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2.0 Review



Cast: Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson
Music: AR Rahman
Direction: Shankar

Shankar directing ‘Super Star’ Rajnikanth for the third time, and this time it’s a sequel to their magnum opus ‘Endhiran’. 2.0 brings back our favorite robot Chitti fighting the fifth force of nature. Before talking about the movie, please do experience the movie in 3D. The 3D was not just a gimmick but was organic in the movie. The movie’s visual effects is well done, making the 3D experience a must watch. Now about movie, Shankar dives straight into the story. The phones getting pulled to the sky, Dr. Vaseegaran wants his robot, Chitti to be approved to solve the problem.

Well, in the same scene we get introduced to Dhina, son of scientist Bohra who is killed by Chitti in ‘Endhiran’. One of the weakest character in the film, but plays a major role in this film. It’s enough of the weakest character, let’s talk about the strongest character, our very own ‘Chitti’. He is amazing on screen and in the second half he just registers ‘I am only one, don’t even try becoming like me’. His style, actions are still young and refreshing as we saw 8 years ago in Endhiran. I really loved the dialogue told to Vaseegaran “Chitti is your alter ego”.

The film starts well, but the writing struggles. If you see Endhiran, we get introduced to the robot, its capabilities, it’s inabilities to pick up feelings and the consequences after getting feelings. The range of emotions Shankar offered is high. In 2.0, the second half is more of Rajini’s style and kicking the nostalgia of Endhiran, even the background score is same. I am not saying those gimmicks are bad, but Shankar presented those gimmicks at the cost of screenplay.

Shankar is a visionary, a great director but also a wonderful writer. Pick any film before ‘I’, his writing or the plot idea would be novel.I definitely miss Sujatha in his films. But the director Shankar makes it up to what he missed in writing. Hats off to him to bring his vision on the screen without any compromise on visual effects. I was worried a bit about Akshay Kumar’s part before the release. It was nice Shankar gave him such a lovely role to feed his acting. I enjoyed Amy Jackson’s role, her interest on Chitti and “Irumbile oru idhayam’ song playing while seeing chitti. Moments like these makes 2.0 is great watchable experience.

Verdict: Shankar’s vision is marvelous, just fell short of writing.
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