I saw Dasavatharam today. After that, I have been reading reviews. One thing I found amazing in the reviews which I have read till now. Either the people praise the movie most or chuck it most. So, before being distracted by the reviews, I want to record my views of the movie.
Overall I found the movie good, except for the theatre which is very clumsy and sultry. I liked some of the shots like the gopuram being shown bottom-up and top-down. Not all the songs are good, but the Mukunda-mukunda and Kallai-mattum are catchy with both music and lyrics. I felt relieved when I found that "Ulaganayagan" song is not in the main story-line.
There is no solid reason why Kamal should do 10 different characters in the movie. But the answer - that is something different and Kamal felt it is worth giving a try. That's good, but not all the 10 characters are characterised well. The "Khan" character and the entire group associated with that character(?) is not at all characterised well and is definitely redundant, except for that without that character the film will not be Dasavatharam. Kamal has taken a lot of pains in doing those characters, but whether the efforts will fetch the desired results is yet to be seen.
KS Ravikumar was being interviewed in CNN-IBN and he told it is definitely not possible for him to redo the film in any other language just because it is a humongous effort and he will be bored if he does it again. That is definitely understandable with a single person playing all the important characters in the movie and the background work associated with taking each and every scene, especially if it involves more than one character.
The special-effects in the climax scene are awesome. The fight between the American and the Japanese is worth watching. It is just on the margin of becoming unrealistic.
Talking about the protagonist, Dr Govind's story line, he's after a virus which he developed which may prove to be extremely dangerous to the mankind. In a mix-up, the vial containing the virus and himself have been couriered to India from US. With him, follows the villain Fletcher and the chase sequence starts from there. In another mix-up, Asin joins Dr. Govind and runs with him till the end. The story is similar to many of the Jackie-Chan movies where the hero runs constantly and the villain chases. With all these, there are other Kamals like the police officer Balram Naidu, Poovarajan and Avtar Singh coming in the middle.
Kamal's dialogue delivery for Balram Naidu and Bush requires a special mention.
Loose ends in the movie are kept loose for us to tie them and make a meaning out of it. So, those who are unable to tie them would find themselves lost. Finally, it is yet another Kamal movie where nothing is said explicitly and most of the things are left for our interpretation.
