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Posted June 13th, 2008 by admin
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Movie Review: Dasavatharam, Kamal Hassan's Directorial Debut
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Dasavatharam finally hits the big screen this weekend after a long long wait for Kamal Hassan's Fans. This Tamil Magnum Opus in one word can be described as "Terriffic!" . Dasavatharam is indeed something different (we all know everyone says that about their movie but this one indeed is!) . Dasavatharam starts off in 12th Century and goes to 21st century. The music of the movie is a little disappointing and not many have liked Himesh Reshammiyya's music for the movie. The back ground score for the movie has been done by ace telugu music director Devi Sri Prasad who did a spectacular job.
Kamal Hassan excels in his roles right from playing Rangarajan, a Vishnu devotee of the 12th century to Govinda, a scientist in united states. It would probably be one of the most difficult tasks to pick out the best role of Kamal Hassan from the 10 roles he plays in the movie. We pick out biological scientist Govinda's role to be the best among for its pure novelty.
Asin plays the female lead in the movie opposite Kamal Hassan and she has gone a long way since her debut. Her performance in Dasavatharam was excellent matching what Kamal Hassan expected from his artists.
To say it in short, though not really what we expected, Dasavatharam is still good! You might want to watch this for Mr. Kamal Hassan.
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Actor Kamal Hassan's quest for Oscar award is widely known; that he will stoop to any low in that direction is proved by his latest film titled ‘Dasavataram’. Having seen this film in a prominent cinema hall recently, I feel disgusted to say that the film deserves to be totally banned from public exhibition on several counts. First and foremost, the word ‘Dasavataram’ is considered sacred and very much part of Hindu culture relating to Lord Vishnu's reincarnations primarily for destruction of evil; the word any sane man born and brought up in Hindu culture easily understands. It is ironical that this actor has dared to title his film with the noble name which invokes instant veneration and what one actually see or feel is narration of his version of events essayed in his perverted mind, in the name of freedom of expression, without caring two hoots about the impact it is going to make on public mind especially in India. This so-called versatile actor has miserably failed in his attempt to portray 'secularism' as he supposes and understands by choosing to portray other major communities in the country like Christians, Muslims and Sikh as do-gooders and that only Hindus are religious fanatics, right from the very first frame of the film. He has further shown that individuals belonging to international communities including NRIs are bent upon leashing acts of terror on fellow human beings in other parts of the globe, for the sake of gathering wealth and in the name of science & technology. In his colossal misadventure he has even involved the current President of the United States of America by mimicry as well as the known atheist Chief Minister of Tamilnadu in his current official position, as also a fleeting portrayal of past Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalitha by showing her aerial survey of Tsunami hit areas during December 2004, all obviously for the sake of seeking cheap publicity.
The picture titled 'Dasavataram' is truly an example of gross misuse of freedom of expression, not confining to ethical standards expected of an esteemed actor like Kamal Hassan and his reputed team, and as such it should be banned in toto from public exhibition.