Saturday, June 28, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Dasavatharam!
Cinema is a very powerful medium and a great canvas for showcasing one's talents. There are many legends in World Cinema, but contribution from India has been paltry. Kamalhassan, I thought, is a good bet from India and it was with that expectation that I went to watch his latest movie, Dasavatharam. I had not been to 'GOLD' class in PVR yet and thought a ~ 100-crore film from Kamal is reason enough.
But the film fell way short my expectations. To me, it looked more like a 'fancy-dress' show from Kamal. A show where Kamal appears in ten different 'make-ups'. Make-up is gross. Graphics and other effects used in the movie is sub-standard. Kamal can do, and his fans deserve better.
There are multiple email chains now active in the internet which are more in the research category vis-a-vis the movie. They try to go into the subtle meanings of some shots, the connection to the 10 avataars in Hindu mythology et al. All that is fun, only if the movie was a good one in the first place. If the movie is good, we will enjoy the pop corn; but pop corn cannot the reason for liking the movie!
Kamal should have planned 10 movies (with threads still running between them without compromising the completeness of each of the movies) instead of 1 and that would have, may be, done justice to the original idea.
But the film fell way short my expectations. To me, it looked more like a 'fancy-dress' show from Kamal. A show where Kamal appears in ten different 'make-ups'. Make-up is gross. Graphics and other effects used in the movie is sub-standard. Kamal can do, and his fans deserve better.
There are multiple email chains now active in the internet which are more in the research category vis-a-vis the movie. They try to go into the subtle meanings of some shots, the connection to the 10 avataars in Hindu mythology et al. All that is fun, only if the movie was a good one in the first place. If the movie is good, we will enjoy the pop corn; but pop corn cannot the reason for liking the movie!
Kamal should have planned 10 movies (with threads still running between them without compromising the completeness of each of the movies) instead of 1 and that would have, may be, done justice to the original idea.
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