Dasavatharam (Tamil)

We travelled to San Jose (about 40 miles away) from San Ramon (where I am residing) to watch Dasavatharam (tamil movie). The movie was running in ‘Century Berryessa 10’ theatre @ San Jose and we watched the 5.30 PM show on June 14 2008.

Cast: Kamal Hassan (in 10 roles), Asin, Mallika Sherawat, M.S.Bhaskar, Napolean, Jayapradha

Music: Himesh Reshammiya

Camera: Ravi Varman

Direction: K.S.Ravikumar

Review

Kamal Hassan’s magnum opus Dasavatharam ends up setting a new benchmark for Indian films. Tamil cinema has entered a new era with Dasavatharam. All in all, Dasavathaaram is an extraordinary movie by Kamal and his team.

It’s an awesome movie!! This is really a Kamal’s achievement. Kamal has played all the 10 roles superbly and I am sure he will reap the benefits of his hard work. The characters of Vincent Poovaragan, Balram Naidu and Krishnaveni Patti (Kicha Patti) done by Kamal stand out!! I really liked the first 15-20 minutes of the movie and the climax part where they showed the replica of Tsunami. The CG team has done a splendid job for the graphics shown all through the movie.

The musical score by Himesh Reshammiyya is bad except for one song.."kallai mattum kandal.." Back ground score by DeviSri Prasad is good!
My gut feels that AR Rahman would have scored a very fantastic music for the theme Kamal and the director has taken but it’s all a matter of time.

The love scene in the last scene was totally unnecessary! One can’t imagine such feelings when a disaster like Tsunami is happening in the background!!

What was the need for Tamil Subtitles if they dont translate NaCl as salt?! Kamal explains George Bush that NaCl is sodium chloride, but who will explain the masses that sodium chloride is just plain salt?! I am sure many people wont understand the link between Tsunami and the movie if they don’t know NaCl is nothing but "Uppu"!!

A must watch movie.

Applause to "Sagala kalaaa vallavan"!

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