+ List of accolades received by Enthiran Rajinikanth (left) with Aishwarya Rai (right) during the audio launch of Enthiran Hindi version, Robot. The former's performance in the film garnered him several awards and nominations Accolades Award Won NominatedAnanda Vikatan Cinema AwardsFilmfare Awards SouthInternational Indian Film Academy AwardsMirchi Music Awards SouthNational Film AwardsNorway Tamil Film Festival AwardsScreen AwardsTamil Nadu State Film AwardsTokyo International Film FestivalVijay AwardsTotal number of awards and nominations References Enthiran () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language science fiction film directed by S. Shankar and produced by Kalanithi Maran. Shankar wrote the screenplay and co-wrote the dialogues with Sujatha and Madhan Karky. The film stars Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai with Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam, and Karunas playing supporting roles. The musical score was composed by A. R. Rahman while the cinematography, visual effects, editing, and art direction were handled by R. Rathnavelu, V. Srinivas Mohan, Anthony, and Sabu Cyril respectively. The film's story revolves around a scientist's struggle to control his creation, an android robot whose software is upgraded to give it the ability to comprehend and generate human emotions. The plan backfires when the robot falls in love with the scientist's fiancée and is further manipulated by a rival scientist to bring destruction to all who stand in its way. The film was dubbed into Hindi as Robot.
Produced on an estimated budget of 1.32 billion, Enthiran was released on 1 October 2010 and yielded a revenue of 1.79 billion according to a report by the Sun TV Network. The film garnered awards and nominations in several categories, with particular praise for its cinematography, visual effects, art direction, costume design, and Rajinikanth's performance. The film has won 25 awards from 38 nominations.
At the 58th National Film Awards ceremony, Enthiran won two awards for Best Special Effects (Mohan) and Best Production Design (Cyril). The film was nominated in nine categories at the 58th Filmfare Awards South, winning Best Cinematographer (Rathnavelu), Best Art Director (Cyril), and Best Costume Design (Manish Malhotra). At the 5th Vijay Awards, the film was nominated in fourteen categories and won in seven, including Best Villain and Favourite Hero (Rajinikanth), Favourite Film (Maran), and Favourite Director (Shankar). Enthiran won three awards at the 12th IIFA Awards under the Best Special Effects, Best Art Direction, and Best Makeup categories. Among other wins, the film received three Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards, two Screen Awards and Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards each, one Mirchi Music Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards each, and a special award at the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival.
Awards and nominations
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards13 January 2011Best Villain – MaleRajinikanthBest Costume DesignerBanuFilmfare Awards South2 July 2011Best Film – TamilBest Director – TamilBest Actor – TamilRajinikanthBest Music Director – TamilBest Lyricist – TamilVairamuthu for "Kadhal Anukkal"Best Female Playback Singer – TamilChinmayi for "Kilimanjaro"Best Cinematographer – SouthBest Art Director – SouthBest Costume Design – SouthInternational Indian Film Academy Awards25 July 2011Best Special EffectsBest Art DirectionBest MakeupBanuMirchi Music Awards South10 September 2011Listener's Choice Award − Album(5th place)National Film Awards9 September 2011Best Special EffectsBest Production DesignNorway Tamil Film Festival Awards2025 April 2011Best ProductionBest Visual EffectsBest MakeupBanuScreen Awards6 January 2011Best Special EffectsSpectacular Cutting Edge TechnologyEnthiran Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 13 July 2017 Best Female Playback Chinmayi for "Kilimanjaro" Tokyo International Film Festival22 October 2011Winds of Asia – Middle East(Special Mention)Vijay Awards25 June 2011Best VillainRajinikanthBest CinematographerBest Art DirectorBest Female Playback SingerChinmayi for "Kilimanjaro"Best ChoreographerBest Stunt DirectorBest Make Up ArtistesBanuBest Costume DesignerBest Find of the YearFavourite FilmFavourite HeroRajinikanthFavourite HeroineFavourite DirectorFavourite Song"Kilimanjaro"
See also List of Tamil films of 2010
Notes
References
External links Accolades for Enthiran at the Internet Movie Database