Kamal's secret selfish desire to enact 10 different roles in a single movie beating Eddie Murphy(7-roles) and Shivaji (9-Roles) in world film landed to the birth of Desavatharam.The flawless actor has delivered a well-groomed effort in delivering the actions to the perfection but other departments ( technical and screenplay) fails.It can be treated as a fair-attempt made by Tamil film industry to match Hollywood standards but eventually got busted by miles. Magic sustains until it is kept invisible to the spectator, similarly the CGI effects were toned down in many (may be most) of the sequences. Starting from the introductory sequence where Stadium is picturised, the crowd is not showed instead a vague glimpse of shaky pictures and sounds are made heard. If they can pour Rs70 crore into the production-bucket, is it really a big deal to get sufficient people to fill the gallery. The 12th century sequences, it more evident that Temple is a computer made super-imposed image, if you compare it with opening sequence of The Mummy it far beyond comparison. Dumping Kamal into sea looks "Water-Tank" effort, lot of mismatch in colors and shades of water here and there. The much hyped sequence of Tsunami looks like an episode from famous Doordarshan TV-Serials. I do agree making such a movie to a near perfection may require Rs200-300 crores, but the expectation and hype given by the production house should be treated as a mere publicity stunt. For an Indian movie, it's a gear-shift for the next generation....A milestone of course. Kamal,he is one the most versatile actors in any film industry today, portraying 10 characters in not a big deal, if asked Vadivelu(South Indian comedian )too can do but providing different mannerism for each roles really makes it worth and Kamal has done the justice to each of it. Performance of CBI officer and Delid leader were mind-blowing and performances were unmatched and I don't think anyone in Filmdom can beat the show. It is a big flaw, which made few roles just for the sake of counting numbers to sum up to 10 .The make-up used for Grandma and Tall-man it too UGLY and even kids could identify it as mask. They could have avoided it by using long focus shots. Can you believe a person using binocular (not microscope) sees the virus replication, that too from a helicopter..! Hero and Villain reaches airport at the same time, where the later had to get married and file petition to fly to India and other formalities. An international terrorist is being chased by One CBI officer, where are other officers's gone? May be on vacation A monkey was smart enough to get password of a locker door, but not intelligent enough to differentiate chocolate and virus capsule. All the Ten (oops, 10-3=8) characters are given special foremost seat in the final meeting held at stadium but are they that important to the screenplay? (of course important for the movie ) Dasavathram is not the piece of cake for K S Ravichandran, I prefer Shankar could have done better. Positive Side: Ofcource great outstanding performance. Great camera flow and shot selection. Stunt sequence. Funny but realistic dialogues. Virtual Cinematographic excellence. Innovation from all-sides.
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2 Reviews
Yathrakarude Sradhakku
(2002)
Watch and Enjoy
27 March 2006
The story says life of Ramanujan (Jeyram ) who happened to share a coupe with Jyoti(Soudarya )in a Train. The character of Ramanujan is well crafted in the movie.All ups and downs he encounters is screened with a mix of humour.Although the movie has only few character ,its pace and screenplay made it worth to watch and relish.All songs are good too .First half is easy going and fun filled but second half takes a different dimension .At times we feel pity for what happened to Ramanujan. Innocent carries a Strong supporting role like he did in Devaasuram.
The 2 and half hour movie is well packed with emotions,humour,songs.Srinivas has proved again with his writing skills.I liked this movie very much,I simply love the character Ramanujan.He is typical mama-boy who is polite,innocent and gentleman. I would say its a gr8 movie from Satyan Andhikaadu and I wish you will have a feel a good cinama after watching it.
The 2 and half hour movie is well packed with emotions,humour,songs.Srinivas has proved again with his writing skills.I liked this movie very much,I simply love the character Ramanujan.He is typical mama-boy who is polite,innocent and gentleman. I would say its a gr8 movie from Satyan Andhikaadu and I wish you will have a feel a good cinama after watching it.
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