When I write this post, I hope there would've been a thousands similar to this.
Watched 'Dasavatharam' today @ Mayajaal for 220. (Rs 80/- for Snacks. And you know what the snacks are? Pepsi My Can, 5 Rs Ruffles pack, and popcorn). But stil, I never wanted to miss even a single frame in this movie, so made sure all my fnds are ready well before. Reached mayajaal one hr earlier. And now, about the movie. This post is not going to be on the story of 'Dasavatharam'. You can call it as an analysis of the movie.
I dint have much expectation before I went inside the theatre. I knew all these hypes surrounding ll lead to great expectation and out-of-the-box imagination. But I would say one thing for sure, this movie is far better than Rajni and Shankar combo 'Sivaji'.
Things I liked in the movie:
1) Obviously Kamal. The strenous effort he has put to make this whole movie come alive. I liked the characterization of 'Fletcher' Kamal, 'Balram Naidu' Kamal. He does all the 10 characters with such ease and brilliance.
2) They tried to keep the story intact avoiding some crappy duets in-between. And thank God, they dint include 'Oh oh Sanama' song by Himesh.
3) The unexpected character in the form of M S Bhaskar. :) Amazing guy. The slang of English he speaks is sure to keep you giggling. One eg. when he almost escapes an accident and then he tells 'Fletcher' Kamal that "mayirezhailla naan thapichean" and when 'Fletcher' Kamal asks him what it means, "Hair thread la I escapedu". its simply awesome.(May be it might not look that good when u read it here)
4) The second half scenes with 3 or 4 Kamal's in one scene is really good. There are times where you dont feel like you are watching 3 or 4 of them on the screen.
5) The dialogues in the second half with the 'Afghan' Kamal, Kamal and Asin has the 'crazy' touch, but at times u feel that it is overdozed.
6) The ease with which Kamal delivers the dialogues with different slangs for 'Bush' and 'Fletcher' is really amazing. The voice modulation, whether it is for 'Naidu' Kamal or 'Vincent' kamal or for the 'Rangarajan Nambi' is simply brilliant.
Things I dint like much in the movie:
1) The much expected 'Tsunami' scenes. Its the worst graphics in the whole movie. There are probably very few frames in the 'Tsunami' sequence which u can believe. For the money that has been spent on this movie, this should have been taken care of.
2) The same movie could have well been made of 3 Kamals instead. 'Fletcher','Naidu' and the original Kamal. Just to support the name, the other 7 have been introduced.
3) There was no need of the 12th century story. It remains so unconnected to the story.
4) Music has not been that impressive in the movie as expected. Some background musics are good, but it fails throughout the movie. especially the song of 'Mallika Sherawat' is very bad.
5) Once Asin makes into the screen, Kamal just goes behind her asking her(infact pleading her) to give the idol which has the vial. With something very serious in it, he could have given a slap and taken it or the scene could have been changed to something else to be more logical.
6) 'Bush' Kamal is the worst of the 10 avatars. i expected much from this character, and it failed miserably.
But this movie is really worth watching once.(If you are an ardent Kamal fan, even twice) Atleast the story is not the same as other indian movies. hero chasing villain, winning him in the end, 3-4 duets, 3-4 fights, one kuththu song. with the concept of bio-war already made its entry thru' the movie 'E' , this just wraps the same concept with 10 Kamals.
I go for 3 stars out of 5 for Kamal's Dasavatharam and a thumbs-up for Kamal's commendable performance.
