Robo Telugu Audio Release Function
Superstar Rajnikanth
and world beauty Aishwarya Rai as lead pair ‘Robo/Endhiran’
is directed by Shankar and produced by Kalanidhi Maran
under Sun Pictures banner. Music is composed by the
proud winner of Oscar and Grammy awards, AR Rahman. We
all are aware of the grand audio launching ceremony of
‘Endhiran’ at Kuala Lumpur last Sunday, i.e., 1st of
August. Now to release the Telugu version ‘Robo’ music,
the team arrived at Hyderabad on August 6th. The lavish
music launch took place at Taj Krishna amidst Tollywood
biggies. It was hosted by anchor Jhansi. While Dr
Chiranjeevi was the chief guest of the function, other
prominent guests were Dr Mohan Babu, Dr D Ramanaidu,
Superstar Rajnikanth, director Shankar, Sun Pictures CEO
Hansraj Saxena, Kajal Agarwal, Bharat, Ramesh Prasad,
Sreenu Vaitla, art director Raandi, cinematographer
Ratnavel, lyricists for Telugu version songs
Bhuvanachandra, Suddala Ashok Teja, Vanamali, dialogue
writer for Telugu version Srirama Krishna, etc.
Addressing the gathering Sun Pictures CEO Hansraj Saxena
said, “Robo is the wonder of Indian Cinema. We must
appreciate Kalanidhi Maran for his guts to do one such
film. While doing this film we have completely forgotten
about the budget and worked hard for two full years.
Kalanidhi Maran made this film which no one would dare
to make it. This can be the biggest film in Shankar’s
entire film career. We thank Rajni sir, Aishwarya Rai,
Sabu Siril and the entire unit of ‘Robo’ for being the
reason of making one such wonderful film. Our special
thanks to AR Rahman also for rendering marvelous music
for this film. We have recently launched the Tamil audio
in Malaysia. Our sincere thanks to Megastar Chiranjeevi,
Mohan Babu and Dr D Ramanaidu, for gracing this
occasion. We are planning to release the film in
September in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. This being the
biggest budget film in Asia, I hope everyone will watch
the film make it a big success.”
Lyricist Bhuvanachandra said, “I’m honoured to write
songs for all three stars Chiranjeevi, Rajnikanth and
Mohan Babu who are sharing the same dais today. It’s
like a celebration to write songs in Shankar’s films.
Getting an opportunity to write songs for one such film
is a great achievement. I wrote the song using words
like ‘Inumulo hrudayam malichithe, Engilileni dongamuddu’.
Shankar was amazed with the words and asked me the
meaning of ‘Engilileni dongamuddu’. I told him ‘A secret
kiss without wet’. This is my first experiment in Telugu
so far. I’m grateful to Rajni sir for performing this
song. It’s just not in Andhra Pradesh, 18 crores Telugu
people across the globe will surely enjoy these songs.
I’m sure everyone will be amazed to see such incredible
film. I thank Shankar garu for giving me opportunity to
pen two songs in this film.”
Suddala Ashok Teja said, “It’s my pleasure to see three
big stars on the same dais. I’m very lucky to get the
opportunity to write two songs in this film. In the past
I’ve written songs in ‘Shivaji’. Writing songs for an
actor like Rajnikanth or Chiranjeevi or Mohan Babu is
not an easy task, because we have to think of such words
keeping in mind lakhs of fans following them. To write
songs in this film we need to follow the style of Tamil
lyricists who have already created. I wrote the title
song ‘O Maramanishi Maaloki Ra’. It is a difficult task
to write a song using scientific words following the
Tamil song. But with Shankar’s co-operation I was able
to write it easily. My sincere thanks to him and I wish
that the film be become a grand success.”
Vanamali said, “I’m not able to speak on this dais where
the legends are sitting. I whole-heartedly thank Sri
Ramakrishna garu for promoting me to write the songs in
this film. I’m a great fan of Rajnikanth garu right from
my childhood. I used to watch almost all his films in
Tamil and wished that I should meet him atleast once in
my lifetime. I’ve finally met him when I was working as
a journalist. Today I’m lucky to get the opportunity to
write songs for my favourite hero. I wrote two songs in
this film which were written by Vairamuthu in Tamil. I
cannot say I’m at par with him in writing the lyrics but
I did my best from my side. AR Rahman garu gave
excellent tunes for these songs. Shankar garu okayed the
songs within 10 minutes. I’m sure this movie is going to
create wonders.”
After Vanamali’s speech Dr D Ramanaidu launched the
screening of ‘Nee Kannullo’ song followed by the
speeches by editor Anthony, cinematographer Ratnavel,
actor Bharat, Ramesh Prasad, Kajal Agarwal and Dr D
Ramanaidu.
Dialogue Writer Sri Ramakrishna said, “The song writers
have spoken almost everything, so I do not understand
what to talk. ‘Robo’ is a giant film with all big people
involved in it. Both the roles played by Rajni garu are
wonderful. Therefore I wish this film will become a
grand success.”
Since Aishwarya Rai could not attend the audio function
due to burning fever, she sent a message regretting her
sudden illness. In her message – “Hi Hyderabadis, I
thank you all for being part of my successes in my film
career. I thank Shankar sir for giving me the
opportunity in this film. It’s my honour to work with a
superstar like Rajnikanth. I also thank Chiranjeevi garu,
who is the chief guest of this function.”
Mohan Babu while speaking, “I came to this function on
my firend’s request. Rajnikanth and myself are
associated with the film industry from past 30 years. He
is my soul friend. He is one of the reasons for my film
‘Pedarayudu’ to become such a huge hit. I have seen his
hard work for this getup in ‘Robo’. He must be probably
now 65 years. I wish this film should run for so many
weeks as much as his age.”
Addressing the gathering Shankar said, “The three main
highlights of ‘Robo’ film are story, Rajnikanth and his
style and computer graphics. The story of the film goes
like this. A scientist will create his look alike ‘Robo’
and inject 100 people’s strength in it. Later he will
send that ‘Robo’ in the public. What happens when ‘Robo’
goes in the public is the film all about. The movie has
entertainment, fun and shock. Rajni garu will be seen in
three get ups. One is scientist, the second is ‘Robo’
and the third cannot be revealed now. Rajni garu as
‘Robo’ is the first of its kind in Indian Cinema. No
actor have so far attempted one such role till date. In
general we hear actors like Kamal Hassan and Vikram
doing characters that requires 3-4 hrs of make-up. But
for the first time Rajni garu did it in this film.”
Speaking further he
said, “The sound department people including Resool
Pookutty have opined that Rajnikanth’s role as ‘Robo’ is
at par with Hollywood actor John Nicholson. There are
almost 1500 graphics shots in this film. Every
technician worked for this film equal to working for 10
films. ‘Robo’ will at par be Hollywood films like
‘Mummy’ and ‘Spiderman’. This is the toughest of all my
films so far in my career. I’m able to do it with the
support of Rajnikanth garu and with the encouragement
given by Kalanidhi Maran. At the time we thought this
film will be shelved, Kalanidhi Maran garu lent his
helping hand and became the main reason for the
completion of this project.”
Praising ‘Magadheera’ Shankar said, “Chiranjeevi garu
used to praise me right from my first film. I recently
watched his son’s film ‘Magadheera’. That film gave me a
lot of excitement. I congratulate the entire team of ‘Magadheera’.
It is the biggest film in South India before ‘Robo’
happened.”
Superstar Rajnikanth in his speech, “I’m very happy that
Chiranjeevi garu graced this audio function and released
the CDs. I’m planning to write a book on the making of
‘Robo’ because there are so many unique features in this
film. Producer Kalanidhi Maran is such a great human
being that when this project was about to stop he took
up this project by trusting Shankar and me. He had spent
around 140 crores and gave full moral support till the
completion of the film. In the end he honoured the
entire team of ‘Robo’ at his residence which no producer
have done so far.”
Telling how he got the opportunity to work in this film
Rajnikanth said, “This movie was initially planned with
Shahrukh Khan. After ‘Shivaji’ when I was just waiting
for the right script, Shankar approached me with this
film. Since I knew the story before itself, I thought he
would ask me to do a villain role. While I was thinking
how to softly reject the offer he gave me a shock by
saying I am the hero of this film. He assured me that I
needn’t have to build six pack abs like today’s young
heroes and said that he will manage with my style and
presence. Yet another shock to me was when he said that
Aishwarya Rai is the heroine. Since he had projected me
very well in ‘Shivaji’ I was confident that he would do
it in this film also. Saxena is like a Hanuman while
Kalanidhi Maran is like a Rama. Both are good friends
right from their school days and their friendship is
still continuing strongly. ‘Robo’ became world’s No. 1
in iTunes. The credit goes to AR Rahman. This movie is
sure to celebrate in a big way in theaters because
Shankar crafted this film with a new concept.”
After Rajnikanth's speech, Chiranjeevi released the
audio CD and presented to Rajnikanth.
Later congratulating the 'Robo' team Chiranjeevi said,
“I’m basically a positive person. But the actor in me is
making me feel jealous of Rajnikanth. He has been my
inspiration right from the beginning of my career,
therefore I used to follow his foot-steps from then on
as far as my film career is concerned. I’m feeling so
happy for him for doing one such incredible film. This
film is not an easy task because it has been taken by
combining talent with technology. No doubt this movie
will create ripples in the world. When I first entered
the film industry, I lacked self-confidence. But after
watching him on screen and off-screen, the
self-confidence in me got boosted so much that I too can
become a big star like him one day in my life. He has
been my inspiration throughout my film career but he
cheated me at one point. Yes! When everyone where
talking about him entering into politics, I too decided
to do public service and thus jumped into politics
instantly. But he did ‘Robo’ film by skipping politics.
If he does so, won’t it burn my stomach? In this manner
he cheated me. Recently when my fans asked me to do a
film I said a film ‘No’. But these trailers are tempting
me to once again say ‘Ok’. If at all I do a film in
future ‘Robo’ would only be my inspiration.”
He concluded by saying, “I never asked any director on
my own to do a film with me. But for the first time I
asked Shankar after watching his first film ‘Gentleman’.
He had erased the commercial limitations for the cinema.
‘Shivaji’ was made with a budget of Rs 75 crores and
collected around Rs 100 crores. Now with the same
confidence ‘Robo’ has been made with Rs 150 crores. It
is possible only for Shankar to take Indian cinema to
Hollywood range. I appreciate producer Maran for his
wonderful nature. ‘Robo’ will no doubt create a
sensation all over the world.”
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