I don’t remember the last time coming out silent after watching a Rajini movie. Typically Rajini movies leave us filled with positive energy. Surprisingly after Endhiran, we were awetruck, in silence for quite some time. As Rajini spoke in the movie’s audio launch, it was an experience. Shankar is one director, who understands his actors very well, he knows what the fans want from their favourite stars. Even though Endhiran is not Shankar's best in terms of his scripts, the movie had easily one of his weakest scripts, the first time songs looked irrelevant and unfitting. In Endhiran, Shankar showed us exactly what we have been missing all these years from the super star. Nobody had screen space or a role to play when the super star plays a character with a destructive intention, including the humanly Rajini. For the first time we saw a movie where Rajini had to underplay just to ensure he himself can steal the show with another role, the scene where he mimics the sheep when the Robot catches the human, a perfect example. He almost became another heroine of the movie, having had to come just for songs. I do have my doubts over the (electro-) magnetic abilities of a Robot as depicted in the movie. But without doubt the magnetism of the super star does exist and that is on the non-magnetic objects like us.
It was when Chandramukhi released, a lot of people said Rajini should retire since he had come up with a good movie at that age after a forgettable Baba and its good to retire while being at the top. After a few years, he gave Sivaji that was better than Chandramukhi. Even now I see people saying Rajini should retire because he has done the best work of his life. I also agree that Endhiran is one of his best works, and probably the best in the recent past. But when it comes to his retirement, I don’t want it to happen in the near future. The best part about champions is that they set their next goal immediately after their current goal is achieved. Lets see what he does in his next movie.
What's sure is the one who is going to direct Rajini’s next movie will have to deliver much better than his best if he has to satisfy us. Shankar has raised the bars of Rajini movies to a much higher level in his last 2 movies. In fact I don’t see anyone else who can make movies with Rajini.
I want to see a Rajini movie made by Shankar, an out and out mass movie, probably Rajini playing the hero and the villain, even better would be Kamal as hero and Rajini as villain. When we have a producer like Sun pictures, paying both wouldn’t be a problem as it had been. Such is one movie they must do before the two retire, that is I think the best that can ever happen to Tamil cinema. I think it must be the Raa Raa song from Chandramukhi that gave Shankar the hint on how much we, Rajini fans are missing (his best) negative antics from his movies. Seriously I would bet if there is any role Kamal can’t do better than Rajini, it is the villain role. Shankar gave a trailer of Rajini style with the mottai boss in Sivaji, and almost a mainstream villain in Endhiran. Lets see what Shankar comes up with next.
And lets hope that Rajini doesn’t take a break for long and gear up for his next asap.
