Enthiran (film series)

Enthiran (transl. Robot) is an Indian Tamil-language science fiction action film series directed, produced and written by S. Shankar. The music for the films was composed by A. R. Rahman.[1] It consists of a two-part film series. The first film was Enthiran which released on 1 October 2010 and the second film was 2.0 , which released on 29 November 2018. Enthiran series is the second highest-grossing Indian film franchise after Baahubali. Rajinikanth appeared in the role of Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti in both films.[2]

Enthiran
Created by	S. Shankar
Original work	Enthiran (2010)
Films and television
Film(s)	Enthiran (2010) 2.0 (2018)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Enthiran (2010) 2.0 (2017)
Original music	Kilimanjaro
Official website
Production Website

Films

Enthiran (2010)

Vaseegaran creates a sophisticated humanoid robot with the help of his assistants. Chitti was first created without emotions however in order for the robot to understand human behaviour, Vaseegaran modifies its neural schema. But then the robot fell in love with the scientist's fiancée, Sana and thus it caused conflict between them. Chitti deliberately fails an evaluation conducted by the Indian Army. Enraged, Vaseegaran chops Chitti into pieces. He was found by Dr. Bohra and upgrade into 2.0 because of a red chip. He converts it into a ruthless killer and turned into an evil destructive killing machine and killed Bohra. However, Vaseegaran managed to defeat and stop Chitti. Since, he caused so much damage and destruction to the city, he was de-activated and dismantled.[3]

2.0 (2018)

India faces a threat from supernatural entity Pakshi Rajan,[4] a negative aura who transforms into the bird-like creature and uses smartphones as weapons. Vaseegaran decides to help the government by reviving the superpowered andro-humanoid robot Chitti. To defeat Pakshi, Chitti upgraded into version 2.0. Later, Chitti, along with its army of robots, arrives and confronts him, resulting in a battle between the two. However, its battery drains, and it rushes to the nearest power station. During this time, microbots resembling Chitti, called as Kutti version 3.0, arrive mounted on white pigeons, to confront Pakshi and lead him to the space station where they destroy him.

Cast and characters

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• A empty dark grey cell indicates that the character was not in the film, or that the character's presence in the film has yet to be announced.
• A ^Y indicates a role as a younger version of the character.
• An ^O indicates a role as an older version of the character.
• A ^U indicates an uncredited role.
• A ^C indicates a cameo role.
• A ^V indicates a voice-only role
• A ^S indicates a stills or photographs role.
• An ^A indicates an appearance through archival footage.

Character
	Enthiran (2010)	2.0 (2018)
Vaseegaran	Rajinikanth
Chitti
Sana	Aishwarya Rai	Savitha Reddy^V
Bohra	Danny Denzongpa	Danny Denzongpa^U^A
Kutti		Rajinikanth
Pakshi Rajan		Akshay Kumar
Nila		Amy Jackson
Dhinendra Bohra		Sudhanshu Pandey

Crew

Occupation	Film
	Enthiran (2010)	2.0 (2018)
Director	S. Shankar
Screenplay
Story
Producer(s)	Kalanithi Maran	A. Subaskaran
Presenter(s)	Kalanithi Maran	Karan Johar
Dialogue Writer(s)	S. Shankar	S. Shankar B. Jeyamohan Madhan Karky (Dialogues)
Music Director(s)	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	R. Rathnavelu	Nirav Shah
Editor(s)	Anthony
Visual Effects Supervisor(s)	V. Srinivas Mohan
Production Design(s)	Sabu Cyril	T. Muthuraj
Sound Designer(s)	Resul Pookutty
Production Company	Sun Pictures	Lyca Productions
Distributor(s)	Sun Pictures	Lyca Productions Dharma Productions AA Films

Release and reception

Box office

Film	Release date	Budget	Box Office
Enthiran	1 October 2010	₹1.62 billion (US$2.37 million)[Note 1]	₹290 crore (US$44.53 million)[8]
2.0	29 November 2018	₹5.43 billion (US$7.94 million)[9][10]	₹800 crore (US$115.17 million)[11]
Total		₹7.05 billion (US$102.01 million)	₹10.9 billion (US$429.7 million)

Critical reception

Film	Rotten Tomatoes
Enthiran	60% (10 reviews)[12]
2.0	67% (15 reviews)[13]

Notes

1. The Economic Times claims the film's budget to be ₹1.32 million,[5] whereas Anirban Bhattacharya of CNN Travel and T. S. Sreenivasan Raghavan of Bangalore Mirror state that it is ₹1.62 billion.[6][7]

References

1. "Shankar On Muthalvan Sequel: Could Feature Rajini, Kamal or Vijay". Silverscreen. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
2. Digital Native (7 December 2018). "Kollywood 'Can't imagine the franchise without Rajinikanth': Shankar on '2.0' sequel". The News Minute. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
3. Raja Sekar (29 November 2018). "2.0: Revisiting Shankar's Enthiran and how Rajinikanth became India's most loved superhero Chitti". First Post. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
4. "Was Akshay Kumar's 2.0 character Pakshirajan inspired by Birdman of India Salim Ali?". Times Now. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
5. "Sun TV Network Q3 Net up 48.40% at Rs 225.49 cr". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
6. Bhattacharya, Anirban (7 October 2010). "Rajinikanth's 'Robot' to end all robots". CNN Travel. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
7. Raghavan, T. S. Sreenivasan (22 October 2010). "Chitti, the robot, delights tax officials". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
8. "SS Rajamouli's Baahubali enters RS 300 crore club". The Indian Express. 19 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
9. Zoom TV Digital (11 September 2018). "Wow! Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar's VFX-heavy film 2.0 cost Rs 543 crore - details inside". Times Now. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
10. Bureau, City. "2.0 is set to go where no Indian film has gone before". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
11. "2.0 Box Office Collection Day 23: Rajinikanth's magnum opus struggles to touch Rs 800-crore mark worldwide". Business Today. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
12. "Endhiran (2010)". Retrieved 25 December 2018.
13. "2.0 (2018)". Retrieved 25 December 2018.

External links

• Enthiran at IMDb
• 2.0 at IMDb