Dasavatharam

Plot synopsis:
<<<<contains spoiler>>>>>The story has the underlying themes of Chaos theory and chain of events. It begins with the 12th century with a conflict between the worshipers of two Gods namely Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. The king being a Lord Shiva devotee decides to sink the Vishnu idol which is opposed by Rangarajan(kamal), a vishnu devotee. So the king ties rangarajan with the idol and drowns them in the sea.The story propels forward to the current century, where a very harmful bio-chemical weapon is invented in the United States for defense purposes. However, following a hazardous leak, Govindarajan (the protagonist, played again by Kamal), decides to prevent it from being used. There are people who are not happy with this decision, and decide to stop him by hiring an Ex-CIA assassin Christian Fletcher (Again, Kamal). The Virus somehow lands in a cargo shipment that is on its way to Chennai, India. Govindrajan and Fletcher race to the other end of the world, in a bid to conquer this vial. The rest of the movie is a cat and mouse game, into which many other characters (most played by Kamal himself, in keeping with the theme of the movie), are drawn.The movie reaches a dramatic conclusion when the protagonist Govindarajan fails to stop the leakage of the virus (Fletcher consumes it and hence causes it to decay his body and spread onto the beach shore). This act would have destroyed a million lives, except that it is already established that the virus can be neutralized by pouring down tons and tons of NaCl.The chaos theory takes control again, with Tsunami rocking the seashores of Chennai, one that brings with it tons of NaCl, courtesy the salty sea water. This miracle is linked to the incidents that occurred back in the 12th century (the god sunk in the sea centuries ago,although killing thousands saves the lives of millions in the form of Tsunami) conferring that everything happens for a reason and god exists.The ten roles Kamala Hasan plays in the movie are The hero/Scientist, Villan Ex-CIA assassin ,an old lady, the vishnu devotee,intellegence officer(indian), a muslim, a scheduled caste leader,a japanese martial arts guy, a punjabi pop singer and George Bush.

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Review:
Himesh should not have been the composer, instead AR Rehman would have been good.Kamal's hard work and perseverance is evident throughout the movie and that works good for the movie.KS Ravikumar has been roped in just to add the commercial elements to keep the investments safe and he does it quite good.Not a regular Kamal film as its commercial like a Rajini movie, though reiterates the fact why he is called the "Best in Indian Cinema".This multi-faceted effort will be remembered in Indian cinema a long way.
The movie is a racy thriller which has very right mixture of action and comedy and is splendid because of kamal's acting, makeups(one or two makeups are not very pleasing though),crazy's sensible and witty dialogues,special effects and all.I want to remind people that like any other film Dasavatharam is also a 'film' which is intend to satisfy all type of movie lovers.
The plot may appear simple but the way it is portrayed in a thrilling way throughout without any flaws, introducing each role at appropriate time with most of them strongly connected to the main story(though i feel one or two characters not very needed to the film,we can give it up as they don't deviate you from the plot)is really superb.Hello movie goers, don't even think to miss this movie.
It is worth the money you pay for.If you want to experience the full thrill of the movie, don't read any summaries/synopsis nor read about the Ten Characters of Mr. Kamal in the film.
If you've read about those different characters before watching the movie, You've already missed a great part of the thrill.Some characters of him, (I'm not mentioning since it has to be experienced) are SO PERFECT that you'll take time to convince your mind that it's Mr. Kamal itself.Now into the movie.
the creative genius of kamal haasan has been unleashed to an audience who have witnessed thousand odd duets,thousand odd cheap fights and few good movies as well.music was good and the make up was not upto the standard that kamals earlier films had set.perhaps he felt the pressure of the time this project took.ravi varman deserves mention.asin was irritating at times and of the ten three to four roles was not enjoyed.and like this the film may contain many flaws if not less but kamal stands as tall as kalifulla khan does before these flaws.dasaavatharam may or may not be a commercial success but it is time for the world to stand up and congratulate this artist..
Kamal Haasan also plays the role of Krishnaveni Patti, the grandmother and Shingen Narahashi, a martial expert.The film moves at such a brisk pace that one forgets the many loopholes and enjoys the grandeur and spectacle of the movie.
Dasavatharam - I was expecting it to be a great movie, not only because Kamal was acting in it, but he was also the story writer, screenplay, and dialogues.
The scene in which George Bush is shown as a dumb president was hilarious but it didn't evoke a laughter into many audience because people didn't understand it.Kamal Haasan has tried to cater to all the audiences but I feel that it is a movie for the urban audience.The second half makes u feel close to Michale Madana Kama Rajan because of the comedy.Asin is totally irritating in the movie and at any point if Kamal Haasan had killed her,the audience wouldn't have felt for her.I need to watch it again to fully understand the connection between 12th century and the 21st century happenings.I couldn't hear certain dialogs because of the first day first show atmosphere.
this is just an entertainer...which was taken with lots of effort.in future Indian cinema must move to worthy entertainers like this movie rather than trying to provide just songs and fight.kamal haasan performed well...but this is not among his best performances.kamal haasan as balram naidu-extremely funnythe character as dhalith leader was heroic and kalifullah kahn was an adorable character!the graphics was nopt upto the mark in few scenses...but a great effort in producing all the characters into single screen with such perfection.overall- entertainment guaranteed.
Initially I was disappointed that Devi Sri did d job instead of H.Jeyaraj or ARR, but then d young man came up with a splendid piece of work, especially d background score for Balaram, Avtar, Shingen n d Beagle 2 lab, apart from d fight scenes.3.Direction was just average, probably Kamal ghost directed d movie.
Some of d faces look disproportionate, as of Shingen n Bush, which looked 2 big.7.Acting, I don't hv 2 comment,was excellent 4 Kamal.He had 2 learn so many accents like d typical American,Japanese,Thirunelveli ones in a short time period,n on top of that assigning an individual voice 4 each character.Kudos 2 Asin 4 dropping her glamor girl image n trying something new.Both Kothai Radha n Aandal were exceptional.One should not blame her 4 that nuisance role as that were d requirements of d script.Napolean was good 2.In sort, I would like to say that no one else other than Kamal can produce a movie like Dasavatharam in the near foreseeable future.It will b interesting 2 c how future multiple role movies like Kanthasamy fare in d box office.One cannot compare Sivaji with Dasavatharam.
I watched better makeup(Star Wars(1977),Lord of the Rings(2001),Monster(2003),...many more).But still I would rate this movie no less than a full 8/10, only because of a talented KH's truly pure and great intention in making this movie.KH is truly up there with the world's best actors, script-writers and directors....And yes, Kamal Haasan truly came very near to enacting a role every hot-blooded guy dreams of playing - a ruthless Schwarzenegger-style bad Terminator (as in Part One).I also recommend viewers to watch 'The Da Vinci Code(2006)' and Swades(2004)..
When you have special effects the likes of which have never been seen in an India movie, characters that have been given flesh and blood by none other than Kamal Hassan, who really cares if the plot is not the most amazing piece of literature that you have ever witnessed?
Instead get lost in the special effects and the maddening race of characters on the screen that interact and run and fight and argue, and let it strike you every now and then, that each of these characters is none other than Kamal Hassan himself.Watch the breathtaking 12th century sets, the Tsunami scene that captures the essence of the disaster, the spoof on George Bush ( One particular line has an aide telling him that a biological weapon has gone haywire and can only be stopped with common salt, to which Bush replies, why cant we just use Nuclear weapons?), the awesomeness of the villain, and some of the most brilliant acting/voice modulating that Kamal has done ever.Watch the movie, if you like Kamal.
10 character,numerous issues,only Kamal could have written a complex script like this.The way that Japanese character was the first one who recognizes that it is Tsunami(Japan frequently gets Tsunami) shows that lot of thought has been made into the making of each character and not like they are just introduced for the sake of it.Fantabulous.I thoroughly enjoyed the American President's scenes where his lack of general knowledge is made mockery of.I liked the slang used by Kamal for different character..I also liked Kalifullah Khan character contrary to many.The technicians who have worked on the movie have also done a commendable job.The first 20 minutes of the movie were breathtaking.I hope Kamal'S Dasa is liked by the Hindi Audience as well.
While the protagonist of the story is aided in bits and pieces by many small characters (also played by Kamal Hassan!) we may not rule out a possibility of such occurrences changing the outcome of the future due to the illustrated physics used in the movie - Chaos theory.I had once missed a bus and chose to travel by alternate means.
Showing such a tragic incident as a positive point even though it took thousand's life, is not a layman's height of thinking.Engaging 10 kamal characters in a 70mm screen is not very simple SCREENPLAY job, professionals will know how much of hard work and the depth of knowledge kamal has put in.About the 10 characters, it is not the make-up, but its the body language, dialogue delivery etc etc what he shows onto each individual character is immense and he lived the role (the Balram Naidu and the Poovaragan character can challenge any actor in the world to match it).............
U'll compromise all the negatives for the best effort of kamal (10 characters, story concept, screenplay and dialogs)Mr.Director - We have so many talented music directors in Tamil Film Industry, why not use them.
I went to see this movie with great expectations.But at the end of the show i came out of the theater with my mind filled up with the thoughts and concepts of a terrible movie.I could not believe that,kamal,a favourite star of millions {including me}wrote this sucking story.In my own words i would describe this movie as a terrible one with absolutely brilliant acting.Kamalhassan was truly superb and all his ten characters were really cool.But what spoiled the movie was its story.There were many situations where i felt fletcher had more skills than spider-man .Anyone will feel that in the closing stages of the movie.There were also many other scenes which ,i felt,ruined the whole movie.
1 - First of all i felt that there was no need of the first story of Rangaraja nambi.He {govind ramasaamy} could have directly narrated the story.But then i got the reason.Anyway kamal wanted to star in ten different roles.So he just created the character without even thinking about its harmful effects on the movie.2 - Fletcher the spider-man -This is the second part where i felt the movie was literally turning into a super"villain" movie.In the climax scenes ,the way he jumps from floor to floor and the building under construction ,was amazing.3 - Mallika sherawat's role was truly idiotic.A song ,a dance and a few scenes with kamal .thats it.
.The singer was shot in the throat ,he survived it for almost a day and even his cancer was cured .That was absolutely rubbish.But i thanked kamal for giving that idea.I was happy that the doctors got a new idea to cure cancer.All they have to do is to shoot the patients in the neck and then perform a surgery and the cancer is cured5 - The next part is very ridiculous .I don't know what grudge does kamal hold against American president Bush.There is a scene ,where Bush is told about NaCl.And Bush doesn't know what is NaCl.He asks his secretary about it and he is told that NaCl means sodium chloride.6 - After the terrible incident of tsunami ,in the final scene,i don't think that bush will commit such a foolish mistake.The way he walks to the mic to deliver the speech.....my god.Was it actually a fashion show???.The way he got up from his chair...that was moreover like a Rajnikanth style.He walked in a style of fashion contestantsThose who described this movie as amazing,great,brilliant,superb..etc ,i would kindly request them to read this and correct their comments about this movie which is,as i said earlier,a terrible one with good acting..
The story-line was very weak - basically a chase movie that shamelessly uses the tsunami to get some oohs and aahs - the entire audience in the theater I saw this movie at was silent at the tsunami scene - people were uncomfortable not knowing what they were supposed to feel.I think Kamal came up with the idea of 10 roles and then found a story.
If you think about it later, you'll be able to appreciate the hard work that should have gone into making this !While chaos theory is the pivot of this story, somehow, the characters played by kamal, feel kinda alien, in that, makeup was mostly masks ( except the balram naidu character, which was excellent, in that, we feel its kamal with some makeup ).Mask makeup gives you the feel that it ain't kamal and so, you may not be able to appreciate it fully, which was disappointing, having seen the amount of time and effort gone into each role's makeup....
I have never seen such dedication and such intelligence in a film.......Dasavatharam.......I think every member of the crew were in their dasavatharam.....................Starting from the story unfolding with Rangaraja Nambi in the Chidambaram Temple till the breathtaking climax at the beach, the fantastic screenplay of Kamal brings in magnificience.The Chaos Theory Link is a novel idea..............My marks for the main crew: Out of 10K.S.Ravikumar - 8 (for taking up a mega project)Kamal Hassan - Infinity(I don't know how much to award as I feel any mark would be less for him) Ravi Varman-9 (for taking each scene for every Kamal,for not taking up any other project in the 2-year gap).
Like many other Indians around the world,I have been anticipating the release of Dasavatharam for almost two years.When it was finally released,I was really impressed with the outcome.Dasavatharam was postponed numerous times but the outcome is fantastic.Biotechnology,Hinduism and Chaos Theory were all combined to produce this blockbuster.Dasavatharam has impressed in all aspects."Universal Hero"Kamal Hassan portrayed the 10 different roles with sheer authenticity.From the 12th century Brahmin to the trigger happy Christian Fletcher,the roles were performed very well.Ravi Varman has continued the good job which he had done in Anniyan and Vettaiyadu Vilayadu while Himesh Reshammiya,who made his debut in Kollywood has done a satisfactory job in providing the soundtrack.Although the movie is quite dragging like many other Kamal movies,notably Hey Ram and Mumbai Xpress,it still contained the essential elements of a perfect film.The music could be better if AR Rahman or Harris Jeyaraj or even Yuvan Shankar Raja were roped in.Other than that,there is no other flaws in Dasavatharam.A masterpiece from Kamal.Hats Off!!.
The best movie i saw by far in Indian cinema.The actor has not only performed ten roles the script is awesome he is lived has all characters.From 12th century to the present day the script has all.The action sequences,comedy all are realistic,something new in tamil or any Indian language.we can the hard work put by the great actor.
Well, Watched it once, Good effort, nice performance, needs-improvement in special effects, poor music (except for the first song, but even that song, I saw in youtube that it was used in a Malayalam movie called Sainyam - don't know who was the music director of that Malayalam movie).It is probably one of the best hyper-linked movies in tamil (or may be the first one in Tamil).But at the same time, you must see the following Hollywood movies -- probably the screenplay(and some characters) got the inspiration from these movies !
I really really appreciate the effort...but this movie is farrrr from being a perfect "10".Script is pathetic.Its a mess.The first few minutes were OK and i wish they continued the movie as a period flick and forget about all the 10 avatars.So many avatars are pushed into the movie which are totally useless to the script or events of the movie.I must say i got fooled by the promos and hypes.Kamal Hassan was able to salvage the movie a little bit.Prosthetic makeups are a joke.I couldn't take the characters seriously.I couldn't find it funny.I feel so bad for the actor.He needs a good Team.He should stop working with whoever he worked with in this movie.Direction awful.CGI makes me want to take my eyes out and eat it.I've seen better in video games..
I saw Dasavatharam amidst a lot of hype and positive reviews and to tell the truth,i was sorely disappointed.Admittedly,the first few minutes were awesome.It should have set the pace for a gr8 movie,but unfortunately poor screenplay,unnecessary character addition (apparently to set a record) and poor CGI(considering the huge budget of the film) lets the film down.Action scenes were mostly good especially the last fight.But,it should still be a treat for the Kamal Hassan who has portrayed some of the characters such as Christian Fletcher,Rangarajan Nambi were brilliant.But some of the characters such as Kalifullah Khan and Krishnaveni seemed unnecessary.Its mainly due to the poor script where the interlude (so to speak) was poorly scripted.Also, the connection of the 12th century scenes with the 21st century left much to be desired.The music was bearable,to say the least.I wonder whether the decision to make Himesh Reshamiyya the Music Director instead of A.R.Rahman was a tad too hasty.Asin's 21st century character seemed a bit too zealous and dumb.(Maybe because of overacting or the screenplay).Also there are obvious flaws in the direction where in the latter parts the background characters are caught doing silly things.The director surely needs to pay attention to the details.In short,u'll probably enjoy if u r a kamal hassan fan or don't mind the poor script and graphics..
I saw this movie as I like Kamal Hassan, this movie got good story but the thing is I don't understand why did he acted for 12 or watever number of roles he did.
I guess instead of wasting money on action stunts he would have hired some real professional makeup man.I liked how it relates all the characters together with good story line.Overall because of the story and Kamal Hassan, I guess this movie will work.Can watch once...
Kamal's hard work and commitment are evident in his accent, body language and even the eye movements that fit to a T in all his roles but I would like to keep some facts under wraps for you (who are yet to watch it) to enjoy the movie.
The tsunami climax scene which alone cost Rs. 3.5-4 crores for that one scene was an amazing scene which showed how it came.Kamal Haasan proves why he is India's best actor - no one would have the guts to take on a movie like this and pull it off as well as he did.Asin in her role as the Brahmin girl who is overly possessive about the idol can sometimes be irritating because of over acting but she does play a role in adding to the comic effect in the movie.