்பித்தார். படத்தைப் பார்த்ததும், சீனிவாசனைக் கட்டிப் பிடித்துப் பாராட்டினாராம். இப்படத்தை தமிழில் செய்ய ஆர்வமாக இருப்பதாகவும் கூறினாராம். பின்னர் சீனிவாசனை தனது வீட்டுக்கு அழைத்து விருந்தளித்து நீண்ட நேரம் பேசினாராம்.

இதையடுத்து தற்போது இப்படத்தின் தமிழ் ரீமேக் உறுதி ஆகி விட்டது. ரஜினி சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் நடிகராக நடிக்க, அவருடைய கிராமத்து தோழர் வேடத்தில் பசுபதி நடிக்கவுள்ளாராம். வாசு படத்தை இயக்குகிறார். வித்யாசாகர் இசையமைக்கிறார்.

படத்தின் டைட்டில் உள்ளிட்ட பிற விவரங்கள் இந்த வார இறுதிக்குள் முடிவாகவுள்ளதாம்.

படத்தை உடனடியாக ஆரம்பித்து ஆகஸ்ட் மாதத்திற்குள் ரிலீஸ் செய்யத் திட்டமிடப்பட்டுள்ளதாம். அதன் பின்னரே ரஜினி ரோபோட் ஆகவுள்ளார்.

கொசுறு சீனிவாசன் மலையாளத் திரையுலகில் மிகச் சிறந்த திரைக்கதாசிரியர் ஆவார். இவரது பூர்வீகம் தர்மபுரி என்பது நிறையப் பேருக்குத் தெரிந்திருக்காது. மேலும், ரஜினி சென்னை திரைப்படக் கல்லூரியில் படித்தபோது சீனிவாசன் அவருக்கு ஜூனியர் என்பதும் இன்னொரு

source:www.thatstamil.com

From: Nerd on Tue Jan 8 8:59:26 2008.

Roshan wrote:

Robot was initially planned with KH, then SRK, then Ajith and now RK. All 4 actors are completely different in their own way, when it comes to performance. This indicates that there is nothing great about the script and Shankar can keep on changing it, according to the actor he choses. I feel except for the title others are subject to many compromises.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/rajinifans/ROBOT/SS_ROBOTcopy.jpg
And anyway kathaikku dhAn nadigargaL. nadigargaLukku kathai illai Razz

Roshan wrote:

Anyway, I am glad that Ajith is out of it and wish RK all the very best with this project.

From: selvakumar on Tue Jan 8 9:10:23 2008.

Nerd,
Rajini robo pannattum. Avar reject senji thala kitta varaama paarthukonga

P.S: saw the work of rajinifans.com reg this film (marphed stills) Yaaruba athu.. Shankar kooda ippadi oru output tharuvaaranannu therla
From: Mahen on Tue Jan 8 9:43:31 2008.

Two heroines for ‘Robot’?
IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, January 08, 2008]

Within 24 hours of official announcement of Shankar & Rajini’s Robot, the rumour mills have started working actively. The latest buzz in Kollywood is that ‘Robot’, the grand and possibly the biggest film in Indian history, would have two heroines. Nayantara and Deepika Padukone are said to be the twin heroines of the movie.

NOOOO!!!WHy nayanthara??!!! Damn!!Im terribly disappointed with the team..First it was nirav shah and now nayantara??HAted nayantara in billa..

From: Pras on Tue Jan 8 9:48:25 2008.

Mahen wrote:

Two heroines for ‘Robot’?
IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, January 08, 2008]

Within 24 hours of official announcement of Shankar & Rajini’s Robot, the rumour mills have started working actively. The latest buzz in Kollywood is that ‘Robot’, the grand and possibly the biggest film in Indian history, would have two heroines. Nayantara and Deepika Padukone are said to be the twin heroines of the movie.

NOOOO!!!WHy nayanthara??!!! Damn!!Im terribly disappointed with the team..First it was nirav shah and now nayantara??HAted nayantara in billa..

LOved nayantara in billa

From: SoftSword on Tue Jan 8 9:48:35 2008.

kalappunga kelappunga...
innum ennenna comedy news vara pogudho....

thalaivar... ellarukkum edhavadhu oru velai kodutthudraaru...
atleast he feeds their creativity...

From: dinesh2002 on Tue Jan 8 10:00:38 2008.

Mahen wrote:

true...the thing is going chappene now.... i atleast hope Sabu Cyril does the settings...i dun want another "Sahana saaral" picturisation

From: thamiz on Tue Jan 8 10:22:16 2008.

Roshan wrote:

Never thought Shankar could bring the best out of Rajni at his late fifties. Now I know he knows what is Rajni's potential and they do a great team work. I am glad Shankar, Tamil, a talented director doing another big project with a "Tamil actor"!

Robot will certainly be a land mark film!

I hope Rajni moves on without any hesitation or second thoughts!

From: Thalafanz on Tue Jan 8 10:35:08 2008.

Guys, do u really think this movie needs songs at all???
Songs illaama Hollywood style-a intha
And of course with Rahman sir's background score...
From: selvakumar on Tue Jan 8 10:44:17 2008.

Guys,
it is confirmed
Pyramid samira blog says that all.
http://pstlpost.blogspot.com/2008/01/blog-post_1407.html
They have even posted the letter from ayngaran and eros international to the press

From: Dilbert on Tue Jan 8 11:24:19 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Roshan wrote:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/rajinifans/ROBOT/SS_ROBOTcopy.jpg
And anyway kathaikku dhAn nadigargaL. nadigargaLukku kathai illai Razz

Roshan wrote:

Anyway, I am glad that Ajith is out of it and wish RK all the very best with this project.

Roshan Sir, Ajith himself accepted in an interview to Sun that it was just a rumor.He has not heard anything offical from anyone on ROBO.

Secondly KH Rejection was another Media rumor stunt or it really happened only god knows! He already has too many project on hand, Blocking 2yrs will be a over kill for him and his fans.

Yes SRK Rejection was more on difference in execution. My guessing may be he would have asked for adding a punch dialogue like.. KI KI Ki KI KIRAN...

Y do you think Dil se Bombed at box office desipte of Ace Director and Music Director etc etc. People should learn from these lessons.

Our Thalivar accepting this movie is more like an Extraoridnary Script Meets THE REAL SUPER MAN of INDIAN CINEMA

I trust rajini. Every Single movie of his has go thru critics. this one is not going to be any different.

From: MADDY on Tue Jan 8 11:43:27 2008.

http://bp1.blogger.com/_brV-WizRgH0/R4NMjQsXx5I/AAAAAAAAB7Q/vr3-W5MYQvU/s1600-h/press-release-01.jpg

from selva;s link:

isai ulagin mudi sooda mannan -

though ARR delays things - his best admirers are his producers - we thank AVM more than anyone for their understanding/patience/appreciation in sivaji.........
From: Freedom on Tue Jan 8 12:34:35 2008.

SoftSword wrote:

kalappunga kelappunga...
innum ennenna comedy news vara pogudho....

thalaivar... ellarukkum edhavadhu oru velai kodutthudraaru...
atleast he feeds their creativity...

Good one. Thalaivar never ceases to amaze me

From: Raghu on Tue Jan 8 12:56:04 2008.

Pras wrote:

Mahen wrote:

LOved nayantara in billa Razz

prasuuu

From: Dilbert on Tue Jan 8 13:21:36 2008.

Raghu wrote:

Pras wrote:

Mahen wrote:

LOved nayantara in billa Razz

prasuuu

Raghu sir neengalumaa

atleast few threads will be releaved that people are not bugging with release dates anymore

From: thamiz on Tue Jan 8 13:31:29 2008.

nerd/bay!

You know what is funny?! How do you guys get any picture of what shankar means by "scifi" movie?

Can you educate me what is it you think it would be like?

From: Devar Magan on Tue Jan 8 14:04:09 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Secondly KH Rejection was another Media rumor stunt or it really happened only god knows! He already has too many project on hand, Blocking 2yrs will be a over kill for him and his fans.
.

Aandavar rejected this movie more than once AFAIK. It was before Anniyan happened. Actually before boys shankar went to rajini for robot.

From: Nerd on Tue Jan 8 14:12:38 2008.

thamiz wrote:

nerd/bay!

You know what is funny?! How do you guys get any picture of what shankar means by "scifi" movie?

Can you educate me what is it you think it would be like?

I remember watching a serial called en iniya iyandhirA in DD about 10-12 years back. It was just freakin terrific. Even the spessal effects were pretty good considering the time it came out. It was by sujatha and sujatha has beeen talking about this robo for about 6-7 years now. Shankar and sujatha were ready with the script/screenplay some 4-5 years back. Whenever sujatha talks about an english sci-fi movie he would compare that to his (& shankar's) robo script and would say that the latter would be far better if made. But I don't know what the actual script is like
From: littlemaster1982 on Tue Jan 8 14:24:11 2008.

He even said Robo script is better than Speilberg's AI
From: Movie Cop on Tue Jan 8 14:49:38 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Yes SRK Rejection was more on difference in execution. My guessing may be he would have asked for adding a punch dialogue like.. KI KI Ki KI KIRAN...

Dilbert Saar! it's actually the other way around! Shankar would have asked for some punch dialogues for SRK with some rowdy fights & painting a town for a song etc. etc. which SRK would have rejected right away... simply put Shankar's style of direction doesn't work in Bollywood. Shankar is no MR (or even RGV) who have a broader perspective of national audience!

Dilbert wrote:

Y do you think Dil se Bombed at box office desipte of Ace Director and Music Director etc etc. People should learn from these lessons.

So, are u trying to imply that Dil Se bombed coz of SRK? That's funny... Dil Se would have bombed anyway coz the movie was too offbeat for an average Indian fan! Plus no body wants to see a tragic end in a love story unless the screen-play is really gripping even for an average cine-goer! So, lets leave SRK alone here and discuss only Robot/shankar/Rajini!
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Jan 8 15:04:36 2008.

thamiz wrote:

nerd/bay!

You know what is funny?! How do you guys get any picture of what shankar means by "scifi" movie?

Can you educate me what is it you think it would be like?

I'm not gonna speculate anything, considering the outcome of SIVAJI!

Shankar will talk abt all kinds of stuff, build it up in all possible ways, and then come up with a ROBOT that fights corruption - maybe like ANNIYAN!
_____________________________________________________

ROBOT Special
(2008-01-08)

ஷங்கருடன் படம் செய்வது பற்றி நான் பேசிக்கொண்டிருப்பதாக பத்திரிக்கையில் செய்தி வந்தது. அது உண்மைதான். அந்தப்படத்துக்கு 'ரோபோ' என்று பெயர். ஷங்கர் இயக்கி அதில் நான் நடித்தால் நிச்சயம் அந்தப்படம் ஐம்பது வாரம் ஓடும். ஆனால் அதற்கு ஐம்பது கோடி செலவாகும். படத்தை முடிக்க இரண்டு வருஷம் ஆகிவிடும். காலமும், நேரமும் சரியாக இருந்து அந்த ஆண்டவனின் ஆசிர்வாதமும் இருந்தால் ரோபோ நிச்சயம் வரும்.

- பாய்ஸ் படத் தொடக்க விழாவில் சூப்பர் ஸ்டார், 15.4.2002

http://www.rajinifans.com/detailView.php?title=514
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Jan 8 15:09:24 2008.

Shankar and Rajini speak on 'Robot'
IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, January 08, 2008]

After the exciting announcement made yesterday on their venture, the superstar and the ace director have expressed their happiness about the project.

Ayngaran, the co producer of the movie, has quoted Rajinikanth in its official press release saying that, “I am immensely happy to be working with Ayngaran – Eros International for ‘Robot’. This film by Shankar is one of its kinds to be made on Indian screen. No one has done it before.”

Shankar, director of the movie, is quite excited about his dream project. “It’s very exciting to be working again with talents like Rajinikanth and A.R. Rahman. Combined with production & distribution muscle of Ayngaran – Eros International, ‘Robot’ has the potential of becoming this year’s biggest film.”

Mr. K Karuna Moorthy, CEO of Ayngaran sounds quite confident: “After the grand success of ‘Sivaji’ and ‘Billa’ we are all geared up for ‘Robot’ now. Aligning with Eros International’s consolidation strategy, we are leveraging our position to integrate the Tamil film industry by producing and releasing films on the global platform. It’s a pleasure working again with the magical team of Rajinikanth, Shankar and A.R. Rahman. We are positive that ‘Robot’ will break all box office records.”

After the grand success of ‘Sivaji’, Tamil film industry’s most popular star, Rajinikanth, talented director, Shankar, and music maestro, A.R. Rahman, are coming together once again in the much anticipated ‘Robot’.

Expected to be the grandest film ever to be made in Indian cinema, ‘Robot’ will be produced in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and other languages.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/35763.html
From: Yathu on Tue Jan 8 16:04:15 2008.

Two heroines for ‘Robot’?
IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, January 08, 2008]

Within 24 hours of official announcement of Shankar & Rajini’s Robot, the rumour mills have started working actively. The latest buzz in Kollywood is that ‘Robot’, the grand and possibly the biggest film in Indian history, would have two heroines. Nayantara and Deepika Padukone are said to be the twin heroines of the movie.

Ayngaran, the co producer of the movie, has quoted Rajinikanth in its official press release saying that, “I am immensely happy to be working with Ayngaran – Eros International for ‘Robot’. This film by Shankar is one of its kinds to be made on Indian screen. No one has done it before.”

Shankar, director of the movie, is quite excited about his dream project. “It’s very exciting to be working again with talents like Rajinikanth and A.R. Rahman. Combined with production & distribution muscle of Ayngaran – Eros International, ‘Robot’ has the potential of becoming this year’s biggest film.”

Mr. K Karuna Moorthy, CEO of Ayngaran sounds quite confident: “After the grand success of ‘Sivaji’ and ‘Billa’ we are all geared up for ‘Robot’ now. Aligning with Eros International’s consolidation strategy, we are leveraging our position to integrate the Tamil film industry by producing and releasing films on the global platform. It’s a pleasure working again with the magical team of Rajinikanth, Shankar and A.R. Rahman. We are positive that ‘Robot’ will break all box office records.”

After the grand success of ‘Sivaji’, Tamil film industry’s most popular star, Rajinikanth, talented director, Shankar, and music maestro, A.R. Rahman, are coming together once again in the much anticipated ‘Robot’.

Expected to be the grandest film ever to be made in Indian cinema, ‘Robot’ will be produced in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and other languages.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/35775.html

--------------------------------------------------------------

Hmmm Nayathara....

I know who would be perfect....someone Rajni's gagging to work with...Aishwarya Rai!
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Jan 8 18:58:00 2008.

Rajni, Shankar and Rehman team up for a Rs 100-cr film
8 Jan 2008, 0233 hrs IST,TNN

Superstar Rajinikanth to work with director Shankar and A R Rehman in the next mega-budget film (TOI Photo)
CHENNAI: Robotic Rajnikanth? That's what ace-director Shankar is planning to make of the superstar. Even as fervid fans continue to queue up to watch Shivaji - The Boss , which was released in June 2007, Shankar has signed up with Rajnikanth and music director A R Rehman for the next mega-budget film, Robot .

Ayngaran International and Eros multimedia, which would jointly produce the film, promise to make it even more attractive calling it a "hi-tech film" that would be made using "state-of-art technology". Sources in the film industry said the director is still in the process of finalizing the other cast and technicians.

"We are trying for someone like Deepika Padukone or Priyanka Chopra to co-star with Rajni. Nothing is official as yet. The film is expected to have a lot of graphics and new techniques. Most of the film would be shot abroad," said a source.

So will the film too cross the Rs 80 crore budget? "Going by the present plan it looks like it. It could touch at least Rs 100 crore," he said. The filmmakers will borrow techniques from renowned film-makers abroad and introduce them to the Indian film industry. The shooting will commence soon. Eros International, which had won the distribution rights for films including Munna Bhai MBBS , Om Shanti Om and Partner will join hands with Aygran, the pioneers in Tamil film distribution.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Rajni_A_R_Rehman_in_Rs_100-cr_film/articleshow/2681823.cms
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Jan 8 19:00:59 2008.

Rajni roped in for "The Robot"

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 04:31 [IST]

After the stupendous success of their earlier project 'Sivaji-The Boss', film director Shankar's Rs 100 crore multi-lingual dream project 'Robot', a sci-fi movie, has finally found its protoganist in superstar Rajnikanth.

The trio of Shankar-Rajnikanth and musician A R Rahman will once again join hands for the project whose cast and crew are being finalised, a release from the producers said here on Monday.

Ayngran International and Eros Multimedia will produce it.

`Robot' has been Shankar's dream project and the industry had been buzzing about it for some time, with talks of even the 'Badshah of Bollywood' Shah Rukh Khan coming forward to produce it under his banner, Red Chillies Entertainment, and also donning the lead role.

However, Khan later backed away from the project.

Speculation was also rife that `Ultimate Star' Ajith Kumar, fresh from his success of the Tamil remake `Billa', may be roped in by the ace dirctor as the hero for the film.

"Robot will be the grand and entertaining film ever made in Indian cinema and will be produced in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi and will be a high-tech film with the use of the state-of-the-art technology," the release claimed.

However, there is no mention of the date of release as the concept is still in nascent stages, with the female lead and others including the technical crew yet to be finalised

The budget for the film is believed to be Rs 100 crore, outdoing Sivaji's Rs 80 crore.

http://movies.indiainfo.com/2008/01/08/0801080441_rajni.html
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Jan 8 19:13:24 2008.

More Press Releases!

Rajnikanth’s Robotic Rajnikanth?

MIL/TNN/Agencies, Jan 8, 2008.

http://www.internationalreporter.com/News-3107/Rajnikanth%E2%80%99s-Robotic-Rajnikanth-.html

Shanker signed Rajnikant and Rahman for ‘Robot’

http://www.topnews.in/shanker-signed-rajnikant-and-rahman-robot-212563

Another Shankar-directed Rajnikant film in the offing?

http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/downsouth/tamil/20080105-0.html

Rajini has his work cut out

http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/08/stories/2008010858240200.htm
From: Nerd on Tue Jan 8 20:47:39 2008.

The one-liner is,
Scientist Rajini creates a robo and later destroys it

So, Rajini is not a robot in the movie :cool2

And it seems they approached Ajith for the *Robot* character and they have not heard anything from him, looks like.. I am sure he will reject it though

From: Nerd on Tue Jan 8 20:52:32 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

Yes SRK Rejection was more on difference in execution. My guessing may be he would have asked for adding a punch dialogue like.. KI KI Ki KI KIRAN... Embarassed

Dilbert Saar! it's actually the other way around! Shankar would have asked for some punch dialogues for SRK with some rowdy fights & painting a town for a song etc. etc. which SRK would have rejected right away... simply put Shankar's style of direction doesn't work in Bollywood. Shankar is no MR (or even RGV) who have a broader perspective of national audience!

EKSI Saarukan-kku TF section-la enna vELai?? avarrra vERa oruthar defend panni pEsuRaangannA

Dont even get me started on SRK's mindless/repulsvie/distateful masala junks. They are NO better than shankar movies

From: thamiz on Tue Jan 8 21:48:23 2008.

It's official: Rajni signs Robot

January 07, 2008 14:51 IST
Last Updated: January 08, 2008 10:27 IST

Leading Tamil director Shankar has signed on Rajnikanth [Images], fresh from the stupendous success of his latest starrer Sivaji, for his next project titled Robot.

That of course should come as no surprise to Rediff readers -- we had reported on the possibilities a few days before the news became official.

Shankar has been toying with the casting of this film for years now. Initially, he considered Kamal Haasan [Images], but the Tamil superstar blotted his copybook with the box office fiasco Alavandaan (Abhay, in Hindi) and, simultaneously, had creative differences with a director who is very firm about what he wants.

Shankar moved on to other projects; in the background, however, he was engaged in negotations with Shah Rukh Khan [Images].

Khan had for long expressed a desire to work with Shankar, and at one point promised bulk dates. However, on this particular project, Khan reportedly did not quite see eye to eye with the director, who put the project back on the shelf.

Aamir Khan [Images] was next in line, but negotiations broke down at the preliminary stage itself though neither the star nor the director have revealed what the sticking point was.

Finally, Shankar has his male lead -- and the casting of Rajnikanth removes a lot of headaches. Firstly, any film starring the South's reigning superstar gets sold as soon as it is announced, and for whopping sums at that, so the director with a penchant for enormous budgets will have all the money he wants to play with.

Further, Shankar -- fresh from his successful collaboration with Rajni on Sivaji -- plans to make the film simultaneously in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and possibly Malayalam, thus opening up more areas of the country to exploit. Early word is that while Shankar hasn't finished costing his film yet, it could prove to be among the top two or three most expensive films ever made in India.

By way of bonus, Shankar has roped in A R Rahman to score the music, teaming up with a composer who was a major factor in ensuring that Shankar's early films were superhits.

He is currently busy finalising the rest of the cast, and the technical crew. Of the movie itself, little is known; Shankar has a reputation for being close-mouthed about his subjects.

However, inside buzz on a project that has been in the planning stage for years now is that the storyline will feature a man who also, in the film, has a robotic avtaar; hi-tech special effects is believed to be a vital component of the film, and insiders say Shankar has for some time now been in discussions with various top professionals, both in India and abroad, and is on the verge of finalising the outfit that will provide the tech component.

http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jan/07rajni.htm
From: rookie007 on Tue Jan 8 22:34:11 2008.

I hope shanker chooses "CG department" from America.....
From: SoftSword on Wed Jan 9 8:20:46 2008.

Nirav and Sabu sign up for Robot!

By Moviebuzz
Wednesday, 09 January , 2008, 15:22
Last Updated: Wednesday, 09 January , 2008, 16:34

Shankar is signing up the best technicians in the business for his magnum opus Robot with the superstar Rajinikanth.
Also see: Robot confirmed | Superstar to do a quickie |

Two departments of film making -- Art and Cinematography are very important especially when you are making a futuristic film like Robot. So Shankar has signed up his favourite art director Sabu Cyril, probably the finest set designer in India, and the new and happening cinematographer Nirav Shah for the film.

Sabu has a tough job as Robot can be shot only on studio sets as the story is taking place in futuristic Chennai of the year 3000, according to the original one-line script of the director. Nirav, too, has a real difficult task ahead as he has to decide, in consultation with Shankar, the all important "look" of the film.

Will they go for a "Star Wars" futuristic look for the film? It is early days, but Shankar and his new team are going to take many weeks before they firm up the futuristic look of the film.

After everything synchronies with the script, only then will the heroine and other star cast will be decided.
From: Thirumaran on Wed Jan 9 8:34:26 2008.

If Ajith or any other's actor's presence needed to be discussed use http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=10990&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

That thread would be locked once things are cleared
From: SoftSword on Wed Jan 9 9:05:48 2008.

whats the tamil title of this movie...

something like...

Iyandhira - THE ROBO
From: Thirumaran on Wed Jan 9 9:10:18 2008.

SoftSword wrote:

whats the tamil title of this movie...

something like...

Iyandhira - THE ROBO

In Tamil ROBOttu..

In Telugu ROBOGaaru

Sorry for this . Continue with the discussions

From: Munsamy on Wed Jan 9 9:13:25 2008.

Thirumaran wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

whats the tamil title of this movie...

something like...

Iyandhira - THE ROBO

In Tamil ROBOttu..

In Telugu ROBOGaaru

Sorry for this . Embarassed

Continue with the discussions Razz

In the intro song thalaivar will say "ROBOOOOOTTU" instead of "REPEEEEEEATTU"

From: Roshan on Wed Jan 9 9:27:45 2008.

Munsamy wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

whats the tamil title of this movie...

something like...

Iyandhira - THE ROBO

In Tamil ROBOttu..

In Telugu ROBOGaaru

Sorry for this . Embarassed

Continue with the discussions Razz

In the intro song thalaivar will say "ROBOOOOOTTU" instead of "REPEEEEEEATTU"

Thiru and Munsamy

From: SIVAJITHEBOSS on Wed Jan 9 9:28:00 2008.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14586881

Movie is set in futuristic chennai in the year 3000....Ha this is gonna be interesting as hell...
From: SoftSword on Wed Jan 9 9:32:55 2008.

I guess it needs lots of creative work and dream...
and if they spoil it out, it would be very kiddish...
From: Raghu on Wed Jan 9 9:59:11 2008.

all, the name is ROBOT right?? not Robo

I hope the film don't have stupid songs like dancing in parks and sets, and be more realistic Once again this will be SS movie as opposed to shankar's movie!

chummaa athairumlE
From: dinesh2002 on Wed Jan 9 10:05:21 2008.

i just hope the need of Rajini's image doesnt stop Shankar's creativity in any situation..... knowing this is his dream project.... i can imagine how Shankar would have to alter the story if Rajini is in it... just imagine wht would have happen if it was Rajini was in Mudhalvan or Indian ... the whole thing could have a different feel....
From: Raghu on Wed Jan 9 10:30:35 2008.

dinesh
>>just imagine wht would have happen if it was Rajini was in Mudhalvan or Indian ... the whole thing could have a different feel.... <<

SS mathiram Indian nadichirukanum thamizh natile elle appa marhalum govind gOvinda thaan
From: Raghu on Wed Jan 9 11:31:37 2008.

Bollywood Trade News Network

Leading integrated Tamil media and entertainment company Ayngaran International, which is an Eros International company, announces the production of Shankar's ROBOT, starring superstar Rajnikanth.
After the grand success of SIVAJI, Tamil film industry's most popular star, Rajnikanth, talented director, Shankar, and music maestro, A R Rahman, are coming together once again in the much anticipated ROBOT.

Expected to be the grandest film ever to be made in Indian cinema, ROBOT, will be produced in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and other languages.

Director, Shankar, commented, "It's very exciting to be working again with talents like Rajnikanth and A R Rahman. Combined with production and distribution muscle of Ayngaran - Eros International, ROBOT has the potential of becoming this year's biggest film."

Rajnikanth commented, "I am immensely happy to be working with Ayngaran - Eros International for ROBOT. This film by Shankar is one of its kinds to be made on Indian screen. No one has done it before."

K KarunaMoorthy, CEO of Ayngaran, commented, "After the grand success of SIVAJI and BILLA we are all geared up for ROBOT now. Aligning with Eros International's consolidation strategy, we are leveraging our position to integrate the Tamil film industry by producing and releasing films on the global platform. It's a pleasure working again with the magical team of Rajnikanth, Shankar and A R Rahman. We are positive that ROBOT will break all box office records."

From: thamiz on Wed Jan 9 12:17:43 2008.

Thirumaran wrote:

If Ajith or any other's actor's presence needed to be discussed use http://forumhub.mayyam.com/hub/viewtopic.php?t=10990&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

That thread would be locked once things are cleared

It is indeed fun to read through that thread and see, how a person's views change when the actor has been changed or replaced by another one!

After all we are human beings with weakesses!

From: thamiz on Wed Jan 9 12:23:31 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

So, lets leave SRK alone here and discuss only Robot/shankar/Rajini!

Well, well, well, shankar made an official announcement that he is going to work with SRK.

How can we leave SRK alone, MC?

So, you are saying that when Shankar was going to work with SRK (Robot), you were UNHAPPY?

Good to know that!

YOu know what? I am so happy for whatever happened with SRK ans Shankar, and Rajni is the best bet to take any such BIG RISK, and I believe, the loss will be less even if the movie flunks!
From: Raghu on Wed Jan 9 12:30:10 2008.

thamiz wrote:

Rajni is the best bet to take any such BIG RISK, and I believe, the loss will be less even if the movie flunks!

Thamizh

Box office Summa AthirumlE
From: Kollywoodfan on Wed Jan 9 12:33:09 2008.

Although it might be a huge difference than what tamil audiences are usually used to, the chance of this movie flunking is very slim with both Rajini & Shankar. Shankar is a master storyteller provided that he doesn't succumb to hero's demands and image. Hopefully he doesn't do that in Robot & he produces another Mudhalvan type of film
From: thamiz on Wed Jan 9 13:19:51 2008.

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Hopefully he doesn't do that in Robot & he produces another Mudhalvan type of film

What do you mean, kolly ?

You think "Mudhalvan-type" is not good ?
From: Kollywoodfan on Wed Jan 9 13:21:16 2008.

No, I meant hope he doesn't succumb to image and all & that he SHOULD produce another Mudhalvan. One of favorite films
From: thamiz on Wed Jan 9 13:24:11 2008.

oh, I misunderstood!
From: Dilbert on Wed Jan 9 13:42:03 2008.

An Honest Opinion about this project. pl don't throw me out of the Thread after reading this.

Personally I felt There was no need for Thalivar to do this project or any with Shankar at this juncture.

He should have given a young talent like Murugadoss,Gautam,or any other number comer a chance

Definetely Shankar is not Greater than Mani ratnam. Thalivar Never accepted another offer from Mani.(after Thalapathi)

If you put all Shankars (eggs) I mean movies in the basket they look alike with just different colors.

Whenever there is a "Magnum Opus" Tag attached for any movie especially South Indian Movies, Its like a Red Flag. You have to be commerically successful more than anything. In order todo that you have satisfy A B C E F G H to Z centres. So final output will be another Aachi Masala Kalanda oru padam.
If the above goes as planned Than there will be section of crowd Mostly in CAPITAL "A" Centre highly intellectual set of people who will criticize the Movie lacks CLASS effect !!.

I feel Thalaivar doesn't have to take this kind of pressure back to back. Mind you the risk what he is about take could well be the deciding factor for lotz of things(people will kill me if I mention them here)

------> having said that As a Hardcore Thalivar Fan I am getting use to my new custome (checkout my avatar)- No matter wat I will see ROBO(T) FDFS this time around in IMAX With EROS in there will be much better distribution in US atleast.

Unlike those greedy Idiots of B Filims
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Wed Jan 9 13:46:07 2008.

dilbu,
This project looks damn interesting, style+technology

Even Devar Magan said that rajni cant work with directors like murugadass, which is like coming a level down for rajini

From: Raghu on Wed Jan 9 13:48:58 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

He should have given a young talent like Murugadoss,Gautam,or any other number comer a chance

Definetely Shankar is not Greater than Mani ratnam. Thalivar Never accepted another offer from Mani.(after Thalapathi)

If you put all Shankars (eggs) I mean movies in the basket they look alike with just different colors.

agreed with your highlighted points, well said!

From: Raghu on Wed Jan 9 13:50:12 2008.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar wrote:

dilbu,
This project looks damn interesting, style+technology

Even Devar Magan said that rajni cant work with directors like murugadass, which is like coming a level down for rajini

From: Dilbert on Wed Jan 9 13:54:24 2008.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar wrote:

dilbu,
This project looks damn interesting, style+technology

Even Devar Magan said that rajni cant work with directors like murugadass, which is like coming a level down for rajini

sakala
of course it will be Interesting and It should be,

Appo KSRK 10yrs back class directoraa? Bottomline one thing I reliased after Thalivar confirming this project. Producers have much bigger say compare to anyone , anything can be change if they want movie to be hit.

From: great on Wed Jan 9 13:57:56 2008.

Raghu wrote:

dinesh
>>just imagine wht would have happen if it was Rajini was in Mudhalvan or Indian ... the whole thing could have a different feel.... <<

SS mathiram Indian nadichirukanum thamizh natile elle appa marhalum govind gOvinda thaan LOL

Raghu, I totally agree about Mudhalvan. But Indian

From: thamiz on Wed Jan 9 14:17:32 2008.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar wrote:

dilbu,

Even Devar Magan said that rajni cant work with directors like murugadass,

So?

Based on WHAT?!
From: Dilbert on Wed Jan 9 15:07:24 2008.

thamiz wrote:

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar wrote:

dilbu,

Even Devar Magan said that rajni cant work with directors like murugadass,

So?

Based on WHAT?!

Based on Nothing as per me. You can't discount any director !

Including Farah Khan for giving 2007's Biggest blocked busters of our times. (she was expecting Triplets rite?)

Lets Wait for Ghajini in Hindi. It will explain volumes of what he is made up of. end dig <>

One great relief in this movie Thalivar doesn't have to go to many outdoors , Major Stunt work will be taken care by CG dept.

ennda Indian Artists Pasangoo.. Thalivar veachee Comedy Kemedy paanamee erunda.. sareee.

From: Kollywoodfan on Wed Jan 9 18:40:03 2008.

Raghu wrote:

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar wrote:

dilbu,
This project looks damn interesting, style+technology

Even Devar Magan said that rajni cant work with directors like murugadass, which is like coming a level down for rajini

After Ghajini in Hindi with Aamir Khan, shouldn't Director Muragadoss's market value go up (provided that the film does well). Maybe Rajini can work with him in the future.

From: rookie007 on Wed Jan 9 21:08:53 2008.

When, first Kamal sir and SS rejected the story on the starting ... I was kind of disssapointted ... and was very sad that when Shanker sir almost signed SRK of Bollwood, for his dream project....
Then all of a sudden .. SS got in and SRK opted out and the project is ready to lift off ....

Story line: 3000 years from now ... how India would look like ....
holy crap ....... hope the movie turns out to be a life achievement for our Shanker +SS and the whole team ....
by any chance ... do you think, they should dub the movie in "English" .... hope they do ...
Cause ... i remember .. "Dragon Wars" was a Taiwan movie and it was dubbed and released in English all over the world .... it turned out to be a huge hit .... hope they will do the same thing for Robo(T).... .....

and also, they should have some top super stars of Indian Cinema to apprear as guest ....
my list....
Kamal sir and Big B ....
From: rookie007 on Wed Jan 9 21:15:07 2008.

Robot posters released!

"It has just been a couple of days since official announcement on superstar's next venture is out, his fans all over the world have already donned their creative thinking caps. As a result, the Internet is flooded with stunningly conceptualized imaginary posters of Rajini's next venture Robot,created by his fans. Interestingly, the posters also have the list of cast and crew they think would suit the movie better. Hmm...perhaps this is what you call lending a helping hand to the director..

Here are a few samples!

PS : These are imaginary posters designed by the fans and sent to us. These are not official poster of the movie nor the official cast & crew list. "

http://www.behindwoods.com/image-gallery-stills/photos-5/robot/robot-01.html

From: Dilbert on Wed Jan 9 23:53:52 2008.

rookie007 wrote:

i remember .. "Dragon Wars" was a Taiwan movie and it was dubbed and released in English all over the world .... it turned out to be a huge hit .... hope they will do the same thing for Robo(T)

and also, they should have some top super stars of Indian Cinema to apprear as guest ....
my list....
Kamal sir and Big B ....

Sir Ennda Dragon Wars Paadam pathengala

Comedy Kemedy pannelyea..?

From: cm123 on Thu Jan 10 2:01:39 2008.

Hope the team will announce some details tomorrow
From: SoftSword on Thu Jan 10 3:46:29 2008.

Latest on 'Robot': Earlier we reported that Nayantara is in the reckoning for ‘Robot’. The girl, who has acted with the superstar twice, is believed to be quite interested to grab this opportunity.

The only hiccup for the actor is that ‘Robot’ requires more dates than she gives for any film - almost double.

The initial buzz over ‘Sivaji’ put Trisha on race and so is the case with ‘Robot’ as well. Trisha has handful of movies at present in Tamil and Telugu. By the time the shooting for ‘Robot’ starts (most probably by July), she would have finished all her commitments. The grapevine says she might be lucky enough to get chance to act in ‘Robot’.

Meanwhile, it is also rumored that the ‘Robot’ team is contemplating with the idea of going with Shriya again. Since she is also doing a Hollywood movie, her presence might bring in more business in international centers.

Earlier, there was a buzz that Deepika Padukone, the latest sensation in Bollywood, would be roped in. The team has neither denied nor confirmed the news. Her successful maiden venture ‘Om Shanthi Om’ has propelled her into stardom overnight. Her inclusion would definitely enhance the business in Hindi belt and in international centers.

The team is now working on the script and shooting of the film is expected to be started from July. Writer Sujatha, Shankar’s long term team mate, will be in the team. Now the story discussion is going on.

Tail piece: It is almost confirmed that Shankar has booked the young and happening cinematographer Nirav Shah. Keep watching this space for more details.

courtesy: indiaglitz

and am sure that none of these heroines would be roped in...
there are even chances that shankar could bring in some one like manisha for everyones surprise...
From: Mahen on Thu Jan 10 3:56:29 2008.

True SS, shankar is full of suprises..No one expected him to cast shreya in sivaji..HOping it will be tamanna..
From: MADDY on Thu Jan 10 3:57:55 2008.

Deepika Padukone on NDTV accepted talks for Robot are on......and she is very happy about being considered for this project

Source : Jodha-Akbar audio release news item kaaga wait panna ARR fans
From: SoftSword on Thu Jan 10 4:34:57 2008.

andha amma yuvraj'a mudichadhu patthadhaa...
From: sriranga on Thu Jan 10 7:36:13 2008.

தலைவரின் (ரோபோவின்) ஹீரோயின் (ரோபோயின்) யார்?
From: SoftSword on Thu Jan 10 8:48:03 2008.

Ever since the rumours about Rajini being in 'Robot' started, so many more rumours started floating in that one does not know what is true and what is not.

On checking with Shankar's office circle, 2 pieces of information came to light. Two thongs are of prominence in Shankar's films – one is music, the other is the cinematography.

It was already decided that AR Rehman would be the music composer. Fixing the cinematographer was the difficult part. Ravi K Chandran is busy shooting the film of Nandita Das. He is committed to Hindi films and that would take about a year to complete them. Manikantan is busy with a Shahrukh project and overseas shooting.

'Sivaji' K V Anand is busy directing a Surya film. It is said that finally Nirav Shah, who shot 'Billa' and 'Dhoom' is the final choice. He seems an ideal choice for 'Robot.'

The objective is also to rope in Amitabh somehow or other to act in 'Robot.' The unit shows extra care as the film is to be shot in Hindi also and the budget seems to be a mind boggling 100 crores.

In the coming days, we would most likely hear stories about the film that would be more interesting than the film story itself!

courtesy : cinesouth
From: dinesh13284 on Thu Jan 10 8:53:41 2008.

A Film before Robo(t)

For actor Rajinikanth 2008 promises to be very busy, considering that he will start work on director Shankar’s ‘Robot’.

Though the news was already doing the rounds, Ayngaran International and Eros Multimedia have made an official announcement about the coming together of the ‘Superstar’, director Shankar and music director A.R. Rahman for ‘Robot.’

The other technicians involved in ‘Robot’ would be cinematographer Nirav Shah, who recently worked in ‘Billa’ and art director Sabu Cyril.

Meanwhile, it is learnt that discussions are on for Rajinikanth’s next project with director P. Vasu, which may be a remake of the Malayalam film ‘Kadha Parayumbhol’ starring actors Mammootty and Sreenivasan.

“Yes, we are considering this project and discussions are on. We will take a final decision by January 15,” director P. Vasu said.

Sources said Kavithalaya will co-produce the film. While ‘Robot’ is expected to take at least two years to complete, this Malayalam remake looks at the friendship between a village barber and a reigning superstar. While the reigning superstar is actor Rajinikanth, industry sources say actor Pasupathy, who played villain in Kamal Haasan’s ‘Virumandi’, is likely to play the village barber.

Coutesy : The Hindu

http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/10/stories/2008011050630200.htm
From: dell_gt on Thu Jan 10 10:47:58 2008.

CHENNAI: After a dream debut with Bollywood ‘Badshaah’ Shah Rukh Khan in ‘Om Shanti Om’, Deepika Padukone appears set to storm the south with a possible role opposite Tamil superstar Rajinikanth in the big-budget film ‘Robot’.

Padukone’s name is ‘on the top of the list of contenders for heroine’ in the Rs 100-crore venture by director Shankar, sources in the film production unit here said.

Shankar, who directed last year’s runaway hit ‘Sivaji - The Boss’ also starring Rajinikanth, has already teamed up with the style icon and renowned music composer AR Rehman.

The 22-year-old model-turned-actress has received the Star Screen award for ‘most promising newcomer’ and Stardust ‘Superstar of Tomorrow’ award.

Going by the mantra that actresses make a dent in Kollywood after starring opposite Rajinikanth or Kamal Hassan, the media began the buzz about Deepika acting in ‘Robot’.

The speculation earlier was that Shah Rukh Khan would play the lead in the the film, to be made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, before Shankar succeeded in getting the Tamil matinee idol to agree.

http://www.naachgaana.com/2008/01/10/deepika-favourite-for-lead-role-in-robot/
From: Dilbert on Thu Jan 10 13:59:11 2008.

http://www.humsurfer.com/view/robot-wallpapers-released-on-net

From: Movie Cop on Thu Jan 10 15:34:19 2008.

Nerd wrote:

EKSI Saarukan-kku TF section-la enna vELai?? avarrra vERa oruthar defend panni pEsuRaangannA Shocked

Dont even get me started on SRK's mindless/repulsvie/distateful masala junks. They are NO better than shankar movies Cool

Look who is talking?

You can't compare SRK's movies with Shankar's movies... SRK is an actor & Shankar is a director/creator... Comparing these 2 guys movies is like comparing apples & oranges... The rowdy fights, punch dialogues, crass comedy doesn't have a place in bollywood... bollywood type of "masala" is a little different so to speak...

My point is Shankar does not have it in him to do a bollywood movie that will appeal to the broader audience vs. our audience... PERIOD.

Btw, a HC RK die-hard accusing Bolly King SRK for his "mindless/repulsive/distasteful/masala junks"?

Irony ain't it?

From: Movie Cop on Thu Jan 10 15:40:31 2008.

thamiz wrote:

Movie Cop wrote:

So, lets leave SRK alone here and discuss only Robot/shankar/Rajini! Twisted Evil

Well, well, well, shankar made an official announcement that he is going to work with SRK.

How can we leave SRK alone, MC? Very Happy

So, you are saying that when Shankar was going to work with SRK (Robot), you were UNHAPPY? Rolling Eyes

Good to know that!

YOu know what? I am so happy for whatever happened with SRK ans Shankar, and Rajni is the best bet to take any such BIG RISK, and I believe, the loss will be less even if the movie flunks! Smile

Thamizh - Agree that RK is the best bet for a Tamil movie with mega budget! Regarding SRK rejecting Shankar's script - I was very happy about it... Long time back when SIFY guys made an announcement that Shankar is having talks with SRK to sign him up for Robot in Hindi I felt a disaster awaiting SRK!

IMHO, Shankar for all his limitations should stick himself to making Tamil/Southern movies where he has a good market!

Btw, is Robot a Sci-Fi futuristic thriller from Shankar? All the best to RK fans...

From: Dilbert on Thu Jan 10 15:47:35 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

Nerd wrote:

EKSI Saarukan-kku TF section-la enna vELai?? avarrra vERa oruthar defend panni pEsuRaangannA Shocked

Dont even get me started on SRK's mindless/repulsvie/distateful masala junks. They are NO better than shankar movies Cool

Look who is talking? Shocked

Irony ain't it? Smile

Boojpuri movies are much better than the ones in bollywood which you meantioned (masala type) especially SRK ones

KI KI KI KI KU KU KU KA KA KA KAI

Next time when you watch a RK movie better wear a good pair of specs to see things clearer.

From: Dilbert on Thu Jan 10 15:53:39 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

Long time back when SIFY guys made an announcement that Shankar is having talks with SRK to sign him up for Robot in Hindi I felt a disaster awaiting SRK! Laughing

IMHO, Shankar for all his limitations should stick himself to making Tamil/Southern movies where he has a good market! Cool

YOU MEAN SRK HAS NO LIMITATIONS

as per you Farah Khan is much better director than Shankar

Yeah I forgot she got tons and tons of years of expereince directing movies.. lol common cut it out. pl stop this headless chicken attitude dude.

From: rookie007 on Thu Jan 10 20:14:37 2008.

Quote:

Sir Ennda Dragon Wars Paadam pathengala Comedy Kemedy pannelyea..?

lol... what I am trying to say is that ...
if a movie like Dragon Wars can be dubbed and become super hit ...
I think, as the BIGGEST BUDGETED MOVIE from India, I think Shanker and SS should think about dubbing Robo(T), in english and release it and see what happens.....
We think by dubbing tamil movies in Hindi, we will put ourself in international standard ... but I think the quick and easiest way to get to International arena, is by dubbing big movie like ....
Sultan ... Dasa.... Marmayogi .. and Robo ... in english ...

From: Nerd on Thu Jan 10 21:35:40 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

Nerd wrote:

EKSI Saarukan-kku TF section-la enna vELai?? avarrra vERa oruthar defend panni pEsuRaangannA Shocked

Dont even get me started on SRK's mindless/repulsvie/distateful masala junks. They are NO better than shankar movies Cool

Look who is talking? Shocked

Now why can't I talk, may I ask? There is this age old hypocrisy that "Rajini fans should not thrash other movies".

Grow up people!

Movie Cop wrote:

Btw, a HC RK die-hard accusing Bolly King SRK for his "mindless/repulsive/distasteful/masala junks"? Shocked

Irony ain't it? Smile

And whats the irony?? I said SRK movies are NO BETTER than shankar movies. Shankar has given half-good/good movies and junks. SRK has done the same. At least shankar has less no. of movies to his credit

Apples and oranges? OK. Rajini has given at least 25 superb movies (Pre-thaLapathi mostly) and SRK??? Can he ACT?? at least as good as Jeyam ravi??

From: thamiz on Thu Jan 10 22:26:28 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

IMHO, Shankar for all his limitations should stick himself to making Tamil/Southern movies where he has a good market! Cool

Btw, is Robot a Sci-Fi futuristic thriller from Shankar? All the best to RK fans... Wink

OK, shankar's hindi nAyak flunked, fine!

What about Shivaji? It did very well in north! They are dubbing it now because of that response!

I dont know, Al Pacino turned down Kramervs Kramer. For that movie Justin Hoffman won an Oscar for best actor. Al made a big mistake, people say.

So, we dont know what is all about Robo or its outcome are going to be. Let us wait and see!

BTW, Vikram's first movie is a flop and now he is an established hero. If Vikram can, why not Shankar in Hindi

From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Jan 10 22:59:29 2008.

Who should Rajni romance in Robot: Deepika or Ash?

January 10, 2008 12:30 IST

After a dream Hindi film debut with Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan [Images] in Om Shanti Om, Deepika Padukone [Images] may soon star opposite Tamil superstar Rajnikanth [Images] in Shankar's Robot.

According to sources, Deepika is being offered a huge sum to star in this Rs 100 crore venture. On the other hand, some people in Bollywood are advicing her against taking up the role because of the age difference between the 22-year-old actress and the 57-year-old megastar.

Another actress being strongly considered for the role is Aishwarya Rai [Images]. Ash had been considered for Shankar-Rajni's earlier venture, Sivaji: The Boss as well, but the deal fell through.

While speculation over the casting continues, who would you rather see Rajni romance: Deepika or Ash?

http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2008/jan/10robot.htm
_____________________________________________________

Some of the comments on the discussion board are so freakin RACIST!
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Jan 10 23:01:54 2008.

Deepika, Aishwarya - who will play female lead in 'Robot'?
IANS - 1/10/2008

Chennai, Jan 10 (IANS) Media is abuzz with reports that director Shankar is very keen to sign up Deepika Padukone for his sci-fi "Robot" opposite Tamil superstar Rajnikant.

The second name doing the rounds is that of 35-year-old Aisharwya Rai, whose historical romance "Jodhaa-Akbar" is releasing in February.

However, sceptics feel that neither Deepika nor Aisharwya will accept the offer because both the actresses prefer to work with Mani Ratnam.

Even for Shankar's earlier venture "Sivaji: The Boss", the rumour mill had predicted Aisharwya would play the female lead opposite Rajnikant, but finally low-profile Shriya Sharan was roped in.

After teaming up with the star in hit flick "Sivaji...", Shankar last week announced that he will repeat the 57-year-old actor in "Robot" and that A.R. Rahman will compose the music.

http://www.nowrunning.com/news/news.aspx?it=13395
From: NOV on Thu Jan 10 23:19:35 2008.

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From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Jan 10 23:36:07 2008.

Deepika favourite for lead role in 'Robot'

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200801101221.htm
From: SIVAJITHEBOSS on Thu Jan 10 23:41:23 2008.

Robo trailer already released enjoy....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cMbWdAHt0Zk
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Jan 10 23:43:48 2008.

Enna oru Imagination! Shankar could learn...

From: rookie007 on Fri Jan 11 0:51:12 2008.

Quote:

I dont know, Al Pacino turned down Kramervs Kramer. For that movie Justin Hoffman won an Oscar for best actor. Al made a big mistake, people say.

So, we dont know what is all about Robo or its outcome are going to be. Let us wait and see!

and don't forget .... Matrix Trilogy

the Wachowski brothers wanted to cast "Will Smith" for Neo character .... but when Will Smith turned down the offer.... the role went to Keanu Reeves ... and we know the rest of the history ....

From: rookie007 on Fri Jan 11 1:20:29 2008.

And what I don't understand is that, why is Shanker trying to go after actresses like Deepika and Ash?
Ash already declined offer like 2 times ... which includes Anniyan and Shivaji ... why he is going after Ash again ... and Deepika ... also delicined to do be paired up with Surya for Varam Aiyram ...
and she is on cloud nine after the success of OSO .. and I don't think she would agree to do the flim cause of age difference ....
I just think it is stupid to go after actresses who have already delined the offer the first time ..and that to SS ...
Screw them .....
I think .. it would be good idea if Shanker chooses some one like Manisha ...
From: Kollywoodfan on Fri Jan 11 1:53:32 2008.

except the Manisha part

What about someone like Former Miss Universe Lara Dutta who is not as high in demand as Ash, thus more chances that she'd say yes, but still famous enough.
From: SoftSword on Fri Jan 11 2:53:08 2008.

or call soundharya back
From: cm123 on Fri Jan 11 2:57:22 2008.

I think Nayantara is best..
From: dinesh2002 on Fri Jan 11 3:04:19 2008.

SoftSword wrote:

or call soundharya back
From: MADDY on Fri Jan 11 3:11:22 2008.

how abt Nila for super* dinesh??

i think, it will make lot of sense - if they go in for a middle aged heroine than girls younger than rajini's daughters
From: Devar Magan on Fri Jan 11 3:34:43 2008.

when is sivaji releasing in hindi?
From: Mahen on Fri Jan 11 5:28:53 2008.

Nayan should stick to movies like Ayya etc..Athoda munjike Robot ellam romba over..Just bcos she wore bikini in billa(which looked horrible on her), athu ore aatama aduthe..
My choice..katrina,lara dutta..These gals have the oomph factor to act in big movies..As a tamana fan, i wud like to see in robot bcos it might do wonders to her career.. But i have to console myself seeing her pairing with rajni..
From: dinesh2002 on Fri Jan 11 7:17:48 2008.

MADDY wrote:

how abt Nila for super* dinesh??

i think, it will make lot of sense - if they go in for a middle aged heroine than girls younger than rajini's daughters

i think Nila wouldnt be so bad isnt it..... did u see her in the "Vaana" telugu film with Vinay pictures??? she looks simply awesome there!!!! never seen her look so great ever since Ah Aah........

From: dinesh2002 on Fri Jan 11 7:19:21 2008.

Mahen wrote:

Nayan should stick to movies like Ayya etc..Athoda munjike Robot ellam romba over..Just bcos she wore bikini in billa(which looked horrible on her), athu ore aatama aduthe..
My choice..katrina,lara dutta..These gals have the oomph factor to act in big movies..As a tamana fan, i wud like to see in robot bcos it might do wonders to her career.. Smile

But i have to console myself seeing her pairing with rajni.. Very Happy

now that was really really funny.... sorry Nayan fans.....

From: rookie007 on Fri Jan 11 11:34:53 2008.

Miss Universe Lara Dutta or Nila sounds good too .....

From: Dilbert on Fri Jan 11 15:36:08 2008.

NOV wrote:

General Warning

We have been rather lax with moderation the last few months, hoping that discussions would take Hub to a higher level. However, we note that this leniency is now being taken advantage of and henceforth we may have to revert to strict moderation.

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Naatamai finally Naalla Therippu.

From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Fri Jan 11 16:37:43 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Naatamai finally Naalla Therippu.
Not Tortoise...theerpai maathi ezhuthuuuuuuu
From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Jan 11 22:35:45 2008.

Deepika, Aishwarya - who will play female lead in 'Robot'?

Published on January 11, 2008 by IANS Viewed 27 times

Media is abuzz with reports that director Shankar is very keen to sign up Deepika Padukone for his sci-fi "Robot" opposite Tamil superstar Rajnikant. The second name doing the rounds is that of 35-year-old Aisharwya Rai, whose historical romance "Jodhaa-Akbar" is releasing in February. However, sceptics feel that neither Deepika nor Aisharwya will accept the offer because both the actresses prefer to work with Mani Ratnam.

Even for Shankar's earlier venture "Sivaji: The Boss", the rumour mill had predicted Aisharwya would play the female lead opposite Rajnikant, but finally low-profile Shriya Sharan was roped in.

After teaming up with the star in hit flick "Sivaji...", Shankar last week announced that he will repeat the 57-year-old actor in "Robot" and that A.R. Rahman will compose the music.

IANS

http://indiainteracts.com/gossip/2008/01/11/11875/Deepika-Aishwarya--who-will-play-female-lead-in-Robot/
From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Jan 11 22:39:56 2008.

‘Robot’ and Rajini: a flashback
IndiaGlitz [Friday, January 11, 2008]

Did you know that Rajini had agreed to act in ‘Robot’ long ago? Did you know that the project has come a full circle?

Here is a small flashback to recall the incident:

It was 2002 and it was the function held to launch Shankar’s ‘Boys’. Rajini attended the function as the chief guest. Shankar has arranged a demo session to reveal the talents of the boys of the ‘Boys’. Superstar enjoyed the event very much.

When Rajini came to the mike, he said that the news published in some magazines saying that Rajini and Shankar were coming together was true. “It is true. The name of the film is ‘Robot’. If I act in this movie directed by Shankar, it would run for 50 weeks. But it requires 50 crore rupees and two years to make”, said Rajini in his speech.

The dream of Shankar and the desire of superstar have been realized after almost six years. The budget has been doubled and the expectations are manifold.

In the meantime, the film has been associated with too many big names including Kamal Haasan, Vikram, Ajith, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan. The movie has come a full circle with Rajini himself acting in the mega film.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/35833.html
From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Jan 11 22:41:34 2008.

Superstar signs up Robot – Scoop news

Jan 11, 2008, 02:04

http://www.tamilstar.com/news/publish/article_3593.shtml

From: MADDY on Sat Jan 12 6:45:23 2008.

Quote:

Set in a future Chennai(2100 A.D.) where robots are common assistants and workers for their human owners, this is the story of "robotophobic" Chennai Police Detective Ajithkumar investigation into the murder of Old-rajinikanth , who works at Indian Robotics, in which a robot, Robo-Rajinikanth, appears to be implicated, even though that would mean the robot had violated the Three Laws of Robotics, which is apparently impossible. It seems impossible because.. if robots can break those laws, there's nothing to stop them from taking over the world, as humans have grown to become completely dependent upon their robots. Or maybe... they already have? Aiding AjithKumar in his investigation is a psychologist, Dr. Deepika , who specializes in the psyches of robots

From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Jan 12 7:04:50 2008.

Idhu I, Robot padatthoda kadhai. Deepika character mattum extra. Kadavule, kadavule
From: MADDY on Sat Jan 12 7:13:09 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Idhu I, Robot padatthoda kadhai. Deepika character mattum extra. Kadavule, kadavule

sorry, saturday afternoon - no oncalls - so thot i will cook up a masala ....pudikkalaya??
From: littlemaster1982 on Sat Jan 12 7:15:41 2008.

Idhu unga masala-va, I thot this is one of those orkut stories. I'll stop with this
From: MADDY on Sat Jan 12 7:22:08 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Idhu unga masala-va, I thot this is one of those orkut stories. I'll stop with this

dont worry, this will come as forward to u tomm in ur corporate inbox....

From: RajaRam on Sat Jan 12 9:55:35 2008.

Quote:

In the meantime, the film has been associated with too many big names including Kamal Haasan, Vikram, Ajith, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan. The movie has come a full circle with Rajini himself acting in the mega film.

100% false.
In late 90's I have seen kamal stills with Jino(Robo dog) for ROBO movie in kumudam magazine.

From: Dilbert on Sat Jan 12 11:16:47 2008.

RajaRam wrote:

Quote:

100% false.
In late 90's I have seen kamal stills with Jino(Robo dog) for ROBO movie in kumudam magazine.

Hello Rasaraman Sir.. !! Nice to have you back! Jino or JUNO you are referring to?

From: RajaRam on Sat Jan 12 12:26:38 2008.

Quote:

Jino or JUNO you are referring to?

I think it is Jino.
From: SIVAJITHEBOSS on Sat Jan 12 12:30:54 2008.

RajaRam wrote:

Quote:

Jino or JUNO you are referring to?

I think it is Jino.

Its about time you got confused...
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Sat Jan 12 14:20:31 2008.

there is nothing called juno. maybe ur pet dog! Jino is correct

a similar pose appeared in Indian too(akkadaa song). unnessasary and confusing....
From: Dilbert on Sat Jan 12 20:51:23 2008.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar wrote:

there is nothing called juno. maybe ur pet dog! Jino is correct

a similar pose appeared in Indian too(akkadaa song). unnessasary and confusing....

Sakala ,
as usual our rasaram sir. starting something..with Jino ! Btw Juno is latest Hollywood flick about Teenage preganancy a comedy Movie its nominated for golden globe this year. I thought namma annan saw that movie.. Pera Mathee..as usual information mathee.. was trying to create some sort of dig here..

Good you brought up that Indian tata Photo with Dog. Now you see Rasarama sir was rite.. Kamalsir photo with dog indeed exists Thanxs Sakala as usual you are great with your info.
From: komban on Sun Jan 13 7:29:56 2008.

Whether confirmed or not...the hype surrounding Rajini never seem to wane, come what may....! What else could be the reason for this ?

http://robotrajini.com/
From: cm123 on Wed Jan 16 1:05:32 2008.

Shankar in Vijay TV interview told they are searching for a tamil title and the film will be well received by kids..

most of the time they talked about rajini only..
From: rookie007 on Wed Jan 16 2:31:28 2008.

One thing is for SURE this time....
Robo is not going to be about another Gentlemen...Anniyan or Shivaji .....
From: thamiz on Wed Jan 16 13:13:16 2008.

cm123 wrote:

Shankar in Vijay TV interview told they are searching for a tamil title and the film will be well received by kids..

most of the time they talked about rajini only..

His interview was good!

He was very honest in every statement of his!

"Honesty the best policy" Way to go Shankar !
From: rookie007 on Wed Jan 16 16:52:42 2008.

Can some one please upload the 175 function of Shivaji and the Shanker's interview ..PLEASE!!!!!!!
From: SIVAJITHEBOSS on Wed Jan 16 18:05:51 2008.

Sivaji Function Video

Sivaji 175 Part 1 of 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQjNo5t9FtE

Part 2/13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqaqnhF7egU

Other parts will take time to upload apparently...
From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Jan 16 18:11:35 2008.

SIVAJITHEBOSS wrote:

Sivaji Function Video

Sivaji 175 Part 1 of 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQjNo5t9FtE

Yay! Thanks a lot... Got a lot to see tonight then!
From: thamiz on Fri Jan 18 22:25:17 2008.

some parts of 13 are missing
From: Nerd on Sat Jan 19 1:46:28 2008.

Aishwarya ivunga thirunthavE maattaaingaLA
http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2710623.cms
From: dinesh2002 on Sat Jan 19 3:14:30 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Aishwarya ivunga thirunthavE maattaaingaLA
http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2710623.cms

YAY!!! Aishwariya Rai.... ACCEPT IT !!! ACCEPT IT !!!! its been long time uve been seen in Tamil film...........!!!
From: dinesh2002 on Sat Jan 19 7:00:58 2008.

Aishwarya in 'Robot'?
IndiaGlitz [Saturday, January 19, 2008]

Aishwarya Rai Gallery

Aishwarya Rai Gallery

Lot of news and gossips on Rajinikanth’s ‘Robot’ are coming out day in and day out. The latest buzz about the film is that the beauty queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan would be paired opposite superstar in Shankar’s ‘Robot’. Shankar who had been to Mumbai recently, was believed to have met Aishwarya Rai.

It is rumored that Shankar went to Mumbai in the first week of January and discussed the script and her role with Ash. Aishwarya, according to the grapevine, had gone through the script thoroughly. She is yet to decide about ‘Robot’.

Shankar is very keen that ‘Robot’ must be bigger than ‘Sivaji’. It is quite natural to rope in a big star like Aish, who has international acceptance, into ‘Robot’, which will be the biggest ever film to be produced in India.

Moreover, since the film is planned to be made simultaneously in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, Aishwarya will be the right choice, as she has popularity all over the nation.

Aishwarya’s name has been associated with Rajini’s films since ‘Padayappa’. Now he is signed for a new film and the name of Aish surfaces again. It will be interesting to see whether the most popular actress of India will pair up with the biggest superstar of India this time.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/35995.html
From: Yathu on Sat Jan 19 7:50:31 2008.

SAY YES AISH! PLEASE!

AISH IS WHAT THIS MOVIE NEEDs!
From: Yathu on Sat Jan 19 7:54:14 2008.

Aishwarya Rai with Super Star?

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

January 19, 2008

Director Shankar’s dream project Robot which is reported to be a mega budgeted venture, never before heard in Tamil film industry, will take off after the Boss wraps up Kuselan. Meanwhile rumours are rife that Shankar has flown to Mumbai to hold talks with former Miss World Aishwarya Rai to cast her as the female lead for super star in Robot.

Readers may recall that Ms Rai was one of the top line choices for heroine in Sivaji. But due to date problems, she could not sign on the dotted line earlier.

Sources also reveal that Shankar may be successful this time in getting a positive reply from Ash as Rajnikanth shares a special rapport with her father-in-law Big B who might influence her decision. Discussions are on and we will keep you posted…

http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jan-08-03/19-01-08-robot.html
From: dinesh2002 on Sat Jan 19 8:17:35 2008.

Yathu wrote:

SAY YES AISH! PLEASE!

AISH IS WHAT THIS MOVIE NEEDs!

YESS!!!! Something tells me its Aishwariya Rai IS the actress for ROBOT.... i hope my instincts is right!! !!!!
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 21 0:37:42 2008.

Weekly Poll

Do you still prefer Aishwarya to pair with our Thalaivar in Robo?

* She will be perfect match for this mega project

* South Indian Actress will be a better choice

* Should not be considered at all

* No Comments

http://www.rajinifans.com/poll/cast.php
____________________________________________________

My choice is #3 - It's over for Aish! Let's move on...
From: rookie007 on Mon Jan 21 2:17:22 2008.

Quote:

Aishwarya ivunga thirunthavE maattaaingaLA
http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2710623.cms

lol..the articles states that, Robo will be produced by Sony
i thought it was Anygaran and Eros International ....

From: Raghu on Mon Jan 21 6:51:18 2008.

rookie007 wrote:

Quote:

Aishwarya ivunga thirunthavE maattaaingaLA
http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2710623.cms

lol..the articles states that, Robo will be produced by Sony Rolling Eyes

i thought it was Anygaran and Eros International ....

me too

From: Corleone on Mon Jan 21 7:24:37 2008.

rookie007 wrote:

Quote:

Aishwarya ivunga thirunthavE maattaaingaLA
http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2710623.cms

lol..the articles states that, Robo will be produced by Sony Rolling Eyes

i thought it was Anygaran and Eros International ....

SONY Pictures and EROS International are collaborating in India.
They are like ESPN and Star sports....they work together....their commitment with each other will be upto the end of 2011.

From: Raghu on Mon Jan 21 7:29:11 2008.

hmm

I was wondering how AYNGARAN can produse a film worth abouth 100+ crore
From: Corleone on Mon Jan 21 7:37:58 2008.

Raghu wrote:

hmm

I was wondering how AYNGARAN can produse a film worth abouth 100+ crore

Ayngaran is there mainly to manage the productions and expenditure......the bulk of the money will be pumped in by EROS and SONY.

From: Raghu on Mon Jan 21 7:44:53 2008.

Corleone wrote:

Raghu wrote:

hmm

I was wondering how AYNGARAN can produse a film worth abouth 100+ crore

Ayngaran is there mainly to manage the productions and expenditure......the bulk of the money will be pumped in by EROS and SONY.

Oh, thought so

From: SIVAJITHEBOSS on Mon Jan 21 21:39:09 2008.

Ash Impressed with Robo Script

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Buzz/Ash_to_pair_with_Rajini/articleshow/2718610.cms

I could care less if she is in the movie or not...I am just happy that she found the script interesting....

From: dinesh2002 on Mon Jan 21 22:08:50 2008.

SIVAJITHEBOSS wrote:

Ash Impressed with Robo Script

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Buzz/Ash_to_pair_with_Rajini/articleshow/2718610.cms

I could care less if she is in the movie or not...I am just happy that she found the script interesting.... Cool

YES!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shankar - Aishwarya Rai - A.R.Rahman yet again after 10 years !!!!!!!!!! WO HOOOOOOOOO!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps : sorry, just that this combo is a dream come true !!!

From: thamiz on Mon Jan 21 22:27:18 2008.

SIVAJITHEBOSS wrote:

So, she has not turned it down, yet.

Considering?

From: SIVAJITHEBOSS on Mon Jan 21 22:29:14 2008.

Eagerly waiting for the first official pic of the movie from Shanker....I am sure it will bring chills to everyone...
From: rookie007 on Mon Jan 21 23:19:43 2008.

Quote:

Eagerly waiting for the first official pic of the movie from Shanker....I am sure it will bring chills to everyone...

same here bro...

From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Jan 22 0:35:50 2008.

SIVAJITHEBOSS wrote:

From: rookie007 on Tue Jan 22 2:10:30 2008.

Wow.... The pressure for our SS and Shanker is out of this world ....
Shanker is being smart getting all the best of best to work beside
with him...

Mind blowing director (Shanker) + our (SS) + #1 music
director in the country (AR) + Top production companies(EROS + Ayngaran + Sony ) + Best actress (Aish) + Best CG companies + Best technicians = The Wrath of Tamil Cinama (South Indian Cinema).....
From: Mahen on Tue Jan 22 4:45:55 2008.

Im not really excited abt ash being in robot...Maybe if she was still single, it would have been a great news.. Hope the role will go to someone else..
From: selvakumar on Tue Jan 22 4:51:50 2008.

Mahen wrote:

Im not really excited abt ash being in robot...Maybe if she was still single, it would have been a great news.. Hope the role will go to someone else..

Was she really single all through these years ?

From: SoftSword on Tue Jan 22 5:09:35 2008.

selvakumar wrote:

Mahen wrote:

Im not really excited abt ash being in robot...Maybe if she was still single, it would have been a great news.. Smile

Hope the role will go to someone else..

Was she really single all through these years ? Rolling Eyes

romba mukkiyam selva...
but thats a very good doubt...

From: raaja_rasigan on Tue Jan 22 5:26:19 2008.

SoftSword wrote:

selvakumar wrote:

Mahen wrote:

Im not really excited abt ash being in robot...Maybe if she was still single, it would have been a great news.. Smile

Hope the role will go to someone else..

Was she really single all through these years ? Rolling Eyes

romba mukkiyam selva...
but thats a very good doubt... Laughing

yeah.. just like karakattakaran soppanasundari joke

From: dinesh2002 on Tue Jan 22 5:27:36 2008.

If my sources are to be believed, this could well be the casting coup of the decade. It seems Deepika Padukone has been replaced in Shankar's magnum opus, Robot. And the coveted role is all set to go to Aishwarya. It happened like this. Shankar, I am told, did consider Ash for the part, but since Shah Rukh Khan was in the picture, Aishwarya was indecisive.

News about Deepika Padukone being seriously considered for the same have been doing the rounds for some time. But it seems that after Shah Rukh opted out of the project, Deepika's name dropped out too.

So Rajni stepped in. And being a good friend of the Bachchans, he approached Amitabh all over again. And a few meetings later, Ash was finally convinced.

Whew! As for Rajini and Ash fans, if this actually works out, Robot will definitely be the film to watch out for. For Ash, this heralds a homecoming of sorts of the actress post- Iruvar. And now, let's wait and watch for the real story and all the spicy details of this coup to emerge, shall we?

http://www.buzz18.com/snippets/gossip/ash-replaces-deepika-in-robot/35001/0
From: selvakumar on Tue Jan 22 5:28:35 2008.

SS & r_r
Single ah irukkurathu padathula nadikirathukku oru advantagenna, soppanasundari doubt enna, soerkkaloga sundari doubt ae ketkalaam
From: dinesh2002 on Tue Jan 22 5:32:24 2008.

Aishwarya Rai in Robot?
By Moviebuzz
Tuesday, 22 January , 2008, 12:32
It looks like Aishwarya Rai is the front runner to play heroine to Rajinikanth( superstar likes to be spelled in this way) in Shankar directed Robot! Last week Shankar who had worked with her in his Jeans, had met her in Mumbai and narrated the one-line story to her.

Aishwarya heard the story but has not green signaled the project as her career in Bollywood is at a crucial juncture with her Hrithik Roshan film Jodhaa Akbar due for release on February 15. The box-office success of the film will determine her future moves in Bollywood, as she has only Ram Gopal Varma's "Sarkar-2" and two Hollywood projects "Pink Panther-2" and Ben Kingsley's "Taj Mahal" coming up for release.

Shankar has never taken a pure south Indian actress in any of his films, as he thinks the skin tone of his heroine is important. And as far as Rajinikanth is concerned from Padayappa days he has not hidden his desire to act with the Ulaga Azhagi! Let us hope that Ash obliges these men, so that they will provide us with some great entertainment by the year 2010 with Robot.

The views expressed in the article are the author's and not of Sify.com.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14592831

From: Corleone on Tue Jan 22 5:33:46 2008.

raaja_rasigan wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

selvakumar wrote:

Mahen wrote:

Im not really excited abt ash being in robot...Maybe if she was still single, it would have been a great news.. Smile

Hope the role will go to someone else..

Was she really single all through these years ? Rolling Eyes

romba mukkiyam selva...
but thats a very good doubt... Laughing

yeah.. just like karakattakaran soppanasundari joke Laughing

R_R,
Irunthaalun neenga namma Selva-va senthiloda compare panneerka koodathu.

From: SoftSword on Tue Jan 22 7:24:05 2008.

dinesh2002 wrote:

If my sources are to be believed, this could well be the casting coup of the decade. It seems Deepika Padukone has been replaced in Shankar's magnum opus, Robot. And the coveted role is all set to go to Aishwarya. It happened like this. Shankar, I am told, did consider Ash for the part, but since Shah Rukh Khan was in the picture, Aishwarya was indecisive.

News about Deepika Padukone being seriously considered for the same have been doing the rounds for some time. But it seems that after Shah Rukh opted out of the project, Deepika's name dropped out too.

So Rajni stepped in. And being a good friend of the Bachchans, he approached Amitabh all over again. And a few meetings later, Ash was finally convinced.

Whew! As for Rajini and Ash fans, if this actually works out, Robot will definitely be the film to watch out for. For Ash, this heralds a homecoming of sorts of the actress post- Iruvar. And now, let's wait and watch for the real story and all the spicy details of this coup to emerge, shall we?

http://www.buzz18.com/snippets/gossip/ash-replaces-deepika-in-robot/35001/0

rajni amitabh kitta poi... unga marumagala nadikka sollunga'nu sonnaaraa...

idhellaam heights of buruda...
anyway they have written it in the gossip column, so lets forgive them...
aanaalum epdiyellaam yosikkiraanga...

From: selvakumar on Tue Jan 22 7:33:55 2008.

Corleone wrote:

R_R,
Irunthaalun neenga namma Selva-va senthiloda compare panneerka koodathu.
From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Jan 23 15:59:20 2008.

AISH OPPOSITE RAJNIKANT IN 'ROBOT'?

http://ww.smashits.com/news/bollywood/movie-talk/6538/malaika-khan-turns-real-mother.html

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be paired opposite Rajnikant in Shankar's forthcoming film 'Robot'. Shankar who created box office history with his last release 'Sivaji - The Boss' had been to Mumbai recently to meet Aishwarya Rai. He discussed the script and her role with Ash. "Aishwarya has gone through the script before joining Abhishek who is shooting for 'Dilli 6' in Rajasthan. Even though she has gone through the narration, she is yet to decide about 'Robot'." Shankar's 'Robot' is going to be even bigger than 'Sivaji - The Boss'. Rajnikant and Shankar are keen on co-producing 'Robot' together. Since Rajnikant has already said yes to Shankar, the former is keen on signing Aish, as the movie will be made in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. This is to recall that Shankar had first approached Shah Rukh Khan who declined it. Incidentally, Kareena had then shown interest in 'Robot' when she came to know that SRK is going to be part of the film. It is also believed that Kareena herself expressed her desire to work with Shah Rukh for the same film. But it couldn't happen because SRK had some differences with director Shankar regarding its script.
From: thamiz on Wed Jan 23 22:59:33 2008.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Ash - Rajinikanth make it official! - Source: IBNLive.com

Aishwarya Rai has reportedly signed the prestigious Shankar film with Rajinikanth, tentatively called Robot.
Our sources insist, the deal was officially signed yesterday afternoon, around 3.30 pm. "The contract was sent to Janak (the Bachchan bungalow in suburban Mumbai) for the Bachchans' approval, and it was duly signed," says our source. But that's not all. Aishwarya Rai is allegedly charging a whopping Rs 1.5 cr for the film, which was initially meant to be a SRK and Deepika Padukone starrer. The amount, needless to say, will be some sort of a landmark, considering no Rajini heroine has ever commanded such an astronomical fee so far. Shriya Saran was allegedly paid Rs 30 lakh for Sivaji.
Meanwhile, there seems to be some controversy around the title of this film.
From: rookie007 on Thu Jan 24 0:42:24 2008.

1.5 crores ????? I thought it would be more then that ....
From: cm123 on Thu Jan 24 1:44:36 2008.

rookie007 wrote:

1.5 crores ????? I thought it would be more then that ....

ithuve over .... intha padathukku avar thevaya illai
From: rookie007 on Thu Jan 24 2:12:01 2008.

Quote:

ithuve over .... intha padathukku avar thevaya illai

Ash is the only one who can get audience from south to north to hollywood ...
even though I hate to her ... if the movie needs some like her ....
then we have no choise but to choose her
From: Mahen on Thu Jan 24 2:32:21 2008.

1.5 crores is small actually..Nayanthara kuda 1crore sambalam(after she stripped in billa)..I expected aish's fee would be around 3-4c..Anyway im disappointed that aish is in robot..I expected a freshie..

'Ash is the only one who can get audience from south to north to hollywood'--disagree bcos heroines dont really pull the crowd..Many movies with big heroines have bombed big time and even heroine-centric movies dont do well..Look at sivaji,shirya was an unknown face but the movie did very well and it changed her career too..
From: thamiz on Thu Jan 24 10:36:32 2008.

Mahen wrote:

1.5 crores is small actually....

I felt the same too.

But the # hours she will be working in the movie will be very small!

From: Raikkonen on Thu Jan 24 10:42:59 2008.

dinesh2002 wrote:

Aishwarya Rai in Robot?
By Moviebuzz
Tuesday, 22 January , 2008, 12:32
It looks like Aishwarya Rai is the front runner to play heroine to Rajinikanth( superstar likes to be spelled in this way) in Shankar directed Robot! Last week Shankar who had worked with her in his Jeans, had met her in Mumbai and narrated the one-line story to her.

Aishwarya heard the story but has not green signaled the project as her career in Bollywood is at a crucial juncture with her Hrithik Roshan film Jodhaa Akbar due for release on February 15. The box-office success of the film will determine her future moves in Bollywood, as she has only Ram Gopal Varma's "Sarkar-2" and two Hollywood projects "Pink Panther-2" and Ben Kingsley's "Taj Mahal" coming up for release.

Shankar has never taken a pure south Indian actress in any of his films, as he thinks the skin tone of his heroine is important. And as far as Rajinikanth is concerned from Padayappa days he has not hidden his desire to act with the Ulaga Azhagi! Let us hope that Ash obliges these men, so that they will provide us with some great entertainment by the year 2010 with Robot.

The views expressed in the article are the author's and not of Sify.com.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14592831

Ennada Superstar movie announcement panni ivlo naalachi, intha news innum varaliyennu patthen..
Vantirichi..

From: Yathu on Thu Jan 24 16:54:25 2008.

Aishwarya Rai signs for Robot

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

January 24, 2008

A couple of days back, we had mentioned that Shankar was in Mumbai to hold talks with Aishwarya Rai to cast her in his prestigious project Robot. Now it is confirmed that he has been successful with regard to roping in former Miss World in his mega budgeted film Robot. Ms Rai has signed on the dotted line for a jaw dropping sum of Rs 1.5 crore to play the lady lead for Super Star in the film. Insiders reveal that this could be the highest paid salary for any heroine in the South Indian film industry. This Science fiction film will be produced by Karunamoorthy for Ayngaran International and is expected to be made simultaneously in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu.
From: Yathu on Thu Jan 24 17:00:42 2008.

Ash in ‘Robot’ IndiaGlitz [Thursday, January 24, 2008]

It is almost certain that India’s most sought after actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has signed the mega movie ‘Robot' directed by Shankar. Aishwarya Rai will play the lead role as the pair to India’s biggest superstar Rajinikanth.

Sources from Mumbai say that the deal was struck by yesterday (January 23) noon. It is said that Aishwarya would be paid a whopping amount of Rs 1.5 crore for the film. The amount, it confirmed, will be the highest salary received by an actress in India.

As we have mentioned earlier, Rajinikanth has been trying to cast the beauty queen in his film right from the days of ‘Padayappa’. His dream to cast her has finally come true in the biggest movie of his career.

Keep watching IndiaGlitz for more updates on ‘Robot’.
From: Kollywoodfan on Thu Jan 24 18:38:54 2008.

Wow, well this is great news I suppose. They have succeeded after a while.

In the Sun TV interview, her humbleness and the way she acknowledged Rajini's power (in a way, how he was much bigger than her) is awesome. All the best for Robot!!
From: thamiz on Thu Jan 24 23:36:55 2008.

So, Is that confirmed or what?
From: Sinthiya on Thu Jan 24 23:45:39 2008.

i'm impressed, finally Aishwarya has agreed......this is gonna be so big around the world...Ash+Rajni+ARR will be ...forget the story ...

....best of luck
From: thamiz on Thu Jan 24 23:48:41 2008.

Sinthiya wrote:

i'm impressed, finally Aishwarya has agreed......this is gonna be so big around the world...Ash+Rajni+ARR will be ...forget the story ...

....best of luck

They made an offer which she could not refuse, it seems!
From: Sinthiya on Thu Jan 24 23:50:55 2008.

thamiz wrote:

They made an offer which she could not refuse, it seems!

yeah...i can imagine......she has tremendous star power as well...
i'm happy for Rajni!
From: cancer on Thu Jan 24 23:53:30 2008.

cm123 wrote:

rookie007 wrote:

1.5 crores ????? I thought it would be more then that ....

ithuve over .... intha padathukku avar thevaya illai

Intha padathulayvathu othukittangannu santhosa padunga, 7-8 varusama aish ai try panninathukku oru vetri.
From: thamiz on Thu Jan 24 23:55:45 2008.

As Shankar wished he hired the best artists to accomplish his dream project!
From: Nerd on Thu Jan 24 23:58:23 2008.

cancer wrote:

Intha padathulayvathu othukittangannu santhosa padunga, 7-8 varusama aish ai try panninathukku oru vetri.

Rajini has EXPLAINED publicly in a function why they were after Aish and the reasons she could not be a part of those movies. There it ended and its not a thing to be made fun of

From: cancer on Fri Jan 25 0:05:37 2008.

Nerd wrote:

cancer wrote:

Intha padathulayvathu othukittangannu santhosa padunga, 7-8 varusama aish ai try panninathukku oru vetri.

Rajini has EXPLAINED publicly in a function why they were after Aish and the reasons she could not be a part of those movies. There it ended and its not a thing to be made fun of Cool

i did not know what r those reasons, But aish ai heroine podurathukku try panninathu unmaiyaaa illaya?

anyhow its good sign , Aish presence will add credit to the movie

From: thamiz on Fri Jan 25 0:07:48 2008.

cancer wrote:

anyhow its good sign , Aish presence will add credit to the movie

It certainly will.

The 1.5 cr will yield much more!
From: Dilbert on Fri Jan 25 0:44:17 2008.

I still don't believe few of things what Thalivar is getting in to

Aish < Karunamurthy.. If you look at her acting in her last venture " THE LAST LEGION" she is not fit be anywhere near ROBOT. Again Shankargaru.. may be thinging of showing her this time around with 7 New wonders of the world.

// Dig // few articles carried some info she is carrying.. this was reason for her recent visits to many temples include Madurai dig end//

If I am wrong don't kill me.. have gr8 day guys.. Nowadays ..all Thavliar fans are working Overtime.. May be Nerd / Thiru / Nov/ Bay should pay hard working people us
From: Mahen on Fri Jan 25 9:20:47 2008.

Aishwarya confirms Robot!
By Moviebuzz
Friday, 25 January , 2008, 14:25
Last Updated: Friday, 25 January , 2008, 15:07
Aishwarya Rai has been confirmed to play Rajinikanth's heroine in Shankar directed Robot! The actress herself confirmed this to the Hindi news channel "Aaj Tak" and its sister channel in English "Headlines Today" that she is going to do Robot.

Meanwhile back home in Chennai it is an open secret that the director had met Aishwarya in Mumbai and gave her a one-line narration of her role in the film. But when contacted Shankar, did not want to comment on it till all the artists and technicians are signed up!

It is a typical Shankar reaction, as he would like to keep his moves on Robot a closely guarded secret till the release day of the film. And Rajinikanth also loves keeping everybody guessing till he asks the producers to officially announce it with a press statement.

The views expressed in the article are the author's and not of Sify.com..

IS shankar aware that south indians esp tamil audiences are against the idea of married ladies gracing the big screen as heroines?I read an article few years back that audiences cant accept married ladies as heroines due to the kalacharam crap...If you look at the past, most heroines who have settled down will either quit acting or do anni, akka kind of roles...Im afraid shankar's decision to cast Aishwarya
rai might backfire on him..But if aish's role in robot runs on a separate track without being rajni's ladylove, then it shouldnt be a problem i guess..

From: rookie007 on Fri Jan 25 12:21:58 2008.

Quote:

IS shankar aware that south indians esp tamil audiences are against the idea of married ladies gracing the big screen as heroines?I read an article few years back that audiences cant accept married ladies as heroines due to the kalacharam crap...If you look at the past, most heroines who have settled down will either quit acting or do anni, akka kind of roles...Im afraid shankar's decision to cast Aishwarya
rai might backfire on him..But if aish's role in robot runs on a separate track without being rajni's ladylove, then it shouldnt be a problem i guess..

This mentality go to change ....

Why can't married women act as heroine .... while guys can ....

anywaz, with RObo, I don't think heroines have to worry about that anymore .....

From: Dilbert on Fri Jan 25 13:31:37 2008.

I feel privileged to belong to Bachchan family: Ash

Rajeev Masand / CNN-IBN

Mumbai: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is difficult to pin down for an interview; but is always in the news for one reason or another. Here she is, in an interview with entertainment editor of CNN-IBN, Rajeev Masand.

Rajeev Masand: Shankar, the director of Shivaji has revealed that you are the heroine of his new film Robot opposite Rajinikanth.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: They are super entertainers independently and together. I am saying independently because Shankar has been really sweet before Jeans and even after that. He has always asked me for his various projects but due to time and schedule, I could never come around making it happen as I already had other commitments. Rajini sir and Shankar are pure creative people. Saying no can and could be such an issue.

Recently Shankar did approach me and narrated the script. But we could still work it out. I am still working on my dates. But if he is confirmed it then it is cool. It means we will be on board and will work it out.
Rajeev Masand: It has also been said that you have been signed at a price that is the highest ever price paid to an actor in a Rajinikanth film.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: It is not that as much as speculation and a lot more chattier like there is a dearth of it anyways. I don’t know how to react to all this.

Karunamurthy

Rajeev Masand: The family is going to be in Barabanki shortly to announce the Aishwarya Rai school for girls, which is a very noble gesture. Are you going to play a significant role in that?

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: I am very humbled by the commitment that the family has made and I so privileged to belong to a family that made a commitment a year ago and is keeping to its word and is realising the commitment very soon. You have to wait for the details of date and nomenclature. But more than anything else, it is the whole thought and idea and it is straight from the heart.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/i-feel-privileged-to-belong-to-bachchan-family-ash/57377-8.html

From: Kollywoodfan on Fri Jan 25 13:44:21 2008.

rookie007 wrote:

Quote:

IS shankar aware that south indians esp tamil audiences are against the idea of married ladies gracing the big screen as heroines?I read an article few years back that audiences cant accept married ladies as heroines due to the kalacharam crap...If you look at the past, most heroines who have settled down will either quit acting or do anni, akka kind of roles...Im afraid shankar's decision to cast Aishwarya rai might backfire on him..But if aish's role in robot runs on a separate track without being rajni's ladylove, then it shouldnt be a problem i guess..

This mentality go to change .... Twisted Evil

Why can't married women act as heroine .... while guys can .... Rolling Eyes

anywaz, with RObo, I don't think heroines have to worry about that anymore ..... Razz

I agree with rookie, I'm pretty sure that Kollywood will change too and become like Bollywood altho not as "free."

In Bollywood, the chemistry and close acting between heroines and heroes is almost 100x more than in Kollywood, married or not. Ex) Kajol in Fanaa. But I think Shankar is smart and knows how to package a film well. I mean Aish is already acting glamorously in Holly/Bolly, so it shouldn't be that much difficult because Kollywood is definitely more decent.

I don't think this separate track business would work, because the whole point is to see Ash as Superstar's ladylove. As long as she is not portrayed vulgarly (I'm sure Shankar wouldn't do this), but in a cute fashion, similar to Jeans with a right mix of style and glamour, it should be fine.

From: thamiz on Sat Jan 26 11:29:30 2008.

ரோபோவில் ஐஸ்வர்யா!

த்ரிஷா, ஸ்ரேயா மூட் அவுட்!

ஒருவழியாக ரோபோ படத்திற்கு கதாநாயகி கிடைத்துவிட்டார். தீபீகா படுகோன், அல்லது ஐஸ்வர்யாராய் என்று பயணப்பட்ட தேடுதல் படலம், ஐஸ்வர்யாராய் சம்மதித்ததால் முடிவுக்கு வந்திருக்கிறது. சிவாஜி படத்திலேயே ஐஸ்வர்யாராய் தன்னுடன் நடிக்க வேண்டும் என்று விரும்பினார் ரஜினி. அப்போது பல்வேறு காரணங்களால் அந்த அழைப்பை நிராகரித்தார் ஐஸ். ஷங்கரின் ஜீன்ஸ் படத்தில் நடித்திருந்ததால், உலக அழகியை சகஜமாக அணுக முடிந்த ஷங்கருக்கு, சம்பளம் பேசுவதும் பெரிய விஷயமாக படவில்லை. சுமார் 1 கோடியே 50 லட்சம் சம்பளம் தருவதாக முடிவாகியிருக்கிறதாம். ரஜினியுடன் ஜோடியாக நடித்த எந்த நடிகையும் இவ்வளவு சம்பளம் இதற்கு முன் வாங்கியதில்லை. சிவாஜியில் நடித்த ஸ்ரேயாவுக்கு கூட 30 லட்சம் மட்டுமே சம்பளம் பேசப்பட்டதாம். ரோபோவுக்காக ஜுலையில் இருந்து தன்னுடைய தேதிகளை யாருக்கும் தராமல் வைத்திருந்த த்ரிஷா கடைசிவரை ஷங்கரிடமிருந்து அழைப்பு வரவில்லை என்பதாலேயே அந்த தேதிகளை சர்வம் படத்திற்கு கொடுத்திருக்கிறார். இதில் அதிக ஏமாற்றம் ஸ்ரேயாவுக்குதான். “மறுபடியும் ரஜினி சாருடன் நடிக்க அழைத்தால் அது என் பாக்யம்” என்று வெளிப்படையாக பேசியும், கைநழுவி போய்விட்டது வாய்ப்பு. ஆனால், ஐஸ்வர்யாவின் கால்ஷீட் கிடைத்ததால் ரோபோ குழுவினருக்கு இன்னும் மகிழ்ச்சி. ஏனென்றால், இத்தனை கோடி செலவு செய்கிற படத்திற்கு வெறும் தமிழ், தெலுங்கு, கலெக்ஷன்கள் போதாது. ஹிந்தி மார்க்கெட்டையும் பிடித்தாக வேண்டும். அதற்காக கெஸ்ட் ரோலில் அமிதாப்பை நடிக்க வைக்கலாம் என்றெல்லாம் யோசித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். ஆனால் ஐஸ்வர்யா என்ற அழகான கல் இந்தியாவில் உள்ள அத்தனை மொழி மாங்காய்களையும் விழ வைத்திருக்கிறது.

-ஆர்.எஸ்.

More...
From: rookie007 on Sat Jan 26 15:25:47 2008.

Little translation please ....
From: Movie Cop on Sat Jan 26 15:52:44 2008.

"Local Muniama" Trisha oda range-ukku Robot project ellam expect panuradhu remba over Trisha, to me, is neither pretty nor glamorous. Thanks to her wooden face, her acting/emoting leaves a lot to be desired ... And the less I comment about her dancing skills the more better for her! Shreya must feel herself very unlucky to miss the bus for the "Robot" trip... She is very pretty (read hottie ) and can act little bit too... In the glamour department, Shreya is at her prime right now and to me she is one of the reasons for Sivaji success too...

Compared to Shreya, Aish might be a pretty heavy "investment" upfront. But I'm speculating that businessman Sangar's strategy here is to create a market at national level thro' Aish hence get greater ROI. If they could manage to rope in "Big B" as well to do a cameo role then the ROI will increase significatly as well... Dubbing the movie simultaneously in Hindi will help them collect their investments soon, IMHO!

From: Dilbert on Sat Jan 26 20:02:46 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

"Local Muniama" Trisha oda range-ukku Robot project ellam expect panuradhu remba over ROTFL

Compared to Shreya, Aish might be a pretty heavy "investment" upfront. But I'm speculating that businessman Sangar's strategy here is to create a market at national level thro' Aish hence get greater ROI.

If they could manage to rope in "Big B" as well to do a cameo role then the ROI will increase significatly as well... Dubbing the movie simultaneously in Hindi will help them collect their investments soon, IMHO! Cool

couldn't agree more with you

on Trisha lol

Aish's last 3 Hollywood projects bombed, Next 2 projects Pink Panther & Astriex & Obelix in French, only god knows where its headed. She was my last choice for ROBOT.
whenever she appears on the TV for Interview she brags more on facts than actually it is, like her dates for instance

All said and done.. she is part of ROBERTUU - as long as it doesn't harm Thaliavar's Image in anyway I am cool.

Having Big - B it will be Ambitious move

After Shivaji, I don't expect any thing more than a Great Entertainment Movie from Sangar production

Maybe Ash dance for opening number (just like Bond flicks)

From: thamiz on Sat Jan 26 21:52:34 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

"Local Muniama" Trisha oda range-ukku Robot project ellam expect panuradhu remba over ROTFL

Trisha, to me, is neither pretty nor glamorous. Thanks to her wooden face, her acting/emoting leaves a lot to be desired ... And the less I comment about her dancing skills the more better for her! Laughing

Shreya must feel herself very unlucky to miss the bus for the "Robot" trip... She is very pretty (read hottie Embarassed

) and can act little bit too... In the glamour department, Shreya is at her prime right now and to me she is one of the reasons for Sivaji success too...

Compared to Shreya, Aish might be a pretty heavy "investment" upfront. But I'm speculating that businessman Sangar's strategy here is to create a market at national level thro' Aish hence get greater ROI. If they could manage to rope in "Big B" as well to do a cameo role then the ROI will increase significatly as well... Dubbing the movie simultaneously in Hindi will help them collect their investments soon, IMHO! Cool

Good post, MC, my friend.

Your critical analysis and speculation are impressive. However I might not completely agree on your comments on Trisha's "lacking glamour abilities" as she is ready to do anything to impress audience!

From: Dilbert on Sat Jan 26 23:44:43 2008.

Robot History - Found an interesting piece of Info (Mixture of both fiction & facts- something for everyone)

There are many websites today are trying to outdo each other in reporting about Robot. In the process, there is lot of contradictory information available on the web. Robotrajini.com would like to present you with chronology of events that led to today’s developments.

In 1996, Shankar and Kamalhassan collaborated to make Indian movie which turned out to be a runaway hit. This movie earned Kamal his third national award. This movie was dubbed in several regional languages and became a sensational hit in other languages as well. The Hindi version Hindustani was a big hit too, which brought recognition for Shankar at the national stage. Emboldened by the success of this movie, Shankar wanted repeat the magic with same team. The seed for Robot was sown. Famed tamil novelist Sujatha was consulted on this project and he reportedly played a big role in shaping up the screenplay. Around 2000, this idea somewhat started taking shape.

Media Dreams Pvt Ltd, part of now defunct Chennai based Pentamedia Limited of which Sujatha was a partner agreed to produce the movie. An announcement was made to this effect. Sushmita Sen was Shankar’s first choice for this movie but she turned down. Preity Zinta was signed up to do the female lead.

http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20010630-0.html

A.R.Rehman was the obvious choice to play the background score for Shankar’s movie. He said this to an interview that he gave to a tamil weekly:

http://home.no.net/satheest/html/a.r_rahman.html
While the movie was in the preliminary planning stages, Kamal became busy with Aalavandhan (Hindi Abhay) and Shankar was making Hindi Nayak (remake of Tamil Muthalvan) with Anil Kapoor. It was agreed once these two movies are complete they will commence their work on Robot.

However after the disastrous box office performance (despite critical acclaim) of both Aalavandhan & Nayak things changed upside down. Kamal did not want to risk another experimental movie after Aalavandhan. Shankar was in the same mood. Media Dreams was reluctant since it is hard to get financiers to back such a mega project especially after such huge box office disasters. All concerned parties agreed that the time is not ripe for such a project. They decided to shelve the project at least temporarily.

Since Media Dreams paid an advance to Kamal for Robot, Kamal made Pammal K Sambhandam for that company. Shankar wanted to make a movie with A M Ratnam again, to help him after the huge losses he suffered in making Nayak. At this time, Rajinikanth was consulting many directors for his next movie. One of them was Shankar and he reported discussed Robot (see below) with him. While the Super Star was impressed with the story, it was said that he did not want to work with AM Ratnam, and that he preferred to produce the next movie himself. He went on to make Baba.

Shankar got busy with Boys for A M Ratnam. All the interviews that followed one question that everyone had was, What happened to Robot? Sujatha in his series Kattrathum Pettrathum in Anandha Vikatan, was quite hopeful that this movie was made one day with Kamal as hero and Shankar as it director. There was even a morphed photo of Kamal as a Robot. In another interview Shankar said there is only person can star in his dream project, and that person is none other than Kamal hassan.

When Boys was inagurated, in the year 2002, Rajini was the chief guest. That was the first time it was revealed that Shankar and Rajini had discussed the Robot movie. This came in as a surprise for the media and the public, because until then Robot was associated only with Kamal.

Rajini said that the Robot movie is a challenging one to make. It will require 50 crores and two years to make. But if we ever made that movie, it will turn out to be a great movie and I am sure it will run for 50 weeks - is what he spoke on the occassion. Funny to think now, that Super Star thought 50 crores was lot of money, but five years later he starred in Sivaji - a 80 crores project! By the way, Robot is pegged at 120 crores, as per the media reports.

In subsequent interivews, Sujatha and Shankar, who until then publicly maintained that Robot was a Kamal subject, either tighlipped or were evasive.

Also in the year 2002, Rajini’s Baba was released. Although this movie was a flop by Super Star’s standards, it still made lot of dough than many other movies released at that time.

Boys was released in 2003 with much fanfare. While critics panned the movie, it turned out to be a moderate hit largely due to AR Rahman’s peppy numbers making the younger generation swarm the multi-plexes.

Shankar started working on Anniyan after Boys. Once again the rumor mill was working overtime suggesting the storyline is Robot. This movie was released in 2005 turned out, not Robot after all. The movie went on to become a huge hit and established Vikram as a big league actor.

Year 2005 saw yet another super hit movie Chandramuki. This was remake of a kannada movie which itself was a remake of a Malayalam movie Manichithirathazhu. Directed by P.Vasu, a story well adapted to Rajini’s image and his die hard fans, this family entertainer created history in box office records. A simple story, taut screenplay, hit songs, rip tickling comedy and of course Super Star made the movie memorable.

Fresh from their successes, both Rajini and Shankar were looking for their next mega projects. Shankar’s plan was to work with Chiranjeevi. Once again press reported that he may be reviving Robot with Chiranjeevi in the lead. But there were also other reports that Chirajeevi wanted Shankar to direct his Son’s debut movie. Talks were on.

Rajini for his part consulted many directors and producers. One of the directors were in race was A.R.Murugadoss who gave another super hit Gajini in the same year. He reportedly relayed the story of ‘Stalin’ (which was later made with Chiranjeevi in the lead) to the Super Star. Talks were continuing.

In 2005 when AVM Saravanan was briefly hospitalized, Rajini had gone to meet him in the hospital and they briefly discussed about making a movie together. This was in line with Rajini’s decision to make movies only to big banners, in order to avoid controversies. It was Rajini who suggested that Shankar as his first choice for Director. But Shankar was already in talks with Chiranjeevi and he even reportedly was paid an advance for a project from a noted Telugu producer. Although Shankar knew it could be a life time opportunity to work with AVM and super star, he was in a dilemma since he was already paid advance and he did not want to disappoint the producer.

M.S.Guhan, son of AVM Saravanan and co-producer of Sivaji stepped in. He along with Ayngaran’s Karunamurthy brainstormed a solution to this seemingly complex situation. The fact that Karunamurthy was a good friend of Shankar helped as well. They spoke to the Telugu Producer and negotiated their way out. It was agreed that Shankar and the producer will nullify the contract between them and in return, AVM will give Telugu rights to the producer. This paved the way for Sivaji.

Sivaji pooja Nov 28, 2005 - from left Shreya, Shankar, AVM Saravanan,
Rajini and M.S.Guhan.

Fast forward to 2007, a movie that was nearly two years in the making and costed over 80 crores, smashed away all the box office records and created the history.

Funnily enough, no one speculated this time that it will be Robot that Shankar will be making with Rajini. The reason was, almost immediately after the news that Rajini and Shankar making the movie was confirmed, the team announced the Sivaji as the name of the new movie.

Breaking the trend and setting new records were not new for Rajini and Shankar. But even for them, the stupendous success of Sivaji is a new high. Despite the media reports that for some distributors, this movie was a big loss, Sivaji made a lasting effect across the industry which was even felt in other parts of India.

Shankar went into hiding as he always does after completing the movie. When he came back he was ready to revive Robot. This time it is for real! It is worth noting that when he first decided to make Nayak in Hindi, the producers’ first choice was Shahrukh. However Shankar at that time felt that a Shahrukh with a super star status may not make justification to that role. He wanted to show how a common man rose up to be a Chief Minister for ‘one day’. Shahrukh and Shankar did hit off quite well and they decided to make a movie together in future. This time when Shankar relayed the Robot story to Sharukh, he was impressed. Science-fiction stories have already become huge hits in Hindi. Sharukh was actually looking for a vehicle to launch his own Sci-fi thriller. SRK fresh from his huge hit Om Shanti Om and Shankar after blockbuster Sivaji, it was a perfect marriage. Or so it seemed.

Sharukh and Shankar met few times in Hyderabad and Bangalore to discuss the screenplay. However the chemistry was missing between them. There were few reasons why this project fizzeld out even in the initial stages.

a) SRK wanted Manikandan to handle the camera. Shankar did not like the idea because Manikandan had walked out of one of his earlier films.
b) SRK suggested few changes. The story has a Scientist and a Robot, both are instrumental to the entire screenplay. Shahrukh wanted to play both roles himself. An idea which Shankar wasnt quite enthused about.
c) Shahrukh was going to produce the movie. The remuneration that Shankar quoted for his story, screenplay and direction of the movie was an exorbitant amount, according to Shahrukh. He thought the money was on the higher side, especially considering Shankar’s prior movie in Hindi (Nayak) was a huge flop.
d) Shahrukh privately said that the script was ‘half-baked’ and ‘dull’ and did not suit his image.

Either all of them are true or some of them are true or none of them is true. The official reason given was “creative differences” between Shankar and Shahrukh whatever it means! Thus the movie with Shahrukh was a non-starter.

Shankar was back at the drawing board all over again. According to some media reports, Aamir Khan was offered the role, which he denied later, saying that there was never any talks in that direction. Hrithik Roshan was Shankar’s next choice. Hrithik has done super hero movies and sci-fi thrillers in the recent past and they have all become blockbuster hits. He seemed like a perfect fit now. There was one catch though. Hrithik has signed up several movies and he is pretty busy for the next few years. There is no way he will be able to dedicate 2 years for Robot.

Following the mega success of Billa 2007, Ajith was next in line to be considered for Robot. Although there were reliable reports that talks were continuing on this front, Shankar was tight lipped as usual. Ajith kept saying there is no official confirmation about it, which fueled the fire even more.

Shankar publicly said that Robot is not happening now and that he is going to concentrate more on producing movies for his S pictures. But the rumor mill continued to grind. There are only few actors left now that Shankar can work with. A) He can do this project with Kamal. Buoyed by the huge success of tamil movies, large corporations are investing boat loads of money into Tamil movie industry. In this changed atmosphere it may be possible to revive the movie with Kamal in the lead. But again there was the time factor. Kamal’s next movie Marmayogi has already been announced. He reportedly committed another mega-movie in hindi co-starring with Hrithik. It is nearly impossible for him to fit Robot in his schedule without upsetting his other production companies.

Then there was Super Star. He had few projects of his own. He wanted to make a movie for SP Muthuraman. He was impressed with director A.R.Murugadoss’s script, that he wanted to act in it. He wanted to work in a Maniratnam’s movie. He also promised to make a movie for Kamal’s Rajkamal International. Plus he wanted to make a movie for KB’s Kavithalaya. There were just too many people that he wanted to work with. But he just couldn’t get the right combination.

Ayngaran’s Karunmurthy came to Shankar’s rescue once again. Although Ayngaran is a reputed distribution company, they don’t produce movies directly. Ayngaran was partly owned by Eros International who along with Sony Pictures bankroll as many as 50 movies in Hindi this year. Industry buzz is that Karunamurthy arranged the meeting between Eros and Shankar. If these sources are to be believed, Shankar wanted Sony/Eros to produce the movie with Ajith in the lead. His estimate for making the movie was between 70 and 80 crores. However Sony/Eros was not willing to take the bait. They said Ajith is a little known actor outside Tamilnadu. If this project has to be viable, this movie must be made in two or three languages and also by an actor who can attract a strong crowd overseas. Eros reportedly made a counter offer, why dont you convince Rajini to do the movie, we can invest as much as 120 crores for this project, instead of 80 crores that you asked for? Shankar must have thought, this must be too good to be true.

He ran this by the Super Star. Rajini was reluctant this time mainly due to three reasons. a) Two years for a movie is too long for him. b) His last mega-movie Sivaji adversely impacted many smaller producers last time, which he did not want to repeat. c) He wanted to make a quick movie for KB’s Kavithalaya. Needless to say Shankar was more than willing to accommodate all that. He said that the two year time can be cut down by appropriate planning beforehand. As far as the smaller producers are concerned, if we can announce the release date of Robot much in advance, that would help them immensely. He convinced Rajini that all the lessons learned while making Sivaji can be applied in making Robot. He was also willing to wait until P.Vasu’s Kuselan is complete. With the last hindrance out of their way, Rajini happily agreed and signed on the dotted lines.

There you go. Thats the complete behind the scenes story of this mega-movie. We compiled this story from a variety of sources including many industry insiders and our friends in media.

http://robotrajini.com/

From: Nerd on Sun Jan 27 1:02:50 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

"Local Muniama" Trisha oda range-ukku Robot project ellam expect panuradhu remba over ROTFL

Shreya must feel herself very unlucky to miss the bus for the "Robot" trip... She is very pretty (read hottie Embarassed

Agree with you 100% on all the points (especially on thalaivi

)

From: Gaza on Sun Jan 27 10:53:56 2008.

Aishwarya is the best choice...shes a brand name by herself..nice to see a thread fr thalaivar will read fully later..
From: rookie007 on Sun Jan 27 15:12:49 2008.

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Aishwarya is the best choice...shes a brand name by herself..nice to see a thread fr thalaivar will read fully later..

comfirmed ... this is a great news.. cause ... it is easier to target north indians with ASH
From: Yathu on Sun Jan 27 16:42:23 2008.

The Tamil title of this movie has supposedly been decided as "Iyanthira". (according to posts in the ARR thread! )
From: Yathu on Sun Jan 27 16:43:56 2008.

According to Sujatha's original script, En Iniya Iyanthira and Meendum Jeeno (A sequel of En Iniya Iyanthira) there is only one heroine, Nila (name of the character). But for Robot, it is said that Sujatha accepted to create another female lead character. In original script, the character of a Robot Dog is almost getting the equal importance of the hero. It will also be modified by the writer. The discussion has already completed, now there are few alteration done by the writer as suitable to Rajini.

http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2008/rajinikanth-heroine-robot-100108.html

They're making alterations to the movie to make it suitable for Rjani? Nooooo! I hope they're not going to be drastic alterations! The only way this can make up for what Sivaji didn't have is if it has a decent script.

WE WANT STYLE AND SUBSTANCE MR. SHANKAR!
From: rookie007 on Sun Jan 27 19:16:29 2008.

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But for Robot, it is said that Sujatha accepted to create another female lead character.

so, I am assuming this character is "Ash" ???
From: Dilbert on Sun Jan 27 22:48:32 2008.

Yathu wrote:

The Tamil title of this movie has supposedly been decided as "Iyanthira". (according to posts in the ARR thread! )

ENNADUU NAYANTHARA WAA
From: Nerd on Sun Jan 27 23:12:02 2008.

Iyanthiraa sounds feminine Iyanthiran would have been much better but iyanthiran sounds too bland
From: SIVAJITHEBOSS on Sun Jan 27 23:14:44 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Yathu wrote:

The Tamil title of this movie has supposedly been decided as "Iyanthira". (according to posts in the ARR thread! )

ENNADUU NAYANTHARA WAA

...I thought the same thing
From: dinesh2002 on Sun Jan 27 23:17:46 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Iyanthiraa sounds feminine Iyanthiran would have been much better but iyanthiran sounds too bland

yea... Iyanthiran sounds nice.... the typical Shankar's film name " AN" at the end... GentlemAN, KadhalAN, IndiAn, MudhalvAN, AnniyAN and now IyanthirAN...
From: joe on Sun Jan 27 23:19:50 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Iyanthiraa sounds feminine Iyanthiran would have been much better but iyanthiran sounds too bland

It is like saying Surya sounds feminine and it should be Suryan
From: Nerd on Sun Jan 27 23:22:39 2008.

Surya-kku bathilA indhiraa - indhiran eduthukkuvOmE
From: Nerd on Sun Jan 27 23:23:49 2008.

I think iyandhiran is the proper tamil word for Robot and iyandhiraa is like, Hey, Robot
From: rookie007 on Sun Jan 27 23:27:19 2008.

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I think iyandhiran is the proper tamil word for Robot and iyandhiraa is like, Hey, Robot

ohh yeah ... nice to know an awesome tamil title has be chosen for the movie ..
"iyandhiran" .. Sujatha was very smart on choosing a title, that sound different then usual tamil titles.... even for me ... the title sounds very new ... never heard the world in my life

The hype for the movie has been started ....
From: joe on Sun Jan 27 23:27:51 2008.

Nerd,
I don't think Iyanthira is a female name ..It is a perfect translation for Robot ,since Robot is genderless ...If at all you want a female name for Iyanthiran ,it should be Iyanthiri not Iyanthira.

From: Nerd on Sun Jan 27 23:34:12 2008.

joe wrote:

Nerd,
I don't think Iyanthira is a female name ..It is a perfect translation for Robot ,since Robot is genderless ...If at all you want a female name for Iyanthiran ,it should be Iyanthiri not Iyanthira.

Check my previous post. I said that iyanthiran is the perfect word for Robot. My grouse was that iyandhiraa sounds feminine

From: joe on Sun Jan 27 23:37:07 2008.

Nerd wrote:

My grouse was that iyandhiraa sounds feminine

That is true may be because you still Remember Indira Ghandi
From: Dilbert on Sun Jan 27 23:37:47 2008.

Does really Movie name in Tamil can save TAMIL ? What a great govt policy!! Hatz of the person who is behind this..

NAN ORUVAN (IAM LEGEND) - sounds better than .. all TARAS
From: joe on Sun Jan 27 23:53:02 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Does really Movie name in Tamil can save TAMIL ?

Not Really ..But It saves Producers money ,not audience ...Btw ,when there was a informal request to keep the titles in Tamil ,many directors and producers made fun ..The same suyamariyathai singangal now changeing their movie names to tamil to get Tax excemption ..There is no complusion to put Tamil name ..they can still have non-tamil name with as usual tax as before.
From: kb on Sun Jan 27 23:58:01 2008.

iyanthirar!

From: Dilbert on Mon Jan 28 0:01:32 2008.

joe wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

Does really Movie name in Tamil can save TAMIL ?

Not Really ..But It saves Producers money ,not audience ...Btw ,when there was a informal request to keep the titles in Tamil ,many directors and producers made fun ..The same suyamariyathai singangal now changeing their movie names to tamil to get Tax excemption ..There is no complusion to put Tamil name ..they can still have non-tamil name with as usual tax as before.

ru refering to sangar?

From: joe on Mon Jan 28 0:09:33 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

joe wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

Does really Movie name in Tamil can save TAMIL ?

ru refering to sangar?

Not sure he is in the list ..But KS Ravikumar did and in a TV interview he made fun "How to change my title "GOD FATHER" ? as KADAUVUL THANTHAI ?" ..and finally he changed the title to VarlaRu

From: cancer on Mon Jan 28 0:31:18 2008.

joe wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

joe wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

Does really Movie name in Tamil can save TAMIL ?

ru refering to sangar?

Not sure he is in the list ..But KS Ravikumar did and in a TV interview he made fun "How to change my title "GOD FATHER" ? as KADAUVUL THANTHAI ?" ..and finally he changed the title to VarlaRu Huh?!

KSR is not a producer ,
Producer SS chakravarthy likely to change the title for tax exemption.

From: joe on Mon Jan 28 0:58:19 2008.

cancer wrote:

KSR is not a producer ,
Producer SS chakravarthy likely to change the title for tax exemption.

Then KSR should shut his mouth instead of Peela vittifying.

From: cancer on Mon Jan 28 1:06:37 2008.

joe wrote:

cancer wrote:

KSR is not a producer ,
Producer SS chakravarthy likely to change the title for tax exemption.

Then KSR should shut his mouth instead of Peela vittifying.

Peela vittaraaa eppa?

avaru direct pannina padathoda Title pathi pesurathula enna thappu ??

tamizh Thamizh nnu pesura directors vidura peela va vida ivaru onnum perusaaa vidalaa..

From: joe on Mon Jan 28 1:11:12 2008.

cancer wrote:

joe wrote:

cancer wrote:

KSR is not a producer ,
Producer SS chakravarthy likely to change the title for tax exemption.

Then KSR should shut his mouth instead of Peela vittifying.

Peela vittaraaa eppa?

avaru direct pannina padathoda Title pathi pesurathula enna thappu ??

You only said He is just a director and has no rights to keep his movie title ..Then why he made fun "GOD FATHER-ai Kadavul Thanthai-nna maatra mudiyum?" ..If he has guts ,he should make his producer not to change the title ,otherwise defenitely it is peela.

From: joe on Mon Jan 28 1:14:19 2008.

cancer wrote:

tamizh Thamizh nnu pesura directors vidura peela va vida ivaru onnum perusaaa vidalaa..

ஆக மொத்தம் அவங்க அளவு இல்லைண்ணாலும் இவரும் கொஞ்சம் பீலா விட்டாருண்ணு ஒத்துகொண்டதற்கு நன்றி!

From: cancer on Mon Jan 28 1:43:21 2008.

joe wrote:

avaru direct pannina movie Title pathi pesurathukku avarukku urimai irukkuthu,

From: joe on Mon Jan 28 1:45:49 2008.

cancer wrote:

joe wrote:

avaru direct pannina movie Title pathi pesurathukku avarukku urimai irukkuthu, Cool

யாரு உரிமை இல்லைண்ணது ?

அவருக்கு கேலிபண்ண உரிமை உண்டு ஆனா வெட்கம் மானம் இல்லாம அதை காத்துல பறக்க விட உரிமை உண்டுண்ணா எனக்கு அவரை கேலி பண்ண உரிமை இல்லையா?

From: cancer on Mon Jan 28 1:58:03 2008.

joe wrote:

யாரு உரிமை இல்லைண்ணது ? Smile

அவருக்கு கேலிபண்ண உரிமை உண்டு ஆனா வெட்கம் மானம் இல்லாம அதை காத்துல பறக்க விடஉரிமை உண்டுண்ணா எனக்கு அவரை கேலி பண்ண உரிமை இல்லையா? Very Happy

Tamil Naatula Oru Movie title pathi pesittu, producer change panninathukku avaru ethuvum seiyya mudiyatha kaaranuthukkaka "Vetkam Maanam" kaathula paranthidumaa enna ?

From: joe on Mon Jan 28 2:09:04 2008.

cancer wrote:

joe wrote:

யாரு உரிமை இல்லைண்ணது ? Smile

Tamil Naatula Oru Movie title pathi pesittu, producer change panninathukku avaru ethuvum seiyya mudiyatha kaaranuthukkaka "Vetkam Maanam" kaathula paranthidumaa enna ?

அவர் பேசின முறையும் ,திமிரையும் பார்த்த பிறகு பின்னர் அவர் மானம் காத்தில் பறந்ததா தான் நினைக்கிறேன் .

அது சரி!! ஏன் ஆ வூ-ன்னா கீழே விழுந்து புரண்டு சிரிக்குறீங்க

From: cancer on Mon Jan 28 2:17:06 2008.

joe wrote:

அவர் பேசின முறையும் ,திமிரையும் பார்த்த பிறகு பின்னர் அவர் மானம் காத்தில் பறந்ததா தான் நினைக்கிறேன் . Very Happy

Joe i could ustd. since u support TN govt's rule and bla bla bla.. KSR pesinathu ungalukku Thimira terinjirukkalaaam. but vetkaam maanam nnu pesinathu laam too much.

joe wrote:

அது சரி!! ஏன் ஆ வூ-ன்னா கீழே விழுந்து புரண்டு சிரிக்குறீங்க Laughing

oh athuvaaa, pesittu athai kaathula vittathunaala KSR kke , intha kathinnna. antha rule ai pottvangalai ninachu paathen.

anyhow its high time to stop in Rajini thread..

From: joe on Mon Jan 28 2:27:54 2008.

cancer wrote:

Joe i could ustd. since u support TN govt's rule and bla bla bla.. KSR pesinathu ungalukku Thimira terinjirukkalaaam.

As usual Your assumption on me

As you suggest ,better we stop here
From: SoftSword on Mon Jan 28 3:18:00 2008.

"Saying no to Shankar & Rajini can be a problem"

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

January 28, 2008

Aishwarya Rai opened up to the media first time on her upcoming Tamil project – 'Robot' to be directed by the renowned craftsman Shankar. She would star against Superstar Rajinikanth. Readers might remember that most of the heroine roles in Rajini's last few projects starting from Nilambari in 'Padayappa' were offered to Aishwarya Rai, only to be turned down owing to the date issues of the actress.

Talking on Shankar and Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai expressed, "They are super entertainers, independently and together; it can be a problem saying no to them. I did get an enquiry last year when I was away on Pink Panther. This time I am happy that we could work out our schedule."

On heroines getting sidelined in a Rajini movie, Aishwarya was quick to refute the claim, "I don't think it's a fair statement. You can't but be fascinated by this phenomenon called Rajini sir. He is so super fascinating and intriguing to his audience. I don't think it's a deliberate attempt by any director to sideline any actor / character working along with him."

She went on to add, "Rajini Sir is such a wonderful human being. He has been so close to the family too. I am glad and honored to be working with him"

With Shankar finally managing to rope in Aishwarya Rai into his dream project, the expectations on 'Robot' would now touch sky high. The project to be produced by Ayngaran and Eros International has A.R.Rahman for music and will be the second film for Aishwarya Rai under Shankar's direction after 'Jeans'.
From: Raghu on Mon Jan 28 5:57:59 2008.

I feel this 'Iyanthara' title is a bit funny, could have gone for a better title!!!
From: Gaza on Mon Jan 28 8:05:47 2008.

iyandira is nt worser than chandramukhi bt i think they cud hav gone fr a better name...this being a high budget scifi..
From: Raghu on Mon Jan 28 8:25:50 2008.

Gaza wrote:

iyandira is nt worser than chandramukhi bt i think they cud hav gone fr a better name...this being a high budget scifi..

the Name 'Chandramughi' is MUCGH MUCH better than 'Iyathnthira'

Nalla kaalam 'Nayanthara'nu vaikala
From: rookie007 on Mon Jan 28 11:19:13 2008.

Quote:

I feel this 'Iyanthara' title is a bit funny, could have gone for a better title!!!

Shanker ..... Sujatha ... and Our SS know what they are doing ...
so, maybe there is something behind this title ...
I find it, very interesting ....
From: Raghu on Mon Jan 28 11:41:07 2008.

Iyanthira(m) means some kind of Machine, and it does not sound interesting .. hmm any way nothing much in the title, let's wait for the film

hopefully shanker will realease it b4 the Olympics
From: Dilbert on Mon Jan 28 12:09:17 2008.

Raghu wrote:

I feel this 'Iyanthara' title is a bit funny, could have gone for a better title!!!

//dig//
Our Govt Policies are as lame as the people who created them.

TN Govt stances of Given tax exemption for Movies with tamil names is just a Political Drama, I feel if there were serious about doning something for the people. they could have put a clause stating which were movie is shoot only in TN (completely end to end ) gets Tax exemption , atleast that way few thousand families would have some thing to live on. As far as Directors like sangar / KSR is concerned it would have removed there logic of duet in foreign location will make it look more romantic!

Iyanthira -> Iyanthiram means Machine. "Nayanthara".umm she will be remembered bigtime by All RK Fans for next 2 years.
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 28 13:12:16 2008.

IYANTHIRA!

Trust me, but this title will grow on you big time, and by the time the movie releases, it will almost become a household title! We've seen this from ANNAMALAI, BAASHA, PADAYAPPA, BABA, etc etc...

Rajini movies havent carried normal titles in a long time now!
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ROBO - SULTAN - KUSELAN Updates

(Saturday, 26th January 2008)

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http://rajinifans.com/detailView.php?title=526

From: Movie Cop on Mon Jan 28 15:33:44 2008.

thamiz wrote:

Good post, MC, my friend.
Your critical analysis and speculation are impressive. However I might not completely agree on your comments on Trisha's "lacking glamour abilities" as she is ready to do anything to impress audience! Smile

Trisha might be ready to do anything to "reveal" her glamorous side! But are you sure that audience would get "impressed"?

OK - I'm sounding over-critical here

Anyways, Trisha can't hold a candle to the likes of Shreya or Asin. I would prefer even a Namitha over Trisha

Bay - IMHO, Robot is a better title than Iyanthira et al... It's always nice to stick to a common title for movies that are planned to be dubbed simultaneously in different languages... It would be a bad marekting strategy to have different titles in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu...

From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 28 15:44:51 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

MC, I totally agree! For a multi-lingual movie, a title that is as common as ROBOT makes absolute sense... All this tax exemption, and hence changing the title crappola can well be overseen for such a mega-budget movie!

From: Movie Cop on Mon Jan 28 16:05:44 2008.

Yes Bay! A mega budget multi-lingual movie like robot shouldn't be strictly counting on Tax exemption... If need be, Sangar & co. can nickname/address one of the characters in the movie as "Mr. Robot" or something... In that way they can tell these "Thamizh patru comedians" that Robot is not a noun but a "Proper Noun" in this movie!

From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 28 16:10:31 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

Yes Bay! A mega budget multi-lingual movie like robot shouldn't be strictly counting on Tax exemption... If need be, Sangar & co. can nickname/address one of the characters in the movie as "Mr. Robot" or something... In that way they can tell these "Thamizh patru comedians" that Robot is not a noun but a "Proper Noun" in this movie! Laughing

Cant agree more with you!

From: Dilbert on Mon Jan 28 17:29:40 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Movie Cop wrote:

I have bad feeling about this

If Thalivar can pull of something like

" Live free or Die Hard" It will be fun to watch we are saved! if its same old masala of sangar. Only God can save this project.

He is good Director no doubt it, But his reputation has taken major beating from after Indian , Mudalvan, -> Shivaji survived purely bcoz Thalivar factor. If any other actor would have done that role. the whole production team would have been in steps of Tirupathi.

Bay's Critical revieiw on Shivaji (First Time) the whole Hub went biserk , he was kind of spot on in few depts, When so called fanatics like ME proclaimed that it will be the biggest blockbuster for rajini. People called it lame, But time proved We were rite.

But as a true fan of Thalivar , I did agree with Bay on few points. Sangar's way of execution will cost any actor his or her career.

a) 1 - 2 years of production timing. Not even renowned Hollywood directors take this long for executing a project.

b) His Stroylines always leanes towards Robin hood style.

c) Techinical edge its more of lame excuses compare to the output what we get to see. Like Style Song.

d) When we are talking about Global Market, we better start delivering in similar fashion and in similar standards..

Rajini's -> could be Punch dialogues

"Kaadvul pathi - Iyanthirum pathi kaalandu saida Kalaivai nan".

pl add your great thoughts.. to this.

From: rookie007 on Mon Jan 28 18:27:50 2008.

@Dilbert

Yeah... actaully ... for Shivaji it was WAY TO CLOSE .....
if the movie have not clicked with the audience ... it would have been doomed for SS and Shanker ... but I guess ... everything worked out positive....
for ROBO .... Shanker better now recycle his work ...
I am confident that if our SS have agree to work again with Shanker sir ... The script is something different and unique ...
we can expect something new and out of ordinary ...

[/quote]

From: Movie Cop on Mon Jan 28 18:56:17 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Having Big - B it will be Ambitious move Smile

After Shivaji, I don't expect any thing more than a Great Entertainment Movie from Sangar production
Maybe Ash dance for opening number (just like Bond flicks) Razz

Hmmm.. not sure on that... Having Big B play a cameo is quite possible. Rumour has it that Sangar initially tried Big B as villain for Sivaji... But Big B refused to play a villain hence Sangar tried for Mohan Lal & Nana Patekar. Both these guys refused as well before the role finally went to Suman! May be RK HC's can confirm this... However this time, if properly convinced, I don't think Big B will refuse to play a breezy cameo especially since Aish is part of this project. I normally don't expect anything out of a Sangar's movie... But to justify the mega budget, I wish he at least comes with a decent commercial entertainer with a grand star cast that covers all the markets... I would like to see a cast for "Robot" along the lines as noted below...

Lead characters:
1. RK
2. Aish
I would love to see Aish given a "meaty" role sharing enough screen-time & significance in the script as RK here! I don't want her be reduced to a Shreya in Sivaji where Sangar promptly pressed the glamour button!

Breezy Cameo Role (15-20 min):Big B or Mamooty or Nagarjuna (The reason I listed Nagarjuna instead of Chiru is that Chiru is a "dud" outside of Telugu desam)!

Supporting Roles:
1. Raghuvaran or Prakash Raj
2. Naseeruddin Shah or Girish Karnad

Comedian (if required):
Vivek

Side Villain:
"Billa" Aditya OR the guy who acted as Daniel Balaji's brother in "Polladhavan"

Main Villain:
Nana Patekar or "Billa" Rehman

From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Jan 28 19:12:09 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Bay's Critical revieiw on Shivaji (First Time) the whole Hub went biserk , he was kind of spot on in few depts, When so called fanatics like ME proclaimed that it will be the biggest blockbuster for rajini. People called it lame, But time proved We were rite. Wink

But as a true fan of Thalivar , I did agree with Bay on few points. Sangar's way of execution will cost any actor his or her career.

Dilbert, I still feel Shankar got away with SIVAJI big time... If he thinks the same 'commercial' formula would work, he's gonna be proved wrong this time...

He better take this seriously, and come up with some REAL stuff with IYANTHIRA!

GENTLEMAN was like a revolution when it released... A trendsetter we can say! That's what we need from this movie... Something new! Not some usual Rajini masala or a 'one-man-revolution' Shankar movie...

From: Dilbert on Mon Jan 28 23:48:34 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

I would love to see Aish given a "meaty" role sharing enough screen-time & significance in the script as RK here! I don't want her be reduced to a Shreya in Sivaji where Sangar promptly pressed the glamour button!

MC : ASH can ACT ??are you serious !!

Meaty Role yeah Right..!! Meaty very spicy for sure.!

From: Raghu on Tue Jan 29 5:50:10 2008.

we dont need no bachan's in the movie, in fact none of the clowns from bollywood should act in this film!!!

I hope Shanker gives Raghuvaran a very meaty role, i think raghuvuran as scientist would be awsome!

yes, Shivaji created records all cos of SS, otherwise, the movie is nothing but 'Old wine ina new bottle'

and SS must be given a meaty role where he can showcase his AWSOME acting skills
From: Gaza on Tue Jan 29 5:57:00 2008.

aishwarya ws super in Kandukondain kandukondai,guru,devdas,taal,etc. she can act well... they shud not use her fr nly glamour
From: dinesh2002 on Tue Jan 29 7:01:08 2008.

Gaza wrote:

aishwarya ws super in Kandukondain kandukondai,guru,devdas,taal,etc. she can act well... they shud not use her fr nly glamour

Provoked also..........
From: Raghu on Tue Jan 29 7:17:07 2008.

a Devoted Sri Lankan SS fan in London

www.londonbaba.com
From: Dilbert on Tue Jan 29 10:52:30 2008.

Gaza wrote:

aishwarya ws super in Kandukondain kandukondai,guru,devdas,taal,etc. she can act well... they shud not use her fr nly glamour

This is how things are blown out of proposition.

Just compare her acting with TABU in KKKK
Just Compare her acting with MADHURI in DEVDAS

Over a period of time one expects any actor/ actress to mature as seasoned professional in her case . she has failed miserble. Dhoom 2 for instance or Last Legion.

I only hope IN ROBO"NAYANTRA" she performance better atleast pasia vasool standards. or else it will be dead investment. She can't act like the way she acted in pervious sangar's ventures. "COTTON PANT"

I would have still pefered any south Indian actress to play this role atelast that way they know the importance of playing opposite to RK , actors/ actress from different parts.. they just talk on TV for heck of getting mileage.
From: Dilbert on Tue Jan 29 10:55:09 2008.

Raghu wrote:

a Devoted Sri Lankan SS fan in London

www.londonbaba.com

Raghu garu.. who is the BABA?
From: Raghu on Tue Jan 29 11:26:33 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Raghu wrote:

a Devoted Sri Lankan SS fan in London

www.londonbaba.com

Raghu garu.. who is the BABA?

He is Local guy here in London, any his name is Suresh Krishna, he is an accountant alias business man.. he is known as London baba, this happened after the Realease of Baba

From: Dilbert on Tue Jan 29 15:52:56 2008.

Raghu wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

Raghu wrote:

a Devoted Sri Lankan SS fan in London

www.londonbaba.com

Raghu garu.. who is the BABA?

He is Local guy here in London, any his name is Suresh Krishna, he is an accountant alias business man.. he is known as London baba, this happened after the Realease of Baba

So He got famous bcoz of rajini? and then what started acting in movies.. and in politics...

!!for a moment I thought BABA is still running in London,.. umm nice to see some true thalivar fans

Unlike Me and Bay

--> you can expect some good post from Bay for this.

From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Jan 29 15:59:03 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

umm nice to see some true thalivar fans

Unlike Me and Bay --> you can expect some good post from Bay for this.

Dilbu, There is a difference between a 'Fan' and a 'Fanatic', you know!

Enjoying a particular actor's movies, versus following and approving anything and everything the actor does (even outside movies), is a lot different...
From: Dilbert on Tue Jan 29 16:10:29 2008.

[size=24]Tamil actors want heroines half their age: Khushboo[/size]

Chennai: In a male-dominated Tamil film industry, making a comeback after marriage is a tough task for Tamil heroines.

However, in Bollywood, the top female actors, such as Kajol, Madhuri Dixit or even Aishwarya Rai Bachchan still have a very prominent place in Bollywood.

Simran was the first choice for Jothica's role in the Rajinikanth starrer, Chandramukhi and her fans had even built a temple for her. However, after marriage and motherhood, Simran is no longer the sought-after star like she was. While her male co-stars who are pushing 40 still rule the silver screen, Simran's comeback vehicle is the next Rajinikanth film called Kushelan in which she plays the second female lead.

"It's not the people who are thinking this way. It is the people who are making films who think this way. If they stop thinking like that, we can change the trend down south also,” says Simran.

However, this isn't a new phenomenon for Tamil heroines. While former popular actresses like Rambha and Nagma have now settled for Bhojpuri films, other heroines like Devayani, Meena and Khushboo and Simran are now gracing the small screen.

"Once a heroine is married and she has a family and kids, it always makes a difference. She's seen in a senior category. However, for the heroes they always want to look young-like youth. So you look at all heroes and they always want their heroines who are less than half their age. That boosts up their 'youth' image," says actress, Khushboo.

However, for the actress this means settling for the role of a mother, sister or an older relative. Those unwilling to take this path have even quit acting altogether.

The heroes always seem to have a longer innings compared to the heroines in the Tamil film industry. All it needs for the trend to change is to give the female actor a second chance and a graceful comeback.

From: Dilbert on Tue Jan 29 16:17:40 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

umm nice to see some true thalivar fans

Unlike Me and Bay Wink

--> you can expect some good post from Bay for this.

Dilbu, There is a difference between a 'Fan' and a 'Fanatic', you know!

Enjoying a particular actor's movies, versus following and approving anything and everything the actor does (even outside movies), is a lot different... Cool

Yes Sir.!!

From: rookie007 on Tue Jan 29 19:56:54 2008.

Quote:

The heroes always seem to have a longer innings compared to the heroines in the Tamil film industry. All it needs for the trend to change is to give the female actor a second chance and a graceful comeback.

Yep, she is absolutly 100% right ....

From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Jan 29 20:05:06 2008.

rookie007 wrote:

Quote:

Yep, she is absolutly 100% right .... Sad

<Digr>

Of course, Tamil Cinema (or actually Indian cinema for that matter is mostly hero-centric! It's very hard to change that... If we make movies where it's more of character portrayals, where actors of all ages have equal weightages without too much discretion, then people like Kushboo, etc. can have nice scope... But this was affect the movie's run at the BO, and hence it's hard to change the trend!

<Digr>

From: thamiz on Wed Jan 30 19:24:48 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

Trisha might be ready to do anything to "reveal" her glamorous side! But are you sure that audience would get "impressed"? ROTFL

OK - I'm sounding over-critical here Embarassed

Anyways, Trisha can't hold a candle to the likes of Shreya or Asin. I would prefer even a Namitha over Trisha Cool

I see you hate her!

Why is she that bad?

Beats me!

She will certainly do fine as for Tamil or Telugu audience are concerned but certainly she cant score from north indians.

From: kb on Wed Jan 30 19:28:14 2008.

wait! is khushboo trying to get a role in ROBO
From: rookie007 on Wed Jan 30 23:24:32 2008.

Quote:

wait! is khushboo trying to get a role in ROBO

lol ....
From: Dilbert on Thu Jan 31 0:25:44 2008.

rookie007 wrote:

Quote:

wait! is khushboo trying to get a role in ROBO

lol ....

For all the we know she might be playing the role of ROBO
she fits the size as per me..

From: advani on Thu Jan 31 8:47:04 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

"Local Muniama" Trisha oda range-ukku Robot project ellam expect panuradhu remba over ROTFL

Shreya must feel herself very unlucky to miss the bus for the "Robot" trip... She is very pretty (read hottie Embarassed

Hmm...why do we need Amitabh Bachan here? South Indian artistes are as equally talented as the northern ones. How come none of the Hindi movies have any cameo performances from our southern stars?

From: Dilbert on Thu Jan 31 11:02:36 2008.

advani wrote:

Movie Cop wrote:

WELCOME ADVANIJI

Hmm...why do we need Amitabh Bachan here? South Indian artistes are as equally talented as the northern ones. How come none of the Hindi movies have any cameo performances from our southern stars?

It all depends on Industry's Mindset. Kamal Garus, Performance in Sagar..is still an outstanding one till date So south stars have indeed played few good roles in Hindi movies. Its just that in current gen x in bollywood, skin tone is playing a prominent role, so they are comfortable working with any other North Actors like bojpuri or kolkata than South (lanugage problem)

And Why Amitabh's presence would help the project? Bollwyood has established a wide audience base over the years if you want to reach these auidence you need someone whom they can relate to. Shivaji was Fluke, to make it that big in Hindi speaking marketing with a Non-Hindi movie. But you can't expect people will accept every Mega budgest Tamil movie in the same fashion.

From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Jan 31 13:02:38 2008.

<Digr>

Aishwarya to start her production house?

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan seems to be on a signing spree. She was recently roped in to play leading lady in Rajnikant's Robot. Now, news is that she has formed her own production house, joining hands with her secretary Hari Singh to launch another film.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=95ff9165-a8c9-4827-815d-7e7e7a51cb14&&Headline=Aishwarya+to+start+her+production+house%3f

<Digr>
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Jan 31 13:31:13 2008.

ARR's interview!
____________________________________________________

BEYOND THE FRONTIERS

Rajiv Vijayakar

In the fifteen years that he has been around, he has turned trends on their heads and reset music parameters. This year, A.R.Rahman has achieved the rare distinctions of winning both the Best Music and Best Background Music trophies for Guru and also opening an unique Music Conservatory in Chennai. In an informal chat, the elusive composer talks of - what else? - his music

Which are the films that you are doing now?

I am doing Aamir Khan’s Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and his remake of Ghajini and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Dilli 6.Subhashji’s Yuvraaj will always release this year. In Tamil films I am doing Shankar’s Robot and also Sultan - The Warrior.Then there is a Telugu film starring Pawan Kalyan. Some more projects are coming up.

http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=18770
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Both projects he mentioned in Tamil are associated with Thalaivar!

From: advani on Thu Jan 31 23:56:59 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

advani wrote:

Movie Cop wrote:

Yes...true...but I feel Rajanikanth and Aiswarya are more than enough for the movie to reach out internationally, not just in Bollywood. Some people seem to have this mindset that when a Tamil movie casts someone important from Bollywood, the movie is going to be big. This is not true. There was not a single Bollywood star in Sivaji, yet the movie did very well. I live in Malaysia and most of the Malays and Chinese here, who don't understand Tamil or Hindi or any other Indian languages, have watched Sivaji and had nice things to say about the movie. Maybe it's the charisma and screen presence of Rajanikanth but then, to say you need a Bollywood star to make a Tamil movie really big internationally is not true. Tamil movies are made primarily for the Tamil speaking audience, only then for the rest. So why do we need to satisfy Bollywood as if they are the only ones who watch?

From: Dilbert on Fri Feb 1 1:11:52 2008.

[quote="advani"][quote="Dilbert"]

advani wrote:

True! But what to do bro there is something called INVESTMENT -DABBU- MONEY- Producers who is investing 100+cr. can't keep waiting only for Tamilans for earning there investments back rite?

Why do you think Ash is asked to act in Hollywood movies? Bcoz of her beauty may be.. another important aspect is.. Markets like India and China are growing these are the places where they can tap volumes, in order to do that they are using some local stars.

Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan , Jet Li were gateways for Hollywood entry in chinese market. in 1980-90s

In the same way.. some regional movies needs transport systems..

Thalivar Charisma. works..always works.. Its nice to hear he is growing among chinese market. Very Happy

From: CEDYBLUE on Fri Feb 1 7:08:39 2008.

advani wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

advani wrote:

Movie Cop wrote:

while i whole heartedly accept that the presence of the superstar is enough to carry the movie.....the inclusion of few popular artists from bollywood is sure going to add to the interests and hype......Aishwarya is sure gonna add that exttra spice that this huge project needs!

From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Feb 1 14:07:16 2008.

advani wrote:

The bigger, The better!

From: Dilbert on Mon Feb 4 20:36:17 2008.

Ennappa eeddu. !!No News on any thing..
From: thineshan54321 on Mon Feb 4 21:07:08 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Ennappa eeddu. !!No News on any thing..

we just have to wait till Kuselan is over.
From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Feb 6 14:33:43 2008.

Un-fair share of Bollywood

Wednesday, February 06, 2008 23:45 IST

Moolah rouge

Their smiles brighten up the screen, their stunts make you hold your breath and their histrionics are enough to hold their own against the biggest heroes. But when it comes to the share of earnings, the leading ladies of B-town come way below their male counterparts. While the imbalance has been there since films first started being made in India, even now, despite corporate funding in the industry, and a lot more players, the gap has only widened.

“While heroes like Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are earning around Rs 25 crore per film, plus profits, the top heroines are still within the Rs 5 crore bracket. A top leading lady like Kareena Kapoor or Aishwarya Rai may get as much as Rs 5 crore per film, which is lesser than what even second rung stars like John Abraham or Shahid Kapoor get,” trade sources say.

Despite the fact that Kareena carried Jab We Met on her shoulders, the fact remains that she was paid around Rs 2 crore for the film while Shahid got more than that.

Aishwarya’s co-star in the upcoming Robot, Rajnikanth, is the highest paid actor in the country, with a remuneration somewhere between Rs35-40 crore, Aishwarya herself is said to have been offered only Rs5-7 crore for her role.

While the leading ladies readily admit the gaping inequality, they also seem to be resigned to Bollywood’s scheme of things. “I know that there is huge difference in what we earn as compared to our male counterparts, but that’s the way things work. There is no point in fighting it and nor do I have any regrets about that,” says Kareena.

Shilpa Jamkhandikar

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1149495
From: SoftSword on Thu Feb 7 3:35:03 2008.

Soundarya infuses life into ‘Robot’
IndiaGlitz [Thursday, February 07, 2008]

‘Robot’ the Shankar-Rajini-A.R. Rehman project has been attracting rumors aplenty and has been in the news almost every day.

The robot in the film ‘Robot’ plays a role that is as important as the hero himself. The inanimate robot will feature in almost every frame in the film. The next big question that comes to our mind is who will take up the responsibility of infusing life into this equally important character ‘Robot’.

Well… graphics specialists are very few in Kollywood and Soundarya Rajinikanth’s Ocher Studio is one among them. Director Shankar, who is known for his grandeur in using top-class quality graphics, might entrust this big responsibility to none other than Ocher Studio, owned by the daughter of the superstar.

Since the hero is Rajini the director must have deemed it best to pass on all the graphics work to Ocher. Since it takes a long time to do the graphics portion of the film, Shankar has decided to delegate the work under the guidance of Ocher Studio.

Meanwhile, our sources say that director Shankar has been updating the superstar regarding any changes that he has made in the script.

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while, ocher is already working day and nite on sultan, why did they decide up on takin this new project...

or is it just a rumour which was made to keep feeding something about robo...
a prediction??
From: Raghu on Thu Feb 7 6:43:12 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

“While heroes like Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are earning around Rs 25 crore per film,

what the hell????? They both Cant act for NUTS??, it is way too much, how musch does Kamal Ji gets?

From: Thirumaran on Thu Feb 7 6:53:39 2008.

Raghu wrote:

m_23_bayarea wrote:

“While heroes like Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are earning around Rs 25 crore per film,

what the hell????? They both Cant act for NUTS??, it is way too much, how musch does Kamal Ji gets? Confused2

Websites/News channel news ellaam anubavikanum. Aaraayakoodaathu

From: SoftSword on Thu Feb 7 7:10:28 2008.

Thirumaran wrote:

Raghu wrote:

m_23_bayarea wrote:

“While heroes like Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are earning around Rs 25 crore per film,

what the hell????? They both Cant act for NUTS??, it is way too much, how musch does Kamal Ji gets? Confused2

Websites/News channel news ellaam anubavikanum. Aaraayakoodaathu Yes

rite vaatthiyaarae...!!

From: SoftSword on Thu Feb 7 8:14:32 2008.

Ash gets a lofty deal for Robot

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

February 07, 2008

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Aishwarya Rai who will be featuring for the first time as Rajinikanth’s love interest in the Shankar directed Robot has clinched the deal for a massive paycheck. Robot which is budgeted for Rs 130 crores will be made simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi and is said to go on floors in April’08. When the film was announced, numerous speculations

were doing the rounds as regards Rajini’s heroine. Trisha, Shriya, and Nayanthara were said to be in the fray but Shankar had managed to rope in former Miss World for this prestigious project. It has also been reported that Ms Rai has been booked for a jaw dropping 6 crores for the film. She is currently demanding 2 crores in Bollywood and 4 crores in Hollywood. After the Robot deal, Aishwarya Rai becomes the highest paid actor in the entire Indian film industry

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is this true???

From: Dilbert on Thu Feb 7 11:37:09 2008.

SoftSword wrote:

Ash gets a lofty deal for Robot

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

February 07, 2008

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Aishwarya Rai who will be featuring for the first time as Rajinikanth’s love interest in the Shankar directed Robot has clinched the deal for a massive paycheck. Robot which is budgeted for Rs 130 crores will be made simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi and is said to go on floors in April’08. When the film was announced, numerous speculations

were doing the rounds as regards Rajini’s heroine. Trisha, Shriya, and Nayanthara were said to be in the fray but Shankar had managed to rope in former Miss World for this prestigious project. It has also been reported that Ms Rai has been booked for a jaw dropping 6 crores for the film. She is currently demanding 2 crores in Bollywood and 4 crores in Hollywood. After the Robot deal, Aishwarya Rai becomes the highest paid actor in the entire Indian film industry

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is this true???

WHAT THE HELL is Karunamurthy thinking !! ASH baby .. Not the hottest property any more !! why are these people not getting this in there heads 6cr

From: rookie007 on Thu Feb 7 19:18:57 2008.

Quote:

WHAT THE HELL is Karunamurthy thinking !! ASH baby .. Not the hottest property any more !! why are these people not getting this in there heads 6cr

I think, Shanker probelly had something to do with this ....
He really wants Ash to act on this movie .... so I guess, they did not give a damn about the money and went ahead with her .... Cool ....
Anywaz ... I think if they really want her to act in this movie ...
I am assuming something BIG behind it ...
Let's just wait anothr 2 years to find out

From: Corleone on Thu Feb 7 23:32:12 2008.

Raghu wrote:

m_23_bayarea wrote:

“While heroes like Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are earning around Rs 25 crore per film,

what the hell????? They both Cant act for NUTS??, it is way too much, how musch does Kamal Ji gets? Confused2

Akshay is not a bad actor at all...he has improved leaps and bounds from his ruf & tuf days.

From: cinema_rasikan on Fri Feb 8 0:15:11 2008.

http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-08-01/07-02-08-robot.html

Ash gets a lofty deal for Robot

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

February 07, 2008

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Aishwarya Rai who will be featuring for the first time as Rajinikanth’s love interest in the Shankar directed Robot has clinched the deal for a massive paycheck. Robot which is budgeted for Rs 130 crores will be made simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi and is said to go on floors in April’08. When the film was announced, numerous speculations

were doing the rounds as regards Rajini’s heroine. Trisha, Shriya, and Nayanthara were said to be in the fray but Shankar had managed to rope in former Miss World for this prestigious project. It has also been reported that Ms Rai has been booked for a jaw dropping 6 crores for the film. She is currently demanding 2 crores in Bollywood and 4 crores in Hollywood. After the Robot deal, Aishwarya Rai becomes the highest paid actor in the entire Indian film industry.
From: rookie007 on Fri Feb 8 0:38:25 2008.

what .. I thought the budget of the movie was 100 crores ...
when did it reach 130 crores

From: cujoo on Fri Feb 8 12:39:57 2008.

Its only Super star carries his movies.... but the other cast will
be good for the movie, but paying 6 crore for her its not worth it.

cinema_rasikan wrote:

http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-08-01/07-02-08-robot.html

Ash gets a lofty deal for Robot

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

February 07, 2008

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Aishwarya Rai who will be featuring for the first time as Rajinikanth’s love interest in the Shankar directed Robot has clinched the deal for a massive paycheck. Robot which is budgeted for Rs 130 crores will be made simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi and is said to go on floors in April’08. When the film was announced, numerous speculations

were doing the rounds as regards Rajini’s heroine. Trisha, Shriya, and Nayanthara were said to be in the fray but Shankar had managed to rope in former Miss World for this prestigious project. It has also been reported that Ms Rai has been booked for a jaw dropping 6 crores for the film. She is currently demanding 2 crores in Bollywood and 4 crores in Hollywood. After the Robot deal, Aishwarya Rai becomes the highest paid actor in the entire Indian film industry.

From: Raghu on Fri Feb 8 12:51:30 2008.

rookie007 wrote:

what .. I thought the budget of the movie was 100 crores ...
when did it reach 130 crores

From: Raghu on Fri Feb 8 12:54:57 2008.

cujoo wrote:

Its only Super star carries his movies.... but the other cast will
be good for the movie, but paying 6 crore for her its not worth it.

cinema_rasikan wrote:

alread her head is heavy, it it is going to get heavier

From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Feb 8 15:12:43 2008.

We as family want to go beyond moviemaking: Aishwarya Rai

Friday, 08 February , 2008, 08:42
Last Updated: Friday, 08 February , 2008, 08:52

Aishwarya will be on board for a Tamil film directed by Shankar opposite Tamil superstar Rajnikant. Titled Robot, the film is a Rs.1 billion-project and it will be her second movie with Shankar after Jeans in 1988.

Incidentally, the 57-year-old southern icon Rajnikant has a daughter named Aishwarya.

http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=14601581
From: Devar Magan on Fri Feb 8 15:15:33 2008.

jeans in 1988??
From: Devar Magan on Fri Feb 8 15:16:41 2008.

jeans in 1988??

sify
From: kb on Fri Feb 8 15:27:42 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

We as family want to go beyond moviemaking: Aishwarya Rai

Incidentally, the 57-year-old southern icon Rajnikant has a daughter named Aishwarya. [/i]

enakennamo intha line theva illama thalaivera kuththi kaatra maathiri theriyuthey
From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Feb 8 15:34:14 2008.

Ash generous as her

Friday, February 08, 2008 23:59 IST

The actor has agreed to feature in the film, which marks the re-launch of her business manager’s daughter Bhumicka Singh, reports Shilpa Jamkhandikar

She’s going to have a busy year ahead of her, what with Ramu’s Sarkar Raj and the big Rajnikanth starrer Robot

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1149869
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It looks like Ash's involvement in ROBOT it gonna make it even worse in terms of media-hype!
From: Dilbert on Mon Feb 11 12:44:15 2008.

Devar Magan wrote:

jeans in 1988??

sify

By now most of our regular Hubbers can get Ph'd in Websites Authentication

Sify , Rediff, Front of the woods, Sadly for clicks they are ready to do anything..

From: Raghu on Mon Feb 11 12:49:28 2008.

kb wrote:

m_23_bayarea wrote:

We as family want to go beyond moviemaking: Aishwarya Rai

Incidentally, the 57-year-old southern icon Rajnikant has a daughter named Aishwarya. [/i]

enakennamo intha line theva illama thalaivera kuththi kaatra maathiri theriyuthey Evil or Very Mad

From: Dilbert on Mon Feb 11 12:57:05 2008.

Raghu wrote:

kb wrote:

m_23_bayarea wrote:

We as family want to go beyond moviemaking: Aishwarya Rai

Incidentally, the 57-year-old southern icon Rajnikant has a daughter named Aishwarya. [/i]

enakennamo intha line theva illama thalaivera kuththi kaatra maathiri theriyuthey Evil or Very Mad

I am going to Translate a Tamil proverb..

" Every women who wares White saree is My Wife enn sollara madree irruku neenga sollurudu.."

For all that we know Ashiu baby can be acting as an villaness
thalivar always looked at her as more of Character oriented roles than for duets..

Padiyappa -> Nillambari
chandramuki - > Joythika's Role

From: Movie Cop on Mon Feb 11 14:56:27 2008.

advani wrote:

Advani - I think you are getting confused here about Robot. Your argument is valid if you are strictly talking about a Tamil movie only that is made within a moderate budget. But we are talking about a multilingual movie here with a whopping budget... The audience for watching a Tamil movie is probably 1/4th compared to those watching a Hindi movie... So, it makes more sense to rope in some Bollywood actors (and an actor or two from Telugu) to make the movie have a wider reach... Sivaji got a good opening in North (i.e Mumbai, Pune & Delhi) because folks veiwed it just as a Tamil movie versus a Hindi movie and were faniced by the RK gimmicks... But Sivaji 's revenue from North was not too significant... It's maximum turnover was from the Southern multiplexes & foreign countries like Malaysia/UK/US... But if Robot is a multilingual attempt from Sangar & co. then simply "dubbing" the voice of an "all-Tamil" cast in Hindi would not work!

RK Fans - Could you guys confirm whether Robot is gonna be a multi-lingual or just a Tamil release (like Sivaji)?

From: Nerd on Mon Feb 11 21:06:12 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

RK Fans - Could you guys confirm whether Robot is gonna be a multi-lingual or just a Tamil release (like Sivaji)?

Tamil, telugu confirmed as of now. Most probably hindi..
From: SoftSword on Tue Feb 12 2:13:53 2008.

Devar Magan wrote:

jeans in 1988??

sify

cool dm...
they wrote 88 instead of 98 it seems...
From: Mahen on Tue Feb 12 9:22:25 2008.

aishwarya Rai out of Robot!

February 12, 2008, 11:59:38 AM

It was officially announced that Ash was to play Rajinikanth’s lead lady in Shankar’s Robot, but it is official now that the former Miss World is no more a part of the project!

For super star fans who were all tipsy over the announcement that their hero would be paired with the woman rated as one of the world’s most beautiful women, this turn of events will indeed come as sad news! So what could be behind the twist in the tale? Well, there are two versions.

The first is that Ash Rai Bachchan is pregnant! Could it be that this lovely star has turned down the offer because she is expecting her first child and has hence decided against a project which is scheduled to start only later this year? Until the Bachchans decide to release the pregnancy news, if any, we’ll have to wait.

The second version is that Ash was offered a sum less than she desired, so she declined the role in a huff! Yes, it was earlier said that she had been offered a whopping 6 crores for her role and that she had been okay with it. Now the talk is that the actual offer was much less and not astronomical enough for Ash's taste.

No matter which version is true, the definite part about the news is that Ash is indeed out of Robot. So who is Shankar trying to rope in now? Deepika Padukone!

Will Deepika be willing to pick up where Ash left off? Well, that’s a whole other story!
From: SoftSword on Tue Feb 12 9:35:16 2008.

sort of a good news...
there are lots of better lead ladies in north... who are more famous...
pull them in...
From: Amarshiva on Tue Feb 12 9:49:26 2008.

But they can't match with AISH- Thats for sure

SoftSword wrote:

sort of a good news...
there are lots of better lead ladies in north... who are more famous...
pull them in...

From: SoftSword on Tue Feb 12 9:52:02 2008.

Amarshiva wrote:

But they can't match with AISH- Thats for sure

SoftSword wrote:

sort of a good news... BlueJump

there are lots of better lead ladies in north... who are more famous...
pull them in... Razz

you mean to say no other heroine can give consequent flops as aish's recent flicks...?

cool amar...
let her go give birth to her child...

From: Amarshiva on Tue Feb 12 9:57:44 2008.

SS: NOt like that. I meant Beauty..nothing else.. Very Happy

SoftSword wrote:

Amarshiva wrote:

But they can't match with AISH- Thats for sure

SoftSword wrote:

sort of a good news... BlueJump

there are lots of better lead ladies in north... who are more famous...
pull them in... Razz

you mean to say no other heroine can give consequent flops as aish's recent flicks...?

cool amar...
let her go give birth to her child... Razz

From: SoftSword on Tue Feb 12 10:02:36 2008.

Amarshiva wrote:

SS: NOt like that. I meant Beauty..nothing else.. Very Happy

SoftSword wrote:

Amarshiva wrote:

But they can't match with AISH- Thats for sure

SoftSword wrote:

sort of a good news... BlueJump

there are lots of better lead ladies in north... who are more famous...
pull them in... Razz

you mean to say no other heroine can give consequent flops as aish's recent flicks...?

cool amar...
let her go give birth to her child... Razz

anyway lets see, who else is in the race...

From: Mahen on Tue Feb 12 10:13:05 2008.

im confused..Ash's latest interview on rediff..

Any new projects?

I'm doing Robot in Tamil with Rajni Sir (Rajnikanth), which I guess will be dubbed in many languages including Hindi and Telugu. Rahman will be composing the music for Robot.

I would also be working with director Shankar Sir again, after Jeans.

Where did galatta get the news?
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 12 12:47:44 2008.

Mahen wrote:

aishwarya Rai out of Robot!

February 12, 2008, 11:59:38 AM

Best News of the Day!

From: Movie Cop on Tue Feb 12 13:17:20 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Movie Cop wrote:

RK Fans - Could you guys confirm whether Robot is gonna be a multi-lingual or just a Tamil release (like Sivaji)? Confused2

Tamil, telugu confirmed as of now. Most probably hindi.. Razz

Oh ok... If the movie is going to be dubbed/released in simultaneously and/or the budget exceeds Sivaji then it makes more sense to rope in some Bollywood actors!

Mahen wrote:

aishwarya Rai out of Robot!

If Aish pulls out then it would make it a "three-in-a-row" disappointment for RK... The other best bet would be Shreya or Rani Mukherjee! I would think "hottie" Shreya should be paired up with RK again... To put in Vivek's style, lot of youngsters watching her in Sivaji had a tough time controlling the flow of waterfalls from their mouth!

From: rookie007 on Tue Feb 12 17:33:16 2008.

Quote:

Lol ....

From: Dilbert on Tue Feb 12 23:52:03 2008.

FINALLY SHE IS OUT THANK GOD.. PROJECT SAVED..

SANGAR....TRY GETTING SOMEONE WHO WILL SUIT THE ROLE RATHER THAN TRYING TO BRING SOME TAMIL KALACHARATHU .. PEENMANI..!

MY CHOICE IS KUSHBOOOOOOOO

From: Kalyasi on Wed Feb 13 0:01:56 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

FINALLY SHE IS OUT THANK GOD.. PROJECT SAVED..

SANGAR....TRY GETTING SOMEONE WHO WILL SUIT THE ROLE RATHER THAN TRYING TO BRING SOME TAMIL KALACHARATHU .. PEENMANI..!

MY CHOICE IS KUSHBOOOOOOOO

EKDI.. She is so fat.. She'll look like Rajini's Mom...

From: Dilbert on Wed Feb 13 0:04:05 2008.

Kalyasi wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

FINALLY SHE IS OUT THANK GOD.. PROJECT SAVED..

SANGAR....TRY GETTING SOMEONE WHO WILL SUIT THE ROLE RATHER THAN TRYING TO BRING SOME TAMIL KALACHARATHU .. PEENMANI..!

MY CHOICE IS KUSHBOOOOOOOO

EKDI.. She is so fat.. She'll look like Rajini's Mom...

OEYOO.. YAARU PAATHU AMMA ENNRU..!! ENGA KUSHBOO..

ORU BABY ELLEEPANT..

From: SoftSword on Wed Feb 13 2:14:46 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Movie Cop wrote:

RK Fans - Could you guys confirm whether Robot is gonna be a multi-lingual or just a Tamil release (like Sivaji)? Confused2

Tamil, telugu confirmed as of now. Most probably hindi.. Razz

Oh ok... If the movie is going to be dubbed/released in simultaneously and/or the budget exceeds Sivaji then it makes more sense to rope in some Bollywood actors!

Mahen wrote:

aishwarya Rai out of Robot!

why is rajini disappointed...???

From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Feb 13 13:32:22 2008.

Ash wants babies, not 'Robot' with Rajini

IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, February 13, 2008]

Shankar and Co are in panic mode. After offering her a whopping Rs 6 crore and despite having got the nod from Aishwarya Rai, they are now in a fix as the green-eyed Bachchan bahu is now keen on having a baby before she turns 35.

And being the professional that she is, she sweetly but firmly conveyed the same to the 'Robot' team. Looks like Rajinikant and Ash’s pairing is jinxed as this is not the first time that attempts trying to pair them have failed.

Tabu is playing the other heroine in the film.

So, now the team is hunting for the leading lady all over again. At least, that’s how things stand for now.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/36549.html
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With 6 crores, Shankar can rope in anywhere between 6 to 12 heroines! Thank Goodness, Aish's prirority is different at this time....

From: Dilbert on Wed Feb 13 15:56:26 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Ash wants babies, not 'Robot' with Rajini

IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, February 13, 2008]

Shankar and Co are in panic mode. After offering her a whopping Rs 6 crore and despite having got the nod from Aishwarya Rai, they are now in a fix as the green-eyed Bachchan bahu is now keen on having a baby before she turns 35.

And being the professional that she is, she sweetly but firmly conveyed the same to the 'Robot' team. Looks like Rajinikant and Ash’s pairing is jinxed as this is not the first time that attempts trying to pair them have failed.

Tabu is playing the other heroine in the film.

So, now the team is hunting for the leading lady all over again. At least, that’s how things stand for now.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/36549.html
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With 6 crores, Shankar can rope in anywhere between 6 to 12 heroines! Thank Goodness, Aish's prirority is different at this time.... Very Happy

Guess who reported this news first in the hub..!

From: thamiz on Wed Feb 13 16:48:00 2008.

Mahen wrote:

[tscii]aishwarya Rai out of Robot!

I see!
From: thamiz on Wed Feb 13 16:56:33 2008.

SoftSword wrote:

why is rajini disappointed...???

I think he will be happy for her, she is becoming a mother and all!
From: rookie007 on Wed Feb 13 19:45:54 2008.

Quote:

I think he will be happy for her, she is becoming a mother and all!

yeah... i don't think SS, will feel bad ....
Alright guys, we are back to point "ZERO" for heroine search for the movie ...
so who do u guys think .. the lucky heroine is going to be ...

From: sarna_blr on Thu Feb 14 5:59:52 2008.

rookie007 wrote:

Quote:

I think he will be happy for her, she is becoming a mother and all!

yeah... i don't think SS, will feel bad ....
Alright guys, we are back to point "ZERO" for heroine search for the movie ...
so who do u guys think .. the lucky heroine is going to be ... Cool

----------------BTB Simran is my choice

From: Raghu on Thu Feb 14 7:13:37 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

FINALLY SHE IS OUT THANK GOD.. PROJECT SAVED..

SANGAR....TRY GETTING SOMEONE WHO WILL SUIT THE ROLE RATHER THAN TRYING TO BRING SOME TAMIL KALACHARATHU .. PEENMANI..!

MY CHOICE IS KUSHBOOOOOOOO

EKDI.. She is so fat.. She'll look like Rajini's Mom...

OEYOO.. YAARU PAATHU AMMA ENNRU..!! ENGA KUSHBOO..
Laughing

ORU BABY ELLEEPANT..

From: Dilbert on Thu Feb 14 9:40:24 2008.

Raghu wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

FINALLY SHE IS OUT THANK GOD.. PROJECT SAVED..

SANGAR....TRY GETTING SOMEONE WHO WILL SUIT THE ROLE RATHER THAN TRYING TO BRING SOME TAMIL KALACHARATHU .. PEENMANI..!

MY CHOICE IS KUSHBOOOOOOOO

EKDI.. She is so fat.. She'll look like Rajini's Mom...

OEYOO.. YAARU PAATHU AMMA ENNRU..!! ENGA KUSHBOO..
Laughing

ORU BABY ELLEEPANT..

ENNA RAGHU sir.. Valentaine's Day Naaala Kondadenegala ?

From: SoftSword on Thu Feb 14 10:10:53 2008.

edha namburadhune therilada saami...
From: Dilbert on Thu Feb 14 10:11:56 2008.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NO No its not happening.. Oh my gooooood... She is back..
From: leosimha on Thu Feb 14 10:41:09 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NO No its not happening.. Oh my gooooood... She is back..

who? is ash back in the project?

From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Feb 14 12:58:15 2008.

From the ARR Forum... Wish it had a source to this news! Cool

baba88 wrote:

Ashwariya Rai’s commitment to Robot came in for some heavy discussion yesterday. Nearly all sections of the media had recently carried reports of Ash being offered the female lead role in Robot for an astounding sum, making her the top paid actress in the entire country. But only yesterday reports were floating around of Ash pulling out of the

Aishwarya Rai
movie, citing her pregnancy as a reason. Robot, a 24 month project, was too long a time for her to be away from home, seemed to be the implication.

Dispelling these reports strongly, Ash today said that she is committed to Robot; that she admires Shankar for always being a step ahead of any other filmmaker when it came to making cutting edge techno savvy movies. Excited about working with Rajinikanth, she had nothing but praise for him. Rajini is an institution personified, she added, and she would never miss out on an opportunity to work with him.

From: Raghu on Thu Feb 14 13:11:45 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Raghu wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

FINALLY SHE IS OUT THANK GOD.. PROJECT SAVED..

SANGAR....TRY GETTING SOMEONE WHO WILL SUIT THE ROLE RATHER THAN TRYING TO BRING SOME TAMIL KALACHARATHU .. PEENMANI..!

MY CHOICE IS KUSHBOOOOOOOO

EKDI.. She is so fat.. She'll look like Rajini's Mom...

OEYOO.. YAARU PAATHU AMMA ENNRU..!! ENGA KUSHBOO..
Laughing

ORU BABY ELLEEPANT..

ENNA RAGHU sir.. Valentaine's Day Naaala Kondadenegala ?

ada Ponga Saar, valentine-um katharikayum naa sothuku ena vazhi panrathunu ninaichukittu irukeN

From: Raghu on Thu Feb 14 13:15:06 2008.

Aish ellam Oru Jujubi SS munadi

over-a thaan film katikitu irukanga SS-uku, this is too much, dump her and get some one from SOUTH!!!

she has a very heavy HEAD , and her false amecrican accent is even more PATHETIC than her heavy head
From: thamiz on Thu Feb 14 14:07:41 2008.

இப்போ என்ன ஒரு நல்ல விஷயம்னா, ஐஸ் ஆலதான் இந்த படம் ஓடுச்சுனு சொல்ல முடியாது!

From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Feb 14 14:10:33 2008.

thamiz wrote:

இப்போ என்ன ஒரு நல்ல விஷயம்னா, ஐஸ் ஆலதான் இந்த படம் ஓடுச்சுனு சொல்ல முடியாது! Razz

She's back, Thamizh!

Well actually, I dont think she backed out at all, in the first place!

Media...

Whatever is it, I dont think there should be a discussion where a movie ran because of any one person... It's team work, no matter who's involved!

"It's not always abt me!" is a nice phrase to remember... And nobody is an exception!

From: thamiz on Thu Feb 14 14:36:11 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

thamiz wrote:

She's back, Thamizh! Wink

Well actually, I dont think she backed out at all, in the first place!

Media... Not Worthy

Whatever is it, I dont think there should be a discussion where a movie ran because of any one person... It's team work, no matter who's involved! Cool

"It's not always abt me!" is a nice phrase to remember... And nobody is an exception! Embarassed

Really?

What is the latest reliable link, bay?

From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Feb 14 14:39:22 2008.

thamiz wrote:

Really?

What is the latest reliable link, bay?

I wish I knew!

Let's give it a few more days... Things will surface for sure!
From: thamiz on Thu Feb 14 14:40:38 2008.

OK, I will wait!

But it is possible that she might prefer becoming a mother, you know!
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Feb 14 14:42:50 2008.

thamiz wrote:

OK, I will wait!

But it is possible that she might prefer becoming a mother, you know!

It's up to her! I only wish she doesnt prefer that half-way through the shooting...
From: thamiz on Thu Feb 14 23:56:49 2008.

'ரோபோ'விலிருந்து விலகவில்லை : ஐஸ் திட்டவட்டம்

ரஜினிகாந்தின் 'ரோபோ' படத்திலிருந்து தாம் விலகவில்லை என்றும், அப்படத்தில் நடிப்பது உறுதி என்றும் ஐஸ்வர்யா ராய் திட்டவட்டமாகத் தெரிவித்தார்.

ரஜினி - ஷங்கர் கூட்டணியில் பலகோடி ரூபாய் செலவில் உருவாகும் 'ரோபோ' படத்தில் இருந்து ஐஸ்வர்யா ராய் விலக முடிவெடுத்துள்ளதாகவும், இதற்கு, தற்போது அவர் கர்ப்பமாக இருப்பதே காரணம் என்றும் தகவல் வெளியானதால், கோலிவுட்டில் மிகுந்த பரபரப்பு ஏற்பட்டது. அதேநேரத்தில், இந்தத் தகவல் குறித்து எவ்வித விளக்கத்தையும் படக்குழு வெளியிடவில்லை.

இந்நிலையில், தனியார் தொலைக்காட்சி ஒன்றுக்குப் பேட்டியளித்துள்ள ஐஸ்வர்யா ராய், ரஜினியும் `ரோபோ' படத்தில் தாம் நடிப்பது உண்மைதான் என்றும், வித்தியாசமான கதையம்சம் கொண்ட அப்படத்தில் ஒரு மாறுபட்ட கதாபாத்திரத்தில் நடிக்கிறேன் என்றும் தெரிவித்தார்.

மேலும், தாம் கர்ப்பமாக இருப்பதாக வெளியான செய்தியையும் மறுத்து அவர், இப்போதைக்கு குழந்தை பெற்றுக்கொள்ளும் எண்ணம் இல்லை என்று கூறினார்.

'ரோபோ' படத்துக்குப் பிறகு, தமிழ் மற்றும் இந்தி ஆகிய இரு மொழிகளிலும் அபிஷேக் பச்சனை நாயகனாக வைத்து மணிரத்னம் இயக்கும் படத்தில் தாம் நடிக்கவிருப்பதாகவும் ஐஸ்வர்யா தனது பேட்டியில் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார்.
From: dell_gt on Fri Feb 15 8:21:52 2008.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14605537
Robot shoot starts!

By Moviebuzz
Friday, 15 February , 2008, 17:09

Today Friday, Feb 15 a shoot of Rajinikanth- Shankar big budget magnum opus Robot started in Chennai’s AVM A/C Floor with no fanfare or any publicity. It was the first photo shoot for the film by famous Chennai fashion and portfolio photographer G.Venket Ram exclusively focused on superstar Rajinikanth. Rememeber Rajini did his first ever photo-shoot with Venkat for Sivaji.
The Robot shoot was a hush –hush affair, as Rajinikanth arrived on dot of time in his Chevorlet Tavera, Shankar drove down in his new black BMW car with the trademark registration number 8 and producer Karunamoorthy of Ayngaran International came in his Honda-CRV.

Cameraman Venket Ram had set up his camera and other equipments early in the morning itself. Nearly a dozen wigs were flown in from US by hair dresser Bhanu to be tried out on the superstar who shot in various blazers. The look of Robot is one of the most important aspects of the film.

Shankar and his young team have also roped in an international consultant to give a new look to Rajinikanth as Robot. The final look will emerge after matching the photo shoot pictures with a computer generated look, which will take about a month.

Now that Aishwarya Rai has denied the rumours of her exit from the film as rubbish, the rest of the casting of the film is going on. Three top characters from Tamil have confirmed that they are willing to shoot for the film as and when Shankar wants.

Meanwhile Nirav Shah has decided to quit the project, due to personal reasons. So now, noted cameraman Thiru has been roped into the project.
From: SoftSword on Fri Feb 15 8:25:38 2008.

thanks for the news dell
surprising that these news are coming out now....
From: SoftSword on Fri Feb 15 9:58:01 2008.

arjun in robo?

ரஜினியின் ரோபோட் படத்தில் ஆக்சன் கிங் அர்ஜூனும் நடிக்கவிருப்பதாக புது செய்தி பரவியுள்ளது.

ஷங்கரின் பிரமாண்டப் படைப்பான ரோபோட்டில் நடிக்கும் கலைஞர்கள் தேர்வு படு கமுக்கமாக நடந்து வருகிறது. ரஜினியைத் தொடர்ந்து ஐஸ்வர்யா ராயை முடிவு செய்தனர். இப்போது பிற கலைஞர்கள் பக்கம் ஷங்கர் பார்வையைத் திருப்பியுள்ளார்.

படத்தில் வரும் ஒரு முக்கிய கேரக்டருக்கு அர்ஜூனை, ஷங்கர் தேர்வு செய்துள்ளதாக தெரிகிறது. ஆனால் இது வில்லன் ரோல் அல்லவாம்.

சூப்பர் நடிகர் ஒருவருடன் அர்ஜூன் இணைவது இது முதல் முறையல்ல. முதன் முதலில் அவர் உலக நாயகன் கமல்ஹாசனுடன், குருதிப் புணல் படத்தில் இணைந்து நடித்தார். அதில் கமலுடன் சேர்ந்து, அர்ஜூன் கேரக்டரும் வெகுவாக பேசப்பட்டது.

இந்த நிலையில் சூப்பர் ஸ்டாருடன் தற்போது இணையப் போகிறார் அர்ஜூன்.

தனிப்பட்ட முறையில் அர்ஜூன், ரஜினியின் விசிறியும் கூட. தனது ஆசான் என்று ரஜினியை அவர் அடிக்கடி வர்ணிப்பார்.

அர்ஜூனுக்குப் பெரிய பிரேக் கொடுத்த படம் ஜென்டில்மேன். அதேபோல இடையில் தொய்வடைந்து கிடந்த அர்ஜூனின் மார்க்கெட்டை தூக்கி நிறுத்திய படம் முதல்வன். இரு படங்களும் ஷங்கரின் இயக்கத்தில் உருவானவை.

முதல்வன் படத்தில் முதலில் ரஜினிதான் நடிப்பதாக இருந்தது. ஆனால் அப்போது முதல்வராக இருந்த கருணாநிதிக்கு ரஜினி மிக நெருக்கமாக இருந்ததால் சர்ச்சை வந்து விடப் போகிறது என்பதால் அப்படத்தில் நடிக்க மறுத்தார். ஆனால் அர்ஜூனை நடிக்க வைக்கலாம் என ரஜினிதான் ஷங்கரிடம் பரிந்துரைத்தாக கூட கூறப்பட்டது.

இப்படி முந்தைய நிகழ்வுகளை எல்லாம் கூட்டிக் கழித்துப் பார்க்கும்போது ரோபோட் படத்தில் ரஜினியுடன் அர்ஜூன் நடிக்கக் கூடிய சாத்தியக் கூறுகள் நிறையவே உள்ளன.
From: advani on Fri Feb 15 10:04:55 2008.

Nirav Shah is out? Why not K V Anand?
From: SoftSword on Fri Feb 15 10:06:12 2008.

who said nirav shah is out....
it would be yet another rumour...

KVA is busy with his other assignments...
From: Dilbert on Fri Feb 15 12:51:14 2008.

Karunamurthy !! R U Listening JODHAA AKBAR BOMBED at BO !!

Its still not too late.. Get her out of this project

I just can't stand her..
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Feb 15 13:39:28 2008.

Dilbert,

Heard Aishwarya is already out of the project. But why you are talking abt JA's BO here. It's not even 24 hrs since the movie has been released
From: Dilbert on Fri Feb 15 13:47:19 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Dilbert,

Heard Aishwarya is already out of the project. But why you are talking abt JA's BO here. It's not even 24 hrs since the movie has been released

Nope she is not!! I just mentioned JA's reference bcoz it her latest .. offing..!! rating are less than 3 stars except couple of News channel.. as usual paid promotion with .. 10 stars..
From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Feb 15 14:02:19 2008.

Your wish buddy
From: Yathu on Fri Feb 15 15:40:36 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Karunamurthy !! R U Listening JODHAA AKBAR BOMBED at BO !!

Its still not too late.. Get her out of this project

I just can't stand her..

Who'd do you think would be better for the role?

ASH IS THE BEST!
From: Yathu on Fri Feb 15 16:00:43 2008.

Aishwarya confirms acting in ‘Robot’
IndiaGlitz [Friday, February 15, 2008]

There was news making the rounds yesterday that we might not get to see the Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai acting opposite our superstar in the sci-fi flick ‘Robot’. The reason that was sighted that she wanted to have babies before she hits 35.

But Aishwarya herself has quashed all rumors and confirmed that she will be acting as Rajini’s heroine in Shankar-directed ‘Robot’. She has confirmed this in her latest interview to a private news channel.

Talks are going on that Aish will star in one more Manirathnam film soon. This film will be a bilingual in Hindi and tamil. The best part is that Aish will get to act opposite her Husband Abhishek Bachchan in this film too. The earlier film we saw the coming together of this real-life pair was in Manirathnam film ‘Guru’.

This whooping 125-crore big-budget film will soon start rolling, and we have reports that Aish has already received a whooping sum as advance for her role in this film. Aish has said that she has liked the script of ‘Robot’ in which she gets to essay a very different and novel role.

Now folks this confirmation from the lady herself has quashed all rumors suggesting that the Rajini-Aishwarya pair is jinxed!

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/36583.html

From: Dilbert on Fri Feb 15 17:42:43 2008.

Yathu wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

Karunamurthy !! R U Listening JODHAA AKBAR BOMBED at BO !!

Its still not too late.. Get her out of this project Rant

I just can't stand her.. Evil or Very Mad

Who'd do you think would be better for the role?

ASH IS THE BEST! Evil or Very Mad

Celina , Sushmita, Madhuri,Kaify, - If only skin tone / Acting skills are parameters.. they are much better than HHAISHYUU

From: thamiz on Fri Feb 15 19:44:58 2008.

ஆமாம், சுல்த்தானில் யார் ரஜினிக்கு ஹீரோயின்!
From: Yathu on Fri Feb 15 19:49:10 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Celina , Sushmita, Madhuri,Kaify, - If only skin tone / Acting skills are parameters.. they are much better than HHAISHYUU

Well Aishu herself has confirmed that shes in it now...
From: thamiz on Fri Feb 15 19:50:30 2008.

Yathu wrote:

Well Aishu herself has confirmed that shes in it now...

Confirmed where?

Still, it is not authentic enough I believe!
From: Yathu on Fri Feb 15 20:00:20 2008.

thamiz wrote:

Confirmed where?

Still, it is not authentic enough I believe!

She supposedly confirmed on a TV interview she did. I trust IndiaGlitz. They are wise.

From: thamiz on Fri Feb 15 20:08:13 2008.

Yathu wrote:

thamiz wrote:

Confirmed where? Rolling Eyes

Still, it is not authentic enough I believe! Smile2

She supposedly confirmed on a TV interview she did. I trust IndiaGlitz. They are wise. FrogGrin

Yeah but THERE WAS NO NAME for the TV?

That sounds like a BS!

From: Yathu on Fri Feb 15 20:14:52 2008.

thamiz wrote:

Yeah but THERE WAS NO NAME for the TV?

That sounds like a BS!

I think the IndiaGlitz people viewed the interview on a Sony LCD TV...so its very reliable.

From: thamiz on Fri Feb 15 20:18:22 2008.

Yathu wrote:

thamiz wrote:

Yeah but THERE WAS NO NAME for the TV? Rolling Eyes

That sounds like a BS!

I think the IndiaGlitz people viewed the interview on a Sony LCD TV...so its very reliable. Laughing

From: thamiz on Fri Feb 15 20:18:53 2008.

Anyway, I like your joke but still the news is not reliable!
From: Nerd on Sun Feb 17 4:48:16 2008.

http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-08-02/16-02-08-robot.html
yEn idha yaarum post pannala.. bay, where are you
From: dell_gt on Sun Feb 17 5:02:15 2008.

Amitabh & Arjun: The latest on ‘Robot’
IndiaGlitz [Saturday, February 16, 2008]

We have been receiving hot news on ‘Robot’, almost everyday. We all are aware that Shankar is making this film for a whooping 125 Crores, as good as any Hollywood film.

The latest hot news on the ‘Robot’ front is that director Shankar has roped in ‘Amitabh Bachchan for a role in this film. Yesterday director Shankar shot various angles of Rajinikanth, and different varieties of wigs and costumes were arranged from outside.

Yet another latest to hit the news stand is that Arjun will be playing an important role in this film. It is reported that Arjun has signed his acceptance in this film. Since the villian’s role too has not yet been decided we do not know if Arjun will be playing the villain or if he will play friend to the superstar.

Watch this space for more developments on the ‘Robot’ front.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/36630.html

From: dell_gt on Mon Feb 18 9:49:25 2008.

Quote:

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14606656Arjun is Robot villain?

By Moviebuzz
Monday, 18 February , 2008, 18:39

Is Arjun playing the villain in Shankar directed Robot? Kollywood grapevine is abuzz with stories that Arjun has signed up to play the deadly bad guy opposite superstar Rajinikanth in the film produced by Ayngaran International.
Shankar and Arjun go back a long way, to their Gentleman days. Shankar made his debut as a director with the film which established Arjun as an action hero. Later when Rajinikanth refused to do Muthalvan it was Arjun who bailed him out. The film also gave the actor a lot of critical acclaim and box-office success.

Now when Shankar has offered him the role of the arch-villain in Robot who is likely to be the second most powerful role in the film, he should grab it. Arjun better known as ‘Action King’ after 28 years is still playing the energetic super hero in film after film. He still has a terrific draw in B and C centers, a market in Andhra and is ideally suited for Robot villain role.

Arjun should also know that he will get terrific publicity and reach if he is paired as Rajni’s bitter foe in the film. Rajni is one actor who knows the importance of a villain in commercial cinema. If Arjun gets the meaty bad guy role it will only uplift his heroism in Robot!

Arjun should also know that Jack Nicholson a top actor played the super villain, the deadly Joker in Batman, which made him even more popular. Closer home Akshay Kumar was playing hero he became the bad guy in Ajnabee and got beaten up by Bobby Deol the hero. Where is Akshay today? He has become the hero with more hits than the Khans!

it will be great to c this combo rajni sir + Arjun sir

From: Dilbert on Mon Feb 18 22:09:57 2008.

Oh my God shankar sir ! I only hope Again arjun sir is not to jumping in to Mordern Chennai koovam in the year 3000 A D
in the name of acting!
From: SoftSword on Thu Feb 21 6:17:56 2008.

Arjun says he is not part of the movie...
he by himself has confirmed that he is not approached yet...
From: SoftSword on Fri Feb 22 3:41:57 2008.

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மேலும் புதிய படங்கள்என்னிடம் நேரிலோ அல்லது தொலைபேசியிலோ கூடப் பேசாமல், என்னைப் பேட்டி எடுத்ததாக சிலர் செய்திகளை வெளியிடுவது வேதனை அளிக்கிறது, என்கிறார் ஆக்ஷன் கிங் அர்ஜூன்.

ரஜினியின் படத்தில் அர்ஜூன் நடிக்கப் போவதாக கொஞ்ச நாட்களாகவே செய்திகள் சுற்றிக் கொண்டுள்ளன. சிலர் அவர் ரோபோவில் வில்லனாக நடிப்பதாகவும், இன்னும் சிலர், இல்லையில்லை, குசேலனில் ஒரு பாடலில் முன்னணி நட்சத்திரங்களுடன் தோன்றுகிறார் என்றும் செய்திகள் வந்தவண்ணம் உள்ளன.

இந்நிலையில், தான் ரஜினியின் எந்தப் படத்திலும் நடிக்கும் உத்தேசமே இல்லை என்று அர்ஜூன் பேட்டி அளித்ததாக சில இணையதளங்கள் செய்தி வெளியிட்டிருந்ததன. மும்பையிலிருந்தவரை கஷ்டப்பட்டு தேடிப் பிடித்து இந்த பேட்டியை எடுத்ததாக வேறு க்ளெய்ம் பண்ணியிருந்தார்கள்.

சில தினங்களுக்கு முன்பு நடந்த நடிகை விந்தியாவின் திருமண வரவேற்பு நிகழ்ச்சியில் அர்ஜூனைச் சந்தித்தோம். அப்போதும் கூட ரஜினி படத்தில் நடிப்பது குறித்து எந்த மறுப்பும் அவர் கூறவில்லை. அப்புறம் சொல்றேனே என்று மட்டும் நம்மிடம் தெரிவித்திருந்தார்.

நாமும் விடாமல் தொலைபேசியில் அர்ஜூனைப் பிடித்தோம். அவர் நம்மிடம் கூறியது என்னவென்றால், ரஜினியின் படத்தில் நான் நடிப்பது ஒருபக்கமிருக்கட்டும். அதுக்குள்ள என்னை அவர் படத்திலிருந்து தூக்கிட்டு, அதுபத்தி நானே பேட்டி கொடுத்ததா நியூசும் போட்டிருக்காங்க.

பாருங்க... இதுவரைக்கும் யார்கிட்டயும் ரஜினி சார் படத்துல நான் நடிக்கலன்னு பேட்டியெல்லாம் குடுக்கல. என்கிட்ட பேசாமலேயே அவங்களா ஏதோ இஷ்டத்துக்கு எழுதறாங்க.

எனிஹவ்... நான்தான் அப்பவே சொன்னேனே பாஸ்.. இன்னும் சில தினங்களுக்குப் பிறகுதான் நான் எதையும் சொல்ல முடியும். அதுக்குள்ள இப்படியெல்லாம் செய்தி வர்றதால ரஜினி சார்தான் வருத்தப்படுவார்.

ஏன்... கமல் சார் படத்துல நடிச்ச நான் ரஜினி சார் படத்துல நடிக்க மாட்டேனா... பட், இன்னும் எதுவும் முடிவாகல... என்றார் அர்ஜூன்.

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies/heroes/2008/02/21-arjun-irks-on-dubious-reports.html
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 26 22:12:06 2008.

Photo session of ‘Robot’

IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, February 26, 2008]

The news on ‘Robot’ that came out last week saying that the shooting of the movie was started was partially true. There was a shoot but it was not for the film. It was just the extravagant photo session featuring Rajini and Rajini alone.

Different kinds of wigs, brought from the US, were fixed to the superstar for the session and the visuals are said to be awesome. Though the high profile heroine Aishwarya Rai Bachan did not attend the photo session, director Shankar has planned to have a second photo session featuring the lead pair.

Meanwhile ‘Action King’ Arjun has denied the news that he had told that he was not in ‘Robot’. Though the action hero hasn’t confirm his participation, he hasn’t denied it either.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/36833.html
From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Feb 27 13:22:39 2008.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

HOLLYWOOD STUNT MASTER IN ROBOT

After the stupendous success of Sivaji, the Shankarâ€"Rajini duo is back in action with their next project Robot.With the shooting of Robot all set to commence on May 10, 2008, the frenzy is bound to get bigger and bigger with every passing day. And even this time, as like his previous films, director Shankar will adhere strictly to his working style, which is 15-days shooting and 15-days discussion a month.

Another interesting piece of news is that the stunt master of the famous Hollywood film, Matrix, Yuen Woo-Ping has been roped in to direct the fight sequences in Robot. And naturally he has bagged the offer for a huge sum. Reckon how much? It is nothing less than Rs. 8 crores. But then, grandiose, thy name is Shankar right ! ....

Source : Behindwoods....

http://rajinifans.com/showurl.php?url=http://rajininews.blogspot.com/2008/02/hollywood-stunt-master-in-robot.html
From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Feb 27 13:34:19 2008.

Ash signs Robot!

By Moviebuzz
Wednesday, 27 February , 2008, 10:43
Last Updated: Wednesday, 27 February , 2008, 11:04

It’s now official. Aishwarya Rai has been signed up to be Rajinikanth's heroine in Shankar's big budget mega film Robot, being produced by Ayngaran International in association with Eros Entertainment.

Aishwarya Rai has not only signed the deal but also received a whopping amount as advance (much more than any leading south Indian actress will get as their salary!) for a film. In fact Aishwarya will receive a salary which would be the highest ever paid to an Indian actress to do a film.

Both the sides are extremely happy over the deal, as Shankar has been assured of priority dates when he starts the shoot some time in May/ June. Added to that, her "dates" will be available over a period of 18 months on mutually agreed days.

Aishwarya Rai will also be doing Mani Ratnam's "realistic love story" to start sometime in Sep/Oct with her husband Abhishek Bachchan, with most of the indoor shoot likely to happen in Chennai. And since Mani sir has excellent equations with the superstar and Shankar, there will not be any issues regarding Ash's "dates".

It is a win-win situation for Rajinikanth, Shankar, and Ayngaran as Robo their dream project is approaching the take-off stage without any major hiccups.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14611282
From: VENKIRAJA on Wed Feb 27 13:34:46 2008.

RIP
Sujatha aka Rungarajan,the noted and famous writer has expired......

He is told to be the brain of this movie......what now?
From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Feb 27 17:02:18 2008.

VENKIRAJA wrote:

RIP
Sujatha aka Rungarajan,the noted and famous writer has expired......

He is told to be the brain of this movie......what now?

Perhaps, they say, "When one door closes, the other opens!"
From: Movie Cop on Wed Feb 27 17:57:38 2008.

Prolific writer Sujatha is no more!

http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/28/stories/2008022860921100.htm

RIP!
From: dinesh2002 on Wed Feb 27 20:26:32 2008.

VENKIRAJA wrote:

RIP
Sujatha aka Rungarajan,the noted and famous writer has expired......

He is told to be the brain of this movie......what now?

ROBOT is his story isnt it. well, def Robot will have 1 STAR less becoz there is no Sujatha in it.... Less pray for his soul, may he rest in peace...
From: rookie007 on Wed Feb 27 21:45:44 2008.

Quote:

ROBOT is his story isnt it. well, def Robot will have 1 STAR less becoz there is no Sujatha in it.... Less pray for his soul, may he rest in peace...

very sad day for Tamil Cinema World ...
we have just lost one of the best ... writers of our time .....

From: cyouinme on Wed Feb 27 23:34:52 2008.

rookie007 wrote:

Quote:

ROBOT is his story isnt it. well, def Robot will have 1 STAR less becoz there is no Sujatha in it.... Less pray for his soul, may he rest in peace...

very sad day for Tamil Cinema World ...
we have just lost one of the best ... writers of our time .....

Great loss for TFI, no one can replace his place, the best writer

RIP

From: MADDY on Thu Feb 28 0:30:15 2008.

i think shankar should be shattered............but given sujatah has been suffering from severe diabetes and undergoing bypass surgeries, i think team must have been well aware of the dangers........lets hope, shankar has a backup plan for ROBO.....
From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Feb 28 1:29:46 2008.

As Sujatha himself has told before, Shankar's films always go to the floor with the full script ready. Hope its the same for Robo too.

Still a great loss for Robo team
From: sarna_blr on Thu Feb 28 1:33:45 2008.

Saavvura naal therinjuttaa vaazhra naal naragamaayidum.......

SUJI...... un aathma saandhi adaya iravanai vEndugirEn
From: Mahen on Thu Feb 28 7:46:07 2008.

Not only robot, he's also the brain behind anandha thandavam(pirivom santhipom)....
From: Mahen on Thu Feb 28 9:41:05 2008.

Robot should be named 'sujatha'..What do you guys think??..sounds absurd but...it'l be meaningful..
From: Dilbert on Thu Feb 28 12:32:18 2008.

May his good Soul rest in peace.

Always he had his wittyness in his writings. A great loss for TFW.
From: Movie Cop on Thu Feb 28 17:47:58 2008.

Mahen wrote:

Robot should be named 'sujatha'..What do you guys think??..sounds absurd but...it'l be meaningful..

Not sure if giving a title as "Sujatha" will be apt for the story... I don't think that is the only way to show respect to this great writer! I'm sure both Sangar & RK have lots of respect for Sujatha... I think they will mostly show some kind of special obituary & "vote of thanks" kind of thing before the movie starts!
From: SIVAJITHEBOSS on Thu Feb 28 20:32:05 2008.

Do you guys think this is why Shanker shot some pics of Rajini relating to Robo couple of weeks ago?...To show Sujatha some pics before he passes away..
From: rookie007 on Thu Feb 28 21:13:04 2008.

Quote:

Do you guys think this is why Shanker shot some pics of Rajini relating to Robo couple of weeks ago?...To show Sujatha some pics before he passes away..

hmmm FOR SURE ... Shankar would have ....
From: Jyothsna on Thu Feb 28 22:55:13 2008.

His latest ground works for Mani Rathnam's yet to be titled film, an Aishwarya-Abhishek starrer almost completed. Just a few days ago Sujatha handed over the completed script of Robot (That too based on his two novels En Iniya Iyanthira and Meendum Jeano), the never ever big project of Superstar Rajini, to director Shankar.

At that time, he told in lighter vein, "Shankar, I completed my work satisfactorily. Hereafter, there is no tension to me, even the film will become as my last one!"
http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2008/sujatha-passed-away-280208.html
From: MADDY on Thu Feb 28 23:47:33 2008.

Jyothsna wrote:

At that time, he told in lighter vein, "Shankar, I completed my work satisfactorily. Hereafter, there is no tension to me, even the film will become as my last one!"

...........i think sujatha's death will affect shankar/mani the most

From: SIVAJITHEBOSS on Fri Feb 29 1:17:59 2008.

Jyothsna wrote:

His latest ground works for Mani Rathnam's yet to be titled film, an Aishwarya-Abhishek starrer almost completed. Just a few days ago Sujatha handed over the completed script of Robot (That too based on his two novels En Iniya Iyanthira and Meendum Jeano), the never ever big project of Superstar Rajini, to director Shankar.

At that time, he told in lighter vein, "Shankar, I completed my work satisfactorily. Hereafter, there is no tension to me, even the film will become as my last one!" Sad

http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2008/sujatha-passed-away-280208.html

Its amazing to see the passion this man has for writing....even in his final days he thought about finishing his work...wow what a dedication...

From: SoftSword on Fri Feb 29 2:16:27 2008.

anybody, before leaving would want of his footprints to be left in the world, for the world to know...
hopefully as this is his last creation, he might have given more importance to the script than any of his other...

probably the best...

am wondering why shankar has not spoke about this man after his death..

From: littlemaster1982 on Fri Feb 29 2:21:06 2008.

SoftSword wrote:

anybody, before leaving would want of his footprints to be left in the world, for the world to know...
hopefully as this is his last creation, he might have given more importance to the script than any of his other...

probably the best...

am wondering why shankar has not spoke about this man after his death..

Heard that Shankar was with Sujatha at his last moments. May be he is yet to recover from the loss.

From: Arthi on Fri Feb 29 2:24:11 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

Heard that Shankar was with Sujatha at his last moments. May be he is yet to recover from the loss.

Yes

I heard that Shankar was in the Hospital throughout the day with Sujatha

From: Arthi on Fri Feb 29 2:25:25 2008.

Hope Shankar is well prepared with ROBOT story and scripts

Whoever is close to Sujatha definetly knowing about his health condition
From: SoftSword on Fri Feb 29 9:16:12 2008.

When Behindwoods approached director Shankar to share his feelings on the loss of eminent writer Sujatha, the visibly shaken director had this to say:

"Writer Sujatha is a genius par excellence and is my favorite author. My heartfelt condolences to his family on this irreparable loss which is not only to the literary field but also to

Tamil film industry. I have been associated with him in films like Indian, Mudhalvan, Boys, Annian and Sivaji. Though he had penned dialogues for these projects, Robot was the only film which satiated his creative thirst. I consider his work in Robot to be of top notch caliber and he too echoed my thoughts. Unfortunately he has left us much before the completion of this project.

While discussing about Sujatha's creative talent, Shankar says, "We generally go to different places for story discussions and I cannot forget those days which were spent in his company. His lucid ideas on the story, the problems and minus points related to it were simply mind-boggling. His thoughts were always youthful and energetic. He had the natural flair to write complicated things in a simple and interesting fashion. He had come across to me in different ways- as a friend, a guru and also a father figure". When recalling about Sujatha as a person, director avers, "Sujatha was never money minded. If asked for his remuneration, he would say, 'give me something'. He is not the person who would hurt or insult others. He has the panache to spot the talent and would showcase the same to the entire world through print media. He was not the person to get emotional about anything and is cool and composed always with no pretenses. He did not let his illness dampen his spirit. He had given me simple solutions to my serious problems and when I used to offer my thanks, he would say, "Why do you thank me Shankar, you are like my son".

On a signing note, Shankar feels that writer Sujatha's loss is in everyway his loss too.
From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Feb 29 12:59:46 2008.

Friday, February 29, 2008

ரஜினியின் ரோபோ படத்திற்கான கதையை முடித்து கொடுத்த பின் சுஜாதா மரணம் !

ரோபோட் படத்திற்காக தீவிரமாக உழைத்துக் கொண்டிருந்தார் சுஜாதா. ரோபோட் என்ற பெயருக்கு மாற்றாக இயந்திரன் என்ற பெயரையும் அவர் ஷங்கருக்கு பரிந்துரைத்திருந்தார். இந்த நிலையில் காலம் அவரை காவு கொண்டுள்ளது.

சில நாட்களுக்கு முன்புதான் ஷங்கரின் ரோபோட் படத்துக்கான ஸ்கிரிப்ட் வேலைகளை முடித்துக் கொடுத்தாராம் சுஜாதா. ஸ்கிரிப்ட்டை ஷங்கரிடம் கொடுத்த அவர் 'ஷங்கர் எனது வேலையை முடித்து விட்டேன். இனி எனக்கு டென்ஷன் இல்லை. இதுவே எனக்கு கடைசிப் படமாக இருந்தாலும் கவலை இல்லை' என்றாராம்.

அதேபோல ஸ்ரீபிரியாவின் தயாரிப்பில் சிம்ரன் நடிக்க ஜெயா டிவியில் ஒளிபரப்பாகவுள்ள 'சிம்ரன்' சின்னத்திரையின் முதல் கதையே சுஜாதாவின் கதைதான்.

அதுவே அவரது கடைசிப் படைப்பும் ஆகியுள்ளது. சுஜாதாவின் மறைவு தமிழ் படைப்புலகம் மாத்திரமல்ல கலையுலகத்துக்கும் பேரிழப்பு தான்.

http://www.alaikal.com/news/?p=1602

http://rajinifans.com/showurl.php?url=http://rajininews.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post.html
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I like the name 'IYANTHIRAN' better than 'IYANTHIRA'... Sounds more Tamil, and is on the same lines of Shankar's other blockbusters like MUTHALVAN, INDIAN, ANNIYAN, etc...
From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Feb 29 15:46:50 2008.

Aishwarya asked to shed 6 kg for 'Robot' role

Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 (EST)

February 29, 2008 (Sawf News) - Robot director Shankar has asked Aishwarya Rai to shed 6 kg weight to be in shape for her role in the Sci-fi film that also stars Rajnikanth.

But that is not the news. The real news is that Aishwarya has already started to loose the weight, through gymming and dieting, ending recent tabloid speculation that she is pregnant and has withdrawn from the film.

If true, the report also ends our own speculation that Aishwarya is about to take a sabbatical from her career to start a family.

The big question is - is the report true? We will know it is when we see a slimmer and trimmer Aishwarya!

In the meantime she has work to do - loose 6 kg of weight.

All we can say at this point is that the director's diktat has not come a day too soon! The former Miss World has been looking pretty wasted from her waist!

Meanwhile, the release of Aishwarya's next film, Ram Gopal Varma directed Sarkar Raj, has been delayed because Amitabh Bachchan is not happy with the way the climax, featuring him and Abhishek Bachchan, was filmed and has asked Varma to re-shoot it.

Anyone who has seen iRam Gopal Varma Ki Aag will not be surprised. its blink-and-you-will-miss-it run at the box office was for a good reason and the damage it did to Amitabh's reputation considerable.

http://news.sawf.org/Bollywood/48575.aspx
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Mar 4 14:44:48 2008.

What made Ash sign Robot?
Mar 4, 2008, 17:59

Many of us have always been curious why it took such a long time (since Jeans) for Aishwarya to be a Shankar heroine. Ash now reveals that of all the songs sequences she has been in, Athisayam from Jeans is one of her favorites. No other song, she said, was so aesthetically shot. Since then she had been eager to do another Shankar film, and was only

waiting for a script that would give her a great role. And in Robot she has found the script and role she had been waiting for.

There is some news bytes flying around Kollywood that her role in Robot could be a one with strong negative shades – is it perhaps that of a bad Robot? But so what, she apparently countered when asked, because Shankar will turn even a villain's role into something extraordinary. Insiders say that her character in Robot could be equal to that of Rajini's character. Sources also say that the fight master for The Matrix, Yuen-Wo-Ping will be choreographing some special fight sequences for her.

http://www.tamilstar.com/news/publish/article_6011.shtml
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Mar 4 14:46:49 2008.

The cinematographer for 'Robot'
IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, March 04, 2008]

Director Shankar’s 'Robot', starring superstar Rajinikanth, will have a new cinematographer. Shankar has to look beyond his trusted ally K.V. Anand due to some unavoidable reasons.

The ace cinematographer, who has been an integral part of Shankar’s films right from 'Mudhalvan', has now committed for AVM’s new film starring Suriya and Tamanna. Shankar feels that it won’t be nice to call him at this juncture.

Then the leading director, who was impressed by Nirav Shaw’s work in 'Billa', has approached the cinematographer for 'Robot'. Unfortunately Shaw could not oblige, as he is already committed to ‘Sarvam’, directed by Vishnuvardhan.

Left with very little choice, Shankar has now opted for Thiru, who impressed everyone with his fine work in Ajith – Trisha starrer ‘Kireedom’.

Keep watching IndiaGlitz for the latest on 'Robot'.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/37019.html
From: ThalaNass on Fri Mar 7 5:11:35 2008.

I read somewhere that Madan gonna pen the dialogue for Robot!! Is it true?? Then its a good move from Shankar
From: SoftSword on Tue Mar 11 4:02:15 2008.

The pooja of the mega movie 'Robot' by the mega combination Shankar and the Superstar Rajnikanth will be held around April 14 and the movie will go to the floors by the month of May. The photo-shoot was held last month at AVM Studio. The music director A.R. Rahman too will start his work for the movie soon.

Though the unexpected demise of writer Sujatha, who was working with 'Robot' team, had shocked the entire team, the film will soon be kick started. Since Sujatha is one of the few Tamil writers, who are well versed in scientific matters, it would be a challenging task for the director to find a suitable person to write the dialogues for the science fiction movie.

It is expected that Rajini would finish his portions in ‘Kuselan’ before 'Robot' goes to the floors by May.

//indiaglitz
From: omega on Wed Mar 12 6:52:27 2008.

JV scoop news says that Aishwarya Rai is indeed pregnant???

'ஐஸ்வர்யா கர்ப்பம்' செய்தி அக்மார்க் உண்மைதானாம். முன்னாள் அகில அழகி நாலுமாசம் முழுகாம இருக்கிறார். ஆக, சுகப் பிரசவம் முடிந்து பச்சை உடம்பை சரியாக்கிய பிறகே 'ரோபோ'வில் நடிப்பாராம். அதுவரை ஷ¨ட்டிங் போகாமல் இருக்க முடியுமா? அதனால், 'ரோபோ'வில் ரஜினி-அமிதாப் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட காட்சிகளை படமாக்க திட்டமிட்டுள்ளார்களாம். அதோடு, 'குசேலன்' படத்தில் தன் சம்பந்தப்பட்டகாட்சி களையும் இந்த கேப் பில் ரஜினி முடித்து விடு வாராம்.

EKSI (S-Shankar)

From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Mar 12 12:10:04 2008.

omega wrote:

JV scoop news says that Aishwarya Rai is indeed pregnant???

'ஐஸ்வர்யா கர்ப்பம்' செய்தி அக்மார்க் உண்மைதானாம். முன்னாள் அகில அழகி நாலுமாசம் முழுகாம இருக்கிறார். ஆக, சுகப் பிரசவம் முடிந்து பச்சை உடம்பை சரியாக்கிய பிறகே 'ரோபோ'வில் நடிப்பாராம். அதுவரை ஷ¨ட்டிங் போகாமல் இருக்க முடியுமா? அதனால், 'ரோபோ'வில் ரஜினி-அமிதாப் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட காட்சிகளை படமாக்க திட்டமிட்டுள்ளார்களாம். அதோடு, 'குசேலன்' படத்தில் தன் சம்பந்தப்பட்டகாட்சி களையும் இந்த கேப் பில் ரஜினி முடித்து விடு வாராம்.

EKSI (S-Shankar)

Unbelievable! If this was true, then why only news in JV? Is the National Media in hibernation or something?

From: SoftSword on Wed Mar 12 12:15:44 2008.

chumma kelappi vidraanunga bay...
she by herself has acknowledged that she has signed for the movie... and she knows the responsibilities...
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Mar 13 14:21:14 2008.

Robot Pooja in April

By : Settu Shankar

Thursday, March 13 2008

The official pooja of Superstar Rajinikanth's mega movie Robot directed by Shankar will be held in the second week of April and the movie will go to the floors by the month of May, as announced by Ayngaran Films International, the producers of the film.

The photo-shoot was held last month at AVM Studio and now Ocher Studio Managing Director Soundarya Rajinikanth is busy with the designing work of the stills taken during the shoot. It is expected that Rajini would finish his portions in Kuselan before Robot goes to the floors by May. The actor has allotted 25 days call sheet to Kuselan, the bilingual in Tamil and Telugu.

Though the unexpected demise of writer Sujatha, who was working with Robot team, had shocked the unit, the director is looking confident, because he has got the completed script work that was handed over by the writer to Shankar just few days before his death.

http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2008/robot-official-pooja-rajinikanth-130308.html
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Mar 18 12:07:48 2008.

Ash is back in Rajni's Robot

Gullu Gupshup

March 17, 2008 17:12 IST
Last Updated: March 17, 2008 17:32 IST

Shankar's Robot seems to be back on track, as Aishwarya Rai [Images] Bachchan has finally given her nod.

We had earlier reported that Ash dropped out of the mega project because Shankar wanted her dates spread over two years, which did not go well with Ash. Apparently, the actress hopes to start a family soon, and did not want to wait so long.

But Shankar has agreed to shoot Ash's scenes first, and then move on to Rajnikanth's [Images] portions.

According to sources, Ash will be getting Rs 6 crores for this film, the highest an actress has ever received for a film.

Robot is a story of a scientist who creates a robot, which then becomes a nuisance to the society.

Initially, the film was to be made with Shah Rukh Khan [Images] in the lead but the actor backed out. Then, Shankar approached Ajith, who could not do the film either. Finally, it was Rajnikanth to came to his Sivaji director's aid, and bagged the film.

http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2008/mar/17ash.htm
_____________________________________________________

So I guess Rajini is the Robot, that later becomes a nuisance to the society? Or the Scientist?
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Mar 18 12:09:37 2008.

Ash takes a whopping pay packet of approx Rs 4 crores for Robot

By Subhash K. Jha, March 18, 2008 - 14:18 IST

Now it can be told. The star-price war has escalated to an all-time high. With Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan carrying home a pay packet of Rs 4 crores for her proposed stint as Rajnikanth's leading lady in Shankar's Robot, the lady has now become the highest-paid actress of Indian cinema.

A source very close to Aishwarya says, "The media has got it all wrong. Ash has actually received twice the amount quoted in papers and on websites as her fee for Robot. Yes, it's close to Rs 4 crores. And she's very amused when she reads about this and that actress being the highest-paid actress in Bollywood. With three hits in a row (Guru, Dhoom 2 and Jodhaa Akbar) Ash's equity as a Rai and a Bachchan have gone through the roof. If she wants she can preen about her successes. But that's not her style. However, she takes strong exception to Bipasha Basu's quotes that she (Ash) had to 'hang around' to get into the international circuit. Ash has been regularly offered international projects, from Provoked to Mistress Of Spices to Bride & Prejudice to Last Legion to Pink Panther. In fact, all the other international assignments that have gone to other Bollywood actresses-including the honour of hosting the 7Wonders Of The World event in Lisbon with Ben Kingsley-have gone to Ash first. It's just that she feels awkward talking about herself."

As for her astronomical fee for Robot another source close to the project says, "It is no surprise that Aishwarya is getting 4 crores. It's still chicken-feed compared with what Rajnikanth gets paid. He takes home Rs 15 crores plus fifty percent of his film's profits. But still he cannot make a film commercially viable outside the Tamilian belt on his own. The dubbed Hindi version of Chandramukhi came and went. And Rajni's biggest hit Shivaji is in no hurry to be released in Hindi. With Ash in Robot it looks like an attractive non-regional film."

http://www.indiafm.com/news/2008/03/18/11065/

From: Dilbert on Tue Mar 18 23:43:19 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Ash takes a whopping pay packet of approx Rs 4 crores for Robot

By Subhash K. Jha, March 18, 2008 - 14:18 IST

A source very close to Aishwarya says, "The media has got it all wrong. Ash has actually received twice the amount quoted in papers and on websites as her fee for Robot. Yes, it's close to Rs 4 crores. And she's very amused when she reads about this and that actress being the highest-paid actress in Bollywood. With three hits in a row (Guru, Dhoom 2 and Jodhaa Akbar) Ash's equity as a Rai and a Bachchan have gone through the roof. If she wants she can preen about her successes. But that's not her style. However, she takes strong exception to Bipasha Basu's quotes that she (Ash) had to 'hang around' to get into the international circuit. Ash has been regularly offered international projects, from Provoked to Mistress Of Spices to Bride & Prejudice to Last Legion to Pink Panther. In fact, all the other international assignments that have gone to other Bollywood actresses-including the honour of hosting the 7Wonders Of The World event in Lisbon with Ben Kingsley-have gone to Ash first. It's just that she feels awkward talking about herself."

As for her astronomical fee for Robot another source close to the project says, "It is no surprise that Aishwarya is getting 4 crores. It's still chicken-feed compared with what Rajnikanth gets paid. He takes home Rs 15 crores plus fifty percent of his film's profits. But still he cannot make a film commercially viable outside the Tamilian belt on his own. The dubbed Hindi version of Chandramukhi came and went. And Rajni's biggest hit Shivaji is in no hurry to be released in Hindi. With Ash in Robot it looks like an attractive non-regional film."

http://www.indiafm.com/news/2008/03/18/11065/

Self dubba ..at its best ! Thalivar and Ashyu.. !!I am kind of lil scared to tell you the truth. Shivaji itself was once in life time dream come true type of project! Bcoz of the pressure.. few failed miserably in some depts ..

Now back to back.. umm lets see.. where its all heading..!!

From: Dilbert on Thu Mar 20 8:53:41 2008.

Shahrukh challenging Rajinikanth?

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

February 19, 2008

Visitor Medical Insurance

For some time now, Shahrukh Khan has been thinking of coming up with a grand scale special effects movie. Enter Shankar: who approaches him for Robot, his sci-fi epic. But after a few creative differences, the duo part.

Shankar moves on, making his big project even bigger by roping in Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai, with the largest budget Indian cinema has conceived of so far.

Now, Shahrukh responds by announcing that his Red Chillies banner plans to make the most expensive film in India with a budget of $25 million. Was SRK provoked/inspired by Shankar’s grand ambition?

While at the Berlin Film Festival, Shahrukh recently spoke to the legendary Hollywood trade magazine, Variety: "We are dedicating the next eight or nine months to taking the best technicians from around the world and asking them to help us make the best VFX film India has ever made. It will be madcap, over the top. I want it to be as beautiful as 'Spider-Man' in terms of effects,"

The film is yet to be titled but we roughly know the plot: what happens when a bunch of children have all their wishes come true. Are wishes that come true always a good thing, or actually a nightmare disguised as a dream? The director of movies like Cash and Dus – Anubhav Sinha – will helm this mega project. What will excite VFX buffs is that Charles Darby, the man responsible for some of the special effects in Minority Report and The Matrix has been roped in. Apparently he has set up a VFX studio in Mumbai.

It will indeed be interesting to see what Shankar’s response will be. An even more grandly scaled movie than what SRK has in mind? After all, isn’t Shankar one of India’s initial special effects movie wizards?

Such healthy professional rivalry will only help in the betterment of Indian cinema.

______________

Did anyone posted in this Comedy already !!?
From: SoftSword on Thu Mar 20 11:04:32 2008.

yes... this is old news...
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Mar 20 11:53:04 2008.

Rajni, Ash clash

Author: Tushar Joshi Date: 20 Mar 2008

Over allotting dates to Shankar’s Robot

Aishwarya Rai may be excited about Shankar’s magnum opus, Robot but sources reveal the actress is having a hard time matching her dates with co-star Rajnikanth. Before Ash confirmed her name for the project, there was buzz that she wasn’t interested in the film. However the reason behind Ash’s reluctance stemmed from the fact that she would have to commit bulk dates for the project.

Date dilemma

A source close to the project reveals, “Shankar wanted two months of back-to-back dates from Ash. But she wasn’t in a position to commit for the required dates. However Shankar needed those particular dates, as they matched with Rajni’s. He’s been having a tough time trying to coordinate their dates for the film.”

Since the film is being made on a lavish budget, Shankar doesn’t want to take any risk and incur losses. Another reason that’s worrying Shankar is that Robot’s plot has leaked and he wants to make sure he goes on the floors before anyone else picks up the idea.

Solos first

The director has decided to go ahead and start the shoot with Ash and Rajnikanth separately. “He is shooting their solo scenes first and then will coordinate the joint scenes as and when their dates match.” The casting took time since Shah Rukh and Deepika backed out and had to be replaced with Rajnikanth and Ash. Now Shankar wants to make sure that the project doesn’t get delayed due to any date issues.

http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/entertainment/bollywood/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1050189&_EXT_5_groupId=14

From: Dilbert on Thu Mar 20 14:05:10 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Since the film is being made on a lavish budget, Shankar doesn’t want to take any risk and incur losses. Another reason that’s worrying Shankar is that Robot’s plot has leaked and he wants to make sure he goes on the floors before anyone else picks up the idea.

Sri Venkataramana , Aanatha Rakshaka... Govinda Gooovinda..!!

Even before movie could hit the floor soo much negatives.. things happening around the project.!! Looks Evil eye has already set upon this project.

Mad

From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Mar 20 14:07:07 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

m_23_bayarea wrote:

You need to change your avtar bro!

For the world's best avtars, please visit www.rajinifans.com ... Cool

From: Dilbert on Thu Mar 20 14:36:59 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

You need to change your avtar bro!

For the world's best avtars, please visit www.rajinifans.com ...

ok bro!! my next rajini avatar will be Robo offical snaps will change to something soon.
From: rookie007 on Thu Mar 20 21:46:40 2008.

If I recall... did we not get the same nagative feedbacks for Sivjai ... movie ... and we all know the history ............
From: Movie Cop on Thu Mar 20 22:39:50 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Shahrukh challenging Rajinikanth?
By Behindwoods News Bureau.

Did anyone posted in this Comedy already !!?

Dilbs Machi,
Behindwoods.com is a crappy website. The "behindwoods.com" guys are creating cheap publicity for themselves. They try to "make" their own "stories" by putting some sensational/imaginary headlines sans truth involving some big shots like "SRK challenges RK" etc... Chee! Thoo! idehllam oru puzhaipa? Only "Behind Woods News Bureau" fossible!

From: Dilbert on Thu Mar 20 23:41:40 2008.

Movie Cop wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

Shahrukh challenging Rajinikanth?
By Behindwoods News Bureau.

Did anyone posted in this Comedy already !!?

Dilbs Machi,
Behindwoods.com is a crappy website. The "behindwoods.com" guys are creating cheap publicity for themselves. They try to "make" their own "stories" by putting some sensational/imaginary headlines sans truth involving some big shots like "SRK challenges RK" etc... Chee! Thoo! idehllam oru puzhaipa? Twisted Evil

Only "Behind Woods News Bureau" fossible! ROTFL

Movie cop Sir

Lets not bish-bash websites like rediff , sify or behindwoods, kollywood.. at our will,

(if) the very same websites carry articles..praising there beloved heroes. same people who cry here, are the ones who post them in the hub and make a big fuzz about it ! Touch your heart and tell me you never posted any articles from these websites??
< dig dug dugu>
I am personally not against SRK ! I just don't like Over rated stature of SRK in Bollywood period. Just by he replacing Big B in game shows.. he can never ever be in his shoes. period
<ending diggin dugin duguing.>

From: sarna_blr on Thu Mar 20 23:47:50 2008.

ROBO eppO release....any idea...
From: SoftSword on Fri Mar 21 4:18:24 2008.

nothing is official yet...
once they zero in on the crew and after they estimate the project, they would come out with a date....
u know the movies name is not out yet...
From: sarna_blr on Fri Mar 21 4:39:13 2008.

Hi SS...i heard that Dasa and Robo is going to release in the month of April 2009...
any idea..
From: SoftSword on Fri Mar 21 5:04:43 2008.

sarna_blr wrote:

Hi SS...i heard that Dasa and Robo is going to release in the month of April 2009...
any idea..

adap'pavi...
sivaji-dasa... ippo robo-dasa'va...

dasa by all means will get released in the month of may...
and its sure gonna rock...
and after the dust settles down, it would be kuselan time... and after that sultan time... and after that robo time...

From: sarna_blr on Fri Mar 21 5:10:42 2008.

SoftSword wrote:

sarna_blr wrote:

Hi SS...i heard that Dasa and Robo is going to release in the month of April 2009... Rolling Eyes

any idea..

adap'pavi...
sivaji-dasa... ippo robo-dasa'va...

dasa by all means will get released in the month of may...
and its sure gonna rock...
and after the dust settles down, it would be kuselan time... and after that sultan time... and after that robo time... Smile

naduvula enga Aegan'um konja puludhiya kelappum... FYKI...

From: SoftSword on Fri Mar 21 5:14:20 2008.

sarna_blr wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

sarna_blr wrote:

Hi SS...i heard that Dasa and Robo is going to release in the month of April 2009... Rolling Eyes

any idea..

naduvula enga Aegan'um konja puludhiya kelappum... FYKI...

even i wish so....

From: sarna_blr on Fri Mar 21 5:16:34 2008.

thanks SS.....
From: breadpuli on Sat Mar 22 3:54:31 2008.

sarna_blr wrote:

Hi SS...i heard that Dasa and Robo is going to release in the month of April 2009...
any idea..

Dasa in April 2009?
High hopes
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Mar 24 18:20:54 2008.

Robot varudhu oram po – a distinct fan & an auto!!

(Monday, 24th March 2008)

If MGR was a rage among rikshawalas – it is our Superstar for auto drivers. The moment Superstar’s new movie announced or strongly speculated – you can see the movie’s name painted/imprinted in countless autos all over Tamil Nadu especially in Chennai city.

Canvas becomes black board

As Rajini fans started switching over to society friendly mode of celebrations – these auto drivers too have started thinking differently. Why not use the movie name or Superstar’s name for a good cause? Or use the rear canvas for something which is meaningful?

Messageful and meaningful autos

As a result, we could find some interesting and at the same time useful inspirations. These ranges from Superstar’s quotes, one liners, punch dialogues. Why, even some print Thirukural and relate it to Superstar and his life. (I have seen many Thirukural autos in the city like this!)

Sambo Siva Sambo, ROBOT varudhu oram po

Recently I came across one such auto in the city. I was awestruck by the message it carried in the canvas along with Robot promo – ‘Sambo Siva Sambo, ROBOT varudhu oram po.’ I speeded my bike and went parallel to him and requested him to halt for a few seconds for a photograph.

Just ZOOM the picture and read the words

1) In the back canvas there was a quote which highlighted the importance of education.

2) Another quote stressed the importance of service to poor – “Hands which serve poor are holier than the hands which pray in temple.” (How much TRUE these words are…!!)

3) Importance of reading books and maintaining library – “Instead of building street corner temples, we should build library, which would open the eyes of knowledge”

It is very much pleasing to see such a ‘hit on the nail’ promo for education, service and knowledge by a fan of Superstar Rajini.

A salute to Mr.Socrates Uyirovian, the distinct fan and concerned auto driver. Those who speak other way about fan clubs and fans would feel shame if happened to see this.

Really this ‘not-so-educated’ auto brother, is several steps ahead all of us….

Any objection friends?

* Click the above photograph to ZOOM and read the texts painted in the auto

- Sundar

http://rajinifans.com/detailView.php?title=558

From: leosimha on Tue Mar 25 5:25:46 2008.

Quote:

Who will crank the camera 'Robot'?
IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, March 25, 2008]

Confusion over the cinematographer of Shankar’s Robot continues. Earlier it was said that Nirav Shaw would be the cinematographer of the mega movie starring Superstar Rajinikanth and Bollywood queen Aishwarya Rai. However, according to a grapevine, Nirav Shaw’s demand for a huge salary made Shankar look for other options.

The ace director then roped in Thiru but even this arrangement did not last for long. The latest news is that Thiru is out and Rathnavelu is in.

Rathnavelu, who is fondly called as ‘Randy’ in Kollywood circles, is one of the favorite cinematographers of the leading heroes. Moreover, he hasn’t demanded much salary to work in the project. So it is believed that Randy, who cranked the camera for movies like ‘Sethu’, ‘Nandha’, ‘Jeyam’, ‘Thirumalai’ and ‘Perazhagan’, will be the cinematographer for the mega budget movie produced by Ayngaran International and Eros Multimedia.

Rathnavelu is currently working for Goutham Menon’s ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’, starring Suriya, Sameera Reddy, and Divya Spandana.

Link - http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/37441.html

I thought Nirav Shah will be the camera man for this film. Sad

From: SoftSword on Tue Mar 25 5:39:52 2008.

leo,
i guess he did good work in sethu and nandha...
yaara irundha enna leo... shankar would extract the kind of result he wants from them...

first set photos varrappo therinjirum...
epdi ivanga'nu...

From: leosimha on Tue Mar 25 5:43:01 2008.

SoftSword wrote:

leo,
i guess he did good work in sethu and nandha...
yaara irundha enna leo... shankar would extract the kind of result he wants from them...

first set photos varrappo therinjirum...
epdi ivanga'nu... Smile

yes...lets wait for the official announcement and the OFFICIAL STILLS....

From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Mar 26 12:10:42 2008.

Where the hero is Rajnikanth, not SRK!

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya has bagged the other hugely-awaited Tamil film, Robot, starring Rajnikant. Helmed by Shankar, who had directed Ash in the Tamil film, Jeans, earlier, Robot is rumoured to make Ash the highest paid actress at Rs 6 crores.

Ash has been no stranger to South cinema. She made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar, in 1997, as well as the beautifully-shot Tamil film, Kandukondain Kandukondain and Telugu film, Ravoyi Chandamama.

http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/mar/26slide2.htm
From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Mar 28 12:07:19 2008.

Superstar's look on par with Hollywood - Rathnavelu

(Thursday, 27th March 2008)

The moment the news broke out Rathnavelu will be handling cinematography for Robot - he has been approached constantly for interviews by media and FM stations.

Yesterday while giving such an interview to BBC's Radio One, Rathnavelu said he is very much thrilled to work with Superstar and this is one of the rarest opportunity he has been waiting for.

He revealed that Superstar's costume and makeover will be on par with Hollywood standards and he will ensure that Superstar will be shown more stylish and handsome forever.

He added that he is discussing about the project with Shankar and doing presently some homeworks for Robot.

All the best Rathnavelu!!

Source : http://www.onlysuperstar.blogspot.com/

http://rajinifans.com/detailView.php?title=559
From: CEDYBLUE on Mon Mar 31 7:41:58 2008.

jus imagine the excitement when robot stills get released! wow....jus waiting
From: Achilles on Mon Mar 31 7:51:39 2008.

CEDYBLUE wrote:

jus imagine the excitement when robot stills get released! wow....jus waiting

Ya...Me too....
From: SoftSword on Mon Mar 31 8:40:07 2008.

Achilles wrote:

CEDYBLUE wrote:

jus imagine the excitement when robot stills get released! wow....jus waiting

Ya...Me too....

yaarukku illai...

i still remember the joy we were in when BABA first still got released...
that blue shirt one with a turban and thalaivar showing the baba sign... with a beedi...
enna oru style adhu...

and even when the first still of Sivaji released...
blue jean, white shirt with typical rajini style hands in pocket... with an admiringly young hairstyle, typical rajini style black glasses...

now i am expecting something which is multiple times better than these...
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Apr 1 23:47:02 2008.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

From Bharathirajaa To Shankar

Manoj K Bharathy, son of veteran director Bharathirajaa, is all set to
join as an assistant to director Shankar. He informs that has been
included in the prestigious team after a formal interview.

A one-time assistant to director Manirathnam, Manoj had worked in the
making of `Bombay'. However he ventured to acting and acted in over a
dozen movies. Now he has decided go back to what he loves the most,
directing movies.

Says Manoj: "I am happy to work under Shankar Sir. I may direct a
movie on my own after the completion of Shankar Sir's magnum opus
`Robot' starring Superstar Rajinikanth.".

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/37564.html

http://rajinifans.com/showurl.php?url=http://rajininews.blogspot.com/2008/04/from-bharathirajaa-to-shankar.html
From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Apr 2 12:11:37 2008.

Ash speaks out

Author: Subhash K. Jha Date: 02 Apr 2008

Now you’ll be romancing Rajnikanth in Shankar’s Robot?
It’s a total Rajni/Shankar styled entertainer. There’s no logic to why I agreed to do it beyond the urge to work with Rajnikanth. Shankar and Rajni Sir have approached me for so many films, it’s embarrassing. Ever since Jeans (Shankar directed the film), Shankar’s approached me for all his films except Boys. Rajni Sir approached me for his last five films. My refusal to do his films was never misconstrued by him. I admire him for never taking offence to my refusal. It speaks volumes about his seniority.

Is that why you said yes to Robot?
For Robot, it was an immediate Yes from me. I just wanted to work with Rajni Sir and Shankar. Jeans was a super-success. I came away learning so much from Shankar and the film. Robot will also be a learning experience.

Is it a sci-fi film?
It’s hard to define. But technically, it will take cinema to another level. I can only say I’ll come away enriched. It’s very important for me to come away with something from my films since I give so much. I want to work with Rajni Sir, yaar. He’s phenomenal. Everyone speaks of this experience.

http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/entertainment/bollywood/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1068694&_EXT_5_groupId=14

From: Dilbert on Wed Apr 2 12:17:14 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

From Bharathirajaa To Shankar

Manoj K Bharathy, son of veteran director Bharathirajaa, is all set to
join as an assistant to director Shankar. He informs that has been
included in the prestigious team after a formal interview.

A one-time assistant to director Manirathnam, Manoj had worked in the
making of `Bombay'. However he ventured to acting and acted in over a
dozen movies. Now he has decided go back to what he loves the most,
directing movies.

Says Manoj: "I am happy to work under Shankar Sir. I may direct a
movie on my own after the completion of Shankar Sir's magnum opus
`Robot' starring Superstar Rajinikanth.".

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/37564.html

http://rajinifans.com/showurl.php?url=http://rajininews.blogspot.com/2008/04/from-bharathirajaa-to-shankar.html

peseamma we could ask engal annan Thirumaran to crank the camera ! He did a great job in Polladavan.

From: SoftSword on Thu Apr 3 2:18:29 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Ash speaks out

Author: Subhash K. Jha Date: 02 Apr 2008

Now you’ll be romancing Rajnikanth in Shankar’s Robot?
It’s a total Rajni/Shankar styled entertainer. There’s no logic to why I agreed to do it beyond the urge to work with Rajnikanth. Shankar and Rajni Sir have approached me for so many films, it’s embarrassing. Ever since Jeans (Shankar directed the film), Shankar’s approached me for all his films except Boys. Rajni Sir approached me for his last five films. My refusal to do his films was never misconstrued by him. I admire him for never taking offence to my refusal. It speaks volumes about his seniority.

Is that why you said yes to Robot?
For Robot, it was an immediate Yes from me. I just wanted to work with Rajni Sir and Shankar. Jeans was a super-success. I came away learning so much from Shankar and the film. Robot will also be a learning experience.

Is it a sci-fi film?
It’s hard to define. But technically, it will take cinema to another level. I can only say I’ll come away enriched. It’s very important for me to come away with something from my films since I give so much. I want to work with Rajni Sir, yaar. He’s phenomenal. Everyone speaks of this experience.

http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/entertainment/bollywood/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1068694&_EXT_5_groupId=14

From: omega on Thu Apr 17 19:48:43 2008.

Check this video...........Aish out of ROBOT....
It would be really great if this is true.

http://www.indiashines.com/index.php?op=members.videos.view&id=5bf5b5bfcf5ae67806294b5275f52635

From: Sinthiya on Thu Apr 17 22:50:58 2008.

omega wrote:

Check this video...........Aish out of ROBOT....
It would be really great if this is true. Thumbs Up!

http://www.indiashines.com/index.php?op=members.videos.view&id=5bf5b5bfcf5ae67806294b5275f52635

...just make up your mind!

From: SoftSword on Fri Apr 18 2:46:37 2008.

Sinthiya wrote:

omega wrote:

Check this video...........Aish out of ROBOT....
It would be really great if this is true. Thumbs Up!

http://www.indiashines.com/index.php?op=members.videos.view&id=5bf5b5bfcf5ae67806294b5275f52635

...just make up your mind!

cool guys...
this is all speculation...

she is in until shankar denies....

From: Nerd on Wed May 7 23:21:10 2008.

Chakravarthy to play the villain in robot. He is an excellent under-rated actor. Loved him in idhayamE idhayamE, sathyA, kannathil muthamittAl among others..

Btw, Balakumaran is not penning the dialogs since it just needs someone to overlook the already written dialogues..
From: littlemaster1982 on Wed May 7 23:23:08 2008.

Good Choice
From: Dilbert on Fri May 9 6:50:44 2008.

Robot tidings: JD signed as main villan in ROBOT

Telugu actor JD Chakravarthy signed Shankar and Rajani's ROBO. This is the second film JD Chakravarthy recently signed after Sarvam (Tamil). He will be playing the main villan in Robo.

Shankar was very keen and insisted JD Chakravarthy to accept the film. As we know Shankar casted Suman in Shivaji before. Now he is signed JD for the main villan role in ROBO.

Both Sarvam and Robo are being produced by Ayagaran films and sources say that Rajani liked the JD's work and recomended him for the key villan role in ROBO to Shankar.

http://rajinifans.com/showurl.php?url=http://rajininews.blogspot.com/2008/05/robot-tidings-jd-signed-as-main-villan.html

From: Srimannarayanan on Wed May 14 16:57:04 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Robot tidings: JD signed as main villan in ROBOT

Telugu actor JD Chakravarthy signed Shankar and Rajani's ROBO. This is the second film JD Chakravarthy recently signed after Sarvam (Tamil). He will be playing the main villan in Robo.

Shankar was very keen and insisted JD Chakravarthy to accept the film. As we know Shankar casted Suman in Shivaji before. Now he is signed JD for the main villan role in ROBO.

Both Sarvam and Robo are being produced by Ayagaran films and sources say that Rajani liked the JD's work and recomended him for the key villan role in ROBO to Shankar.

http://rajinifans.com/showurl.php?url=http://rajininews.blogspot.com/2008/05/robot-tidings-jd-signed-as-main-villan.html

Good Choice.

From: rookie007 on Fri May 16 16:40:04 2008.

Rajini's new hairstyle in Robot!

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

May 16, 2008

The superstar is almost done with his part in Kuselan and is all set to sail towards his next magnum opus Robot. Expectations are skyrocketing as Rajinikanth, for the first time, will be starring opposite Ashwarya Rai. Made on a mega budget, Robot is a joint venture by Ayngaran International and Eros International.

According to industry sources, director Shankar and Rajini will fly down to the US to finalize the make-up for the latter. While Rajini's make-up in Sivaji came in for some rave reviews, Shankar wants Robot to be even better. It is said that Robot will feature a younger Rajini sporting a different hairstyle. Also, the Robot team intends to bring in professionals from Hollywood to work on Rajini's make-up.
From: SoftSword on Fri May 23 7:45:05 2008.

Robot amidst stringent security

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

May 23, 2008

The Shankar – Rajinikanth magnum opus, Robot, has begun groundwork work and research. With director Shankar importing computers from America that will be employed for the special effects in the movie, Robot is more or less underway.

Keeping in mind the Internet-sneaking-of-Sivaji-images

that remained unsolved despite the tight security arrangements in place during Sivaji’s shoots, Shankar has left no stones unturned this time around to make sure that the computers are tucked away secretively in a Gemini lab. Guarded by security personnel, access to the hall is restricted to the very few kingpins associated with the movie.

Superstar Rajinikanth is busy with his extended cameo for Kuselan and an announcement about Robot’s commencement is expected to be out soon.
From: SoftSword on Fri May 23 11:30:17 2008.

யு.எஸ்.போகும் ரஜினி, ஷங்கர்

மேலும் புதிய படங்கள்குசேலன் படத்தை கிட்டத்தட்ட முடித்து விட்ட ரஜினிகாந்த், தனது அடுத்த படமான ரோபோட் தொடர்பான பணிகளுக்காக இயக்குநர் ஷங்கருடன் அமெரிக்காவுக்குப் பறக்கவுள்ளார்.

குசேலன் படத்திற்கு முன்பு அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது ரோபோட். இந்த நிலையில் அதற்கு முன்பாக ஒரு படத்ைதக் கொடுக்க முடிவு செய்த ரஜினி, செலக்ட் செய்த கதைதான் குசேலன்.

இப்போது குசேலன் படப்பிடிப்பு கிட்டத்தட்ட முடிவடையப் போகிறது. இதையடுத்து ரோபோட் படத்திற்குத் திரும்புகிறார் ரஜினி.

முதல் கட்டமாக மேக்கப் டெஸ்ட் உள்ளிட்டவற்றை மேற்கொள்வதற்காக அவரும், இயக்குநர் ஷங்கரும் அமெரிக்காவுக்கு செல்லவுள்ளனர்.

ரூ. 130 கோடி செலவில் ரோபோட் உருவாகவுள்ளது. இதில் ரஜினியின் மேக்கப் டெஸ்ட் மற்றும் அவரை புதிய தோற்றத்திற்கு மாற்றுவதற்காக மட்டும் ரூ. 3 கோடி செலவிடப்படவுள்ளதாம். ஹாலிவுட்டில் வைத்து ரஜினியை புத்தம் புதுத் தோற்றத்திற்கு மாற்றி மெருகேற்றவுள்ளனர்.

இப்படத்தில் ரஜினிக்கு ஜோடியாக ஐஸ்வர்யா ராய் நடிக்கவுள்ளார். இப்படத்துக்காக 6 மாத கால்ஷீட் கொடுத்துள்ளார். அவரது சம்பளம் மட்டும் ரூ. 6 கோடியாகும்.

அய்ங்கரன் மற்றும் ஈராஸ் நிறுவனங்கள் இணைந்து இந்தப் பிரமாண்டப் படத்ைத தயாரிக்கவுள்ளனர். ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மான் இசையமைக்கவுள்ளார்.

கடந்த பிப்ரவரி மாதம் இப்படத்திற்கான முதல் போட்டோ ஷூட் நடந்தது. ரஜினியை பல்வேறு கோணங்களில், சென்னையின் பிரபல பேஷன் மற்றும் போர்ட்போலியோ புகைப்படக் கலைஞர் வெங்கட் ராம் ஷூட் செய்தார்.

பின்னர் இந்தப் படங்களை, ஷங்கரின் ஆலோசனைப்படி ரஜினியின் மகள் செளந்தர்யா ரஜினிகாந்த் தனது ஆக்கர் ஸ்டுடியோவில் வைத்து ரீ டிசைன் செய்தார்.

ரோபோட்டுக்காக மாறும் ஜெமினி லேப்:

இதற்கிடையே ரோபோட் படத்துக்காக சென்னையின் பிரபலமான ஜெமினி கலர் லேப் முற்றிலும் தரைமட்டமாக்கப்பட்டு, அதி நவீன ஸ்டுடியோவாக எழும்பவுள்ளது.

தென்னிந்தியாவின் மூத்த, முன்னணி லேப்களில் ஜெமினியும் ஒன்று. இந்த லேபில் தற்போது உலகின் அதி நவீன வசதிகள் இல்லை. ரோபோட் படம் முழுக்க முழுக்க கிராபிக்ஸை அடிப்படையாக வைத்து உருவாக்கப்படவுள்ளது. மேலும், ஷூட்டிங்குக்குப் பின்னர், பல்வேறு அதி நவீன வசதிகளும் தேவைப்படும்.

ஆனால் இந்தியாவில் இந்த வசதிகள் சரிவர இல்லை. ஒவ்வொரு ஊரிலும் ஒரு சில வசதிகள்தான் உள்ளன. எனவே ரோபோட் படத்திற்கான போஸ்ட் புரடக்ஷன் வேலைகளை ஒரே இடத்தில், ஒரே நேரத்தில் செய்ய வேண்டும் என்று யோசித்த ஷங்கர், இதுகுறித்து ஜெமினி லேபுடன் பேசியுள்ளார்.

ஜெமினி லேபில் அனைத்து வசதிகளையும் ஏற்படுத்த முடியுமா என்று அவர் கேட்க, ரோபோட்டுக்காக இதை செய்து விட்டால் போச்சு என்று, லேபை முற்றிலும் புத்தம் புதுப் பொலிவுடன் கூடியதாக மாற்ற அதன் இயக்குநர்கள் தீர்மானித்தனர்.

இதன் விளைவாக ஜெமினி லேப் முற்றிலும் இடித்துத் தள்ளப்பட்டு வெளிநாடுகளில் உள்ள அனைத்து அதி நவீன வசதிகளும் இடம் பெற்றிருக்கும் வகையிலான அல்ட்ரா மாடர்ன் லேபை கட்டவுள்ளனர்.

புதிதாக உருவாகவுள்ள லேபில், அத்தனை அதி நவீன வசதிகளும் இருக்குமாம். படத்தை முடித்த பின்னர் அனைத்துப் பணிகளையும் இங்கேயே முடித்துக் கொள்ளும் அளவுக்கு பக்காவாக இருக்குமாம்.

புதுப்பித்துக் கட்டப்படவுள்ள லேபை சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினிகாந்த், அமெரிக்காவிலிருந்து திரும்பியதும் திறந்து வைக்கவுள்ளாராம்.
From: SoftSword on Tue May 27 4:13:50 2008.

Shankar’s Robot will be a high tech savvy production. Shankar is very cautious about even the least things before he sets into motion. The dynamic director has now become well versed with the latest technology in the film making world. This is the first time thirty assistant directors will be involved in making of this film.

High sophisticated super computers have been procured from America. These machines will be installed in a separate room being built exclusively for this purpose in Gemini Studios. The assistants and the technicians who work in this high tech room will be monitored by CC cameras by high professional to avoid any leak of the making. One can remember Shankar was very upset on a release of the picture where Rajni is bald in the film Shivaji. All the said technicians and assistants will use the latest thumb swipe system to enter the room and also to start the 20system. All the systems will be connected by KVM Switch mode.

IT experts from USA have also been employed to execute the task. Bharathiraja son Manoj is also one of the associate for this film. Robot Rajini will have Aishwarya Bachchan as his lady love for the first time and the actress has already allotted 6 months bulk dates continuously for a whopping Rs.60 million. , Robot will be the second film in which Aishwarya Rai will be collaborating with Shankar. Her first Jeans (1998), a Shankar directorial resulted in Hollywood noticing the actress after the film was nominated as India’s entry for the Academy Awards. Shankar’s movies have rewritten movie history twice on the issue of cost and number of prints.

While Jeans was released in 1998 with a record 240 prints, Shivaji - The Boss (2007) is the most expensive release till date with around 400 prints shown on over 900 screens simultaneously. The movie is a joint venture by Entertainment giants like Ayangaran and Eros and AR Rahman will compose the music for this flick. Rajnikanth is to don a series of new looks for his forthcoming mega sci-fi thriller Robot. Reportedly, he will be going to Hollywood to try out novel prosthetic make-up styles, estimated to cost over three crores, for the Shankar-directed film. Rajnikanth will be meeting veteran US make-up artist Michael R Jones.

Incidentally, Michael did the make-up for Shankar’s film Indian that had Kamal Haasan in the lead. He has also done several Hollywood films like Tales from the Crypt, the Dolph Lundgren starrer Dark Angel and Ghost. Shankar will be accompanying the actor to finalize the series of ‘new looks’ for the multi-billion-rupee projects.
From: cm123 on Mon Jun 9 4:59:18 2008.

When will they start?
From: SoftSword on Mon Jun 9 5:19:18 2008.

they have already started the film...
not the actual shootin sequences... but the preparation and stuff...
From: SoftSword on Thu Jun 12 3:45:31 2008.

Robot’s perfect plan

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

June 10, 2008

Robot, which will see the coming together of the best talents of film industry, will go on floors soon. After the stupendous success of Sivaji, Shankar and Rajini will be working once again together and the industry and fans are expecting an encore of the same magic which was woven around Sivaji. There indeed was a small pause after the demise of

writer Sujatha in the progress of Robot, but the speed has been picked up now with the induction of writer Balakumaran who has taken charge of script department.

Second schedule of discussions are going on now. As the project, banner and the star cast are humongous in proportion and also of long duration, Shankar is keen on having a perfect and realistic plan. It has been reported that minute details in every day shooting, be it a song sequence or an action scene, is touted to be planned well ahead of time and the plan to be duly implemented. It has also been said that the official announcement regarding the launch of Robot will be made soon.
From: SoftSword on Wed Jun 18 4:10:41 2008.

ரோபோட்டில் ரஜினியுடன் பிரியாமணி?
இலவச நியூஸ் லெட்டர் பெற

மேலும் புதிய படங்கள்விருது நடிகையா... அய்யோ நம்ம படத்துக்கு வேண்டவே வேண்டாம் என்று காத தூரம் ஓடுவார்கள் வழக்கமாக நம் கமர்ஷியல் இயக்குநர்கள்.

அவர்களைச் சொல்லியும் பயனில்லை.

விருது வாங்கிவிட்ட மிதப்பில் இப்படி நடிக்க மாட்டேன், இந்த காஸ்ட்யூம் போட மாட்டேன், ஹீரோவுக்கு இணையா ரோல் வேணும் என்றெல்லாம் இம்சை அரசிகளாக மாறிவிடுவதுண்டு, சில விருது நடிகைகள்.

பிரியாமணி பரவாயில்லை... காற்றுள்ளபோதே தூற்றிக் கொள்ளத் தெரிந்த புத்திசாலி. சோகத்தில் மூக்கை உறிஞ்சியபடி கண்ணீர் சிந்தும் வேடங்களை லாவகமாகத் தவிர்த்துவிட்டு, கமர்ஷியல் படங்களில் ஜஸ்ட் வந்து போனாலும் பரவாயில்லை என வெளுத்துக் கட்டிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறார்.

அம்மணியின் இந்த துணிச்சலான முடிவுக்கு இப்போது ஒரு மிகப்பெரிய பலன் கிடைத்திருக்கிறது. ஆம்... தென்னக நாயகிகள் அனைவரும் யாருடன் ஒரு காட்சியிலாவது நடித்தால் போதும் எனத் தவம் கிடக்கிறார்களோ அந்த சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினியுடன் இணையும் வாய்ப்பு கனிந்து வந்திருக்கிறது.

விருது பெற்ற பிரியாமணிக்கு இயக்குநர் ஷங்கரிடமிருந்து ஒரு வாழ்த்துத் தந்தி சமீபத்தில் வந்தது. ஷங்கர் அவ்வளவு சுலபத்தில் யாருக்கும் வாழ்த்துத் தந்தி, அதுவும் நடிகைகளுக்கு அனுப்புகிற ரகமில்லை. இந்த தந்தியை வைத்தே ஏக பில்டப்புகளைக் கொடுக்கத் தயாராகிவிட்டது தமிழ் பத்திரிகையுலகம்.

ரோபோவில் ஐஸ்வர்யா ராய் ரஜினியின் ஜோடி என்றாலும், ஒரு முக்கிய பாத்திரத்தில் ப்ரியாமணி நடிக்கப்போவதாக இப்போதே பரபரப்பு செய்திகள் பரவ ஆரம்பித்துவிட்டன.

இதுகுறித்து பிரியாமணியிடம் கேட்டால், தட்டிவிட்ட கோயில் மணி மாதிரி கலகலவென சிரிக்கிறார்.

"எப்படியோ தமிழ் மீடியா தயவில் அப்படியொரு வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்தால் வேண்டாமென்றா சொல்லிவிடப் போகிறேன. ரஜினியுடன் ஒரு காட்சியில் வந்தாலும் நான் பாக்யசாலிதான். ஆனால் இதுவரை ஷங்கர் சார் என்னிடம் இதுகுறித்து எதுவும் பேசவில்லை. அவர் வாழ்த்துத் தந்தி அனுப்பியது மட்டும் உண்மை..." என்றார்.

இப்போ வாழ்த்துத் தந்தி, அப்புறம் வாய்ப்புத் தந்தியா!
From: steveaustin on Wed Jun 18 9:27:49 2008.

Bye Dasavatharam, Hello Robot

The Dasavatharam fever is over. Now the hype around Superstar Rajinikanth's next big film Robot has started. According to the latest buzz, director Shankar has changed his cameraman for this big project for the 4th time and now it is Rathnavelu who will be handling the camera for Robot.

He accompanied with Shankar for a three week world tour to finalize the locations for Robot. As of now they will be going to Vienna, capital of European country Austria. After this, they will fly to Brazilian capital Rio de Janeiro. As per the suggestion of the superstar, the team will visit Vietnam also. One of the songs will be shot in the exotic locations of Hanoi, the capital city of the red country.

According to Shankar's close associates, the film will be launched in the second week of August in Chennai and will shift to Vienna for the shooting the song portions with Rajini-Aishwarya.

http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2008/dasavatharam-robot-rajinikanth-140608.html
From: breadpuli on Wed Jun 18 11:11:53 2008.

SoftSword wrote:

they have already started the film...
not the actual shootin sequences... but the preparation and stuff...

Good news.

One of my colleagues told that the rights are already sold for 200-250 crores.
Kerala rights it self is gone for 12 crores !

Is it just a speculation or truth?

If it is true, it is really amazing....

From: SoftSword on Thu Jun 19 2:15:20 2008.

breadpuli wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

they have already started the film...
not the actual shootin sequences... but the preparation and stuff...

Good news.

One of my colleagues told that the rights are already sold for 200-250 crores.
Kerala rights it self is gone for 12 crores !

Is it just a speculation or truth?

If it is true, it is really amazing....

chumma adhichu vidraanga...
its not sensible that the rights are sold before even the movie went into floors...
there is a huge expectation spreading around all over.... thats the only truth as of now...
and one more news...

recent flash is that, casting ash in the movie is a 50-50 probablility...

i ll be happy if she is out...

From: mimirfan on Thu Jun 19 5:23:08 2008.

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From: breadpuli on Thu Jun 19 8:39:14 2008.

SoftSword wrote:

breadpuli wrote:

SoftSword wrote:

they have already started the film...
not the actual shootin sequences... but the preparation and stuff...

i ll be happy if she is out... Wink

me too

I do not like her.

From: Mahen on Sun Jun 29 11:00:38 2008.

Quote:

Accolades are a way of life for Ratnavelu, Randy to friends. The ace cinematographer of classics such as Sethu and Nanda, is at the zenith of joy. And why not? The man will be wielding the camera for one of the biggest film bonanzas — Robot. Shankar and Rajinikanth come together again after Sivaji and Randy is already singing paeans to director Shankar’s industriousness and organisational skills. “He narrated the story to me for seven hours and god, I was zapped! With a sci-fi base, Robot will have all the essential elements of an entertainer! And to think that I’m going to capture the racy drama is a great feeling. It’s like a cricketer getting a chance to play with Sachin Tendulkar,” he laughs.

For Randy, language, cast, banner or budget has never been the criterion for accepting a project. Sethu was Bala’s first film when the two teamed up. Their compatibility was so perfect that despite a dozen offers after Sethu, Randy went on to do Nanda, Bala’s next. Randy doesn’t take up too much at a time and is choosy about his assignments, which explains why Robot is only his fourteenth film in as many years. “The story and screenplay alone matter,” he says. Rarely have Randy’s choices gone awry. Like February 14, for instance! “When a film doesn’t do well, your hard work goes unnoticed,” he observes.

Cyanide, the Kannada film on the assassins of Rajiv Gandhi and their last few days as they lay holed up in a house, was made on a shoestring budget. But the response it elicited was tremendous and Ratnavelu’s work won acclaim. “I went to the actual house where Sivarasan and others had stayed to get a feel of the ambience,” Randy recalls. However, his cinematography in the Telugu film Jagadam remains his favourite. Randy has just completed shooting for Vaaranam Aayiram — his first project with Gautham Menon. “I’ve known Gautham for long. ‘Vaaranam …’ will be a different film — you’ll see Suriya’s various stages from a 17-year old to a sexagenarian,” he says. Gautham gave Randy a free hand as far as the camera went and at the end of it said, “You work very fast, and the best part is your camera helps in the storytelling.”

Updating his theoretical knowledge and keeping tabs on the innovations in his field are part of Randy’s daily routine. “I subscribe to international journals on photography and spend at least one hour everyday going through them. And wherever possible I try to introduce it in my work,” he says. He feels a cameraman shouldn’t succumb to the urge of capturing every scene aesthetically because realistic presentation could then become a casualty. “I’m careful about keeping the camera work within the story and its requirements,” he says. Also, he believes in giving the actors ample space to move about during a shot. “Restricting the movements could affect their performance,” he explains.

After having worked with the cream of the younger lot — Vikram, Vijay and Suriya — Randy sees Robot as the next step forward. “Technically too, with the kind of wizardry that Shankar envisages, it will touch another level in filmmaking,” he says.

Randy is piqued when people refer to cameramen as technicians. “We are artists. From the colour scheme and texture of a shot to lighting and angles, we craft artistically with an eye for detail. We have to be adept at editing, sound, music and artwork. That’s why cameramen make good directors.” Remind him of Robot and almost at once he sports a broad smile. “Shankar and I are leaving for South America soon to select locations for the film,” he says.

MALATHI RANGARAJAN

http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/06/27/stories/2008062750220800.htm

Clap

From: directhit on Mon Jun 30 5:10:14 2008.

they have already started the film...
not the actual shootin sequences... but the preparation and stuff...

i ll be happy if she is out... Wink

me too

I do not like her.

me too, unless she is some villain character

From: mohanraman on Sat Jul 12 0:34:02 2008.

Hello Friends,
I have posted a few thoughts on the film Kusekan and the experience of working in it in my blog.....

http://mohanramanmuses.blogspot.com/

under the heading SUPERSTAR....would love it if you check it out and post your comments will enthuse me to write more and maybe post more snaps....
regards and best wishes
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jul 16 7:28:13 2008.

Today I got a mail with Robo trailer. It is 0.56 minutes video.
Is it a new one?
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Wed Jul 16 8:14:35 2008.

its old one, new one is yet to be released...
From: SoftSword on Wed Jul 16 9:04:31 2008.

What u have seen is a simple attempt made by some person....
its just a sample animation available in animation softwares.... and they just have added titles to that...

i din think makin or ROBO was this easy...
From: Nasc on Wed Jul 16 12:18:00 2008.

its a morphed collage of iRobo.Will Smith's face was conveniently replaced by SS'
From: directhit on Wed Jul 16 23:09:32 2008.

vutta Shankar kku munnadiye padatha release panniduvainga
From: thamiz on Thu Jul 17 20:49:06 2008.

Nasc wrote:

its a morphed collage of iRobo.Will Smith's face was conveniently replaced by SS'
From: Nerd on Mon Jul 21 14:04:49 2008.

Rajini’s third attempt for Robot
July 21, 2008

Rajinikanth is gearing up for his next venture Robot, which happens to be director Shankar’s brainchild. The film is slated to go on the floors in a short time. Recently, Rajinikanth was spotted donning the greasepaint and costumes to participate in Robot’s photo shoot held in Mumbai. The second and third photo shoot

Robot

schedules were held a few days ago at the AVM Studios and a theatre in Nungambakkam. According to our sources, Rajini was seen trying out various costumes and wigs during the photo shoot and the one that suits him well will be used in the film. It seems that Shankar is bent on showing a much younger-looking Rajini to the audience this time. He has roped in costume designer Manish Malhotra and make-up artist Bhanu for Robot. Incidentally, they were also associated with Sivaji that got rave reviews for Rajini’s costumes and make-up.

Hopefully we get to see the stills ASAP
From: A.ANAND on Fri Jul 25 11:26:36 2008.

சிவாஜியை மிஞ்சணும் ரோபோ!- இது ஷங்கர் சபதம்

மேலும் புதிய படங்கள்ரூ.140 கோடியில் உருவாகப் போகும் இந்தியாவின் மிகப் பிரமாண்ட படைப்பான ரோபோ, சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினியின் முந்தைய படைப்பான சிவாஜியின் சாதனைகளை முறியடிக்கப் போகிறது. அந்த அளவு காலத்தை வென்ற படமாக ரோபோவை எடுக்கப் போகிறோம், என்கிறார் இயக்குநர் ஷங்கர்.

குசேலன் படத்தை முடித்துவிட்ட ரஜினி, முழு வீச்சில் இப்போது ரோபோ பணிகளில் இறங்கிவிட்டார். முதல்முறையாக உலகம் முழுவதிலும் ஆங்கில சப் டைட்டில்களுடன் வெளியாகப் போகும் படம் என்பதால் ஒவ்வொரு காட்சிக்கும் மிகுந்த சிரத்தையுடன் பணியாற்றி வருகிறார் இயக்குநர் ஷங்கர்.

ஏற்கெனவே சென்னை ஏவிஎம்மில் இரு போட்டோ செஷன்கள் முடிந்துவிட்ட நிலையில், மேலும் இரண்டு போட்டோ ஷூட்களுக்காக மும்பையில் முகாமிட்டுள்ளனர் ரஜினியும் ஷங்கரும். இதில் முதல்கட்ட ஷூட் முடிந்துவிட்டது. இதுவரை எடுத்துள்ள புகைப்படங்களை கிராபிக்ஸ் செய்து புதிய அசத்தல் ஸ்டில்களை உலகம் முழுக்க வெளியிடப் போகிறார்களாம்.

இந்த ஷூட்டுக்காக பிரபல டிசைனர் மனீஷ் மல்கோத்ரா, ஒப்பனைக் கலைஞர் பானு ஆகியோர் ஒரு மாதமாக ரஜினிக்கான உடைகள் மற்றும் விதவிதமான மேக்கப் டெக்னிக்குகளை தயார் செய்தனர்.

ஒரு ஹாலிவுட் படத்தை வெளியிடும் முன் என்ன மாதிரி விளம்பர உத்திகள் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகின்றனவோ, அவை அத்தனையும் ரோபோவில் பயன்படுத்தப்பட உள்ளன. தமிழ் திரைப்பட வரலாற்றிலேயே முதல்றையாக பிஆர்ஓ, விளம்பர மேலாளர் தவிர, படத்துக்கான புரமோஷனல் மேனேஜ்மென்ட் குழு ஒன்றையே ஷங்கர் அமர்த்தியுள்ளாராம். இந்தியா முழுவதிலும் இந்தப் படம் மிகப் பெரிய அளவில் திரையிடப்பட வண்டும் என்பதால் இந்த ஏற்பாடு என்கிறார்கள், ஐங்கரன் நிறுவனத்தினர்.

இந்தப் படம் குறித்து வடநாட்டுப் பத்திரிகை ஒன்றுக்கு அளித்துள்ள பேட்டியில் ஷங்கர் இப்படிக் கூறியிருக்கிறார்:

இந்திய சினிமாவில் ஏற்கெனவே அழுத்தமான முத்திரை பதித்த படம் சிவாஜி. அந்தப் படத்தின் சாதனையை முறியடிக்கும் விதத்தில் பல வகையிலும் மேம்பட்ட சர்வதேசப் படமாக ரோபோ வரும். இதுவரை எந்தப் படத்துக்காகவும் நான் இப்படிச் சொன்னதில்லை. ரோபோவை அந்த அளவு நான் நேசித்துச் செய்கிறேன். ரஜினி சார் கேரியரில் எப்போதும் முதலிடத்தில் இருக்கும் படமாக ரோபோ வரவேண்டும் என்பதுதான் என் விருப்பம், என்கிறார்.

அடுத்த மாதம் இரண்டாவது வாரத்தில் ரோபோ படப்பிடிப்பு துவங்கப் போகிறது.

கலங்குங்க ஷங்கர், ஹாலிவுட்டே அதிரணும்!

From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Sat Jul 26 2:42:14 2008.

A.ANAND wrote:

இந்திய சினிமாவில் ஏற்கெனவே அழுத்தமான முத்திரை பதித்த படம் சிவாஜி.

any idea whats sivaaji's stand on Indian BO?

From: A.ANAND on Sat Jul 26 10:24:36 2008.

mosadi taal muttirai innu nenachi kekkarinngalo!
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Sat Jul 26 11:44:32 2008.

muthirai thaal mosadi yaa illa mosadi thaal muthirayaa??
From: omega on Sun Jul 27 22:37:49 2008.

ஆகஸ்ட் 15&ல் ரோபோ ஷ¨ட்டிங்
அமெரிக்காவில் தொடங்குகிறது

ரஜினி நடிக்கும் ‘ரோபோ’ படத்தின் ஷ¨ட்டிங், அடுத்த மாதம் அமெரிக்காவில் தொடங்குகிறது.

ஷங்கர் இயக்கத்தில் ரஜினி, ஐஸ்வர்யா ராய் நடிக்கும் படம் ‘ரோபோ’. ஏராளமான பொருட்செலவில் தயாராகும் இந்தப் படத்திற்காக மூன்று கட்ட போட்டோ ஷ¨ட் நடந்துள்ளது.

நான்காவதாக சென்னையில் ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம் ஆரம்பத்தில் நடக்கும் என்று தெரிகிறது. இதையடுத்து ஆகஸ்ட் 15&ம் தேதி அமெரிக்காவில் பாடல் காட்சியுடன் ‘ரோபோ’ ஷ¨ட்டிங் தொடங்குகிறது. உலகின் பெரும்பாலான நாடுகளில் இந்தப் படம், படமாக்கப்படுகிறது.

http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/slide/default.asp

From: dinesh2002 on Mon Jul 28 1:33:37 2008.

omega wrote:

ஆகஸ்ட் 15&ல் ரோபோ ஷ¨ட்டிங்
அமெரிக்காவில் தொடங்குகிறது

ரஜினி நடிக்கும் ‘ரோபோ’ படத்தின் ஷ¨ட்டிங், அடுத்த மாதம் அமெரிக்காவில் தொடங்குகிறது.

ஷங்கர் இயக்கத்தில் ரஜினி, ஐஸ்வர்யா ராய் நடிக்கும் படம் ‘ரோபோ’. ஏராளமான பொருட்செலவில் தயாராகும் இந்தப் படத்திற்காக மூன்று கட்ட போட்டோ ஷ¨ட் நடந்துள்ளது.

நான்காவதாக சென்னையில் ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம் ஆரம்பத்தில் நடக்கும் என்று தெரிகிறது. இதையடுத்து ஆகஸ்ட் 15&ம் தேதி அமெரிக்காவில் பாடல் காட்சியுடன் ‘ரோபோ’ ஷ¨ட்டிங் தொடங்குகிறது. உலகின் பெரும்பாலான நாடுகளில் இந்தப் படம், படமாக்கப்படுகிறது.

http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/slide/default.asp

translation please??

From: omega on Mon Jul 28 4:58:39 2008.

It says that ROBOT would kick off with a song shooting in US starting August 15th. Already 3 photoshoots have been complete & a fourth is expected next month in Chennai.
From: dinesh2002 on Mon Jul 28 5:10:21 2008.

omega wrote:

It says that ROBOT would kick off with a song shooting in US starting August 15th. Already 3 photoshoots have been complete & a fourth is expected next month in Chennai.

wow.... so fast a song shooting.... !!!
From: dinesh2002 on Tue Jul 29 8:44:54 2008.

Rajnikant gets ready to shoot 'Robot'
By IANS
Jul 29, 2008, 09:39

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Chennai, July 29 (IANS) Tamil superstar Rajnikant is likely to leave for the US shortly to join the US-based production team of his Rs.1.5 billion (approximately $35.5 million) venture "Robot", said publicists.

"Robot" will be a sci-fi movie and stars Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai in the female lead. She has already reported for the photo-shoot schedule. It is being directed by Shankar whose last offering with Rajnikant "Sivaji - The Boss" broke all box-office records, publicists added.

The movie will be simultaneously produced in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and two other Indian languages besides being later dubbed into English, Japanese and Malay. After Rajnikant agrees to the final script, shooting will commence from August 15.

The extravaganza is being jointly produced by London-based Ayngaran International and Eros Entertainment, said a statement.

While Rajnikant's "Kuselan" is schedule for July 31 release, he has almost completed his daughter Saundarya's Ocher Studios' Rs.2 billion (approximately $50 million) animated production which has live shots of the superstar

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/tamil/4864/
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Jul 31 0:54:19 2008.

Robot: Filming begins on August 12

Prasanna Singh [July 30, 2008, 5:01:51 PM]

The costliest film ever in India – Robot – will begin filming (tentatively) on 12.08.08 in U.S.A.

Rajinikanth and Shankar, who worked magic in Sivaji, team up again in Robot. The film’s leading lady is Aishwarya Rai – the heartthrob of millions across the world. The film promises never-seen-before special effects.

Shankar showed a much younger Rajinikanth to the audience in Sivaji and he has promised to better that attempt in Robot.

Meanwhile, Rajni's Kuselan is getting ready for its release on August 1st, with a bang. The fame of this film has touched every nook and corner of Asia and America. In Japan, where Rajni is an icon, Kuselan will be screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival. In America, the release of Kuselan is being celebrated with huge cut-outs and launch of MnMs printed with Rajni’s image. On frontline news channels in India, Rajinikanth and Kuselan are regulars flash news and primetime news shows.

http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainment/livewire/id/Robot_filming_begins_on_August_12_17456.html
From: Kalyasi on Tue Aug 5 5:59:22 2008.

Aishwarya Rai on ‘ROBOT’
IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, August 05, 2008]

Aishwarya Rai has finally spoken out on ‘Robot’. The former Miss World has said that she has earmarked the entire month of September to shoot for Rajinikanth's ‘Robot’.

'Rajini and director Shankar have been very busy over the past few weeks with the groundwork for ‘Robot’. I will join them in September,' said Aishwarya, when asked about the mega project.

Meanwhile, Rajini told reporters in Thirupathi a couple of days ago that he along with director Shankar would leave for the US soon to start filming ‘Robot’, which is being jointly produced by Ayngaran and Eros International.

Will Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai paint the town red together?

Let's wait and see.
From: hamid on Wed Aug 6 3:24:58 2008.

ஷங்கர் இயக்கும் ரஜினியின் பிரமாண்ட படமான ரோபோ ஆகஸ்ட் 10-ம் தேதி அமெரிக்காவில் துவங்குகிறது. டப்பிடிப்பில் கலந்து கொள்ள வருகிற 9-ம் தேதி இரவு அமெரிக்கா புறப்படுகிறார் ரஜினிகாந்த்.

தமிழ்ப் படம் ஒன்று படப்பிடிப்புடன் ஹாலிவுட்டில் துவங்குவது இதுவே முதல்முறை.

ரஜினி-ஐஸ்வர்யா ராய் ஜோடியாக நடிக்க, ரூ.150 கோடி பட்ஜெட்டில் மிகப் பிரமாண்டமாய் உருவாகும் ரோபோ திரைப்படத்தை அய்ங்கரன் இண்டர்நேஷனல் நிறுவனம் தயாரிக்கிறது. ஷங்கர் இயக்குகிறார். தமிழ், தெலுங்கு மற்றும் இந்தியில் நேரடியாகத் தயாராகும் ரோபோ ஆங்கிலம் மற்றும் ஜப்பானிய மெழிகளில் டப்பிங் செய்யப்படவுள்ளது.

இந்தப் படத்தின் திரைக்கதை உருவாக்கம் மற்றும் போட்டோ செஷன்கள் முடிவடைந்துவிட்டன. குசேலன் படம் வெளியான கையோடு, ரோபோவின் படப்பிடிப்பு துவங்கும் என ரஜினி அறிவித்திருந்தார். அதன்படி, கடந்த வாரம் குசேலன் வெளியானதும், ரோபோ படப்பிடிப்பு துவங்கும் தேதியை அறிவித்துள்ளனர் ரஜினியும் இயக்குநர் ஷங்கரும்.

ஹாலிவுட் அமைந்துள்ள லாஸ் ஏஞ்சல்ஸ் நகரில் ரோபோவின் படப்பிடிப்பு வரும் 10-ம் தேதியன்று துவங்கவுள்ளதாக தகவல்கள் வெளியாகியுள்ளன.

இதில் பங்கேற்க ரஜினிகாந்த் வரும் சனிக்கிழமை இரவு அமெரிக்காவுக்குப் புறப்படுகிறார். அவருடன் இம்முறை அவரது மனைவி லதா மற்றும் மகள் சவுந்தர்யா ஆகியோரும் அமெரிக்காவுக்குப் புறப்படுகிறார்கள்.

தனது உலகப் பயணத்தை முடித்துக்கொண்டு ஐஸ்வர்யா ராய் நேரடியாக ரோபோ படப்பிடிப்பில் பங்கேற்கிறார்.

முதல் கட்டமாக பிரமாண்ட பாடல் காட்சிகளை எடுக்கத் திட்டமிட்டுள்ளனர். ஹாலிவுட்டின் புகழ்பெற்ற ஸ்டுடியோக்களிலும் ரோபோ படமாக்கப்படும் எனக் கூறப்படுகிறது.

இதன் மூலம் ஹாலிவுட்டில் நேரடியாகப் படமாகும் முதல் தமிழ் திரைப்படம் எனும் பெருமை ரோபோவுக்குக் கிடைக்கிறது.

ரோபோ படப்பிடிப்பு குறித்து நேற்று ரஜினிகாந்த் கூறியிருப்பதாவது:

வரும் ஆகஸ்ட் 10-ம் தேதி அமெரிக்காவில் துவங்குகிறது ரோபோ படப்பிடிப்பு. மிகப் பிரமாண்டமாக உருவாகும் இந்தப் படம் நிச்சயம் தமிழ் சினிமாவுக்கு பெருமை தருவதாக அமையும். இதன் படப்பிடிப்புக்காக வரும் சனிக்கிழமை மாலை நான் அமெரிக்கா புறப்படுகிறேன் என்றார்.

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies/heroes/2008/08/06-rajini-robot-will-launch-in-hollywood.html
From: jaaze on Thu Aug 7 6:28:44 2008.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar
ungaLa paartha sila samayam ipaadi kekka thonuthu : Neenga nallavara kettavara?

Chumma..
From: Cinefan on Thu Aug 7 6:56:55 2008.

wrt to the article posted by Hamid,don't think Robot is the first Tamil film to start it's shooting in the USA.Recently,Dasa....... started with a shoot there&am sure there have been films earlier too.
From: Nerd on Sun Aug 10 1:51:47 2008.

Was expecting ROBO ad in today's paper Instead was ads for Jaggubhai. How I wish thalaivar acted in that. The Jaggubhai still was amaaaaazing
From: jaaze on Sun Aug 10 2:03:22 2008.

Sad I was highly expecting it too..
But I am sure to see it by this FRI!
anyway, is the jaggubhai ad anywhere online?
From: Nerd on Sun Aug 10 2:16:13 2008.

The new jaggubhai ad is in dailythanthi.com epaper. I was talking about the rajini-Ak47-Ad
From: Nerd on Mon Aug 11 14:14:15 2008.

Rajini's Robot starts shooting
By : Settu Shankar

Monday, August 11 2008 RSS SMS Gadgets

The much expected magnum opus of Indian Cinema, Superstar Rajinikanth's Robot shooting was started yesterday in Los Angeles, USA. According to the sources, Rajinikanth has attended the first day shooting and director Shankar shot a scene with the actor and Aishwarya Bachchan, the heroine of Rajinikanth in Robot. The actress has attended the shooting after the completion of her Unforgettable world tour.

Produced by Ayngaran Films International, Robot is the first multi lingual film, which will be made in 4 languages i.e., Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and English. Since it is the film based on writer Sujatha's complete science fiction, there will be lot of CG works to be done to make the film with international standards. This is the main reason for Shankar's US schedule.

For Rajini, the success of film is a prestige issue. So he gave unlimited call sheet to this project. Only for Shankar's convenience, Rajini completed his daughter Soundarya's maiden venture Sultan - The Warrior quickly and came to this mega project.

Best of luck!
From: jaaze on Tue Aug 12 11:10:59 2008.

Shooting started but no ad
From: Raghu on Wed Aug 13 4:26:54 2008.

I Hope Shanker avoids songs, if he plans to make this in english, is he planning to release this in hollywood or what?
From: omega on Wed Aug 13 6:21:38 2008.

Chumma alli viduvanunga............We will know only when it releases.
From: Raghu on Wed Aug 13 6:23:46 2008.

omega wrote:

Chumma alli viduvanunga............We will know only when it releases.

true!
From: jaaze on Fri Aug 15 12:45:40 2008.

Supposedly official english wording of Robo

http://i35.tinypic.com/sble9l.jpg

If this is true, then we are in for a thrill!
From: Nerd on Fri Aug 15 13:00:57 2008.

jaaze wrote:

Supposedly official english wording of Robo

http://i35.tinypic.com/sble9l.jpg

If this is true, then we are in for a thrill!

I don't quite get it...
From: jaaze on Fri Aug 15 13:04:08 2008.

I don't know whether the pic is a real one, but if you look carefully, you see Rajini's eyes in place of the O's..
From: Nerd on Fri Aug 15 13:11:41 2008.

Anyway where did you get the pic? Ayngaran site?
From: jaaze on Fri Aug 15 13:14:23 2008.

I don't know the source of the pic,
I got this link through my friend by im.
From: jaaze on Fri Aug 15 13:18:01 2008.

I checked Ayngaran website and found they even endorse fake Robo pics..
check this http://www.ayngaran.com/images/news/1217702952.jpg
From: Nerd on Fri Aug 15 13:20:09 2008.

jaaze wrote:

I checked Ayngaran website and found they even endorse fake Robo pics..
check this http://www.ayngaran.com/images/news/1217702952.jpg

But the pic looks terrific !
From: jaaze on Fri Aug 15 13:26:01 2008.

yeah
From: Avadi to America on Fri Aug 15 16:02:46 2008.

I heard sivaji telugu version was played in gemini TV today. The running hours for the movie was 5 hr 20 min....Nalla advertisementlaya panam parthu irrukuranunga....
From: Janar on Sat Aug 16 23:14:44 2008.

But i think the name " iyandira" suks, they shld just keep it to robot
From: SoftSword on Mon Aug 18 4:19:28 2008.

jaaze wrote:

I don't know whether the pic is a real one, but if you look carefully, you see Rajini's eyes in place of the O's..

ya ur right...
but was it that triangular thing inbetween....
ennappa pattaya kelappuraanga...
From: omega on Mon Sep 1 5:32:15 2008.

In latest JV.......

உலகத்திலேயே எட்டாவது அதிசயமான இடம் பிரேசிலில் உள்ளதாம். அதைத் தேடிக் கண்டுபிடித்து தன்னுடைய 'ரோபோ' படத்தின் முதல்நாள் படப்பிடிப்பை நடத்தப் போகிறாராம் ஷங்கர். செப்டம்பர் 5-ம் தேதி ரஜினி, ஐஸ்வர்யா சம்பந்தப்பட்ட பாடலை ஷுட் செய்கிறார்கள்.

Oru paatta edukkrathukkulle budgetla oru 5C kaali panniduvaaru namma sangaru...
From: hamid on Wed Sep 3 7:58:41 2008.

'9 ரோபோக்கள்'-ஷங்கரை வெறுப்பேற்றும் ஷாருக்!

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies/specials/2008/09/03-sharukh-gives-shock-to-the-show-man-of-india.html
From: rookie007 on Thu Sep 4 1:19:31 2008.

Rajinikanth’s Robot is now Yantram?

By Moviebuzz | Thursday, 04 September , 2008, 10:02

Shankar's magnum opus Robot produced by Ayngaran International and featuring Rajinikanth and Aiswarya Rai has been forced to change their title to Yantram!

Shah Rukh Khan's home production Red Chillies has registered the title Robot and nine other titles based on it. The titles were registered with the Association of Motion Pictures and TV Programme Producers (AMPTPP) in Mumbai, by King Khan's company.

It seems SRK has a running battle with Shankar and Rajinikanth. Remember Shah Rukh was the original choice of Shankar to do Robot in Hindi, which was supposed to be done by Red Chillies. Later they had a fall out over the script and other issues, which forced Shankar to go for Rajinikanth.

SRK has now taken revenge, and has registered nine titles playing around the title- Robot, Mein Hoon Robot, Mera Robot, Pyara Robot, Robot a Hero, Robot Hoon Mein, Robot My Hero, Robotics, Robott. It also clearly indicates that Red Chillies will be making a film titled Robot.

Completely taken by surprise, Shankar was forced to change the title from Robot to Yantram. The official reason given out is that as per Tamilnadu government rule only films with Tamil titles are eligible for entertainment tax exemption. As if they did not know about it, as the rule was there for the last two years!

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14751800
From: directhit on Thu Sep 4 2:05:01 2008.

why cant they keep Robo in hindi stupid SRK, if he did that

I hate yantra/iyanthira etc - Robo is (Robo release appo tax exemption ellam irukkumo irukkadho )
From: cm123 on Thu Sep 4 3:40:11 2008.

ROBO ....ROBOT ellam pala perukku teriyum anal Enthiram enral palaperukku theriyathu..

Thalaivaral oru tamil peyar ulagengum famous aga pogirathu

Athuvumillamal thalaivar title eppavum ippadi weird a than arambikkum appuram chinna pulla kuda sollum..
From: Mahen on Thu Sep 4 4:23:49 2008.

Whats yantram? Anyone?
From: NOV on Thu Sep 4 4:45:15 2008.

iyanthiram means self-operating machine
From: Mahen on Thu Sep 4 5:11:11 2008.

NOV wrote:

iyanthiram means self-operating machine

Thanks NOV
From: Nerd on Thu Sep 4 10:38:32 2008.

Aanaalum sify-kku nakkal jAsthi. The rule is there for 2 years, we know but the movie was named about 10+ years back and both rajini and Shankar in the BOSS function said that they were looking for Tamil titles then. Dimwits
From: Nerd on Thu Sep 4 10:47:26 2008.

Looks like its enthiram the ROBOT, much like sivaji the BOSS, this sounds sort of cool thamiz, plis change the thread's name. May be we shall be seeing the first still very soon in papers....
From: joe on Thu Sep 4 10:58:02 2008.

Title vishyama ,Vazhakkama 4 per vanthu KaruNanithi-ya thittuvaangaLe ..innum varalliya
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Thu Sep 4 11:10:37 2008.

joe wrote:

Title vishyama ,Vazhakkama 4 per vanthu KaruNanithi-ya thittuvaangaLe ..innum varalliya
enna thitti enna, thandamaa makkal kaasu waste aagurathai naama eppadi thadukka mudiyum nu vitrupaanga
From: Prabhu Ram on Thu Sep 4 11:13:21 2008.

joe wrote:

Title vishyama ,Vazhakkama 4 per vanthu KaruNanithi-ya thittuvaangaLe ..innum varalliya

varrra nEram thaan

iyanthiram vadamozhichol appidinnu arignArgaL yaaraachum case pOduvaanga. idhai thamizhaaga makkaLai namba vaippadhu oru yEmaatru vElai. kalaachaara thiNippu appidinnu Sujatha-Rajini reNdu pEraiyum thitti sila palar ezhuthuvaanga.

illai iyanthiram enpathu thamizhchol. tholkAppiyathil irukkiradhu. vadamozhi thOnRuvadharku munbE thamizh samoogam iyandhiramayamaagiyadhu appidinnu rendu pEr solluvaanga.

Nehru stadium, casette release-kku thalamai thaanguvaar karunAnithi. iyandhiraththai thamizhukkum thamizharukkum meettu thantha vizhA nAyagar appidinnu yaaraachum pattam tharuvaanga. Vivek rhyming-A oru mokkai kavithai (!) padippAr. DeepavaLi-kku vEttu vaikkAma ellArum paarppOm.

From: joe on Thu Sep 4 11:13:21 2008.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar wrote:

joe wrote:

Title vishyama ,Vazhakkama 4 per vanthu KaruNanithi-ya thittuvaangaLe ..innum varalliya Rolling Eyes

enna thitti enna, thandamaa makkal kaasu waste aagurathai naama eppadi thadukka mudiyum nu vitrupaanga Laughing

Maththa 3 perum enna solluRangannu paarpom

From: joe on Thu Sep 4 11:15:31 2008.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

joe wrote:

Title vishyama ,Vazhakkama 4 per vanthu KaruNanithi-ya thittuvaangaLe ..innum varalliya Rolling Eyes

varrra nEram thaan Smile

iyanthiram vadamozhichol appidinnu arignArgaL yaaraachum case pOduvaanga. idhai thamizhaaga makkaLai namba vaippadhu oru yEmaatru vElai. kalaachaara thiNippu appidinnu Sujatha-Rajini reNdu pEraiyum thitti sila palar ezhuthuvaanga.

illai iyanthiram enpathu thamizhchol. tholkAppiyathil irukkiradhu. vadamozhi thOnRuvadharku munbE thamizh samoogam iyandhiramayamaagiyadhu appidinnu rendu pEr solluvaanga.

Nehru stadium, casette release-kku thalamai thaanguvaar karunAnithi. iyandhiraththai thamizhukkum thamizharukkum meettu thantha vizhA nAyagar appidinnu yaaraachum pattam tharuvaanga. Vivek rhyming-A oru mokkai kavithai (!) padippAr. DeepavaLi-kku vEttu vaikkAma ellArum paarppOm.

ethayum maRukkuRathikkilla

From: Vivasaayi on Thu Sep 4 11:21:04 2008.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

joe wrote:

Title vishyama ,Vazhakkama 4 per vanthu KaruNanithi-ya thittuvaangaLe ..innum varalliya Rolling Eyes

varrra nEram thaan Smile

idhellam aiya aatchila irundha....aatchiyai poruthu...kaatchikal maarum

From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Thu Sep 4 11:24:39 2008.

joe wrote:

Maththa 3 perum enna solluRangannu paarpom
samayathula, neenga entha pakkamnu thaan puriyamaatenguthu
From: joe on Thu Sep 4 11:31:23 2008.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar wrote:

joe wrote:

Maththa 3 perum enna solluRangannu paarpom
samayathula, neenga entha pakkamnu thaan puriyamaatenguthu

நாமார்க்கும் குடியல்லோம் !

From: thamiz on Thu Sep 4 11:35:23 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Looks like its enthiram the ROBOT, much like sivaji the BOSS, this sounds sort of cool Double Thumbs Up

thamiz, plis change the thread's name. May be we shall be seeing the first still very soon in papers....

How do you want to name it nerd?

Let me know!

From: Nerd on Thu Sep 4 11:37:31 2008.

padam release 2010, my guess is 2011. Adhu varaikkum andha rule/subsidy irukkumA? Vijaykanth Atchiyila

Which one is right? Yanthiram or iyanthiram? I have seen people using both, the latter more frequently...

From: Nerd on Thu Sep 4 11:38:51 2008.

thamiz wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Looks like its enthiram the ROBOT, much like sivaji the BOSS, this sounds sort of cool Double Thumbs Up

thamiz, plis change the thread's name. May be we shall be seeing the first still very soon in papers....

How do you want to name it nerd?

Let me know! Smile

Lets wait till the inRu mudhal padappidippu Ad

From: HonestRaj on Thu Sep 4 11:41:13 2008.

directhit wrote:

why cant they keep Robo in hindi stupid SRK, if he did that

I hate yantra/iyanthira etc - Robo is (Robo release appo tax exemption ellam irukkumo irukkadho )

appo aatchi yarudayadho
From: Prabhu Ram on Thu Sep 4 11:42:08 2008.

Nerd wrote:

padam release 2010, my guess is 2011. Adhu varaikkum andha rule/subsidy irukkumA? Vijaykanth Atchiyila

Nerd wrote:

Which one is right? Yanthiram or iyanthiram? I have seen people using both, the latter more frequently...
The first is Sanskrit. The second is Tamilized.

LakshaNam ==> IlakkaNam.

AFAIK, of course
From: Nerd on Thu Sep 4 11:49:28 2008.

PR, thanks. Another question. Iyanthiram translates to what? Machine right? (self-operating-really?) I mean all machines operate by themselves, after you power them ON and configure them may be. Iyanthira manithan or iyanthiran is robot I think. Iyanthiram the Robot does not make much sense
From: Prabhu Ram on Thu Sep 4 11:56:58 2008.

இயந்திரம் means machine.
Iyanthiran is a nice suggestion actually.
AFAIK there is no Tamil word for robo. Given Iyanthiram is itself from Sanskrit, I am actually for absorbing Robo itself directly into Tamil.
From: Nerd on Thu Sep 4 12:07:02 2008.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

I am actually for absorbing Robo itself directly into Tamil.

I though that will happen eventually. SRK naaanaans has played spoilsport

From: thamiz on Thu Sep 4 12:09:23 2008.

Nerd wrote:

thamiz wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Looks like its enthiram the ROBOT, much like sivaji the BOSS, this sounds sort of cool Double Thumbs Up

thamiz, plis change the thread's name. May be we shall be seeing the first still very soon in papers....

How do you want to name it nerd?

Let me know! Smile

Lets wait till the inRu mudhal padappidippu Ad Smile

OK, nerd!

From: rookie007 on Fri Sep 5 1:23:57 2008.

Yenthiran – First look!

September 05, 2008

Shankar's dream project Robot is already a hot cake among the media, with news updates coming out thick and fast. The latest scoop is that the movie might be titled Yenthiran and not Yenthiram. There is also news about the photo shoot which took place. The first look of Yenthiran, which will be released to the media soon, will have a completely shaved, suave looking Rajinikanth in designer

sun glasses and a metal cap. And the highlight of the poster would a red rose that the Superstar will be holding.

The poster also carries a byline – The Robot!

There seems to a different set of posters designed for Aishwarya Rai.

http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/sep-08-01/yenthiran-05-09-08.html
From: rookie007 on Fri Sep 5 1:28:59 2008.

Rajini's Yantram to start in Peru!

The showman of south Indian cinema Shankar always starts a new film with a song picturisation, preferably in a foreign locale.
Once again he has kept to his rule book, by starting his magnum opusYantram with superstar Rajinikanth and Ulaga Azhagi Aiswarya Rai in Peru.
Shankar and the unit of Ayngaran International's Yantram left for US enroute to Peru, where the first of the two songs would start rolling.

Why Peru? Simple, the director wants to shoot the song in a never-seen-before location in Indian cinema. The Kollywood grapevine has it that it will be the most expensive song shoot ever.

He is likely to shoot at Macchu Picchu in Peru, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World often called the eighth wonder in the world. Machu Picchu (Old Mountain) is a pre-Columbian Inca site and situated on a mountain ridge, an important tourist attraction that became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.

According to a Bollywood agent who arranges foreign shoots -"Few countries offer such wide array of options ideal for Indian film song and dance scenes as Peru. Within its territory, you can find deserts, mountains and tropical forests".

The buzz is that Shankar will also shoot at the spectacular Iguaco falls in neighboring Brazil. It is a place where some of the most daring action scenes in Steven Spielberg's recent Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull were shot.

Meanwhile it will be a one-month long shooting schedule in which two songs tuned by A.R Rahman will be shot in exotic locations across the continents.

Top choreographer Raju Sundaram, who is directing Ajit's Aegan, on the request of the superstar will be choreographing this song.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14752525
From: joe on Fri Sep 5 1:39:28 2008.

So finally it is 'Iyanthiran' or 'Iyanthiram' ? IMO ,Iyanthiran is the correct one .
From: SoftSword on Fri Sep 5 2:18:53 2008.

yanthiran is sanskrit...
and iyanthiran is thamizh...

From: Mahen on Fri Sep 5 4:06:21 2008.

Got this from the comments section from sify..WOW what a team!! (if its true Very Happy

)

Quote:

Cinematography R. Ratnavelu?Art: Sabu Cyril, Lyrics: Vairamuthu, Pa. Vijay, Editing: Antony, Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Costume Design: Manish Malhotra. The Costume Designer of Men in Black, Batman returns, Inspector Gadget Mary E Vogt is designing the scientific outfits. Stan Winston Studio (USA) who has worked for Predator, Jurassic Park, Pearl Harbor, Iron man, Terminator and I - Robot is doing Animatronics. Yuen Woo Ping who handled stunt for many Hollywood movies like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Matrix and Kill Bill is currently working for Endhiran (THE ROBOT). All the three world renowned people working for an Indian movie is for the first time. Hollywood companies like ILM, Tippet, Caf?EFX; and Hong Kong companies like Centro and Menfond are going to work in the field of VFX. Visual Effects and Animatronics co-ordination: Indian Artiste. Producers: K. Karunamurthi / C. Arunpandian. Executive Producer: K. Vijayakumar.

From: Raghu on Fri Sep 5 4:58:33 2008.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14752525

ithu epadi iruku
From: omega on Fri Sep 5 6:08:51 2008.

இயந்திரன்..முழுக்க முழுக்க ஹாலிவுட்டில்...!

முழுக்க முழுக்க ஹாலிவுட்டில் தயாராகும் முதல் இந்தியப் படம் என்ற பெருமையுடன் அமெரிக்கா, பிரேசில், பெரு நாடுகளில் படப்பிடிப்பு துவங்குகிறது ரஜினியின் இயந்திரன்தி ரோபோ.

இந்தப் படத்தில் பணியாற்றும் பல கலைஞர்கள் ஹாலிவுட் படங்களில் பணியாற்றியவர்கள்.

இன்று ஷங்கர் வெளியிட்டுள்ள அறிக்கையின்படி, மென் இன் பிளாக், பேட்மென்ஸ் ரிட்டர்ன், இன்ஸ்பெக்டர் காட்கெட்ஸ் போன்ற படங்களின் காஸ்ட்யூம் டிசைனர் மேரி இ வோக்ட், ரோபோவின் காஸ்ட்யூமராகப் பணியாற்றுகிறார். இவருடன் இந்திய காஸ்ட்யூம் டிசைனர் மனீஷ் மல்கோத்ராவும் இணைகிறார்.

இயந்திரனுக்கு அனிமேஷன் மற்றும் கிராபிக்ஸ் பணிகளைச் செய்யப் போவது ஸ்டான் வின்ஸ்டன் ஸ்டுடியோ.

இவர்கள் தான் டெர்மினேட்டர், டெர்மினேட்டர்2, ஜூராஸிக் பார்க், பிரிடேடர், பியர்ல் ஹார்பர், சமீபத்தில் உலகைகே கலக்கிய அயர்ன் மேன் போன்ற மாபெரும் வெற்றிப் படங்களுக்கு மிரட்டலான கிராபிக்ஸ் பணிகளைச் செய்தவர்கள்.

இந்தியப் படம் ஒன்றில் இவர்கள் பணியாற்றுவது இதுவே முதல்முறை.

படத்துக்கு ஸ்பெஷல் எபக்ட்ஸ் தர ஹாலிவுட்டின் முன்னணி நிறுவனங்கள் ஐஎல்எம், கேஇஎப்எக்ஸ், ஹாங்காங்கின் சென்ட்ரோ, மென்போர்ட் ஆகியவற்றுடன் ஒப்பந்தம் செய்துள்ளனர்.

ஹாலிவுட்டின் எந்தப் படத்துக்கும் சவால் விடும் வகையில் ரஜினியின் இயந்திரனை உருவாக்குவதற்காகவே இவ்வளவு பெரிய முயற்சியில் ஷங்கர் இறங்கியுள்ளதாக நம்மிடம் தெரிவித்தார் படத்தின் தயாரிப்பாளர்களில் ஒருவரான நடிகர் அருண்பாண்டியன் (நினைவிருக்கா?).

கிட்டத்தட்ட ரஜினி நடிக்கும் முதல் ஹாலிவுட் படம் இயந்திரன் என்று கூடச் சொல்லலாம்.

===============================================================

Good to know that Soundarya & co will not be doing the CG works for the movie (atleast thats the hope)..
From: hamid on Fri Sep 5 7:27:45 2008.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EIuh4MvfGU8/SMDuc8XLEZI/AAAAAAAAAV0/JpIySDt0gCg/s1600-h/Press_Release_in_Image.jpg
From: sarna_blr on Fri Sep 5 7:31:18 2008.

hamid wrote:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EIuh4MvfGU8/SMDuc8XLEZI/AAAAAAAAAV0/JpIySDt0gCg/s1600-h/Press_Release_in_Image.jpg

<<< two fantastic numbers in ARR music is about to shoot in beautifull locations of America >>>

padaththula songs ellaam irukkaa duet
From: cm123 on Fri Sep 5 9:16:25 2008.

Yanthiran-The Robot

thread titlela mathungappa..
From: Nerd on Fri Sep 5 9:22:48 2008.

hamid wrote:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EIuh4MvfGU8/SMDuc8XLEZI/AAAAAAAAAV0/JpIySDt0gCg/s1600-h/Press_Release_in_Image.jpg

Whoa iyanthiran would have been ideal. Waiting for the paper ad (Tamil especially) sangar we are expecting it for '10 April

From: cm123 on Fri Sep 5 9:28:44 2008.

Nerd wrote:

hamid wrote:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EIuh4MvfGU8/SMDuc8XLEZI/AAAAAAAAAV0/JpIySDt0gCg/s1600-h/Press_Release_in_Image.jpg

Whoa

iyanthiran would have been ideal. Waiting for the paper ad (Tamil especially) sangar we are expecting it for '10 April Yes

Nerd It is possible I think.. rajini himself told that he asked shankar to finish the project as early as possible in sivaji function..

From: directhit on Fri Sep 5 9:40:17 2008.

yes one pic atleast is enuf
From: hamid on Fri Sep 5 9:41:46 2008.

Nerd wrote:

sangar we are expecting it for '10 April

nallavela. varushatha sollala
From: Nerd on Fri Sep 5 9:43:57 2008.

EKHI I meant 2010 April

From: Nerd on Fri Sep 5 20:04:56 2008.

Nerd wrote:

hamid wrote:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EIuh4MvfGU8/SMDuc8XLEZI/AAAAAAAAAV0/JpIySDt0gCg/s1600-h/Press_Release_in_Image.jpg

Whoa

iyanthiran would have been ideal. Waiting for the paper ad (Tamil especially) sangar we are expecting it for '10 April Yes

It is going to happen either tomorrow or the day after

Waiting to see Rajini as a scientist, preferably with a white suit and glass

From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Sep 5 20:05:31 2008.

So IYANTHIRAN is it?
From: Nerd on Fri Sep 5 20:08:02 2008.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

So IYANTHIRAN is it?
Its எந்திரன் the ROBO as of now. I would love it to be இயந்திரன் the ROBO. We will see once the Ads/Posters come out
From: Thalafanz on Fri Sep 5 22:43:24 2008.

Nerd bro, oru chinna doubt... Is there any songs in this project???
From: Nerd on Sat Sep 6 1:29:18 2008.

Thalafanz wrote:

Nerd bro, oru chinna doubt... Is there any songs in this project???

Of course! There will be duets as well. There were commercial elements in sujAthA's novel which was made as a tele-serial in the 90s, en iniya iyandhirA
From: Nerd on Sat Sep 6 1:29:42 2008.

Yenthiran – First look!
September 05, 2008
Shankar's dream project Robot is already a hot cake among the media, with news updates coming out thick and fast. The latest scoop is that the movie might be titled Yenthiran and not Yenthiram. There is also news about the photo shoot which took place. The first look of Yenthiran, which will be released to the media soon, will have a completely shaved, suave looking Rajinikanth in designer
Yenthiran

sun glasses and a metal cap. And the highlight of the poster would a red rose that the Superstar will be holding.

The poster also carries a byline – The Robot!

There seems to a different set of posters designed for Aishwarya Rai.

Scoop sent by an unanonymous inside media person
From: Nerd on Sat Sep 6 1:30:51 2008.

Director Shankar’s Endhiran (The Robot) with Superstar Rajinikanth and alluring Aishwarya Rai in chief roles is set to begin finally with the cameras on roll auspiciously on September 8th at America.

The mega musician A.R.Rahman composed two incredible numbers to which our celebrated stars would hop commencing the first schedule of shooting in the stunning locations of America.

The movie Production houses involved into this opulence project are Ayngaran International Pvt Ltd and Eros International. Endhiran family encompasses several members who specialize in different tasks that include Cinematography by R.Ratnavelu. Art by Sabu Syril, Lyrics by Vairamuthu, Pa.Vijay, Editing by Anthony, Choreography by Raju Sundaram and Costume Design by Manish Malhotra.

Three world distinguished people who worked with many Hollywood block buster movies reveal their expertise for the first time in Tamil cinema and they are

1. Mary E Vogt who designed terrific scientific outfits for each character in Men IN Black (MIB), Batman Returns, Inspector Gadget etc is to design our robot’s outfits.
2. Stan Winston Studio (USA) who did animatronics for Predator, Jurassic Park, Pearl Harbour, Iron Man, Terminator and I-Robot is to make the same with Endhiran.
3. Yuen Woo Ping handled stunt for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Matrix and Kill Bill is currently working for Endhiran

Many Hollywood companies like ILM, Tippet, Café EFX and Hong Kong companies like Centro and menford is working in VFX field.Visual Effects and Animatronics Co-Ordination by Indian Artiste. Men behind this mega project movie the backbone of Endhiran are the producers K.Karunamurthi and C.Arunpandiyan whereas the executive producer is K.Vijayakumar.

http://www.ayngaran.com/newsdetails.php?newsid=50
From: Nerd on Sat Sep 6 1:33:28 2008.

இயந்திரன்..முழுக்க முழுக்க ஹாலிவுட்டில்...!

முழுக்க முழுக்க ஹாலிவுட்டில் தயாராகும் முதல் இந்தியப் படம் என்ற பெருமையுடன் அமெரிக்கா, பிரேசில், பெரு நாடுகளில் படப்பிடிப்பு துவங்குகிறது ரஜினியின் இயந்திரன்-தி ரோபோ.

இந்தப் படத்தில் பணியாற்றும் பல கலைஞர்கள் ஹாலிவுட் படங்களில் பணியாற்றியவர்கள்.

இன்று ஷங்கர் வெளியிட்டுள்ள அறிக்கையின்படி, மென் இன் பிளாக், பேட்மென்ஸ் ரிட்டர்ன், இன்ஸ்பெக்டர் காட்கெட்ஸ் போன்ற படங்களின் காஸ்ட்யூம் டிசைனர் மேரி இ வோக்ட், ரோபோவின் காஸ்ட்யூமராகப் பணியாற்றுகிறார். இவருடன் இந்திய காஸ்ட்யூம் டிசைனர் மனீஷ் மல்கோத்ராவும் இணைகிறார்.

இயந்திரனுக்கு அனிமேஷன் மற்றும் கிராபிக்ஸ் பணிகளைச் செய்யப் போவது ஸ்டான் வின்ஸ்டன் ஸ்டுடியோ.

இவர்கள் தான் டெர்மினேட்டர், டெர்மினேட்டர்-2, ஜூராஸிக் பார்க், பிரிடேடர், பியர்ல் ஹார்பர், சமீபத்தில் உலகைகே கலக்கிய அயர்ன் மேன் போன்ற மாபெரும் வெற்றிப் படங்களுக்கு மிரட்டலான கிராபிக்ஸ் பணிகளைச் செய்தவர்கள்.

இந்தியப் படம் ஒன்றில் இவர்கள் பணியாற்றுவது இதுவே முதல்முறை.

படத்துக்கு ஸ்பெஷல் எபக்ட்ஸ் தர ஹாலிவுட்டின் முன்னணி நிறுவனங்கள் ஐஎல்எம், கேஇஎப்எக்ஸ், ஹாங்காங்கின் சென்ட்ரோ, மென்போர்ட் ஆகியவற்றுடன் ஒப்பந்தம் செய்துள்ளனர்.

ஹாலிவுட்டின் எந்தப் படத்துக்கும் சவால் விடும் வகையில் ரஜினியின் இயந்திரனை உருவாக்குவதற்காகவே இவ்வளவு பெரிய முயற்சியில் ஷங்கர் இறங்கியுள்ளதாக நம்மிடம் தெரிவித்தார் படத்தின் தயாரிப்பாளர்களில் ஒருவரான நடிகர் அருண்பாண்டியன் (நினைவிருக்கா?).

கிட்டத்தட்ட ரஜினி நடிக்கும் முதல் ஹாலிவுட் படம் இயந்திரன் என்று கூடச் சொல்லலாம்.
From: Nerd on Sat Sep 6 1:34:42 2008.

Shooting for Robot to begin

It’s official at last. The shooting of Shankar’s Endhiran (Robot), which is being billed as Kollywood’s most historic venture, is to begin on September 8.

Industry sources said director Shankar, superstar Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bacchan left for the US on Friday along with a 40-member crew to film two songs for the film.

The movie, which has generated a lot of interest, boasts of a fabulous creative team including director Shankar, music director A R Rahman and ace cameraman Rathnavelu.

While Mary E Vogt, the well known designer who has worked in Hollywood movies like Men in Black, Batman Returns and Inspector Gadget will be designing the scientific outfits for the sci-fi movie, the animatronics of the film will be handled by the Stan Winston Studio (USA), which was responsible for the impressive animation sequences in movies such as Predator, Jurassic Park, Pearl Harbor, Iron man and the Terminator. The visual effects and animatronics co-ordination will be done by Indian Artiste.

Stunt director Yuen Woo Ping, who made audiences gasp with his stunts in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Matrix and Kill Bill, has been put in charge of the action sequences of the movie.

Hollywood companies like ILM, Tippet, Café EFX; and Hong Kong companies like Centro and Menfond have been roped in to work on VFX. The movie is being produced by Ayngaran International Films Pvt Ltd., and Eros International.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/India_Buzz/Shooting_for_Robot_to_begin/articleshow/3448817.cms
From: Nerd on Sat Sep 6 1:35:58 2008.

All right, lesser mortals please back off. We have Rajinikanth, the most popular director in TN and one of the most popular directors in India - shankar and the most popular Indian MD in the world ARR with us
From: Nerd on Sat Sep 6 1:41:36 2008.

Not to forget, the most popular Indian woman in the world. It definitely can't get bigger than this (May be MR would have made it the perfect equation).
From: hamid on Sat Sep 6 1:56:28 2008.

Nerd,
any ads in paper today?
From: Nerd on Sat Sep 6 2:00:38 2008.

hamid wrote:

Nerd,
any ads in paper today?

No. Don't worry I ll be the first one to post it here! Will be out on Sunday I guess.
From: hamid on Sat Sep 6 2:51:05 2008.

Nerd wrote:

hamid wrote:

Nerd,
any ads in paper today?

No. Don't worry I ll be the first one to post it here! Will be out on Sunday I guess.
From: Nerd on Sun Sep 7 0:30:56 2008.

No ads in today's papers. Don't think there will be an ad tomorrow (on a Monday)
From: Thalafanz on Sun Sep 7 0:36:35 2008.

Just can't imagine the expectations/hype for this movie...
From: Nerd on Sun Sep 7 9:49:32 2008.

Endhiran posters
http://www.onlyrajini.com/?p=1250
-Its எந்திரன் the ROBOT
-The cast/crew looks stunning
-The enthiran Font/Design is pretty good
-I don't like the image, sangaru nee rajiniya vechi kaamedy keemedy pannaliyE
-the BOSS first still was stunning, this one far from it.
-Only consolation is the BOSS first poster get-up was not in the movie!

What do y'all think
From: littlemaster1982 on Sun Sep 7 10:10:30 2008.

Errrr... the still looks bad. Looks like some wannabe designed it

From: cm123 on Sun Sep 7 10:13:53 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Endhiran posters
http://www.onlyrajini.com/?p=1250
-Its எந்திரன் the ROBOT
-The cast/crew looks stunning
-The enthiran Font/Design is pretty good
-I don't like the image, sangaru nee rajiniya vechi kaamedy keemedy pannaliyE Embarassed

-the BOSS first still was stunning, this one far from it.
-Only consolation was the BOSS first poster get-up was not in the movie!

What do y'all think Very Happy

Nerd ,koja nerathula munthittinga.. just missed to post this one..

innaikku paperla ad varalannathume intha mathiri nadakumnu ethirparthen athe mathiriye nadanthuvitathu... good really good statergy to counter the meadia..

though the still is not impressive for a rajini fan,It will create lot of interest among common movie goers

From: Thalafanz on Sun Sep 7 10:22:33 2008.

Nerd wrote:

-the BOSS first still was stunning, this one far from it.
-Only consolation is the BOSS first poster get-up was not in the movie!

What do y'all think Very Happy

Just curious. Is that the official poster or fan-made???

From: Mahen on Sun Sep 7 10:29:03 2008.

Nerd wrote:

-the BOSS first still was stunning, this one far from it.
-Only consolation is the BOSS first poster get-up was not in the movie!

What do y'all think Very Happy

Disappointed! But the tamil font is cool and the entire team SAVADI

From: Nerd on Sun Sep 7 10:31:50 2008.

Thalafanz wrote:

Just curious. Is that the official poster or fan-made???

This one's from the shankar camp.
From: Mahen on Sun Sep 7 10:47:58 2008.

I think Shankar doesnt want to reveal anything yet..Just released a poster for the sake of releasing it..
From: villan007 on Sun Sep 7 11:49:33 2008.

ennale still idhu
From: omega on Sun Sep 7 12:11:39 2008.

Shocking still... But I hope there is something hidden in it.
Good to know the crew............Shankar should do a better job this time around to release it on time (offcourse with a better product too).

From: VENKIRAJA on Sun Sep 7 13:30:32 2008.

Nerd wrote:

-the BOSS first still was stunning, this one far from it.
-Only consolation is the BOSS first poster get-up was not in the movie!

What do y'all think Very Happy

The still is not at all impressive,atleast to me.And those who have already read 'En Iniya Iyandhira' please clarify if anything of this sort appears in the novel?If at all,now I could see the probability of...
SS playing the role of 'Sathya',the imaginary President in the novel.Maybe the rose could be his trademark or something(like all leaders-Churchill's cigar,Chamberlain's umbrella,Kalaignar's manjaa thundu,Nehru's rose

) And this means,the climax has the suspense and it has a sequel(Ofcourse they'll make huge profits,atleast in hyping up for the sequel again)!

From: Anban on Sun Sep 7 13:31:07 2008.

Silence of the Lambs
From: Nerd on Sun Sep 7 20:21:59 2008.

Yendhiran Paper Ad
http://i38.tinypic.com/125suih.jpg
From: Thalafanz on Sun Sep 7 20:27:52 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Thalafanz wrote:

Just curious. Is that the official poster or fan-made???

This one's from the shankar camp.

Hhmmm... Innum konjam better-A design pannirukkalAmO-nu thOnuthu...

From: dinesh2002 on Sun Sep 7 21:31:28 2008.

Thalafanz wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Thalafanz wrote:

Just curious. Is that the official poster or fan-made??? Rolling Eyes

This one's from the shankar camp.

Hhmmm... Innum konjam better-A design pannirukkalAmO-nu thOnuthu... Smile

i think the concept is nice.... a robot holding a rose flower..... something that shows the robot has feelings..nice...

EndhirAN... the "AN" tittle of Shankar Films continues...

From: Thalafanz on Sun Sep 7 21:32:39 2008.

dinesh2002 wrote:

EndhirAN... the "AN" tittle of Shankar Films continues...

Yep, noted...
From: thamiz on Sun Sep 7 22:17:18 2008.

The ad looks funny

Changed the title of the thread, folks!
From: Thalafanz on Sun Sep 7 22:57:32 2008.

thamiz wrote:

The ad looks funny

Changed the title of the thread, folks!

Just a suggestion - remove the 'again in' part.
Perhaps u might want to consider replacing it with ARR...
From: thamiz on Sun Sep 7 23:07:54 2008.

How about now?
From: Thalafanz on Sun Sep 7 23:28:14 2008.

thamiz wrote:

How about now?

Sweet... Lets see if others like it or not...
From: Dilbert on Sun Sep 7 23:33:28 2008.

Ad.. umm its better to stay away from ocher.. if this is the best what they can generate !
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 0:01:22 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Ad.. umm its better to stay away from ocher.. if this is the best what they can generate !

Ocher ? I don't Shankar will settle for such cheap/worthless studios (Let STW prove me wrong)

And thamiz, another small suggestion, plis change it to Rajini. Its not Rajni.
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 0:04:32 2008.

If this is the get-up Rajini is going to appear throughout the movie, I would be thoroughly disappointed. But it will not be the case, we all know about shankar a little too well. Anniyan ads had vikram with beard, which was not part of the movie and the BOSS get-up in the initial ad was also not part of the movie
From: rookie007 on Mon Sep 8 0:07:58 2008.

lol! When the first still for The BOSS released ... I knew from the still, that it is going to be Rajini's movie ... but from Enthiran .... all I can say is that ..... this is not going to another BOSS! but something totally different ....... Some of u guys don't like the pic .. but I find it quit interesting .....
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 0:08:09 2008.

The English is ad is a little different
http://i34.tinypic.com/2rxur8p.jpg
Not sure if Rajini is trying to kiss the rose
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 0:10:19 2008.

Telugu Ad. Its Robo there
http://i34.tinypic.com/15713eo.jpg
Speed 1 Terra Hz - OK
Memory 1 Zetta Byte - Zetta is 1024 Terra bytes is it
From: directhit on Mon Sep 8 0:14:03 2008.

google says

Tera byte = 1024gb
Peta byte = 1024tb
Exa byte = 1024pb
Zetta byte = 1024eb
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 0:17:01 2008.

The first look with EXCLUSIVE details..
(Sunday, 7th September 2008)
Eanthiran – The Robot: The first look with exclusive details!!

Oh… what a fantastic, fabulous, excellent but meaningful design of Superstar Rajini’s Eanthiran – The Robot!

Hats off to Shankar for his fantastic work to show our Thalaivar in a very different tone!

One more important aspect is Rajini’s appearance in the design without his manly mustache. But insider in Shankar’s camp reveals that the director is having some novel ideas to show Rajini in a completely different look and surely it will be a revelation to Superstar Rajini’s fans.

For the first time in the history of Rajini’s films, the heroine’s name also equally appears in the publicity designs. Official sources from Shankar’s camp confirmed that our Thalaivar only suggested the director to give equal importance to the heroine Aishwarya Rai also. Since her name was discussed from Padayappa, the dream comes true only in Eanthiran – The Robot.

So Rajini asked the director to give equal importance to the former Miss Universe and numero uno of Indian female artists in his film.

According to the original story (written by Sujatha), there are two powerful characters in the film. The yet to disclosed secret is our superstar is going play both the roles, one is the human and the other one is powerful robot.

The name of the heroine in this film is Nila and there will be an important character comes to entertain the children. It is Jeano, the Machine Dog with the sense of human.

So… keep watching this space… A lot more come on our one and only superstar Rajini’s Enthiran- The Robot!
----------------------------
sooberabbu. Hope this piece of news is TRUE
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 0:17:42 2008.

directhit wrote:

google says

Tera byte = 1024gb
Peta byte = 1024tb
Exa byte = 1024pb
Zetta byte = 1024eb

Thanks. Thalaivar memory

From: directhit on Mon Sep 8 1:34:41 2008.

Nerd wrote:

The first look with EXCLUSIVE details..
(Sunday, 7th September 2008)
Eanthiran – The Robot: The first look with exclusive details!!

Oh… what a fantastic, fabulous, excellent but meaningful design of Superstar Rajini’s Eanthiran – The Robot!

Hats off to Shankar for his fantastic work to show our Thalaivar in a very different tone!

One more important aspect is Rajini’s appearance in the design without his manly mustache. But insider in Shankar’s camp reveals that the director is having some novel ideas to show Rajini in a completely different look and surely it will be a revelation to Superstar Rajini’s fans.

For the first time in the history of Rajini’s films, the heroine’s name also equally appears in the publicity designs. Official sources from Shankar’s camp confirmed that our Thalaivar only suggested the director to give equal importance to the heroine Aishwarya Rai also. Since her name was discussed from Padayappa, the dream comes true only in Eanthiran – The Robot.

So Rajini asked the director to give equal importance to the former Miss Universe and numero uno of Indian female artists in his film.

According to the original story (written by Sujatha), there are two powerful characters in the film. The yet to disclosed secret is our superstar is going play both the roles, one is the human and the other one is powerful robot.

The name of the heroine in this film is Nila and there will be an important character comes to entertain the children. It is Jeano, the Machine Dog with the sense of human.

So… keep watching this space… A lot more come on our one and only superstar Rajini’s Enthiran- The Robot!
----------------------------
sooberabbu. Hope this piece of news is TRUE Smoke Smirk

idhu padi ponaa hero peru Sibi - naan Nila nee Sibi

From: joe on Mon Sep 8 4:51:58 2008.

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies/specials/2008/09/08-first-look-on-rajini-eanthiran-the-robot.html
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 9:41:20 2008.

I think its naan sibi nee nilA in a loop. Sivaranjani played nilA and charuhaasan played the lead scientist role. Thats all I could recall on en iniya iyanthirA.

PadayappA-nu pEr vachE hit kuduthOm, sibi is much better though it sounds too young for rajini.
From: Ramakrishna on Mon Sep 8 9:44:58 2008.

I am happy that Peter Hein is not there.
BTW, who is the stunt choreographer?
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 9:50:44 2008.

Ramakrishna wrote:

I am happy that Peter Hein is not there.
BTW, who is the stunt choreographer?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuen_Woo_Ping

SFX/CGI in love story 2050 was awesome I heard. Hope robot betters it
From: directhit on Mon Sep 8 9:51:35 2008.

Nerd, i wud prefer something more stylish than sibi

From: Mahen on Mon Sep 8 10:15:08 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Ramakrishna wrote:

I am happy that Peter Hein is not there.
BTW, who is the stunt choreographer?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuen_Woo_Ping

SFX/CGI in love story 2050 was awesome I heard. Hope robot betters it Cool

Why comparing enthiran with love story 2050?

Enthiran is in a different league

From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 10:29:28 2008.

Love story was like the first of its kind. 100+ Cr budget, sci-fi, banked heavily upon its CGI. I heard it really turned out good, almost comparable with holly movies.
From: SoftSword on Mon Sep 8 10:31:16 2008.

love story did pathetic business u know... it was released along with JTYJN....

hi nerd...
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 10:34:50 2008.

Hi SS, long time
Yes LS2050 was a colossal flop. But people were raving about the CGI work - like never seen before in Indian cinema. Anyway kappi padatha pathi pEsi time waste panna vENdAm.
From: SoftSword on Mon Sep 8 10:36:42 2008.

yes nerd.... i was around but jus wanted to be a deaf frog....

and is this the only pic.... or they are gonna release any pic recently...
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 10:41:26 2008.

I don't think so. There are two more promo pictures I heard, just promos, non necessarily from the film

From: jaiganes on Mon Sep 8 11:20:34 2008.

Nerd wrote:

If this is the get-up Rajini is going to appear throughout the movie, I would be thoroughly disappointed. But it will not be the case, we all know about shankar a little too well. Anniyan ads had vikram with beard, which was not part of the movie and the BOSS get-up in the initial ad was also not part of the movie

Double Thumbs Up

On the contrary I like this one - it is a combination of Darth Vader and Bicentennial man look - and for robots to have moustache is a stupid idea - so Rajini clean shaven after Sri Raghavendra is something to look forward to.

From: thamiz on Mon Sep 8 11:47:53 2008.

Nerd: I changed the title again!
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Sep 8 11:51:15 2008.

thamiz wrote:

Nerd: I changed the title again!

It has to be "ENTHIRAN - The Robot!"
From: sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar on Mon Sep 8 12:10:45 2008.

Enthiran - ivan oru Santhiran Inthiran Thanthiran Manthiran nnu line pottu oru paattu irukkumo
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 13:57:55 2008.

http://www.ayngaran.com/newsdetails.php?newsid=54

News Date: 8th Sep, 08

The most awaited movie of this year would be none other than Shankar’s Endhiran. Massive budget breathtaking animations and technical marvels will be the specialty of this movie with our legendary superstar Rajinikanth and miss world Aishwarya Rai. Endhiran’s initial boom is on 8th September with two songs choreographed by Raju Sundaram and Composed by prodigy A.R.Rahman. These songs are programmed to shoot over fascinating locations in America. We wish them success for upcoming endeavors.

From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 14:00:11 2008.

jaiganes wrote:

Haven't seen Bicentennial Man/ Star wars. So no idea, but I am sure the story is not inspired. Shankar has his own stories to recycle.

And Rajini was without a mush in bAbA, though not clean shaven

From: rookie007 on Mon Sep 8 14:37:09 2008.

@Nerd

You have not watched Star Wars Saga .....
Watch it bro ... you will love it ..... one of the best sci fi of our time ......
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 8 15:01:33 2008.

rookie007 wrote:

@Nerd

You have not watched Star Wars Saga .....
Watch it bro ... you will love it ..... one of the best sci fi of our time ......
Sorry bro, I m sort of allergic to sci-fi and fantasy. But will def-ly watch robot multiple times
From: jaiganes on Mon Sep 8 16:38:03 2008.

buddy! as a homework get Isaac Asimov's robot series of novels and get acquainted - It is a womderful world of imagination - a rich imagincation that literally created much of the inventions and innovations that we use in our lives today.
From: thamiz on Mon Sep 8 18:23:48 2008.

nerd:

Did anybody notice singh is king BO report in UK??

It was way up and beat shivaji!
From: Thalafanz on Mon Sep 8 20:34:42 2008.

thamiz wrote:

nerd:

Did anybody notice singh is king BO report in UK??

It was way up and beat shivaji!

Not sure about that. But, it's a runaway hit. Could be becoz of Snoop Dogg in the credit song.
From: thamiz on Mon Sep 8 20:51:24 2008.

14 Singh is Kinng Ind/Aus £102,038 Studio 18 -43 3 48 £2,126

£1,181,227

-----------------------------

22 21 Sivaji Ayngaran $13,433 -49.0% 3 -5 $4,478

$777,730
From: jumbo on Mon Sep 8 22:05:35 2008.

good to see promo picture is differerent and in keeping with movie.

From: Dilbert on Mon Sep 8 22:13:14 2008.

Nerd wrote:

http://www.ayngaran.com/newsdetails.php?newsid=54

News Date: 8th Sep, 08

The most awaited movie of this year would be none other than Shankar’s Endhiran. Massive budget breathtaking animations and technical marvels will be the specialty of this movie with our legendary superstar Rajinikanth and miss world Aishwarya Rai. Endhiran’s initial boom is on 8th September with two songs choreographed by Raju Sundaram and Composed by prodigy A.R.Rahman. These songs are programmed to shoot over fascinating locations in America. We wish them success for upcoming endeavors.

PROMER PROMER PROMER PROMER MISS WORLDU ..

From: Dilbert on Mon Sep 8 22:15:59 2008.

Thalafanz wrote:

thamiz wrote:

nerd:

Did anybody notice singh is king BO report in UK??

It was way up and beat shivaji!

Not sure about that. But, it's a runaway hit. Could be becoz of Snoop Dogg in the credit song. Laughing

Just wait till my Avatar..Movie get released and come back post here.. its way way.. way above..every other movie.. specifically mention that it bear shivaji..

ammabha.. !! enna kodumai.. Thala eedu..

From: Thalafanz on Mon Sep 8 22:18:03 2008.

Sorry, enna solla varEngganu onnumE purila
From: Dilbert on Mon Sep 8 22:24:07 2008.

Thalafanz wrote:

Sorry, enna solla varEngganu onnumE purila

You were comparing.. king and shivaji.. 2 different movies 2 different language.. 2 different set of audience base...

so I said wait till the Bond movie.. gets released.. Than make a similar comparision with shivaji.. and try making it look even smaller.

OH MY GOD >> these posts was for THAMIZH... Not you bro..
From: Thalafanz on Mon Sep 8 22:29:47 2008.

Bro, I didn't compare them. Yep, looking forward to Bond & Robo as well
From: thamiz on Tue Sep 9 9:14:25 2008.

Dilbert!

I started watching UK BO after they made a big deal out of shivaji making top ten. I was shocked to see singh the king which made 6th position in UK!

Let us accept the facts!
From: Nerd on Tue Sep 9 9:16:44 2008.

I think OSO debuted in the top 5 in UK BO. South movies can not be compared with NI movies, at least till 2010 June
From: thamiz on Tue Sep 9 10:30:18 2008.

Nerd wrote:

I think OSO debuted in the top 5 in UK BO. South movies can not be compared with NI movies, at least till 2010 June

But nerd, how about their budget?

less than shivaji and dasa right?
From: selvakumar on Tue Sep 9 10:32:36 2008.

thamiz wrote:

But nerd, how about their budget?

less than shivaji and dasa right?

The gross collections of utter flop movie "Joom barabar joom" was more than sivaji at the final analysis (at UK box office). I think Nerd is referring to that w.r.t market, reach etc and why both shouldn't be compared

From: thamiz on Tue Sep 9 11:04:36 2008.

selvakumar wrote:

thamiz wrote:

But nerd, how about their budget?

less than shivaji and dasa right? Smile

The gross collections of utter flop movie "Joom barabar joom" was more than sivaji at the final analysis (at UK box office). I think Nerd is referring to that w.r.t market, reach etc and why both shouldn't be compared

I see your point, selva! May be it is just in UK and overseas as they have a big population!

From: Vivasaayi on Tue Sep 9 11:33:51 2008.

i think shankar doesnt want to create amuch hype like he did for sivaji...

this picture proves that...
From: omega on Tue Sep 9 12:46:11 2008.

Vivasaayi wrote:

i think shankar doesnt want to create amuch hype like he did for sivaji...

this picture proves that...

I don't see any difference. He did the same kind of thing for BOSS also, when the shooting started back in December 2005. A still (may be a couple) which never figured in the movie as has been pointed out.

From: Amarshiva on Tue Sep 9 13:46:22 2008.

The initial still for ROBO was great.. he could have done the same this time too with RK and Jeano..

omega wrote:

Vivasaayi wrote:

i think shankar doesnt want to create amuch hype like he did for sivaji...

this picture proves that...

I don't see any difference. He did the same kind of thing for BOSS also, when the shooting started back in December 2005. A still (may be a couple) which never figured in the movie as has been pointed out.

From: Nerd on Tue Sep 9 14:21:57 2008.

Robo: First look
http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=36316
From: thamiz on Tue Sep 9 15:11:46 2008.

Vivasaayi wrote:

i think shankar doesnt want to create amuch hype like he did for sivaji...

this picture proves that...

He did not create hype for shivaji either. It gets created by itself!

From: Dilbert on Tue Sep 9 23:12:42 2008.

thamiz wrote:

Vivasaayi wrote:

i think shankar doesnt want to create amuch hype like he did for sivaji...

this picture proves that...

He did not create hype for shivaji either. It gets created by itself! Very Happy

This movie will not be received by mass thatz far sure !

Sci-fi .. movie.. creating hype.. living up to expectations... umm huge task...

Sangar.. may god help you . !!

From: cm123 on Tue Sep 9 23:31:35 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

thamiz wrote:

Vivasaayi wrote:

i think shankar doesnt want to create amuch hype like he did for sivaji...

this picture proves that...

He did not create hype for shivaji either. It gets created by itself! Very Happy

This movie will not be received by mass thatz far sure !
Sci-fi .. movie.. creating hype.. living up to expectations... umm huge task...

Sangar.. may god help you . !!

Dilbert ...may god help you

From: cm123 on Tue Sep 9 23:57:35 2008.

Vivasaayi wrote:

i think shankar doesnt want to create amuch hype like he did for sivaji...

this picture proves that...

Sivajikku shankar eppadi hype create panninarnu konjam vilakuringala..

From: thamiz on Wed Sep 10 16:51:02 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

thamiz wrote:

Vivasaayi wrote:

i think shankar doesnt want to create amuch hype like he did for sivaji...

this picture proves that...

He did not create hype for shivaji either. It gets created by itself! Very Happy

This movie will not be received by mass thatz far sure !

Sci-fi .. movie.. creating hype.. living up to expectations... umm huge task...

Sangar.. may god help you . !!

I dont understand what you are talking about?

Which movie will not be reached mass?

I am lost.

From: dinesh2002 on Wed Sep 10 20:30:44 2008.

thamiz wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

thamiz wrote:

Vivasaayi wrote:

i think shankar doesnt want to create amuch hype like he did for sivaji...

this picture proves that...

He did not create hype for shivaji either. It gets created by itself! Very Happy

This movie will not be received by mass thatz far sure !

Sci-fi .. movie.. creating hype.. living up to expectations... umm huge task...

Sangar.. may god help you . !!

I dont understand what you are talking about?

Which movie will not be reached mass?

I am lost.

he meant Shankar's Endhiran wouldnt reach the masses...

From: thamiz on Wed Sep 10 20:56:05 2008.

dinesh:

It is too early to say anything!
From: Nerd on Wed Sep 10 21:31:53 2008.

sangar is the most popular thamizh director in Tamil Nadu. He has reached all corners and all classes of people. Its funny that people still think he can not connect with the masses. His attempts at graphics/SFX/Gimmicks were received well. Movies so far
1. Gentleman - BB
2. kAdhalan - superhit
3. Indian - BB
4. Jeans - Hit (Superhit??)
5. Mudhalvan - superhit (BB?)
6. Boys - Flop
7. Anniyan - BB (superhit?)
8. Sivaji - BB

So, nothing to worry I say

From: Dilbert on Thu Sep 11 0:24:40 2008.

Nerd wrote:

sangar is the most popular thamizh director in Tamil Nadu. He has reached all corners and all classes of people. Its funny that people still think he can not connect with the masses. His attempts at graphics/SFX/Gimmicks were received well. Movies so far
1. Gentleman - BB
2. kAdhalan - superhit
3. Indian - BB
4. Jeans - Hit (Superhit??)
5. Mudhalvan - superhit (BB?)
6. Boys - Flop
7. Anniyan - BB (superhit?)
8. Sivaji - BB

So, nothing to worry I say Smile

all I said done none of above is a Sci-fi movie !! Nammba Thalivarkku.. Thithuk roshan madree. bodykuda illa..!!

Guys lets be lil rational.. !! More than anyone even I want this movie to be HIT... but we can't ignore facts..!

From: rookie007 on Thu Sep 11 0:26:34 2008.

Quote:

I think Jeans was BB and Boys was Hit/Super Hit

the only movie that actaully did not do well is Nayak- remake of Mudhalvan in Hindi

From: directhit on Thu Sep 11 0:42:53 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

all I said done none of above is a Sci-fi movie !! Nammba Thalivarkku.. Thithuk roshan madree. bodykuda illa..!! Shaking With Fear

Guys lets be lil rational.. !! More than anyone even I want this movie to be HIT... but we can't ignore facts..!

and whts the fact here

From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Sep 11 0:44:45 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Nerd wrote:

all I said done none of above is a Sci-fi movie !! Nammba Thalivarkku.. Thithuk roshan madree. bodykuda illa..!! Shaking With Fear

Guys lets be lil rational.. !! More than anyone even I want this movie to be HIT... but we can't ignore facts..!

Science fiction-na Terminator-a dhan irukkanuma

From: sarna_blr on Thu Sep 11 0:47:21 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

all I said done none of above is a Sci-fi movie !! Nammba Thalivarkku.. Thithuk roshan madree. bodykuda illa..!! Shaking With Fear

Guys lets be lil rational.. !! More than anyone even I want this movie to be HIT... but we can't ignore facts..!

Batsha'la SS enna kithuk roshan body'yaa vachchirundhaaru

ThalaivarOda action'a paaththu thamizhnaadE adhiralayaa

illa mottaboss'la dhaan pithik rOshan body'yaa

chummaa adhurala

RajiniyOda style'ku munnaala endha mithik roshan'Oda body'yum vEgaadhu.... pappum vEgaadhu

From: sarna_blr on Thu Sep 11 0:48:11 2008.

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Science fiction-na Terminator-a dhan irukkanuma

adhaana
From: Dilbert on Thu Sep 11 1:02:33 2008.

sarna_blr wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Science fiction-na Terminator-a dhan irukkanuma

adhaana

I have seen movies like Bicentennial Man (robin williams movies not sure its the rite name) / Simone(Al pacino) bombing in box office.

and movies like Matrix and terminator working the magic ..

Sci-fi is a very risky teritorry.. I am lil skeptical thatz all.. it doesn't mean I am wiriting off.. !!

From: littlemaster1982 on Thu Sep 11 1:11:55 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

sarna_blr wrote:

littlemaster1982 wrote:

Science fiction-na Terminator-a dhan irukkanuma Huh?!

adhaana

I have seen movies like Bicentennial Man (robin williams movies not sure its the rite name) / Simone(Al pacino) bombing in box office.

and movies like Matrix and terminator working the magic ..

Sci-fi is a very risky teritorry.. I am lil skeptical thatz all.. it doesn't mean I am wiriting off.. !!

I agree with this. Aana Hrithik Roshan comparison-dhan idikkudhu

From: hamid on Thu Sep 11 5:06:12 2008.

sarna_blr wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

all I said done none of above is a Sci-fi movie !! Nammba Thalivarkku.. Thithuk roshan madree. bodykuda illa..!! Shaking With Fear

Guys lets be lil rational.. !! More than anyone even I want this movie to be HIT... but we can't ignore facts..!

Batsha'la SS enna kithuk roshan body'yaa vachchirundhaaru Twisted Evil

ThalaivarOda action'a paaththu thamizhnaadE adhiralayaa Smoke Smirk

illa mottaboss'la dhaan pithik rOshan body'yaa Rolling Eyes

chummaa adhurala Smoke Smile

RajiniyOda style'ku munnaala endha mithik roshan'Oda body'yum vEgaadhu.... pappum vEgaadhu Cool

From: Raghu on Thu Sep 11 5:16:24 2008.

I agree SS is thin in structure

but H.Roshan has a good body ???

Only Salman rulz in these matters
From: Raghu on Thu Sep 11 5:17:26 2008.

like Sarna said, SS will steal the show with his style and acting there is no need for skin shows, SS is pure TALENT
From: Nerd on Thu Sep 11 9:15:53 2008.

Sci-fi risky-nA akkson/thirillar/masala ellAm non-risky, is it? Btw, it will be a sci-fi masala, thalaivar dual roles, don't remember the last occasion rajini gave two consecutive flops (though kusElan is not his movie, entirely)

From: Dilbert on Thu Sep 11 23:11:08 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Sci-fi risky-nA akkson/thirillar/masala ellAm non-risky, is it? Btw, it will be a sci-fi masala, thalaivar dual roles, don't remember the last occasion rajini gave two consecutive flops (though kusElan is not his movie, entirely) Razz

akkson/thirillar/masala ellAm non-risky, Than !!

Thaliavar court pocketla kai vechale.. all the above will be covered.. !!

But sci-fi.. !!

From: Vivasaayi on Thu Sep 11 23:22:12 2008.

why doubt abt the genre

all rajni films belong to one genre - masala

scio fiction - chumma pop corn maadhiri .
From: Nerd on Fri Sep 12 0:07:23 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

akkson/thirillar/masala ellAm non-risky, Than !!

Thaliavar court pocketla kai vechale.. all the above will be covered.. !!

But sci-fi.. !!

Dilb, bro you were very very pessimistic even at the BOSS times, even after watching the first teaser trailer. Give this a break now. We will definitely get to see leaked images/song clippings

From: Dilbert on Fri Sep 12 10:19:11 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

akkson/thirillar/masala ellAm non-risky, Than !!

Thaliavar court pocketla kai vechale.. all the above will be covered.. !!

But sci-fi.. !! Laughing

Dilb, bro you were very very pessimistic even at the BOSS times, even after watching the first teaser trailer. Give this a break now. We will definitely get to see leaked images/song clippings Razz

First teaser was pathetic.. ! I clearly remeber it was you or bay I guess who posted couple of other versions.. which were atleast were better than the first one.

BOSS & ROBO thaliavar accepted at too different point..

1) BOSS he accepted when he really wanted to push his reach & he was on top . btw which he did in a grand way..! And more important he opted for it.

2) ROBO -> it was producers who made it happen. It was not like Thalivar saw the script and said this is what I want do kind of a thing..

Whatz the commerical elements that producers have added to get thaliavar's Nod

1) Ocher Studios
2) Different demography for marketing (we all will know as we move along) More Money
3) Ashiwarya Rai.. garu - > Thalivar's long time dream comes true. (Now pl don't give me same old crap as there is no better looking female, than her in Indian cinema, for heaven sake this a sci-fi movie with acition) Lara dutta or celeina jetley would have been my choice.
4) Shankar a successful director. I strongly believed that Boss was his once in life time opportunity. by accepting ROBO . Thaliavar made it sound different. (Any director who gives me a hit I will stick to him)

Dude more than anyone I want this movie to be a hit. umm lets hope for the best.

Song leak.. umm Ash dancing like sherya.. give me 4 touch tire..

and there will be a sangam registration underway @ hub..

From: selvakumar on Fri Sep 12 10:36:29 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

umm Ash dancing like sherya.. give me 4 touch tire.. and there will be a sangam registration underway @ hub..

Dilbert, enna Ash mela ivvalavu kobam ? !

From: Nerd on Fri Sep 12 10:42:39 2008.

selvakumar wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

umm Ash dancing like sherya.. give me 4 touch tire.. Laughing

and there will be a sangam registration underway @ hub..

Dilbert, enna Ash mela ivvalavu kobam ? !

Actually I din't get this. What sangam??

From: Dilbert on Fri Sep 12 10:47:40 2008.

Nerd wrote:

selvakumar wrote:

Dilbert wrote:

umm Ash dancing like sherya.. give me 4 touch tire.. Laughing

and there will be a sangam registration underway @ hub..

Dilbert, enna Ash mela ivvalavu kobam ? !

Actually I din't get this. What sangam??

Nerd bro some great souls in hub have committee for sherya garu itseems.. thatz what I meant lol

From: selvakumar on Fri Sep 12 10:51:58 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Actually I din't get this. What sangam??

Mazhai, E20U18 padam appo ellam uruvaagaatha Sangam, Shreyavukku Sivaji appo *kubeernnu* (venniraadai moorthy style la sonna) uruvaachaey.. atha solluraar dilbert

From: Nerd on Fri Sep 12 10:54:42 2008.

selvakumar wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Actually I din't get this. What sangam??

Mazhai, E20U18 padam appo ellam uruvaagaatha Sangam, Shreyavukku Sivaji appo *kubeernnu* (venniraadai moorthy style la sonna) uruvaachaey.. atha solluraar dilbert Wink

sangam only for 16 year old beauties, not for 36 year old pAttis. Rejetted.

From: Dilbert on Fri Sep 12 11:49:34 2008.

Nerd wrote:

selvakumar wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Actually I din't get this. What sangam??

Mazhai, E20U18 padam appo ellam uruvaagaatha Sangam, Shreyavukku Sivaji appo *kubeernnu* (venniraadai moorthy style la sonna) uruvaachaey.. atha solluraar dilbert Wink

sangam only for 16 year old beauties, not for 36 year old pAttis. Rejetted.

Bro 36 yrs you consider patti age..

From: cm123 on Sat Sep 13 3:19:24 2008.

Dilbert wrote:

Nerd wrote:

selvakumar wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Actually I din't get this. What sangam??

Mazhai, E20U18 padam appo ellam uruvaagaatha Sangam, Shreyavukku Sivaji appo *kubeernnu* (venniraadai moorthy style la sonna) uruvaachaey.. atha solluraar dilbert Wink

sangam only for 16 year old beauties, not for 36 year old pAttis. Rejetted.

Bro 36 yrs you consider patti age.. Shaking With Fear

Intha dilbova ethavathu problema..

From: Nerd on Sat Sep 13 4:20:47 2008.

cm123, avara nambALu dhAn. He will be on song once the trailer (full version) releases !!

Been reading en iniya iyanthirA. Matter scenes ellAm irukku, DD-la cut pannittAnga
From: omega on Sat Sep 13 7:45:26 2008.

I think like most of his prior movies (Gentleman, Indian, Mudhalvan & Anniyan) Endhiran will also be dealing with social reformation/revolution etc etc. Scifi will be only for, setting it up differently (Jiginah works).

I feel this time around unlike BOSS, it would be a 100% Shankar film.
Paarppom, ennathaan edukkraarnu...
From: omega on Sat Sep 13 7:55:27 2008.

From Kumudham..........
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ரஜினி-ஷங்கர் வெற்றி கூட்டணியின் சீசன்-2 தொடங்கி விட்டது. இங்கல்ல, படுஅமர்க்களமாக அமெரிக்காவில்.

ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மானின் அதிரடியான இரண்டு பாடல்களுக்கு அமெரிக்காவில் ரஜினியும் ஐஸ்வர்யாவும் ஆட ஆரம்பித்துவிட்டார்கள்! `ஒரு கூடை சன்லைட்' பாடல்போல் இந்த இரண்டு பாடல்களுமே புது பாணியில் இருக்கிறது என்கிறது ரஹ்மான் வட்டாரங்கள். இந்தப் படத்தைப் பொறுத்தவரையில் அமெரிக்காவில்தான் அத்தனை ரகசியங்களும் இருக்கிறது.

உலகப் புகழ்பெற்ற காஸ்ட்யூம் டிஸைனரான மேரி-இ வோட், ஸ்டண்ட் மாஸ்டர் யென் வூ பிங்க் மற்றும் ஸ்பெஷல் எஃபெக்ட்ஸில் மாயாஜாலம் காட்டும் ஸ்டேன்வின்ஸ்டன் என ஹாலிவுட் ஜாம்பவான்களுடன் கை கோர்த்திருக்கிறார் ஷங்கர்.

ரொம்ப சிம்பிளான கதைதான். விஞ்ஞானியான ரஜினி தனது தீவிரமான சோதனைகள் மூலம் ஒரு ரோபோவை உருவாக்குகிறார். ஒரு மனிதனைப் போலவே இந்த ரோபோ எல்லா விஷயங்களிலும் பட்டையைக் கிளப்புகிறது. ஒரு கட்டத்தில் ரோபோ தனது நல்ல கேரக்டரிலிருந்து மாறி வில்லன் போல அட்டகாசம் செய்ய ஆரம்பிக்கிறது. இதை உருவாக்கிய விஞ்ஞானி ரஜினி, எப்படிச் சமாளித்து வெற்றி பெற்று மக்களைக் காப்பாற்றுகிறார் என்பதே கதை. இதில் விஞ்ஞானியும் ரஜினிதான். ரோபோவும் ரஜினிதான். கதை சில வருடங்களுக்கு முன்பே முடிவாகிவிட்டாலும், தற்போது ரஜினியின் இமேஜ் மற்றும் சூழ்நிலைகளுக்கேற்ப திரைக்கதையிலும், வசனங்களிலும் சில மாற்றங்களைக் கொண்டு வந்திருக்கிறார் ஷங்கர்.

ரஜினியின் ரோபோ கேரக்டரைப் பொறுத்தவரை பிரபல ஹாலிவுட் நடிகர் ராபின் வில்லியம்ஸ் நடித்த `பை சென்ட்டெனியல் மேன்' படத்தில் வரும் ரோபோ கேரக்டரைப் போலவே உருவக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. ஸ்டீவன் ஸ்பீல்பெர்க் இயக்கிய `ஆர்ட்டிஃபிஷியல் இன்டலிஜென்ஸ்' என்ற படமும் ஷங்கருக்கு இன்ஸ்பிரேஷன்.

`ஆர்ட்டிஃபிஷியல் இன்டலிஜென்ஸ்' படத்தில் விஷுவல் எஃபெக்ட்ஸில் தூள்கிளப்பியது அமெரிக்காவைச் சேர்ந்த ஸ்டேன் வின்ஸ்டன் ஸ்டூடியோ. தற்போது இதே நிறுவனம்தான் எந்திரன் ரஜினியின் பரபர ஆக்ஷன் காட்சிகளை ஸ்பெஷல் எஃபெக்ட்ஸில் மிரட்ட இருக்கிறது.

உலகப் புகழ் பெற்ற ஸ்டண்ட் மாஸ்டர் யென் வூ பிங்க்கின் கால்ஷீட்டை மொத்தமாக வாங்கி வைத்திருக்கிறார்கள். இன்று உலகளவில் நம்பர் ஒன் மார்ஷியல் ஆர்ட்ஸ் ஸ்டண்ட் கோரியோகிராஃபர் இவர்தான். ஜாக்கிசானுக்கே வழி காட்டியவர்.

ரஜினிக்கு ஸ்பெஷல் பயிற்சியும் அளிக்கத் தயாராகிவிட்டார் யென். அமெரிக்காவில் நடைபெறப்போகும் இந்தப் பயிற்சிகள் ரஜினியின் உடல் வலிமையை மட்டுமல்ல மனவலிமையையும் கூட்டுமாம்.

ரோபோ ரஜினியின் காஸ்ட்யூமை வடிவமைக்கப் போவது மற்றொரு ஹாலிவுட் காஸ்ட்யூம் டிஸைனர் மேரி.இ.வோட். இவர்தான் `மென் இன் பிளாக்', `பேட்மேன் ரிட்டர்ன்ஸ்' போன்ற படங்களில் உலகின் கவனத்தைக் கவர்ந்தவர்.

விஞ்ஞானி ரஜினியின் ஸ்டைலான லுக்கிற்கு கியாரண்டி கொடுப்பவர் பாலிவுட்டின் காஸ்ட்யூம் டிஸைனர் மணீஷ் மல்ஹோத்ரா. `சிவாஜி'யில் ரஜினிக்கு காஸ்ட்யூம் டிஸைன் செய்தது இவர்தான். ``இந்த வருடம் வெல்வெட் டைப் காஸ்ட்யூம்களுக்கு வரவேற்பு இருக்கும். அதே போல ஸ்லிம் ஃபிட் உடைகள்தான் இப்ப ட்ரெண்ட்'' என்கிறார் மணீஷ். ஐஸ்வர்யாராயின் உடைகளையும் வடிவமைத்துவிட்டார்களாம். அந்த உடை டிசைன்களை பார்த்த ஐஸ் `வாவ்' என்று சொன்னதாக பாலிவுட் வட்டாரங்கள் சொல்லுகின்றன.

மொத்தத்தில் ரஜினி -ஷங்கர் கூட்டணி மீடியாவின் கவனத்தை மீண்டும் தங்கள் மீது கூர்ந்து கவனிக்க வைத்திருக்கிறது. அதனால் இனி கவர் ஸ்டோரிகளுக்கும், குட்டிச் செய்திகளுக்கும் பஞ்ச மிருக்காது..

-ஆதித்யா இராமநாதன்
From: omega on Sat Sep 13 8:00:21 2008.

From Vikatan............

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ஹீரோ-வில்லன் இரண்டுமே ரஜினி!
'எந்திரன்' கதை இதுதான்!

கமலுக்காக எப்பவோ சுஜாதா எழுதிய கதை.இப்போது ரஜினியுடன் ஷங்கருக்கு ராசியான எட்டாம் தேதி முதல் இயங்கத்தொடங்கிவிட்டான்'எந்திரன்.' இனி, இன்னும் இரண்டு வருடங்களுக்குஎகிறிக்கொண்டே இருக்கும் ரஜினி டெம்போ.

ரஜினி -ஷங்கர் இருவருக்குமே எந்திரன், 'ட்ரீம் புராஜெக்ட்.' படத்தின் திரைக்கதை - வசனங்களை பக்காவாக எழுதிவிட்டார் சுஜாதா. இப்போது அந்தக்கதையில் சின்னச் சின்ன டெக்னிக்கல் அப்டேட்களுக்காக மட்டுமே 250 பேர் பம்பரமாகச் சுற்றிச்சுழல்கிறார்களாம். 'சுஜாதா சார் ஒருவருக்குப் பதிலா 250 பேர் தேவைப்படுறாங்க பாருங்க... சுஜாதா சார் வாஸ் ரியல்லிகிரேட்!' என ஆதங்கப்பட்டு இருக்கிறார் ஷங்கர்.

2010 கோடை விடுமுறைக்கு ரிலீஸ் என்பது குறைந்தபட்சச் செயல்திட்டம். ஆனால், ரிலீஸ் தேதிக்கு நெருக்கடி கொடுக்கக் கூடாது என்பது ஷங்கரின் ஒரே மெகா கண்டிஷன்.

ரஜினி, ஐஸ்வர்யா கால்ஷீட் மட்டுமே இப்போது கையில். மற்ற கேரக்டர்களுக்கு யார், யார் என்பது இன்னமும் நிச்சயமில்லை.

ஹீரோவும் வில்லனும் ரஜினிதான் என்பது மட்டும் கன்ஃபர்ம்!

ஆம், எந்திரனில் ரஜினிக்கு இரண்டு வேடங்கள். 200 வருடங்களுக்குப் பிந்தைய அல்ட்ரா உலகில் ரஜினி ஒரு விஞ்ஞானி. அவரது காதலி ஐஸ்வர்யா. மனிதர்களுக்கு நிகரான சிந்தனைத் திறனுடன் இயங்கும் ரோபோக்களைத் தயாரிக்கும் புராஜெக்ட் ரஜினியிடம். தனக்கான நல்லது, கெட்டதுகளை ஆராய்ந்து செயல்படும் பகுத்தறிவுடன் உலகுக்கு உதவும் ரோபோக்களைத் தயாரிப்பதுதான் ரஜினியின் ஐடியா. நினைத்தது போலவே ஒரு ரோபோவையும் உருவாக்குகிறார்.ரஜினி உருவாக்கிய ரோபோவும் ஒரு ரஜினிதான்!

தன் கண்டுபிடிப்பை ரஜினி உலகுக்கு அறிமுகப்படுத்தும் முன், அதில் டெக்னிக்கல் சிக்கலை உண்டாக்குகிறார்கள் அவரது வளர்ச்சியில் பொறாமை கொண்டவர்கள். டிராக் மாறுகிறது ரோபோ ரஜினி.

அபார ஐக்யூவும் அசுர பலமுமாக நினைத்தசெயல்களை எந்தத் தடங்கலும் இல்லாமல் செய்கிறது ரோபோ ரஜினி. தனது கட்டளைகளை அடித்துக் கடாசி கலீஜ் செய்யும் ரோபோர ஜினியைக் கட்டுப்படுத்த வழிதெரியாமல் திகைக்கிறார் ரஜினி. எந்திரனாக இருந்தாலும் அந்த ரோபோ ரஜினிக்கும்ளும் இருக்கிறது ஈர இதயம். ஐஸ்வர்யா மீது ரோபோ ரஜினிக்கும் பூக்கிறது காதல்.

மற்றவர்களை அடித்துத் துவம்சம் செய்யும் ரோபோ ரஜினி, ஐஸ்வர்யாவிடம் மட்டும் அத்தனை சாஃப்ட்டாக நடந்துகொள்கிறது. அந்த சாஃப்ட் கார்னரை வைத்தே ரோபோ ரஜினியை கார்னர் செய்ய முடிவெடுக்கிறார் விஞ்ஞானி. அதிரடி அடிதடி ஆக் ஷன் காட்சிகளுக்குப்
பிறகு சுப கிளைமாக்ஸ் என்கிறார்கள்!

ஹாலிவுட் படங்கள் சொல்லாத ரோபோ கதைகள் என்று எதுவுமே இல்லை. ஆனால், எந்திரனில் டெக்னாலஜி அத்தனை உச்சத்தில் இருந்தாலும் காதலுக்கு இருக்கும் ஸ்பெஷல் ஃபீலிங்க்ஸை ரஜினி ஸ்டைலில் சொல்வதுதான் ஹைலைட்.

படத்தில் ரஜினிக்குச் சமமாக ஐஸ்வர்யா ராய்க்கும் வேலை இருக்கும் என்பதால், 200 நாட்கள் கால்ஷீட் வாங்கியிருக்கிறார் ஷங்கர். அதுவும் ஐந்து தவணைகளில்!

படத்தில் ரஜினி வில்லன் என்றாலும், படத்துக்கு நிஜ வில்லனாக ஷாரூக் கான் மல்லுக்கு நிற்கக் கூடாது என்று சின்னக் கவலையுடன் இருக்கிறது ஷங்கர் வட்டாரம். ஷங்கரின் 'முதல்வன்' இந்தி ரீ-மேக்கான 'நாயக்'கில் முதலில் ஷாரூக்தான் நடிப்பதாக இருந்தது.அது சாத்தியப்படாததால் 'ரோபோ'வில் ஷங்கருடன் இணைய ஆவலாக இருந்தார் ஷாரூக். ஆனால், சொல்லமுடியாத காரணங்களால் அதுவும் சாத்தியப்படவில்லை.

இப்போது எந்திரன் நிச்சயம் இந்தியில் டப் செய்யப்படும். அப்போது தன்னிடம் சொன்ன கதையின் தலைப்பான 'ரோபோ'வைப் பயன்படுத்த முடியாதபடி தனக்காகப் பதிந்து வைத்துக்கொண்டார் ஷாரூக். ரோபாட், மை ஹீரோ ரோபாட், மெய்ன் ஹூன் ரோபாட் என 9 ரோபாட் தலைப்புகளைப் பதிந்துவைத்திருக்கிறார் ஷாரூக். எந்திரன் ரிலீஸ் ஆவதற்குள் சட்டுபுட்டென்று ஒரு ஜாலி ரோபோ படத்தில் ஷாரூக் நடித்து டெம்போவைக்காலி செய்துவிடக் கூடாது என்பதும் ஷங்கரின் எதிர்பார்ப்பு!

அலட்டிக்கொள்ளாமல் 5 கிலோ எடை கூடித்தயாராகிவிட்டார் ரஜினி. எந்திரனுக்காக ஷங்கர் 25புதிய உதவி இயக்குநர்களை நியமித்துள்ளார். அதில் 'மோஸ்ட் வான்டட்' நபர் சௌந்தர்யா ரஜினிகாந்த்!
From: hamid on Sat Sep 13 8:38:36 2008.

Ethiranu veli varathukulla innum ethanai ethanai karpanaikkathaikaL vara pookuthoo
From: Hulkster on Sat Sep 13 10:04:04 2008.

Though none will know the story...the hero-villain thing is quite close though...how it is going to come is anybody's guess. I guess that is why he wanted kamal as kamal could pull off a villainic robot role easily. But SRK was abit confusing..i guess he wanted the movie to sell in bollywood. Now that thalaivar has a griphold of the market and he is the second best actor after kamal of his generation he should be gunning for this villainic robot role.
From: cm123 on Sat Sep 13 11:43:09 2008.

Nerd wrote:

cm123, avara nambALu dhAn. He will be on song once the trailer (full version) releases !!

Been reading en iniya iyanthirA. Matter scenes ellAm irukku, DD-la cut pannittAnga

nanum DD la parthiruken ..

Its a perfect story for rajini.. but it has lot of politics .. how they r going to take it is a big

I want it be a serious film on politics.. but defenitely they will take it as a high tech masala
From: VENKIRAJA on Sat Sep 13 12:32:54 2008.

I saw a poster for a telugu movie,called ullasanga uthsaahanga...its also very similar!Atleast SOL had a butterfly/moth.This movie poster has a flower only,and its way better also.

http://telugumovies-chowdary.blogspot.com/2008/06/wallpapers-of-ullasanga-uthsahanga.html
From: Dilbert on Sat Sep 13 23:33:15 2008.

Guys nice to see so many of you getting in to EFX mode.. nice.. good stuff. !!

From: Nerd on Sun Sep 14 2:15:48 2008.

omega wrote:

I think like most of his prior movies (Gentleman, Indian, Mudhalvan & Anniyan) Endhiran will also be dealing with social reformation/revolution etc etc. Scifi will be only for, setting it up differently (Jiginah works).

I feel this time around unlike BOSS, it would be a 100% Shankar film.
Paarppom, ennathaan edukkraarnu...

Not another reform movie, plis

Shankar's direction was at its best in B.O.Y.S. Would love to see him repeat that.

cm123 wrote:

nanum DD la parthiruken ..

Its a perfect story for rajini.. but it has lot of politics .. how they r going to take it is a big

You want him to play Ravi in that movie?? Sounds good but none of the robots was the main character in en iniya iyanthirA. The story should be new, but EII and meeNdum JeenO has given me an idea of what to expect. Should be one hell of a ride, given the fact that its shankar's dream project. I hope the movie surpasses its expectations. Could well be Rajini's last film.

From: VENKIRAJA on Sun Sep 14 5:02:59 2008.

[quote="Nerd"]

omega wrote:

cm123 wrote:

nanum DD la parthiruken ..

Its a perfect story for rajini.. but it has lot of politics .. how they r going to take it is a big

Am keen on this movie,because it is a dream venture with my idol's contribution.And is there any online streamable content of En Iniya Iyandhira?Nerd-How did you find sujatha's version?

From: dinesh2002 on Sun Sep 14 8:26:01 2008.

Robot' Rajini chases Aishwarya
- 13.09.2008

The minute a Rajini film pooja takes place, all sorts of story lines make their way into the press. Now that shooting for 'Endhiran' has started, one hears many a tale.

In 'Endhiran,' Rajini has a dual role. The story starts from the year 2020. Rajini is a famous scientist. His love interest is Aishwarya Rai. Rajini is given the responsibility of making robots that do men's work. With good intentions, Rajini evolves a robot. (It seems the robot is also played by Rajini)

To spoil Rajini's fame for having constructed the robot, the villain's men abduct it. When Rajini tries to retrieve it, he gets into another tangle.

Aishwarya Rai

The robot Rajini also starts to fall in love with Aishwarya Rai. Besotted by her, the robot Rajini starts to chase Aish. Using this to his advantage, the scientist Rajini, who induced the love craze of the robot, manages to bring the robot back under his control.

He sets right all the wrong changes made to the robot and emerges victorious. In brief, Rajini plays the hero and villain.

Hopefully Abhishek Bachchan will not object to 'Robot'!

http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/13092008-4.shtml
From: Hulkster on Sun Sep 14 8:35:08 2008.

I have a feeling after this film rajini will pursue character roles. But that seems impossible as his fanfare wunt allow such a immediate drop down to minmal roles.
From: dinesh2002 on Mon Sep 15 8:34:45 2008.

Enthiren first song completed
By Moviebuzz | Monday, 15 September , 2008, 12:04

As reported by sify.com the shoot of Enthiren- The Robot, took place in Peru and Brazil.

Shankar had issued a press release prior to leaving Chennai saying he is shooting the film in USA, and conveniently forgot to mention the Peru and Brazil part of their itenary!

In fact, as per our sources the shoot of the first song in Peru and Brazil is over. The song had Rajini's graceful movements, as he danced with Aishwarya and the buzz is that he even did a Spanish salsa dance movement under choreographer Raju Sundaram.

After shooting the first song, Shankar is likely to fly to Hawai to shoot the second song for the film.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14758177

From: Nerd on Mon Sep 15 9:32:16 2008.

VENKIRAJA wrote:

Am keen on this movie,because it is a dream venture with my idol's contribution.And is there any online streamable content of En Iniya Iyandhira?Nerd-How did you find sujatha's version?

I have the PDF. I don't think there is an online copy of the tele-serial.

The novel of course was way beyond its times. Hueristical search, learning software, big screen LCD TVs etc. The novel was written in 1986 btw

From: VENKIRAJA on Mon Sep 15 9:59:05 2008.

Nerd wrote:

VENKIRAJA wrote:

Am keen on this movie,because it is a dream venture with my idol's contribution.And is there any online streamable content of En Iniya Iyandhira?Nerd-How did you find sujatha's version?

I read the book,and the last thing I noticed was its first publication.The best thing is the optical illusion.I believe its gonna be the theme in the movie also.And if you notice,everyone are given two-letter names in the novel-ni-lA,jI-nO,ra-vi,etc.And now,yeah exactly Rajni is holding a rO-jA!And you all know who she is.

From: dinesh2002 on Mon Sep 15 10:44:10 2008.

Man vs Machine – The 'Endhiran' saga
IndiaGlitz [Monday, September 15, 2008]

'Sujatha' Rangarajan, a magnificent writer in the Tamil language showed his fascination for modernity with many of his works. The element of human life that is changing ever so rapidly thanks to technological advancements has been a subject of intense fascination for him.

The late writer had written a script with the core of having an antagonist in the form of a Robot. He had even thought of having Kamal Haasan play the role. But then the script has been lying around for a long time with no takers as the film would involve a whopping amount if it has to see the light of day with the right effect.

Along came a film director Shankar who had always made it a point to insist on Sujatha's talent in his films. After the huge success of 'Sivaji', Shankar was looked upon as a man who could churn out lavish films nationally. Sujatha Rangarajan's 'Robot' became a viable option when Sharukh Khan made public his desire to work with Shankar. The name 'Robot' was copyrighted by Shahrukh's production house Red Chilles. But then things fell apart as Shahrukh was not convinced totally with the project.

Rajinikanth-Shankar combo had worded wonders at the box office and people were thirsting to see the two come together for another project and so the superstar was roped in for 'Robot'. Then came Aishwarya Rai into the picture. Shooting has begun for this film that went through a name change to 'Endhiran'.

The ‘supposed’ story of ‘Endhiran’ has already surfaced and the following is probably what the film is all about.

The film is about a scientist, played by Rajini who lives about 200 years in the future. He is passionate about making robots that have the ability to rationalize things. Designed to help humanity the robots are themselves like humans with many emotions. One such robot (played by Rajini again) is tampered upon by people of evil intent. And so this robot lives a life of its own putting humanity at risk.

To boot to the mayhem this robot even falls in love with the scientist's girlfriend (played by Aishwarya Rai).

The film is expected to be released in the summer of 2010. The story does sound interesting, but then we'll have to wait and see if the balance between modernity and traditional human emotions exists.

Technical details are being worked out right now. Since the story was written by Sujatha a long time ago, the filmmakers have decided to add in the necessary updates. A team of about 250 people have been assigned the responsibility of researching these updates.

'We just would have needed one person in Sujatha to work on these updates. Since he is no more, we need 250 people to fill in for him', rues director Shankar.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/41535.html
From: thamiz on Mon Sep 15 11:05:22 2008.

From: thamiz on Mon Sep 15 11:15:00 2008.

dinesh2002 wrote:

Enthiren first song completed
By Moviebuzz | Monday, 15 September , 2008, 12:04

As reported by sify.com the shoot of Enthiren- The Robot, took place in Peru and Brazil.

Shankar had issued a press release prior to leaving Chennai saying he is shooting the film in USA, and conveniently forgot to mention the Peru and Brazil part of their itenary!

In fact, as per our sources the shoot of the first song in Peru and Brazil is over. The song had Rajini's graceful movements, as he danced with Aishwarya and the buzz is that he even did a Spanish salsa dance movement under choreographer Raju Sundaram.

After shooting the first song, Shankar is likely to fly to Hawai to shoot the second song for the film.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14758177

So, one song completed!

From: villan007 on Mon Sep 15 11:35:50 2008.

Nerd wrote:

I have the PDF. I don't think there is an online copy of the tele-serial.

Nerd, can you upload the pdf in RS and post the link here ?
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 15 11:41:35 2008.

Shall PM. Do not want to encourage illegal sharing.
From: villan007 on Mon Sep 15 11:53:16 2008.

as you wish
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 15 11:54:29 2008.

Robot falling in louu is the last thing I want to see
From: Ramakrishna on Mon Sep 15 12:23:20 2008.

Nerd gaaru, naaki okka kaapi kaavali
From: Prabhu Ram on Mon Sep 15 12:35:48 2008.

Nerd wrote:

Robot falling in louu is the last thing I want to see

Wall-E effect-A ?
From: Nerd on Mon Sep 15 13:02:53 2008.

RK: Only if you stop the gaaru thingi
PR: Have not seen Wall-E. The latest reports on robot's story and geno's character in EII suggest We can probably associate the four letter C word with wall-E and jeeno, but rajini
From: ajithfederer on Mon Sep 15 13:07:36 2008.

Aarambichdhu yaaru

Nerd wrote:

RK: Only if you stop the gaaru thingi
From: VENKIRAJA on Mon Sep 15 1