![]() In this sequel 2.0, the battle is potentially fascinating: This film pits Rajinikanth versus the phones that give the actor all his power, via memes and ringtones and hashtags. ![]() The 2010 film Enthiran, also known as Robot, was essentially a Frankenstein film set in a world of artificial-intelligence, but what Shankar had truly cracked was a way forward for his mythically outsized leading man: Rajinikanth played bearded and mild-mannered scientist Vasigaran, while all the punches and punchlines were saved for Chitti the Robot, his clean-shaven and highly superhuman alter-ego. Director Shankar has unfettered visual imagination and unconventional thinking, but despite well-meaning ideas at the core of his stories, his cinema flirts with relevance instead of committing to it. I found one floated theory particularly interesting: what if this is a rival cellular phone company trying to establish itself? Considering the way a certain service provider has busted the kneecaps of the competition with savagely predatory pricing, I wondered if this film’s villain was a stand-in for one of India’s megacorps: Could 2.0 give us Rajini vs Ambani? Every cellphone in the city - from the ones used by fisherwomen to one being used to take a funeral-selfie - has flown from the hands of users and vanished into the sky, leaving everyone befuddled. ![]() Cast - Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy JacksonĬhennai is under attack.
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