DesiPundit

That was a highly offensive comment about a decent movie… Be it Kamal’s ideologies, it is still his.. You are being as much a fanatic as he is by totally rejecting a line of thought.. And just because Kamal has conveyed that, there is no reason why the movie must be hated..
The movie I agree could have been much better for the hype and there are several reasons to blame.. But the reason you give about him pressing his ideologies into the movie is just rambling…. I could see the kind of guy you are by seeing that you named your webbsite desipundit!!! You bloody religious fanatics!!!

HEllo, i saw the movie… it was awesome……

This is an outrageous comment.
Plz if u can be a little decent while writing.Your writing itself stinks so y believe in a review from an awkward person.

Just mind your words.

Its really heartening to see such reveiws on one of the legend of indian cinema. The flaws apart, if a movie like om shanti om can be such a hit why cant this be. We should learn to appreciate the unique effort. If a hollywood movie attempts a different attempt we hail and praise. Kamal has to consider producer who has spent 90 crores and thats the reason he has included commercial elements in it. He knows how to make a movie as natural as Hollywood. But then such efforts in the past have been neglected by our own audience even though it had critical acclaim. Please stop such reviews to save indian cinema and its attempt to creativity.

I beleive you didnt have the understading ability abopt the story.Better,you watch and come again.Let me see whether you brain starts working at that time …

Just saw the movie and I thought it was a pretty good effort. There was a decent story line and this was a good masala film after a long time. Dialogs were also decent unlike what I heard.Having this comment on DP would probably just discourage people from even seeing it and just because it was one of the first reviews, it does not have to be featured on DP.

Awesome review.. I just saw the movie and I agree with the review.. It’s just a piece of crap!

The movie is just a piece of crap.. Every person who says that the review is outrageous, should be ardent Kamal fans, who would never agree that its a flop even if his movies were a flop.

IN MY VIEW KAADHALUKU MARIYATHAI IS BETTER THAN THIRUPAATCHI

IT HAD GOOD CAST WITH THE SOFT TOUCH OF GLAMMOUR FROM K.R.VIJAYA

SIVAJI CUD HAVE DONE BETTER ROLE THAN IN TIRUPAATCHI

DANUSH SUD HAVE BEEN THE SON OF SIVAJI INSTEAD OF RAJINI

IF THT HAD MUSICED BY THYAGARAJA BHAGAVAATHAR IT CUD HAVE COME AS A SPLENDID MOVIE

desipundit hits the nail on the head with his assessment
dasavatharam is all talk no cock
bakwaas is the word
some roles are so silly it becomes a joke
and the makeup is pretty shoddy
very well said its egomaiacs fart…

and any sensible movie watcher will come out releived the movie is over.

i can see a few comments here who are so pissed - the reason for their anger is kamal has let these so called fans down miserably. since they cant bark at their demi god they are barking here.

and whats wrong with the name desi pundit? if you dont like his name why do crap here?

You may want to leave these comments at the original blog where the review was published. There is a heated discussion going on there.

well, it isn’t the movie that stinks as mentioned by this esteemed self proclaimed desibandit..oops…pundit…it’s actually this pundit that stinks inevitably, trying to hide in his own ego and blindfolding himself from the greatness of a masterclass of a movie.

really man, you need to fuckin’ grow up. may god damn u!

Aiyo! I guess DesiPundit has started attracting Rediff commenters.

By giving an absolute negative review, the reader may tend to believe the other way.

Anyway you have your right to criticize a movie on the accepted norms.

its amazing how some people can browse the web but still not know how to find and click a link in a web page.

I have written several reviews for movies, but I have never written a review for such a lousy movie! I request you to read this review and watch the movie, and then read the review again. I am sure you will agree to my comments atleast 50% unless you are an ardent Kamal fan. I am not sure if I carry any personal bias against this movie, but I feel I am writing this review with complete honesty.

First of all, the movie is one of the most super-lengthiest movies I have ever seen. Metaphorically speaking, I felt as if the movie was longer than all three parts of “Lord of the Rings” put together, sans the story, sans screenplay, sans music, sans continuity, sans logic, sans romance, sans…. etc.,

It is very obvious that he has struggled to bring the movie to an end. Too many characters for the ten roles he wanted to do.. I guess he wanted to beat “Sivaji Ganesan” by acting one more role to break the record of nine roles in the movie “Navaratri”. For that, I felt that a few characters were forcibly inserted.

All that said, He has touched the sensitive danger spots of every sect of the hindu culture. He has spared none! Now I understand why there were protests and court cases on the movie. However, he didn’t want to leave out and hurt other religions as well, so he inserted one character each for all other prominent religions in India, Christianity, Islam and Sikhism. I wonder what made him to leave out Jainism, Buddhism (ah I guess the Japanese was a Buddhist but it was not explicitely mentioned in the movie), Taoism, Confucianism, Paganism, blah blah-ism etc.,

At one point he tries to be very apologetic when he says “நான் கடவுள் இல்லைன்னு சொல்லலங்க, கடவுள் இருந்தா நல்லா இருக்கும்னு தான் சொல்றேன்..”, I guess he is totally confused whether to accept his own identity as being born a Hindu or whether to be an atheist.

Other unnecessary things were many songs, bringing Karunanidhi in the picture, Bush character, Avtar singh etc etc., Overall it made us feel that the whole movie was unnecessary.

I have seen goofs in movies, but this is the first time I am seeing a movie in goofs.

My Verdict:
Kamal has tried to state his stance on religion, environment, politics, terrorism etc., but religion sticks out a mile, and others are suppressed. His stance on religion is confusing as well. He has assumed that the mass is very intelligent which shows his stupidity. He has tried to say too many things and finally fails to deliver it.

That said, “I won’t say the movie is a flop, but the movie is a disaster.”

Hats off to Desipundit for writing what they believe.

I am no big fan of Kamal Hassan (and I don’t speak Tamil) but I watched with an open mind expecting to have fun…just like I had watching Sivaji.
The movie is ridiculous (Except Kamal Hassan’s performance) and the graphics that were shown were one of the worst ever. And when was the last time we saw a leading lady be so annoying on screen?

I don’t understand why fans are getting so defensive about the review. The movie sucks big time. Accept it and move on.
I for one look forward to his next movie.

Hi Friends,
What the heck of a comment was that in the name of a review. Dasavatharam is one cracker of a movie. Splendid, astonishing and full speed gripping entertainment movie. Heaven’s sake please do not write stuff like this..
This would be the last time i would see this site for a review comment and don’t turn down people from visiting your website by writing crap like that one..
Write comments that are valid, true and well accessed.
I’m not a Kamal fan but got to admit he’s done a splendid job . Hats off KAMAL. He’s too good an actor and its too good a movie.

And for our friend “Suresh” who wrote the earlier comment about being open minded . If you think you are open minded please think again. How better would you weave a story with 10 characters ?
As far as your animation part it wasn’t Pixer who designed it but we all got the message. Who do you think you are this YO-Yo guy in Anniyan who evolved all of a sudden who watches all this so called funky movies.. Sorry dude you and your like minded “DesiPundit” (where did our friend choose this name from :), sounds to me like a ardent porn star..)miserably failed in your so called eloquent ways of writing comments.
By the way guys could you please spell the works critics or comments to all of us…
No offenses meant.. I know you are cool guys..

Hey,

I first commented for the article, and I feel heartened to see the comments pouring in about the non-sense in the name of review. As raj mohan points out, it is a great achievement to have so good a graphics in an Indian movie. Remember, even the English movies did not start out making excellent graphics right from the beginning. People evolve to perfection.. Dont right away jump into it… And this film is undoubtedly the first step for Indian movies into that…

Saw the movie today. My verdict : it was really bad. I spent close to 50$ for this movie (for me , my wife and kid). The movie started well with good chopper shots of chennai and the chola period sequence. But rapidly degenerated into ameaningless mish mash. The make up was pathetic. It has gone worse from even the “Indian” days(when Kamal’s makeup mania started). Especially, George Bush and Khalifullah were atrocious. The special effects were pretty ordinary , the much hyped tsunami effects were not even as good as what they show in discovery channel documentaries.

Well before the interval, I lost my interest. My kid was begging to go home.It may be worth if you are single and shelling out 10 odd dollars. But definitely not worth the ticket price for the family.

Just because the movie scores a high 7.5 on 10 (strictly on my gauge) or the fact that Kamal is arguably the most versatile actor in India (I sincerely think so) does not mean that any stuff rolled out with a mix of both, to the audience will be accepted.

It remains to be seen whether the movie is a it or flop and the audience will have the last laugh on that.

The movie is a touch too lengthy in patches and the story line gets thin in mostly those areas.

And the make-up (on some of kamal’s roles at times) was not convincing enough.

And Asin i think has done (at times over kills) justice to the character of the village girl obsessed with PERUMAAL.

Davatharam is nothing but a glorified fancy dress, with below par graphics. Some scenes (fletcher, mallika, govind and police officer travellinging in the jeep) were like the 70’s movie. shaking the jeep and moving the background image.

I would have accepted all these short commings had they not marketed it as landmark, iconic, record breaking , magnum opus blah blah blah. History will remember this movie as the costliest boring film in the history of Indian cinema.

Definitely this movie will be a financial hit. But the movie is a crap. That is a bitter truth.

In bangalore streets I have seen street children dressed like hanuman begging. If you are interested in watching fancy dress gave some money to these children. At least you will have the satisfaction that you did some thing good.

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how could you give such a stupid comment in the form of a review in public forums like this???? i think you have not seen the movie or u did not like kamal for what he is. i saw the movie yesterday. its great, awesome. one of the best tamil movies of recent times. it has a complex story, excellent special effects, experienced veteran technical crew and most importantly Kamal who can do any role, given a camera! what else can u ask for??? if u still don like d movie then go on and watch all those b & c class movies and prevent tamil cinema from growing to world standards…

Yeah. I agree with the review. This movie is a big bore. I went with big time expectations (in fact I begged my mom to stand in the queue to get the tickets) and then what? I wanted to get away from the theater even before the interval. I heard someone say that you cannot recognise Kamal in a few of the characters, simple if you ask me - if see anyone with an awakward looking big spooky face then it is Kamal.

My verdict.. Kamal needs to leave the script and story writing business to professionals and for god’s sake stop attempting to do any kind of experiments to test the audience’s patience, after so much overdose of Kamal, this movie would leave the audience not wanting to see atleast 10 next movies of him.

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This movie sucks hard time. I felt like my brain was gangraped by all his alien like avatars - i need to go to a rehabilitation center. This movie sucks hard time - FUKKKKKKKK

Just spent close to $100 for this POS movie. I have two words for all prospects…. STAY AWAY. This movie is not even worth watching on DVD.

Wow.

Just wow…

Someone should make a movie of the comments!

It takes some high level of intellect to appreaciate what Kamal tries to deliver with the movie.Obviously,those who comment here against the film just do not have it.

1. 3 Hours without a proper story.Vilan Kamal is okay to some extent, Kamal Iyengar screws his community with idol being thrown, ditched etc., Very harsh for religious people to take.
2. Songs – Pathetic - Smoking time apart from interval
3. Ravikumar’s touch Missing – No story at all!
4. Pity producers – Not even worth few million rupees why waste billion!
5. Ladies hate due to many killings and more violence (Big loss!)
This cannot win hearts of literates or illiterates. It is very high time to stop delivering what Kamal wanted and deliver what public and producer wanted (i.e.) public wants decent entertainer and producer should not be in streets.

Oru Kamal BORE ADDICHA AAPPU . 8 Kamal BORE ADDICHA Super AAPPU.

The film is over cooked with Kamal and running of this film is really very difficult after a month. My honest opinion is Michael Madana kamarajan was excellent with real Kamal faces than this one surely.

Dialogues are really irritating.Telling in a nutshell, this movie will not reach all the people.

wished it was better in many ways.
but am a kamal fan. will see it again though.

dasavatharam movie doesn’t deserve such harsh comments because the movie really fantastic one.no body know the real value of the person when they alive only if the person not their
they know the value like that people doesn’t
know the value of kamal hassan. the only mistake kamal does is he takes movie classes
not for the mass. if u doesn’t like the movie just say movie is bad or not enough
don’t go for the personal attack on kamal hassan. kamal hassan has masted in taking the movie nobody has any sort maturity to criticize his creation. mind your words while writing a review.

Absolute disaster . How can a person who has won three bharat awards do such a stupid movie and still expect it to be success ? The movie is such a waste of time that you feel that its a test of your patience. After making such an awful waste how can the director come at end and dance like that ? Its high time kamal understood that there are people who likes to see some films of his which makes some sense.

Hey dude chill man, relax its ok. kamal hasan is a versatile actor and the movie is good

It seems that the film has made a big impact on ur writing

Try to be decent..

Hello Everybody,
This is my review about “Dasavatharam” after i saw it this saturday.
Story:- Pathetic
Acting:- it is painful watching Kamal dishing out such mediocre stuff in the name of acting.
Special Effects:- Sub-zero standard. The special effects and graphics in the cartoon movie The Polar Express is far better than this.

Only the first 10 mins of the movie is good.
After watching the movie, people coming out of the theatre were expressionlesss, as if everybody were struck with an hammer on their head.

Overall, This movie sucks to the core. My sincere advice is, please stay, as far away from this as possible.
Someone has got to remind Kamal that he is PadmaShri Dr.Kamal Hassan and not some ad-hoc third rate actor.

After watching Dasavatharam on Friday night at east windsor, nj, I came home and started reading the reviews on various blogs..No other review came closer to explain my feelings about this movie than hawkeye’s reviews… Being an ardent fan of kamal, he has completely betrayed his fans.. The graphics and the 10 roles could be termed as marvellous and stupendous by some ppl, but as someone said it earlier it is nothing more than a fancy dress competition.. Unnecessary characters, trying to mix crude humor with the flow of the movie, chappathi flour make up etc spoil the movie.. The two roles that Kamal has done pretty good is balram naidu and Rangarajan Nambi… Instead of trusting his acting talents that has given us so many classic movies, he has trusted this movie on the make-up, K.s. Ravikumar and of-course his views and ideologies on god.. We expect a mahanadhi or devar magan or guna from Kamal in every movie, but what we got here was a different aalavandhan/baba kind of movie…

For some reason, hawkeye blogspot is no longer accessible.. wonder if there is no foul play in that

kamal should just stop writing screenplays…he’s an orson welles wannabe…

but he is the best actor in this country today, no doubt….lightyears ahead of the others…

but (makes me sad to say this cos im an ardent fan) kamal’s big budget movies are extravagant, convoluted and vulgarly self-indulgent

hey all, movie is good and enjoying. What else is needed, much better then SIVAJI…so stop ur critics…next time u can stay away from his movies, but we not

my review on my wordpress page

rameshram.wordpress.com

ermm..kamal latest flick is really good..huge megaplex in msia have allocated three diff screening at the same time for this movie..normally there’ll be only one at a time :)..hail kamal

Hi, The movie is worth the money you spend for it. I have never ever seen Kamal perform any better. His blend into the 10 portrayed characters is near perfect. However you would be leaving the theatre with a confused mind not even a second in the middle of the movie you saw leave alone the theatre you were in. It is too far from being realistic and pushes wrong scientific and other ideologies without any thought for the wisdom of the audience. Kamal had probably imagined a 11th role which is probably the audience.

Dasavatharam is a milestone in Indian cinema and gives the right direction to the Indian cinema industry to step forward.

Not only kamal hassan’s best performances in this movie but also the techniques used in this film are wonderful.

1. I can remember I saw four kamal hassan in one scene and each role requires 10 hours of preparation and shooted in different days. Still you can feel like that each role is performed by different actors (thanks to Kamalji).

2. Especially the stunts scenes performed by fletcher kamal and japanese lady is really good.

3. The camera angles and visual effects used in this film are excellent. Don’t forget to watch the tsunami scene and eagle angle of chennai.

Don’t expect these masala items in this movie and you will enjoy!!!
1. don’t expect super hero stunts like flying 100 feet from floor
2. don’t compare this movie with high budget Hollywood movies like titanic(spent 1000 crore rs) but in this movie they spent only less than 100 crores for movie production
3. item songs or duet songs or boring love story.

This movie clearly gives us chance proud about our Indian movies

Compare Om Shanti Om (the worst picture ever done by khan) with this film

I feel pity for this site for having reviewers like this.

A good movie.Avtaar singh make up was best.
I liked it.I appreciate Kamal’s effort.

Hmmmm !! so many comments !! let me add mine too!
This movie is an awesome piece especially to those who have not lost the Intellectual mindset of a true Indian to the overpowering instantaneous lifestyle… there is a lot more to watch and observe in each of the Characters and the consequential screenplay that falls in place for the movie to go on… I agree to the fact that this is one movie that cannot be watched out of Box that we usually do with most of Kamal Hassan’s movies…. We need to move with the Action that is actually connecting the next character that is going to step in to make the change on the screen…. Now dasavatharam is for a commercial purpose But I DO NOT Agree that Kamal had any plans of Matching Rajni Kanth One has to understand that there is a Unique aspect that Kamal Hassan Expects his audience to perceive or derive out of the movie…. If you are true Fan you will catch it else you will end up giving up like some did…. GO BACK WATCH THE MOVIE AGAIN listen to the dialogs…. Technicalities no comments as you have seen it….already make up and Graphics…..
to sum up it is not an Average movie at all and taking the different roles into consideration and their body languages it is just goes without saying what efforts have gone into it….Pay the Price of Perception and then expect your derivation for the satisfaction you expect…..

Hi

I see a huge diaspora between those who are evidently Kamal fans and those who are trying to review the movie by subtracting the Kamal factor.

To be fair, however, it is impossible to consider the one without considering the other.

The main problems with the movie would be it’s guessable plot (however twisted it might seem), the introduction of unnecessary characters who are of no significance to the plot(khalifullah, Avatar Singh, George Bush), a desperate attempt to link these characters and a virtual massacre of the ‘Chaos’ theory. The make-up on the Fletcher character was unconvincing as was the make-up on Khalifullah. In effect there are several flaws with the film.

However on the upside, the first scene of the movie was brilliantly done, as were the roles of Naidu and the Dalit activist.
Although Kallai Mattum is an amazing song, i believe it’s a rip off from a Malayalam movie and that is highly disconcerting.

On balance, the movie ought to be watched for Kamal’s performance in certain roles, but it certainly will not feature in the list of Kamal’s Top 5 movies

Dear Friends,

Its simple.. Kamal cannot give a movie like Dasavatharam.. (having personal beleifs, self praising hero worship songs, vulgur dance .. etc) if this comes from actors like vijay or directors like perarasu then we can say its a good movie.. because thats thier capacity.. Some one like Kamal who is claimed to be THE genious of tamil movies industry can not deliver a crap..

whot a intellectual Movie.. hats off Sir. you are the inspiration..

Cracker of a review. Thanks for calling a spade a spade. It’s fanatics of so called superstars which make such movies worth more than it is. Dasa doesn’t deserve anything. It is a disaster and stinks just like it stunk on the 26th Dec on that fateful day in Chennai when the tsunami brought out the stink from Coovam.

I’m from Mumbai and I watched this Tamil movie for the first time…. The movie is really damn good… Just thought I was watching a hollywood movie… Many Cock suckers Like Vishal and the gay fucker Arun Prakash Iyer tell idiotic things about the movie…. These suckers could better suck dicks instead of writing crappy comments… The movie is incredible…..

I agree this review, I haven’t seen this movie yet but I heard from my friends and relatives that the movie was flopped and cann’t see till end…. THANKS

It is an obnoxiously dumb review and only DP will link to such crap.

Just two words to Kamal - Stop Acting

I wonder when our audience would grow and stop appreciating saas-bahu saga or a popper getting rich over night…a dumb fair chick blindly falls for a loser…after seein al those movies in different languages..I felt dasavatharam is a breather…being a hindu I dont give a shit to hindu sentiments..lol..I liked the movie….finally I felt that Indians too can make a hollywood movie sorta….

Hey Hawkeye,.
i never seen such a idiotic review,.
i think only a egoistic and crack fellow can give such a review. dont u have brains mate can u show a movie in whole industry which has such effects. wen u take de screenplay its was so very organised in such a way dat it could put u in de edge of ur sit. i can definetly assure dat it no way touched de sacred part of any community., for ur kind attension he havnt mentioned or talked abt any bad credits of the religions. see the movie without any bias,. it shows dat ur mindset is towards something else,. if u expected a porn movie den u shld have gone somewere else not to this,. this movie is for intellectual ppl who belives in hardwork and experimenting. each role is developed after a keen observation,. i can say no one ever in indian history can give a such good movie.

very awkward comment from awkward person
Dr kamal is a real gift to indian cinema.
Please dont pull his legs down by these nonsense and ugly comments
If u have rights to give this worst and ugly comments against this legend kamalhasan then we also have rights to ?????
Really he is a Ulaga nayan there is no doubt in this .
mind ur words mr. @#@#@#@#@

may i ask why some of you are comparing dasavatharam to sivaji?

sivaji was crap and all of us know it. it was just a masala movie with fanciful songs.

dasavatharam showed sincere effort from kamal hassan. each role was different in its own way. just think about the kizhavi role. can you believe that kamal was acting in the role? i almost forgot that the rest of the characters except for govind were even portrayed by kamal hassan.

seriously, if a non-tamil or a non-indian asks you to show a tamil movie, would you chose sivaji or dasavatharam?

i think that kamal has a good attitude and a good character personally. but even if he doesn’t, how can you comment that the movie was bad by pinpointing it to his personal life?

this is an absolutely ridiculous review with unsupported statements.

what can i say? more and more armchair critics are coming up.

Review - Dasavatharam

> Too many doubts about correlation of the movie, Chaos theory and Butterfly Effect have come into Picture….!!!
> The movie clearly states about Chaos Theory and Butterfly Effect [Kamal says it in his Speech in the Movie ]
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> The concept of “CHAOS THEORY” and “BUTTERFLY EFFECT”, by itself is a complex concept, which mainly highlights the happening of huge unimaginable things because of least probable things…!!!!
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> Dasa although deals with these concept, but does not necessarily confuse anyone with it,,,, As i said earlier, its mainly “YOU”… that plays a factor in how the movie gets along with “YOU”.
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> You have got to be Case 1 or Case 2 as i have said earlier in this entry,,, No use being Half Baked…..!!!!
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> To just brief about these Concepts,
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> Q: What is Chaotic System ?
> A: Basically a chaotic system is one wherein long term predictions are impossible.Like for example,if I push a car, I know that it is going to move and it will continue to do so if I go on pushing it on and on.However,in a chaotic system,this situation cannot be predicted over a long period of time.
> Weather for example is a chaotic system.No matter how good your instruments are,you simply cannot predict the weather with 100% accuracy over a long term basis and forecast it.
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> Q: What is the Butterfly Effect ?
> A: It is the most important component of a chaotic system.Basically,small perturbations results in amplifications which completely destroys the original nature of the system and makes prediction impossible.
> If a butterfly flaps its wings in Africa,it could result in a cyclone in USA.(Mark the word COULD).A highly dumbed down explanation of the butterfly effect is in the film Anniyan,where Vikram’s sister dies because a liquor shop owner sells liquor on a dry day.
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> Q: OK, how does Dasa incorporate it ?
> A: In essence,Dasa talks about 8 characters who are inconsequential as such,but are integrated in a larger picture.Without Bush,the plane would have been called back.Without Shinghen, Govind would be dead.Without the tsunami,the world would have been destroyed.Even Krishnaveni Patti plays a very important role.If she had not put the vial in the idol,maybe Govind would have recovered it then and there and a powerful weapon would have been unleashed.The very fact that it went into the idol meant that it was being accelerated to its destiny.Without Kaifulla Khan, Govind would have never escaped;the list simply goes on.
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> Q:OK,so does the film talk about theism or atheism?
> A:Neither.It talks about how humans drive the destiny of the world.
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> The movie does Show ” A Butterfly ” flying accross the screen after the Tsunami Attcck, clearly indicating that the Tsunami is an Outcome of ” The Butterfly effect “.
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> ALSOOOOOOO……..
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> I said that the butterfly COULD cause a hurricane.That’s a huge probability. Would be a negligible probability. NOT a huge one. if that were true, we would have cyclones on an hourly basis as butterflies keep flitting all over Africa and u don’t have so many cyclones to account for a HUGE probability.
> Chaos,relativity and quantum mechanics are so damn weird that you will think I am talking metaphysics and pseudoscience.
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> Like for example,according to quantum mechanics,there is a finite probability that you will fall right through a solid chair.And it is a PROBABILITY.
> Even 10 to the power -26 is finite .
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> But yes, Quantum Mechanics does allow for weird situations.
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> THE CONNECTION !!!!!
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> Guys check this link for a clear and complete explanation
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect
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> In the above links u can see that butterfly’s wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado or delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornado in a certain location..
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> So in dasavatharam that idol thrown into sea in 12th century is the cause for tsunami…. so everything is interlinked .The wiki entry also says that chaos could play an important role in plate techtonics. Which means even the 12th century incident is connected.
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> The 1st scene is perfectly connected to the climax, remember what Kamal says in the 1st scene, that he will not say “Om Nama Shivaya” , but Asin tells him to chant it , but still Kamal refuses , ( in this kamal in his story tries to tell that ) Nambi believes in his god more than anything, but Asin feels “Its ok if we change the god or chant other god’s name, its life thats most important.” Now if u see the climax its JUST OPPOSITE…. Kamal doesn’t believe in god much and values lives of people the most…. but Asin deeply believes in god and that too this dialogue comes when both Asin and Kamal’s hand is on the god which came from the sea , and it also means that they are getting united from the place they departed hundreds of years back ( Kamal and Asin).The connection between the 1st scene and the climax in the movie shows the generation circle combined with supernatural powers of GOD and destiny…..!!!
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> If you watch it closely u can also find another actor who has done double action other than Asin and Kamal.
> Asin’s father Sahasranamam [12th Century], in the beginning he says to Nambi “Panchatchira manthirathai sollitu vaango mappillai” and at the End [After tsunami] he says “Avar enna jathiyo inga vaanga paati “.
> Another Eg. of Chaos Theory and circle of life.
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> JUST IMAGINE THE CHAOS THEORY IN A TAMIL FILM ??
> WILL ANYONE HAVE THE GUTS TO HANDLE THIS KIND OF A SUBJECT IN A TAMIL FILM?
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> ONLY KAMAL HAS THE GUTS…. U ROCK!!
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> FURTHER————-
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> Nambi explanation
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> Okay, this is slightly outside the chaotic system driving the film as a whole.From what I could gather he says that this story is about ideologies like God,the madness surrounding such ideologies and decides to tell the story of the Shaivite-Vaishnavite conflict to show how people go crazy in the name of God as an example.
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> As a loose end,it gets tied up in the end,when the Ranganathar idol is thrown out of the sea due to the tsunami which highlights the cyclic nature of life.Actually the Nambi character highlights both Chaos and Karma which I explained.That is the brilliance of this film,there is so much to see and understand.
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> Another explanation(and this is slightly far fetched— as explained earlier) is that Govind is in fact the reincaranation of Nambi. As Nambi he couldn’t protect God and died in the name of God.In order to fulfill his Karma,he is reincarnated as Govind Ramasamy who ultimately saves the world from destruction.The idol in the end somewhat hints to this theory; his story began with the idol and it ends with the idol.
> As far as the connection with Nambi character and events in 12th Century goes…
> The connection is based on the “Butterfly effect “.
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> When Govind and Andal goes to the bury the idol in the sands, Andal will stumble on a particular stone couple of times…This is the same stone as the one from 12th Century hen Kothai rips her Thaali and flings it at Kulothunga Chozan…it will end up hanging on the stone. So, the implied message here is Andal is Kothai reborn in the 21s century.
> During the encounter with Santhana Bharathi in the sand quarry, it is repeat of the incident from 12th century. Instead of Kulothunga Chozhan, it is the Sand Mafia which tries to inflict damage on the land.
> This movie is a brilliant juxtaposition of independent characters whose paths cross, if only briefly, which is stunning example of Chaos Theory.
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> The idol that is drowned in the sea along with Rangarajan in 12th century by Chozha king results in a fault being developed at the bottom of the ocean and creates tremors more than 800 years later. These tremors result in the Tsunami. This again is a classic case of Butterfly Effect wherein a seemingly inconcsequential event (the drowing of the idol) saves Tamil Nadu from being wiped out off the face of the earth.
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> But actually kamal has not left anything for our imagination… Explanation struck the right chord, Kamal does tell to Asin in a dialogue that idol which gets sunken back then gets struck between the tectonic plates under the sea and causes tsunami…
> Many people missed this dialogue i guess. Kamal’s accent was so very perfect Tamil, that many people missed it…. Being perfect Is a Problem by Itself !!!
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> Although the explanation is a least possible theory, that is what “Chaos Theory” And “Butterfly Effect” are all about.
> Its not just the statue that caused the tsunami, but it just started a large chain of effects which kept multiplying exponentially and finally lead to it after 800 years….!!
> Why just say this concept is perfectly illogical… it is possible… thats what i have been explaining all the while !!!
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> The story line is that things going wrong are made to be right which involves many people and countries knowingly or unknowingly.
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> Knowingly:
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> -Bush, Manmohan Singh, Govindh, Fletcher, Balaram Naidu, Mallika Sherawath.
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> Unknowingly:
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> -Nambi’s drowning to death with the heavy statue causes simple changes to the seabed that causes a devastating tsunami 800 years later [Acc. to Chaos theor it is possible.... although it is least probable... It is possible.. so nothing TOTALLY WRONG About it ]
> -Poovaragan(actually saved kamal unknowingly—when poovaragan enters kamal and asin were caught by those manal kollayargal.There poovaragan distracts the gang helping kamal to escape),
> - Avatar Singh(gave way to Fletcher to escape in the airport unknowingly),
> - Japanese(saved govind from fletcher,he knows he is saving but he doesnt know about the play and was there only for revenge),
> - Kallifulla and family(saved govind unknowingly)……..
> -Vincent is a dalit leader of a lower caste( the so called ) but saved an Iyengar Girl ……and at the end becomes the con of the Iyengar Paati !!
> - If Shingen Narahashi’s sister was not killed, Fletcher could have killed govind and used the virus for wrong purpose..
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> This is based on Chaos Theory..!!!!!
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> It is marvellous that THALAIVAR Kamal has used such a device in Abhoorva Saghodhararghal, way back in 1989. To kill Delhi Ganesh, for those of you who do not remember… yet another Eg. of Chaos Theory And butterfly Effect !
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> The plot concept of Dasavadhaaram is logically explained by a machine used by Him in His own screenplay back then too, before 20 Years!! Be it a coincidence, or He possibly had that in mind as an inspiration, it amazes me!!

hey one has to take birth to make such record. this is not possible with any indian actor just to think about such a story. if you are reviewing the movie first you should be excellent in ‘chaos’ theory explained in the movie. If you are excellent then you know how the movie has clearly explaining the theory. I bet no one can explain so clearly with such a marvellous screenplay. I believe the person who posted the review is not a neutral person. He is not looking things from neutral state. i can bet that no one can do such effort at this age. So better mind your words before reviewing.

This review best fits the movie.
GREAT REVIEW man!…
Hats off!

The movie is splendid and spectacular. Each and every frame has been crafted as well an architect would do. Minow flaws of makeup can be forgiven for the fact that even if four kamals were there, the scene makes us feel that they are different actors.

Marvellous attempt by kamal.

Good movie!

Kudos to the team!

I Like Joe’s comment. Still i couldn’t come out from perarasu’s Palani movie….. He is producing one more thuthani. Only god can help.
(Dasavatharam : yet to watch)

Dasavatharaam reminds us of all the weird things crazy people do just to get noticed or make it to the Guiness Book - eating 500 burgers, standing upside down for two days, walking backwards for three weeks, dancing on a buffalo’s back, fighting with a donkey or some other equally silly antic. Kamal Haasan tries a similar attention-grabbing gimmick - for the first time, 10 different roles in a movie. So what? It’s still a lousy movie and overall freak show.

Awesome movie.. dasavatharam..

Chaos Theory was one of the themes in this movie. Everything affects everything. No matter how small of an event, it can still have a huge impact. Someone said the 12th century flashback was pointless. I am sorry my friend, but it is vital to the Chaos Theory theme. The huge idol of Perumal dropped into the ocean in the 12th century BC affected the tectonic plates just a little slightly. After almost 3000 years, the tectonic plates shifted enough to cause an earthquake, which subsequently caused the Dec.26th South Asian Tsunami. This tsunami caused enough sea water to submerge the deadly biochemical that Fletcher releases. I hope you remember that sea water is in fact salty water (NaCl water). Hero Kamal said they would need mountains of NaCl if the biochemical was released, and that mountain of NaCl came in the form of the tsunami. All the little details that happened throughout the course of the movie ultimately brought the biochemical to the shores of the sea. Also, it was fate that brought Kamal and Asin to the seashore of the same beach scene in 12th century BC. Because they were at a historical place, Boovaragalam was there to stop the sand-stealers from destroying the historical area. This in turn allowed Kamal+Asin to escape and allowed Boovaragalam to subsequently go to his enemy’s house to subsequently save his children.
The value of each individual is a second theme found in the story. Everyone has the potential for change to happen (chaos theory). Like, Boovaragalam (i know wrong spelling) said, we are all heroes, some of us just choose to live like vermin. This same character also rebutted the sand-stealer’s offensive statement that his lower class people can not read. Boovaragalam shows example of all his people that can read, he even introduces one of his people who is a poet. When the poet finishes and one of the people in his group say all of us can now read, Boovaragalam admits he is illiterate. But then his friend makes a beautiful comeback for him, when he says Boovaragalam is a genius without even having to read. That scene really made me feel for those who put down others in society based on caste or education level. The scene showed how important every person is, no matter how literate or how rich or how high class a person is. We are all equal in god’s eyes. Boovaragalam doesn’t think twice about risking his own life to rescue his enemy’s children. Unlike others who were not in the right place to save the children, Boovaragalam was. The scene showed the power each individual possesses.
Now, on to the many many many fine details…
Fletcher shows his bad-****** attitude a lot, did you see him flip off the security camera? lol
The lion statue on the sea shore appears in the 12th century and in present times. Old Asin killed herself on the head of this lion, present Asin hits herself on the same lion.
In the scene where Old Kamal is dropped into the ocean with the idol, a little of his blood triggers the senses of a shark. The shark of course eats him, except for his hand, which is why there is only the bones of a hand that remains on the statue after the idol washes ashore after the tsunami.
The hordes of birds that fly over Fletcher when he is alone with the idol on the construction building indicates the impending tsunami.
I have written all of this based on only seeing it once. There is a lot more that should be added once I see it again. Plus, I did forget some details here and there as well. As I hope you can see, the powerful story and the important lessons that are taught throughout the story really over power the \”obvious\” makeup and \”PS2\” graphics.
If you watched the movie for super amazing makeup, go look at a plastic surgery magazine. If you watched the movie for amazing graphics, go watch Transformers. If you want a good entertainer for 3 hours that also has a great story and important lessons without being preachy, then please, go watch DASAVATHARAM!!!
btw, awesome background music and I loved Oh Oh Sanam and Mukunda Mukunda.

http://www.southside.in/301/Dasavatharam-Demystifying/

oh! boy your prediction came true

Dasavatharam - Kamal originality missing -I have watched these kamal movies many many times . Some of the movies I watched many times were Apoorva Raagangal, Avargal, 16 Vayathinile , Ninaithale Inikkum ,Varumayin Niram Sigappu , Saagara Sangamam, Raja Paarvai, Ek Duuje Ke Liye, Moondram Pirai, Saagar,Kalyanaraman,Swathi Muthyam ,Punnagai Mannan,Indian,Guna ,Thevar Magan, ,Apoorva Sagodharargal, Michael Madhana Kamarajan ,Avvai Shanmughi,Thenali,Panchathantiram,Anbe Sivam,Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu.- I will not see Dasvatharam for second time as Kamal’s originality is missing. Michael Madhana Kamarajan was lot better.

A quality movie whose standard is above then all other indian movies. 10 roles played by Kamal and Graphics are excellent. The first 10 minutes and the last 10 minutes are mind blowing (Has given much better than indian standards).The film misses and lacks only in Music and BGM.

Guys,

First understand the concept of Chaos theory, then watch the movie..I do agree make up and music are not meeting the expectations.. but it is overall a good movie. Kamal had really set a new trend to Indian cinema in Technical aspects especially stunts. The characters are not created to do 10 roles. Each character is interlinked with one another hats off to Kamal’s guts. This kind of movie is the first in Indian cinema and this will be the future. Time will answer this. And do not use your local languages in reviews (it shows what kind of person you are).

it’s not the story and the concept that irks me.
It is the treatment of that concept.
you can have the best concepts in a movie, but when it is touted as an Entertainer, the makers better stick to entertainment principles!

in Dasa, there are hidden gems, but without proper screenplay and music they remain hidden.

BABA - most wonderful vedanta concepts.
Highest philosophies of life were told in 3 hrs timeframe.
Result?

I liked baba personally, though, since the soul was there.
In Dasa, with all the slapstick comedy he missed the soul.

Hi….
Its a waste movie…full time and money waste…another Baba!!
I dont understand why kamal hasan made this movie???.

I am a hard core fan of Kamal.. I have few questions to be clarified by those who says Dasa is a hit..

1. Why was a scene where a row boat carrying perumal and Kamal involved graphical crap? It could have been beautifully shot in a beautiful real river?

2. If u observed kaifulla khan and Govind’s scenes..you could very well see kaifulla khan moving with no synch to the rest of the characters..again a crap w.r.t graphics..

3. one comedy…when Avtar singh is shot by
Fletcher, Krishnaveni runs to protect the idol of Perumal.

4. in one shot Fletcher is surrounded by police helicopters in a huge building and teh next shot shows Fletcher standing in beachside ready to fight with the japanese kamal.

5. the climax shows a Tsunami afftected city, with many dead and lot destroyed and Kamal and Krishnaveni express their romance with each other…

6. A monkey that cannot distuingish between a choclate and a bioweapon, types the password of a safe which is just a four or five digit numeric code… even yahoo and gmail recommends complex passwords, but bio-scientists in US still preffer four digit codes?

7. Imagine teh comedy if george bush says he would like to meet manamohan singh and karunanidhi…also when Mr.Bush stands up to address the crowd..the BGM plays “Ulaganayagane tune”…wah..kya baat hai…

Ah..these were just few of the flaws in the movie….

10 of my frieds and myself watched the movie together on teh first day and we kept talking about the flaws the movie till 3 am in the night…

My comment: One of the worst high budget movie i ever watched….

@MAHE’s comments: “The huge idol of Perumal dropped into the ocean in the 12th century BC affected the tectonic plates just a little slightly. After almost 3000 years, the tectonic plates shifted enough to cause an earthquake, which subsequently caused the Dec.26th South Asian Tsunami. ”

Mahe…. I dont know whether to Cry or Laugh at this…. Who said that the tectonic plate got shifted due to the perumal statue.. Do u really know how big a tectonic plate will be?

The movie can be summed up as nonsensical & disrespectful. It was nothing more than a one-man play stretched for 3 torturous hours!
Nonsensical bcoz a white guy is running the streets of Tamil Nadu and is on a killing spree. If RAW functions the way it is depicted, no wonder even the Parliment of India was almost blown up. Too many loopholes in the plot, too many stereotypical characters, clumsy characterization, screenplay & story. The movie would’ve been better off with 1 hour less duration and less by 7 characters (Fletcher, Kalifulla, Vincent, Old Lady, Bush, Japanese & Avatar). Next time he should start wearing some Halloween masks and save the 4 hrs of makeup. He also has to stop creating caricatures of non-Tamil ethnic groups. A stripper Mallika is unnecessary and so were Jayaprada and KR Vijaya. He’s got to look at the mirror and understand that his ego is getting bigger than his intelligence. I’m surprised to see that the fans who posted at this site almost feel obligated to praise & defend him and guilty if they didn’t! That’s a perfect illusion and ego massage that Kamal Hassan can never have enough of.

The movie is disrespectful bcoz the handling of the idol since it leaves the procession is the most disgusting and disrespectful depiction of a Hindu god on the Indian screen by an Indian protagonist. I think Kamal Hassan definitely deserves a name in the record books for that notoriety. I dare him to try the same scenes with a Koran or a Bible and would like to see how long can he survive as a “ualaga nayagan”?! Try dumping sand on them or holding them next to a dirty “sauchalyam”, throw them to somebody else 15 feet away or talk about ripping of a few pages to reveal the vial. Let’s see how his ogling non-Hindu fans would react.
The director is a buffoon and he seems more than happy doing the film rather than the subject! Kamal, try the same nonsense with Mani Ratnam…no wonder there was never another Nayagan that fetched him a National Award. He should not be allowed to the release the Hindi version.

Hi

Couple of remarks about the reviews from Vijay and Tamizhan.

Vijay,

Clearly you have kept ‘Chaos’ central to the theme of the story and reviewed the entire movie keeping the theory central.
Nothing wrong with that, except for the following facts:-
1) The interconnectivity of ‘Chaos’ to real life is an abstract phenomenon, and the theory hinges on the improbable.
2) Trying to connect seemingly disconnected events through a complex web of equations is best left to the scientific realm. I still believe that the movie massacred the theory.
3) You seem to be primarily interested in depicting the relevance of the characters. Even if they play any role, it seems to me that their singular function is to aid/save Govind. Even if this were the case, surely less talented actors than Kamal could have portrayed the same?
While Krishnaveni Patti and Poovayagan are amazing tributes to Kamal’s versatility, Khalifullah, Bush and Fletcher were grossly inadequate in every sense.

Tamizhan,

The reason Kamal uses the idol of Perumal and not the “Bible” or “Koran” is to ensure relevance to the plot. Why would you bring up that point unless you are as communal as some of the characters the movie parodies?
In fact, the primary audience for Kamal, despite his claims of being ‘Ulaga Nayagan’ would still be in India where the largest resident population is still Hindu. I think it takes a lot more guts to depict the scenes using a Hindu idol than it does with symbols of other religions. Moreover a large percentage of the world population is Christian, but that didnt stop the making of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ did it?

Communalism and strife are the principal examples of cause- and- effect.
Or in Mr. Vijay’s words- the probable parts of an improbable whole.

@Kiran Ramaswamy
Thamizhan has every right to feel the movie hurt his religious sentiments.The constitution has given this happy right while it has not given the right to kamal to hurt other’s religious beliefs.
Even Da vinci code was banned by many states following protests.When Cartoonist somewhere around the world depicted something against a community you saw the repercussions. Does that mean that anything anyone says (only) against hinduism must be tolerated as doing otherwise is communal? Or that Kamal is so intelligent that you assume what he does is right? Please shed your share of hypocrisy and see from all angles.

The movie is so excellent. its not a good coment about the movie. only kamal can do these type of ten different characters. he is really LOKANAYAKUDU and song really suits to him

Thamizhan is right… not only in this movie but in may tamil movies the believes of hindu people and hindu gods are taken for granted.. as rightly said by Thamizhan.. if similar things are done for any other religion the movie would have rever allowed to be screened… very true..

Though the review is bit hard written, we need to accept substance of the message. The movie takes takes you nowhere. Do we need a kamal hassan for such movie? Indisputably it is a rajnikanth movie & we dont expect such things from kamal, who made brilliant movies like anbe sivam, maha nathi etc. Above all the make up of many characters looks so rubbish.

Well…like most others I too was waiting feverishly for d release of Dasavatharam…and eagerly buked tickets 2 watch it in Satyam….After seein d film I came out very much disappointed…The film was a great success for Kamal for his numero uno performance and for athiests but i feel dat sentiments of Hindus was greatly overtaken…The film was more like anti-Hinduistic rather than anti-God…Some of the questions he raised in d film were foolish and it was transparent that Kamal had more technical knowledge rather than Spiritual one…..and his very questioning of the presence of God esp the Hindu ones makes me suspect whether Kamal is goin 2 plunge himself into political arena and the portrayal of some big shot politicians may support ma theory!!!!
Kamal…..
u have made all the believers of God disappointed…..:(
Speakin abt d chaos theory one can only feel that it has been used with little effect and poor understanding….And the explanation(not in d film but) that the drowning of the Lord’s idol triggered d tsunami after 800 yrs is ridiculous…It is agreeable dat each and everythin in dis world is acting upon each and everythin in d world is true but a single statue triggering a mass tsunami as it was sounds really funny….It was scientific but not dat scientific!!!I adore Kamal 4 his acting but no one cud hv done his role but overall d story lacks d punch!!!

You are on the money! That said, I would still say it is a movie that is atbest watchable once. The story line is fine and novel - a racing thriller. Kamal should have done away with the “makeup” crap. Looks like “celluloid cartoons”. He could have differentiated the characters thru mannerisms - like in Michael Madana Kamarajan or for that matter how it was done with less expense in Navarathri by Sivaji. Of the ten characters, the first avatar is good; Scientist is fine. The RAW agent is fine. Fletcher - the villain acting is fine but you need to put up with the make up. While the dialog delivery of the character against sand mafia is good, a normal make up would have suited the character much better. In all, a good story line and a racing thriller was spoilt by the ego-maniac - makeup buffoon.

I agree the movie has flaws and lacks quality. but believe me no other India actor could ever match up to him and the risk and efforts he takes. If you can make movies such as om shanti om and murder big hits.. I know the standard and the expectation of the reviewers.. God save you guys…

Mahe ur review s absolutely great. Hats off to u

Hi Guys

Special Mention: Messrs Shiva and Joe

Thank you for your valuable remarks. My hypocrisy is measurable unlike yours which seems to be frightfully intolerant.

Your arguments on the contrary are weak as well.

To elucidate:- If Da Vinci Code was banned in several countries, you would realise that all of these pay an unnecessary obeisance to the papacy.

That in itself is the hypocrisy that you are a part of.

To further elucidate, let us consider the fact that Kamal’s atheistic stance is unacceptable. If that be the case, it would become impossible to make anything without affecting “religious” sentiments.

Why does your belief hinge on what an actor portrays on the screen? If indeed they do, they are extremely weak sentiments and very possibly the cause for communal bias that Kamal rightly ridicules in every one of his movies.

Anyway, these deliberations are pointless if viewed from any point outside the movie. If you guys are so high-strung, perhaps you should consider the fact that the interpretation of the movie on it’s theistic/atheistic stance is pure rhetoric. The perception purely depends on the audience.

No one does it to u like kamal! Man really knows how to drive a nail into the coffin of a producer and piss on it.

Why they ever let him on ego trips like Alavandan, dasavatharam or hey ram, heaven alone knows.

1. Baba didn’t fail commercially because Rajini was speaking about something that was close to his heart. Baba failed because most people have learnt to take things at so much face value that they found it incredulous that a man could be 2000 years old.

I mean, think about it. Some of the most impactful films ever made were because they were close to the filmmakers true passions. I hardly see why such passion cannot translate onto an audience unless - UNLESS - it is too “out of the ordinary”.

And an audience who cannot accept it is more a reflection of people’s inability to accept unique thoughts, and hardly a reflection of the thinker.

2. Kamal, be he athiest, agnostic, anti-semetic, or pious - the very fact that he can openly view such a thing from different angles is a credit to him.

In an industry where a film seems to be judged more on HOW MANY PEOPLE BOUGHT TICKETS… and less on its artistic value, the very fact that a guy would bother to risk telling a story that brings about the exact reaction as on this page, is an example of courage - even if only a little. It seems to be far more courage than the fools who slunk in a corner, and come out to throw a rotten tomato just because somebody is trying to do something original.

The thing is, it doesn’t matter if you succeed at an original work, or fail at it. If you at least tried, that deserves credit.

So, stand back a little, and think about what you’re doing with your own lives. People go to enormous lengths, placing such intense passion into the films that are most loved, and simultaneously most hated. Stand back and think, before you run the risk of being just a number on a meaningless vote. That is not what life is about.

sir i think ur a blind man.. u blind man first go and do the operation..if u want money i will throw you up beggar.. my friends movie in two words simply superb.. best movie off the tamil industry.. 100/100