Well,it has happened finally, Dasavataharam easily the most hyped movie of the Decade has finally released. So has the movie, which was touted as India's answer to Hollywood lived up to its expectations? Has it become a landmark movie for KamalHaasan which it was expected to become?Read On

Story: I am not going to dwell too much on the story, So much has been made about the Story."Chaos Theory","Butterfly Effect" and a lot many more jargons have been used. Put it simply it is about a Scientist trying to Destroy a Bio Weapon which is finally done by a Tsunami. Is Tsunami the work of God? Why should God create such things? Does anyone called GOD exist? the movie raises these questions.

Screenplay: This is the make or break section for any movie, and as far as this movie is concerned the screenplay is of the worst possible kind. Now, Hold On. Dont get angry. If u think that i am intent on Kamal Bashing , then u have got it wrong. Answer the questions raised below with a neutral mindset

1. The scientist does not know before the monkey's death that this bio weapon will be used for destructive purposes( Well what a KID the scientist must be to think so) and all of a sudden he changes his mind.(Huh)

2. Once he gets hold of the Virus(which takes place in the first half) why does he not go ahead and destroy it right away?? The story is logically over there and from that point on till the climax the story goes no where.It seems that at the climax the hero realizes that the time is up and we cannot make the audience wait anymore. Fatal Flaw.

3. How come a case in which even George Bush is interested in is handed over to an Officer( Read as Joker). The tactics employed by him are extreme sillly. Ridicilousness to the core.

4.These criminals whose photos are flashed all over the papers and TV channels roam throughout Tamil Nadu without anyone being aware about them. The Public is simply absent and so is the police. No police at the Check Posts, No Searchings nothing. Kiddish

5. Where does the story take place? Chidambaram, Next Scene Pondicherry Border and the next scene the people are admitted into a Hospital which God knows where it is and the next scene the concert takes place in Chennai(Simply Confusing)Although a minor one, which not many would have noticed it is still a flaw.

So with these many flaws the screenplay is just poor.

Direction: When u have such a poor screenplay there is nothing that can be done by the director, So there is no need to even speak about the director.

Music: Take away the first song and there is simply nothing in the movie, Background score is also weak.

Editing: Well Shoddy screenplay makes the work of an editor that much more difficult. I dont want to speak more on this( u wud have understood it)

Cinematography: Adequate

Special Effects: Well Done, the special effects are really good. Perhaps the only saving grace in the movie.

Dialogues:Dialogues try to support the half baked nature in which the movie has tried to deal with religion.

Performances:

Kamal in 10 roles and most of them are fogettable, not that he performs badly but there is no depth in characterization.

Asin has done the role of a semi lunatic( thats what i could make out of that stupid characer) to a T

Mallika Sherawat as usual has proven that she is poles apart from acting.
The rest of the cast( Was anyone there???) are Ok

All in all a very disappointing movie, I would say the most disappointing movie in the recent past, ranking higher than even Sivaji and Okka Magadu.( Now dont think that I am comparing OM to Dasavatharam, OM had expectations of a different kind)

Verdict: Well, Huge Numbers will be publicized, a Success Function wil be held for sure. But reality is something which will only be known the people who distributed and exhibited the movie.

P.S: One of my friend said that "Indian Cinema is at Kamal's feet", I dunno whehter he made it generally or keeping this specific movie in Mind,In case if it is a general statement then yes that statement can be taken up for debate, but had he said this keeping this movie in his mind, then there is no doubts over the fact that he must be a die Hard Kamal Fan who praises Kamal as a Duty without any analysis.