15/06/2008

Dasavatharam!!!

I have not seen many movies as pathetic as this one which we watched yesterday evening.There was so much hype created and we too got trapped by it all and decided to go and watch the movie.We have usually heard and many times seen too Kamlahasan comes out with super hits and superlative performances,like Anbe Sivam, Pammal K Sambandham etc..This one Dasavatharam was different though I have to say.Kamalahasan I thought wanted to prove himself by playing ten different roles and some of them so very irrelevant to the theme.I am still wondering what he was trying to convey as 'Avtar Singh',probably he wanted to show that he could do all formats of dance with perfect ease.Beyond that I could not see any thing in that role.It was a pretty unrealistic role I thought. Another bad one was the role of patti which was again of no importance to the story.It is difficult to put the pieces together and make sense out of the movie.
The worst part was I thought people playing around through most part of the movie with a moorthi of Vishnu.It is I think such a shame to keep throwing the Lord's statue all over.I mean where is the respect for our culture and where are the values I wish to know???
As a common man I was unable to comprehend most of Dasavatharam.May be there was a hidden deep meaning in all the three hours of display of histrionics beginning with the 12th century Vaishnavite to the scientist, to the CBI, the patti, the politician, the sardarji and all the other roles he played.
Asin I thought over did her role of the tam brahm girl.Mallika Sherawat did her brief part with ease and style.Veteran's Nagesh and K.R. Vijaya had insignificant parts in the movie for sure.
I felt I was watching a video game in many places, the fight scenes for sure were for most part fantasy I thought........
The only good in the movie for me was the song sung by Hariharan, 'Kallai mattum Kandal"
and Sadhana Sargam's Mukunda, Mukunda.....
After all these years of acting , achievement and variety I wish KamalHasan would stop wanting to prove himself or whatever it is he attempted to with 'Dasavatharam'..........
All in all I though a not so good end to an otherwise decent weekend........

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