Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at Robot Screening - photos

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at Robot Screening - photos: Aishwarya Rai looked radiant in white kalidar suit at the screening of her new film Robot at PVR, Juhu.

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek at Robot Screening

Aishwarya matched her long sleeve kalidar kurta, with churidar and a dupatta with gold borders and pink floral emboeroidery.

The 36-year-old star accessorized with golden studded heels and multiple rings on both her hands.

Her hair, colored medium brown, was styled straight. She wore glossy pink lipstick.

Aishwarya was accompanied by husband Abhishek Bacchan, father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan and mother Vrinda Rai.

She greeted her fans and other guests; and cheerily replied to media questions regarding the film.

Aishwarya said the film didn't need aggressive promotions as it had remained in news throughout its making. She thanked her fans for their generous appreciation of her in the film.

Very impressed with the film, Amitabh tweeted after the show:

"Just back from 'Robot' and meeting up with Rajni at PVR Juhu ...what an experience .. incredible !! Whistles claps applause ..amazing"

"Just finished seeing ROBOT!!! MINDBLOWING!!!! nothing else can be said...... DOT." Abhishek tweeted after the show.

Rajinikanth's robot is a Chellenge for Shahrukh Khan's Ra. One!

Rajinikanth's robot is a Chellenge for Shahrukh Khan's Ra. One!: Shahrukh Khan, who is investing his time, money and passion in the sci-fi thriller and home production Ra.One, is on his toes these days. Why? Because of south superstar Rajinikanth’s mega hit Robot (Hindi) or Endhiran (Tamil) which has become a rage at the box office and bowled over the viewers with its out-of-world special effects.

Quite aware of the fact that there will be comparisons between Robot and Ra.One when the latter releases in 2011, SRK is eager to make his film more visually stunning than Robot.

We hear that a meeting was held on Sunday at SRK’s residence Mannat. The film’s director Anubhav Sinha, sound recordist Resul Pookutty and Shahrukh watched the rushes of Ra.One together and later locked in a brainstorming session over how to make the film better.

It’s being learnt that SRK is gunning for an unprecedented climax in Ra.One by making it an interactive gaming session for audiences. If the superstar manages to pull it off, it will be the first ever movie climax where the audiences get to decide the end by playing a game.

Now, that would be some coup!

Endhiran Rajinikanth's Robot break all box office records

Endhiran Rajinikanth's Robot break all box office records: Robot - Endhiran box office update. Have you ever seen cine fans queuing up at 3am in the morning to catch the first day-first show of any superstar’s film? Have you ever seen the posters and billboards of any superstar being bathed with milk and then an aarti performed. Such is the Rajinikanth mania that’s gripped the mega star’s fans in Chennai.

Guess what? His latest film Endhiran The Robot was screened at 4 am on Friday morning at Rakki Cinemas. And that show ran to a packed house. The demand for the tickets has been so huge that multiplexes and single screen theatres across Chennai have added early morning shows to their schedules.

The tickets for the whole week have been sold out in advance at many theatres and even in Mumbai several shows are going house full. On top of all this Rajini hysteria, the rave reviews given by critics and the positive word of mouth will ensure more footfalls in the coming weeks and probably months.

According to trade analysts, the film is set to break all box office records by any Indian film. It is learnt to have been made at a whopping budget of Rs. 160 crores. Trade pundits believe that it will easily recover that cost and even make huge profits.

The fans who saw the film on Friday say it is the ‘best Rajinikanth film ever’. We learn that the fans were on their feet in the theatres during last half hour of the film. There were non-stop screams, claps, shouts and whistles as what is being described as the ‘mother of all climaxes’ unspooled on the screen.

South India has clearly been hit by a storm called Rajinikanth.

Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth a legendary actors, Aishwarya Rai

Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth a legendary actors, Aishwarya Rai: To pair with a male actor who is two decades elder is not something a Bollywood actress gets to do often. 36-year-old Aishwarya Rai had no qualms in teaming with the 60-year-old south superstar Rajinikanth for director Shankar’s film Endhiran (Robot).

Endhiran Robot

Aishwarya says age factor did not figure when she worked with Rajnikant. She compares the south star to her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan.

“Rajni sir, like pa (Amitabh Bachchan) is a professional and humility personified. There was no age factor. They are both legendary actors due to their body of work. Hence, their cinema becomes exciting to the viewers. Rajni sir's humility is a lesson to learn,” Aishwarya said.

Speaking about her character in the film, Ash said it wasn’t a difficult role to play.

“So far, I have done character driven roles and not been part of conventional commercial genre for a long time. Sanaa is not a difficult character. It is what leading ladies in an entertainer do. In my case, such roles have been rare,” the actress revealed.

‘Endhiran’ is going to release on October 1.

Endhiran The Robot is like a Will Smith’s 2004 movie?

Endhiran The Robot is like a Will Smith’s 2004 movie: What’s common between Rajnikanth’s soon-to-release sci-fi extravaganza and Will Smith’s 2004 movie besides the title, Robot? Turns out, the android used in the Shankar- tri-lingual is the one seen in I Robot over six years ago.

A source associated with our Rs 150 crore opus reveals that it took Shankar nearly three years to get a fix on the robot for his Rajnikanth-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer. Since the animatronics and visual effects were being created at Los Angeles’ Stan Winston Studio in Los Angeles, the team wanted a top-of-the-line model.

And once he saw this robot, he wanted it immediately, never mind that it cost Rs 6 crore to rent it out.

An extra Rs 4 crore went towards acquiring two dummies. Fortunately, producer Kalanithi Maran didn’t crib about the additional Rs 10 crore expenditure.

“We wanted only the best robot for our film,” says Shankar. “And this advanced model we stumbled upon at Stan Winston Studio was perfect. We were stunned to see the things it could accomplish.”

Interestingly, Shankar wasn’t aware that his android had been used in I Robot. He learnt about the ‘connect’ only a couple of days after he began filming. “When I heard that it had been featured in Will Smith’s movie, it proved that we’d made the right choice,” he says. “I hope the audience will endorse our opinion.”

On October 2, Robot in Hindi and Enthiran in Tamil and Telugu will open in theatres.

Endhiran The Robot is the second Biggest after Spiderman, Releases 2250 Prints

Endhiran The Robot is the second Biggest after Spiderman, Releases 2250 Prints: Superstar Rajinikanth starrer Endhiran - The Robot release date is already announced as October 1st, 2010. Further Endhiran trailer - Robot trailers released got unparalleled response and hooked the Indian Cinema audience.

Endhiran is releasing on October 1st with 2250 prints in more than 2000 screens globally, including more than 300 screens abroad. All this marks Endhiran release as the second biggest release globally after Spiderman and the highest number of prints ever for a Tamil movie.

Endhiran fever has caught the attention of cricketers, cinema celebrities, business magnets, professionals, and literally everyone. Endhiran Audio release was held in Malaysia and the event was a glisten. Posters hogged the limelight and now Endhiran trailers made people spellbind.

Currently, the post production works are about to be wrapped in a day or two and with this, Endhiran would complete all the works in this connection.

So get ready to witness something unprecedented!