<![CDATA[io9: drona]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: drona]]> http://io9.com/tag/drona http://io9.com/tag/drona <![CDATA[Robots Dancing With Lamas And Superhero Crossovers In Bollywood's Future]]> Two Indian science fiction films are roaring forward. First of all, the legendary director Shankar has started filming his movie Enthiram, formerly known as Robot, with some big song-and-dance numbers in America. Here's the first look at star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, done up like a Vegas showgirl and dancing with a ton of feathered people and emus. More pictures below, plus details about another classic in the making and a possible Bollywood superhero crossover.

How does this awesomely bizarre-looking sequence relate to the movie's plot, about a robot that goes haywire and starts killing? We don't know.

At the same time, Shahrukh Khan (SRK) has found a title for his Spider-Man-esque adventure: Ra.1. SRK was supposed to star in Enthiram and produce the robot film, but he ditched it to create his own scifi epic, because he felt Enthiram wasn't believable enough. SRK is "taking a keen interest" in the scripting of Ra.1, and may get a writing credit on the film.

And meanwhile, Aishwarya's husband Abishek Bachchan, starring in the new superhero film Drona, wants his character and mega superhero Krrish to meet up in a crossover film. "It would be great to have the two of them together in a film. I’m sure the fans would love it," says Abishek. Krrish is the most famous Indian superhero of all time, and frequently compared to an Indian Superman. We celebrated it, and featured a clip, here.

[Bollywood Gossip and Zimbio and APunkachoice]

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<![CDATA[Only One Man Can Pull Off A Gold Superhero Costume, And Save The Universe]]> Another Bollywood superhero movie hits theaters this weekend, and it looks chock full of zappy lightning and gold lamé greatness. Drona stars Abhishek Bachchan as a superhuman who's entrusted with guarding the most important secret of the universe. And Love Story 2050's Priyanka Chopra plays his bodyguard. If 2050 failed to channel the greatness of last year's superhero epic Krrish, then this should satisfy your krravings. Click through for trailer and synopsis.

I love the Forrest Gump-esque animation of the blue feather floating up and over the city, in the trailer. Supposedly Drona blends Indian mythology with a science fictional plot about the secrets of the universe. Here's the synopsis:

From the times, when time itself was a newborn babe, the universe has kept one secret carefully camouflaged within its folds. A secret, which if unraveled, could unlock the destruction of mankind and the entire cosmos. Today, only one man can protect the universe’s precious secret and thus, save the human race from absolute annihilation.
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