It takes a Rajinikanth to create and break box office records.
It takes a Rajinikanth to create the most expensive film in Indian cinema.
It takes a Rajinikanth to do a film like Endhiran.
It takes a Rajinikanth to break my brief (well... agreed... long...) hiatus and post a new blog entry :)
What a movie that was... Only Rajinikanth can make it work and but for him, Shankar and Sun pictures wouldnt have dared to create the movie at this grandiose. And how well has Shankar exploited Rajini. Endhiran is one of the very rare movies of Rajini, where he doesnt have his traditional punch dialogues, no grand opening entry, no songs singing praise of him, but still it works as no other movie has in recent times.
No other director except for his mentor, K Balachandar, has extracted the maximum out of Rajini as Shankar has. This movie will pose interesting problems for Rajini in the future. No more P. Vasus and Suresh Krishnas for Rajini, please.
Should be the best ever performance of Rajini after he became a super star. Be it the villainous laugh, or mimicking a sheep, or posing as a giant Robot made of multiple Robots, Rajini has proved once again that he is the best in business when it comes to the combination of style and substance. Cant see a SRK or Kamal Haasan pull this off as well as Rajini has and this coming from a big time Kamal Haasan fan.
There has been a lot of talks about how Rajini should follow Amitabh and do characters suiting his age. Agreed Amitabh is one of the greatest of Indian cinema, but he failed big time and it took a KBC to relaunch big B and create a market for him again. It is a different story with Rajini. Looking at Rajini's performance in this movie, it doesnt look like he is done anytime soon. Wish to see him giving such fresh and energetic performance as a young hero even when he gets into his 80s :)
