Incoherent Musings...

It all started with this: We (meaning myself and my friends at work) wanted to see Dasavatharam on the first day of its release,

Ergo, we had pre-booked the tickets more than a week in advance. Then the release got postponed, and BookMyShow somehow thought it funny to cancel our pre-booked tickets, without informing us; (Un) Fortunately we managed to get bulk movie tickets at the last moment, and then after surviving some heart rendering moments, which almost forced us to sell the tickets,we finally did manage to watch the Magnum Opus on the first day of its release. And the first thought that came to my mind when we walked out of the theatre was Yucks…(that’s yucks with a big Y)

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Behind the Scenes: The Birth of Dasavatharam

Kamal : “Okay team, I have been wanting to make a movie with 10 characters, Just a couple of pointers though: I have never been to Japan, so lets have a Japanese character thrown in, and oh, I want the audience to think that this movie has a message, so lets have a Muslim in the movie; and I don’t want any of the sects to condemn the movie, like my previous ones, so lets have a Dalit & a Brahmin thrown in as well…. There you go, lets run our imagination wild, Think of 10 different characters and faltoo names for each of them; lets shoot each of character for 15 minutes and Voila…. We have a movie for 150 minutes”

But, then someone must have said, “But, but sir…..wouldn’t that seem too disconnected…Don’t we need a story?"

Kamal: “Uhh-Ohh, Okay then, there is this book on Chaos Theory that I recently read, we will mention that and so, we won’t need a story. And oh, did I mention,………..you are fired”

Another someone must have said, “And, what shall this movie be about…Religion, Sentiment, Science, Graphics, Action, Comedy“

Kamal: I want to attract all the audience, so lets put in something of everything. The audience is too dumb to notice anyway.

Someone: Sir, If you don’t mind,Please fire me too.

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The movie is good in bits and pieces, excels at some points, falls short in many aspects, nothing coherent, and fails abysmally when viewed as a whole. I shall not reveal the story here, simply because I was hard pressed to find one.

Having said that, whatever you do, don’t miss the initial 15 minutes of the movie. Every facet of those first 15 minutes; the dialogues, the song, the special effects, the visual grandeur, is truly stunning.

Rangaraja Nambi

As far as the much hyped, 10 different characters go, I can only say, One expects more from the person who gave us those magnificent aliens in Star Trek. Some of the make-ups are a masterpiece, but a few of them are artificial rubber like.

Would you agree if I say, it is the same person in all the three stills below?

Govind Ramasamy– Terrific Scientist or Scientific terrorist ?

Vincent Poovaragan

Himesh has done a decent job, in his first venture down south. After those hip swaying high pitched numbers he normally churns out, "Mukunda Mukunda" was surprisingly pleasant and hummable.

Avatar Singh

Mallika Sherawat does what she does best, and what she was roped in for. Lets just leave it at that.

Kalifullah khan - Rubber Face

Asin as an innocent Iyengar girl sucked into the series of events, looks cute but has no role whatsoever. Apparently she has been told “Just keep running, don’t listen to anything Kamal says , keep throwing tantrums and whenever you forget your dialogue, you can just say "En Perumal a thirupi kuduthidungo", to the next person you see.”

Christian Fletcher - Man in the Rubber mask

Technically, the special effects are far superior than any Tamil movie that comes to mind; the car chases, the tsunami, watching Kamal drown twice, and watching Kamal hang by his flesh are truly a visual treat not to be missed.

Balram Naidu – The funny bone

Despite being a theist myself, couldn't help but suppress a smile at the final dialogue in the movie.

"Kadavul illenu enga sonnen, iruntha nalla irukum nu thaane sonnen."
(I didn't say, God doesn't exist, I only said it would be better if he did...!!!")

Krishnaveni – Looks straight out of an alien movie in some scenes.

.... Probably the disappointment was wholly due to the fact that the expectations were running high, and after three hits from the Actor-Director team (Thenali, Pancha thanthiram & Avvai Shanmughi), we definitely expected a lot more from this venture, which at best, can be described as a collection of episodes put together, and then chopped at random places to make it fit into the time frame.

George Bush - looks almost real from some angles

Borrowing a leaf from Carrey, the movie might do exceedingly well if it is re-titled “Dasavatharam : A Series of Unfortunate Events” with the tagline “Find the story if you can & don’t forget to leave your brain at home”

Dasavatharam: Indian Entry for this years "Amateur Spoof Films" category.
Oh well ….At least, I got to ride my bike through ECR and Tidel park at 12:30 in the night...

Labels: 10 Avatars, Dasavatharam, Photos, Review