<![CDATA[io9: enthiram]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: enthiram]]> http://io9.com/tag/enthiram http://io9.com/tag/enthiram <![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[India's Robot Epic Is Dancing In Peru As You Read This]]> Were you let down by Love Story 2050? Don't give up on Indian science fiction yet — the lavish production Robot is finally starting filming, after a year of behind-the-scenes drama. Now known as Enthiram, the movie is starting filming in the U.S. and Peru, and it's released its first image (which admittedly reminds us a bit of Woody Allen's Sleeper.) The best news? The film has recruited a crazy wealth of Hollywood talent behind the scenes.

Yuen Wo-Ping, who did the stunts for The Matrix, Kill Bill and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will mastermind the movie's action sequences. Costume designer Mary E. Vogt, who worked on Batman Returns and Men In Black, will design the "futuristic suits" people will wear, but Manish Malhotra will design the regular everyday outfits of the movie's future people. Stan Winston Studios will design the movie's animatronics, and VFX houses like ILM and Tippet will do the movie's visual effects.

I love that the announcement says "one song" will be filmed at Machu Picchu in Peru, while director Shankar and star Rajnikanth are filming two songs in the U.S. It's just something about the idea of filming songs instead of scenes that is so awesome. By the way, apparently Enthiram is a "Kollywood" movie instead of a Bollywood film, because it's being filmed in Tamil. Additional reporting by Lauren Davis. [Galatta and

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