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Showing posts with label Dasavatharam. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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Dasavatharam Movie Explanation - An Overview
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via Tamil Movie News Online - Kollywood Movies and News by Kavya Dharshini on 8/10/08
One Man - Ten Roles - One MovieMatsya Avatar (Nambi) - Nambi is thrown into the water in an act of trying to save Lord from being thrown into the sea.
Koorma Avatar (Bush) - The real Koorma Avatar, the Lord is the Turtle/Tortoise that helps in stirring the Ksheera Sagara and bringing out the Amruth. This essentially creates war among the Devas and Asuras. Similarly today Bush facilitates war between you know whom… May be Kamal also indicates that this Avatar is a bit dumb like the Tortoise.
Varaha Avatar (Krishnaveni) - In Varaha Avatar Lord actually protects earth from the sea. Here too Krishnaveni Paatti role hides the germs - life form inside the statue so as to protect.
Narasimha Avatar (Shingen Narahashi) - First of all the name itself is a play on the words Singam [means lion in tamil] and Narasimha [the Avatar being symbolised]. Lord Narasimha manifests himelf to kill the bad guy and he also teaches Prahladha. In the movie, he shows up to kill the killer fletcher and is also a teacher. Lord Narasimha had to kill the Hiranyakasibu with bare hands and hence the martial arts exponent here.
Vamana Avatar (Kalifulla Khan) - Remember in Vamana Avatar, Lord Vishnu takes the Vishwaroopa, that is the giant form! Hence the giant Kalifulla here symbolises Vamana Avatar.
Parasurama Avatar (Christian Fletcher) - Parasurama is actually on an angry killing spree and killed 21 generations of the particular Kshatriya Vamsa. Hence the real KILLER. Guess what thats what our Fletcher is! He comes around with the gun [modern upgrade for axe] and kills everyone around.
Rama Avatar (Avatar Singh) - Lord Rama stands for the one man one woman maxim, kind of symbolising true love. Here Avatar portrays the spirit by saying that he loves his woman more than anything and wants to live for her.
Balarama Avatar (Balarama Naidu) - As the name suggests and the role personifies Balaram Naidu Raw Officer and helps to kill the villain.
Krishna Avatar (Vincent Poovaraghavan) - Lord Krishna is actually a Dalit. He is dark-skinned [Shyamalam]. He saved Draupadi when she was being violated and he was the actual Diplomat in Mahabharatham. Lord Krishna dies of an arrow striking his lower leg. Now look at how Vincent was introduced. He appears when Asin is about to be molested and he saves her like Draupadi. Vincent is the Dalit Diplomat, fights for land issue [soil issue to be exact] and dies from the metal rod striking his leg. Oh even five of Vincent's men are drugged at P. Vasu's.. sounds familiar???
Kalki Avatar (Govindaraj Ramasamy) - As you know, the Hero in Kaliyug can be none other than the Kalki Avatar!!!
Sunday, July 20, 2008
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The Dasavatharam answer to all the critical clamor
How can a priest fight?
Many have had this doubt. How does Rangarajan, a pious Vaishnavite priest fight off a number of soldiers? Too much of a cinematic liberty, many opine. But, there is an explanation, deep in Tamil culture and caste hierarchy (where each one was married to the ancestral profession by birth), there were a sect of Brahmins called the Ammathyayans whose profession used to be war. It might sound hard to believe but yes, there were warriors among Brahmins, too. And, coming from an industry where cinematic liberties regularly insult the intelligence of the audience, this should more than suffice as an explanation.
Where’s the story?
When did Kamal promise one? True, the plot can be summed up in one line, but the complexities are numerous. It is a delicate explanation of the Chaos Theory where every incident, however good or bad it may seem to us, has its
own role in the grand scheme of things. The movie shows how the 10 characters act in such a way, that the vial carrying biological weapon of mass destruction, that could be neutralized only by common salt, is brought to the seashore just minutes before the tsunami. A bit earlier or later could not have had the same effect as that of the huge waves rushing in. The design of the universe was to annihilate the bio weapon and the characters were merely pawns who played their destined roles, some hurrying and others delaying the journey of the vial, so that it reached the sea at just the right time. The way complaints about the lack of a story have been rising makes us think whether Kamal was supposed to have contrived the plot such that all 10 characters are brothers who were separated in their childhood and brought up in different corners of the world and recognize each other with a family song or a birthmark unique to the family! It would have definitely been a story then –only the movie would have looked like a 1970 Bollywood melodrama!
Is the budget justified, why do the songs look so plain?
Many don’t seem to be able to see the 60 crores, they say that it hasn’t translated into grandeur on the screen. Maybe, they failed to notice that almost 90% of the frames of Dasavatharam have more than one Kamal, all the scenes have more than one for sure and most of them have at least three and we don’t want to elaborate further. One is a 90 year old woman, there is a pot bellied cop, a mean Yankee, a 7 footer, a Japanese etc… The amount of graphics that would have gone in to get the movie in shape is good enough to justify any budget. And about the songs, do they have to look out of the world?
Dasavatharam is fiction, not fantasy. It is firmly grounded in realities and bound by the confines of the Chaos theory (which some might find difficult to swallow). In a cross country chase for the possession of a vial that is a weapon of mass destruction, where is the place for a song shot in the plush meadows of Switzerland or Austria? Yes, K.S. Ravikumar and Ravivarman would have made it look good and it might have made a few people believe that the 60 crores were well spent, but think of what it would have done to the movie. There might have been a strong temptation to include a Kamal-Asin duet and we must applaud the crew for resisting it. The songs of Dasavatharam are as natural as they can be. First, a soulful chant by a 12th century priest, a raunchy number by a strip club dancer, a devotional song in the true tradition of Chidambaram and a stage performance by a pop star. The song in the title tracks has no bearing on the movie, it’s just a postscript. Every song is just as it should be, not an ounce more. There are only few instances in Tamil cinema where songs remain so true to the script.
The ladies are exasperating!
Many are of the opinion that one lady is finished off far too early and the other hangs in for too long. There seems to be hardly any reason to complain about the supposedly premature end of Mallika Sherawath’s character. It is a mishap that occurs during a risky attempt to grab the vial in a crowded place, there is nothing out of logic. Only Mallika Sherawath fans who expected her characteristic glamour to parade on screen should find reasons enough to moan. There are also others who feel that that her club song was a bit unwarranted. Well, where would you expect to find a girl who accepts an offer for a transcontinental chase with a man she hardly knows the moment she is offered some money - at a bank counter or at a supermarket?! It has to be some place like a dance bar.
Asin, poor lady, has received brickbats for being so obsessed with Lord Krishna. Some feel she ought to have been slapped by Govind half way into the movie. Slapping ladies is a stereotype that Tamil cinema can afford to do without. Besides, expecting a biological scientist like Govind to be chauvinistic enough to slap a lady (that too one as good looking as Asin) and snatch the idol would be unrealistic. If you watch the movie you will notice that Govind never wants to get into a fight, even when faced by grave danger, he is always running away from violence. He doesn’t seem to be able to slap the man who is trying to kill him, let alone a woman who is an innocent bystander.
The beach quarrel?
This is definitely the scene that has been beaten badly and bruised by many people. They find the small talk at the site of a monumental disaster irritating. Granted, a tsunami hit beach is not the place for petty quarrels. But think of Govind’s frame of mind. For him and Asin, the tsunami was a timely deluge of common salt that prevented the death of millions across continents. They, in their opinion, have just witnessed the escape of mankind from a disaster of proportions that could dwarf the tsunami. After days of tension, their minds are now at rest knowing that the deadly ‘ebola-hanta combination’ has been neutralized by NaCl.
There is an old fable. A line was drawn and a man was asked to make the line smaller without erasing off any portion. The man simply drew a bigger line beside it and the first line indeed looked smaller. Here the tsunami was the small line and the bio-weapon dwarfed it. Only Kamal and Asin knew about it, hence the relaxed state of mind and small talk.
Why weren't the following appreciated?
Finally there are certain things about Dasavatharam that seem to have been missed in the flush of criticism. No two characters except Rangarajan and Govnidarajan share the same height and voice. If Apoorva Sahodarargal had one normal man and a dwarf, Dasavatharam has all ranges starting from the hunchback to the giant. The voices range from the husky, to the shrill. It is the kind of variety and dexterity that has never been seen in world cinema. It also has to be remembered that the movie is based on the chaos theory, something that requires understanding. If such a concept has been incorporated, along with a bio-weapon message, an environmental edge and narrated in such a lucid way that even a layman is able to connect, the maker has to be someone special. How often do we hear of scientific theories contributing to movies?
There is the technical aspect which does seem to have received a fair amount of appreciation. However, we cannot help but mention the climax fight between Narahashi and Fletcher as a masterpiece in graphics. Of course, as said above, most of the frames of Dasavatharam are technical showpieces by themselves, not because they are out of this world, but because they have made everything look so real. Finally there has been talk about how the characters of Dasavatharam don’t stick to the mind. Some say that only Boovaragan sticks while others remember Balram and so on. But the fact here is that most people know the characters that they say have not stuck to their mind, they identify the ‘non-stick’ing characters by name or appearance. That is proof enough that a mark has been created. For instance, Rangarajan Nambi does not appear on screen after the initial 10 minutes. He is non-existent for the next 150 odd minutes and yet many remember to criticize the way in which he fought off the soldiers!
It is easy to get carried away in the wave of criticism and not appreciate the real class of the movie. The fact that so much has been talked about the movie tells us about the impression it has created. What has to be realized is that we may have to wait decades before we see anything even remotely close to this. It is tough even for a genius and dedicated professional like Kamal to keep making efforts like this. One has to just open up one’s mind to see all that is wonderful about Dasavatharam and please don’t appreciate it for charity, only for Kamal Haasan or because someone asked you to be a sport. Dasavatharam is a creation that deserves far better.
By Sudhakar, with inputs from Arun Gopinath.
Many have had this doubt. How does Rangarajan, a pious Vaishnavite priest fight off a number of soldiers? Too much of a cinematic liberty, many opine. But, there is an explanation, deep in Tamil culture and caste hierarchy (where each one was married to the ancestral profession by birth), there were a sect of Brahmins called the Ammathyayans whose profession used to be war. It might sound hard to believe but yes, there were warriors among Brahmins, too. And, coming from an industry where cinematic liberties regularly insult the intelligence of the audience, this should more than suffice as an explanation.
Where’s the story?
When did Kamal promise one? True, the plot can be summed up in one line, but the complexities are numerous. It is a delicate explanation of the Chaos Theory where every incident, however good or bad it may seem to us, has its
own role in the grand scheme of things. The movie shows how the 10 characters act in such a way, that the vial carrying biological weapon of mass destruction, that could be neutralized only by common salt, is brought to the seashore just minutes before the tsunami. A bit earlier or later could not have had the same effect as that of the huge waves rushing in. The design of the universe was to annihilate the bio weapon and the characters were merely pawns who played their destined roles, some hurrying and others delaying the journey of the vial, so that it reached the sea at just the right time. The way complaints about the lack of a story have been rising makes us think whether Kamal was supposed to have contrived the plot such that all 10 characters are brothers who were separated in their childhood and brought up in different corners of the world and recognize each other with a family song or a birthmark unique to the family! It would have definitely been a story then –only the movie would have looked like a 1970 Bollywood melodrama!
Is the budget justified, why do the songs look so plain?
Many don’t seem to be able to see the 60 crores, they say that it hasn’t translated into grandeur on the screen. Maybe, they failed to notice that almost 90% of the frames of Dasavatharam have more than one Kamal, all the scenes have more than one for sure and most of them have at least three and we don’t want to elaborate further. One is a 90 year old woman, there is a pot bellied cop, a mean Yankee, a 7 footer, a Japanese etc… The amount of graphics that would have gone in to get the movie in shape is good enough to justify any budget. And about the songs, do they have to look out of the world?
Dasavatharam is fiction, not fantasy. It is firmly grounded in realities and bound by the confines of the Chaos theory (which some might find difficult to swallow). In a cross country chase for the possession of a vial that is a weapon of mass destruction, where is the place for a song shot in the plush meadows of Switzerland or Austria? Yes, K.S. Ravikumar and Ravivarman would have made it look good and it might have made a few people believe that the 60 crores were well spent, but think of what it would have done to the movie. There might have been a strong temptation to include a Kamal-Asin duet and we must applaud the crew for resisting it. The songs of Dasavatharam are as natural as they can be. First, a soulful chant by a 12th century priest, a raunchy number by a strip club dancer, a devotional song in the true tradition of Chidambaram and a stage performance by a pop star. The song in the title tracks has no bearing on the movie, it’s just a postscript. Every song is just as it should be, not an ounce more. There are only few instances in Tamil cinema where songs remain so true to the script.
The ladies are exasperating!
Many are of the opinion that one lady is finished off far too early and the other hangs in for too long. There seems to be hardly any reason to complain about the supposedly premature end of Mallika Sherawath’s character. It is a mishap that occurs during a risky attempt to grab the vial in a crowded place, there is nothing out of logic. Only Mallika Sherawath fans who expected her characteristic glamour to parade on screen should find reasons enough to moan. There are also others who feel that that her club song was a bit unwarranted. Well, where would you expect to find a girl who accepts an offer for a transcontinental chase with a man she hardly knows the moment she is offered some money - at a bank counter or at a supermarket?! It has to be some place like a dance bar.
Asin, poor lady, has received brickbats for being so obsessed with Lord Krishna. Some feel she ought to have been slapped by Govind half way into the movie. Slapping ladies is a stereotype that Tamil cinema can afford to do without. Besides, expecting a biological scientist like Govind to be chauvinistic enough to slap a lady (that too one as good looking as Asin) and snatch the idol would be unrealistic. If you watch the movie you will notice that Govind never wants to get into a fight, even when faced by grave danger, he is always running away from violence. He doesn’t seem to be able to slap the man who is trying to kill him, let alone a woman who is an innocent bystander.
The beach quarrel?
This is definitely the scene that has been beaten badly and bruised by many people. They find the small talk at the site of a monumental disaster irritating. Granted, a tsunami hit beach is not the place for petty quarrels. But think of Govind’s frame of mind. For him and Asin, the tsunami was a timely deluge of common salt that prevented the death of millions across continents. They, in their opinion, have just witnessed the escape of mankind from a disaster of proportions that could dwarf the tsunami. After days of tension, their minds are now at rest knowing that the deadly ‘ebola-hanta combination’ has been neutralized by NaCl.
There is an old fable. A line was drawn and a man was asked to make the line smaller without erasing off any portion. The man simply drew a bigger line beside it and the first line indeed looked smaller. Here the tsunami was the small line and the bio-weapon dwarfed it. Only Kamal and Asin knew about it, hence the relaxed state of mind and small talk.
Why weren't the following appreciated?
Finally there are certain things about Dasavatharam that seem to have been missed in the flush of criticism. No two characters except Rangarajan and Govnidarajan share the same height and voice. If Apoorva Sahodarargal had one normal man and a dwarf, Dasavatharam has all ranges starting from the hunchback to the giant. The voices range from the husky, to the shrill. It is the kind of variety and dexterity that has never been seen in world cinema. It also has to be remembered that the movie is based on the chaos theory, something that requires understanding. If such a concept has been incorporated, along with a bio-weapon message, an environmental edge and narrated in such a lucid way that even a layman is able to connect, the maker has to be someone special. How often do we hear of scientific theories contributing to movies?
There is the technical aspect which does seem to have received a fair amount of appreciation. However, we cannot help but mention the climax fight between Narahashi and Fletcher as a masterpiece in graphics. Of course, as said above, most of the frames of Dasavatharam are technical showpieces by themselves, not because they are out of this world, but because they have made everything look so real. Finally there has been talk about how the characters of Dasavatharam don’t stick to the mind. Some say that only Boovaragan sticks while others remember Balram and so on. But the fact here is that most people know the characters that they say have not stuck to their mind, they identify the ‘non-stick’ing characters by name or appearance. That is proof enough that a mark has been created. For instance, Rangarajan Nambi does not appear on screen after the initial 10 minutes. He is non-existent for the next 150 odd minutes and yet many remember to criticize the way in which he fought off the soldiers!
It is easy to get carried away in the wave of criticism and not appreciate the real class of the movie. The fact that so much has been talked about the movie tells us about the impression it has created. What has to be realized is that we may have to wait decades before we see anything even remotely close to this. It is tough even for a genius and dedicated professional like Kamal to keep making efforts like this. One has to just open up one’s mind to see all that is wonderful about Dasavatharam and please don’t appreciate it for charity, only for Kamal Haasan or because someone asked you to be a sport. Dasavatharam is a creation that deserves far better.
By Sudhakar, with inputs from Arun Gopinath.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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Kalifulla Khan
The message of Kalifulla Khan
Dasavatharam says a whole lot of things: questions beliefs, explores theories, offers explanations and entertains. The messages that one can take home from Dasavatharam are many, most of them are obvious while there seem to be a few that are hidden in layers of humor. The existence of God or otherwise is a subject that Kamal has often touched upon and so there is no way that this escaped anyone’s notice, especially with the debate between Kamal and Asin during the climax. The story itself is a warning about how funding research for biological weapons can be a dangerous game, there is an environmental message that Vincent Boovaragan raises, that of illegal sand quarrying and the movie at many places touches upon various ways in which the world is being self-detrimental; George Bush’s idea of the nuclear bomb being the panacea to all kinds of problems etc…..
But maybe the most profound of all messages is something that was so subtly said that it went unnoticed. Even if it was noticed it has gone without mention or discussion till now. One cannot be quite sure about whether Kamal, the scriptwriter, intended to give such a context. But it has happened and even if it is unwitting, this is an issue that is being considered by some of our country’s leading thinkers as something that demands immediate attention.
It takes place in the scene involving Balram Naidu (RAW) and Kalifulla Khan, when the latter is rounded up at his house with Christian Fletcher and Govind just having got away. The tall man is suspiciously surveyed by the RAW officer from top to bottom (that is a long way) and his connections to some of the world’s most notorious terrorists units is being assumed nonchalantly, the officer also issues orders for the entire street to be arrested and questioned for suspected terrorist links. Kalifulla Khan says ‘Why is it anyone and everyone who prays in a Dargah is looked upon as a terrorist?’ In the movie, this dialogue is greeted amidst laughter as all of Balram Naidu’s previous wisecracks are irresistibly funny, especially ‘Lighthouse’.
The message that the dialogue gives is straightforward: Why are Muslims suspected in the aftermath of any terrorist attack? India has suffered many incidents of bombing in the last few years and while the seriousness of these cannot be downplayed, there is widespread discontent over the way such cases are handled. This is not just a personal view, but an accumulation of views that have been appearing very regularly all over the country. It is a fact known to all that the hands behind the Bombay, Delhi, Hyderabad and Jaipur blasts are yet to be cuffed but what we do not know is that hundreds of Muslim youth have been behind or are still behind bars for one fault- being a Muslim. ‘Conciliatory arrests’ are made immediately after any untoward incident to appease authorities and to assure the public that action is being taken, but who pays the price? It is not only in India that such incidents of an entire community being labeled as terrorists takes place: The whole world changed post 9/11. Yes, it is true that militant outfits that were behind all these heinous acts are all Islamic but that does not make every Muslim a terrorist.
There is no better man than Kamal to have given this message because he is a person who has experienced the tendency to view a Muslim suspiciously first hand. Remember the incident in Canada in 2002 when Kamal was held back at an airport? He had gone there to consult a make up artiste about his get-up in Anbey Sivam- he was sporting a beard and as airport authorities later explained, that made him look like a Muslim. If a thing as unimportant as a beard can get a person detained at an airport then imagine what religion can do. Maybe that incident formed the seed of this subtle message given by Kalifulla Khan. - behindwoods
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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Have u understand the story of Dasavatharam?
10 VISHNU AVATHARAM TAKEN BY KAMAL.
If you knew the real dasavatharams of Lord Vishnu and their characters you can appreciate the script more. Let me explain, starting with the best adapted role:
1. Krishna avatar - Vincent Poovaraghavan
Lord krishna is actually a dalit, he is dark-skinned [shyamalam]. He saved draupadi when she was being violated and he was the actual diplomat in mahabharatham. Lord krishna dies of an arrow striking his lower leg. Now look at how vincent was introduced.. he appears when asin is about to be molested and he saves her like draupadi. Vincent is the dalit diplomat, fights for land issue [soil issue to be exact] and dies from the metal rod striking his leg. Oh even five of vincent's men are drugged at P. Vasu's.. sounds familiar???
2. Balarama avatar - Balarama naidu
This is an easy given. as the name suggests and the role personifies you can easily get it.
3. Mathsya avatar - Ranagaraja nambi
nambi is thrown into water in an act of trying to save lord from being thrown into sea, though vainly. what more clue do you want?
4. Varaha avatar - Krishnaveni paatti
During the mukunda song, krishnaveni paatti does varaha avatar in the shadow puppetry. The frame freezes on it for a second. there is the clue. Moreover, in varaha avatar lord actually hides earth so as to protect life forms. Here too krishnaveni hides the germs - life form inside the statue so as to protect.
5. Vamana avatar - Kalifulla khan
remember in vamana avatar, lord vishnu takes the vishvaroopa, that is the giant form! Hence the giant kalifulla here symbolises vamana avatar.
6. Parasurama avatar - Christian Fletcher
Parasurama is actually on an angry killing spree and killed 21 generations of the particular kshatriya vamsa. Hence the real KILLER... Guess what thats what our Fletcher is! He comes around with the gun [modern upgrade for axe] and kills everyone around. I have to check if he kills 21 people though. :-D
7. Narasimha avatar - Shingen Narahashi
first of all the name itself is a play on the words singam [means lion in tamil] and narasimha [the avatar being symbolised]. Lord Narasimha manifests himelf to kill the bad guy and he also teaches prahaladha. In the movie, he shows up to kill the killer fletcher! and is also a teacher.. Lord Narasimha had to kill the asura with bare hands and hence the martial arts exponent here.. get it?
8. Rama avatar - Avatar Singh
Lord Rama stands for the one man one woman maxim, kind of symbolising true love.. Here Avatar portrays that spirit by saying that he loves his woman more than anything and wants to live for her.
9. Kalki avatar - Govindaraj Ramasamy
As you know, the hero in kaliyug can be none other than the Kalki avatar!!!
10. Koorma avatar - Bush
This is the most loose adaptation I couldn't clearly comprehend. But if you look at the real koorma avatar, the lord is the turtle/tortoise that helps in stirring the ksheera sagara and bringing out the amruth. This essentially creates war among the devas and asuras. Similarly today Bush facilitates war between you know whom... May be Kamal also indicates that this avatar is a bit dumb like the tortoise...
you see...now u knw what does the movie trying to tell you....a super-duper movie.....kamal rocks.....
NOW THE STORY.....
The 1st scene is perfectly connected to the climax, remember what Kamal says in the 1st scene, that he will not say ?Om Nama Shivaya? , but Asin tells him to chant it , but still Kamal refuses , ( in this kamal in his story tries to tell that ) Nambi believes in his god more than anything, but Asin feels ?Its ok if we change the god or chant other god?s name, its life thats most important.? Now if u see the climax its JUST OPPOSITE?.
Kamal doesn?t believe in god much and values lives of people the most?. but Asin deeply believes in god and that too this dialogue comes when both Asin and Kamal?s hand is on the god which came from the sea , and it also means that they are getting united from the place they departed hundreds of years back ( Kamal and Asin).The connection between the 1st scene and the climax in the movie shows the generation circle combined with supernatural powers of GOD and destiny?..!!
Another explanation(and this is slightly far fetched? as explained earlier) is that Govind is in fact the reincaranation of Nambi. As Nambi he couldn?t protect God and died in the name of God.In order to fulfill his Karma,he is reincarnated as Govind Ramasamy who ultimately saves the world from destruction.The idol in the end somewhat hints to this theory; his story began with the idol and it ends with the idol.
As far as the connection with Nambi character and events in 12th Century goes?
The connection is based on the ?Butterfly effect ?.
When Govind and Andal goes to the bury the idol in the sands, Andal will stumble on a particular stone couple of times?This is the same stone as the one from 12th Century hen Kothai rips her Thaali and flings it at Kulothunga Chozan?it will end up hanging on the stone. So, the implied message here is Andal is Kothai reborn in the 21s century.
During the encounter with Santhana Bharathi in the sand quarry, it is repeat of the incident from 12th century. Instead of Kulothunga Chozhan, it is the Sand Mafia which tries to inflict damage on the land.
This movie is a brilliant juxtaposition of independent characters whose paths cross, if only briefly, which is stunning example of Chaos Theory.
The idol that is drowned in the sea along with Rangarajan in 12th century by Chozha king results in a fault being developed at the bottom of the ocean and creates tremors more than 800 years later. These tremors result in the Tsunami. This again is a classic case of Butterfly Effect wherein a seemingly inconcsequential event (the drowing of the idol) saves Tamil Nadu from being wiped out off the face of the earth.
But actually kamal has not left anything for our imagination? Explanation struck the right chord, Kamal does tell to Asin in a dialogue that idol which gets sunken back then gets struck between the tectonic plates under the sea and causes tsunami?
Many people missed this dialogue i guess. Kamal?s accent was so very perfect Tamil, that many people missed it?. Being perfect Is a Problem by Itself !!!
Although the explanation is a least possible theory, that is what ?Chaos Theory? And ?Butterfly Effect? are all about. Its not just the statue that caused the tsunami, but it just started a large chain of effects which kept multiplying exponentially and finally lead to it after 800 years?.!!
Why just say this concept is perfectly illogical? it is possible? thats what i have been explaining all the while !!!
The story line is that things going wrong are made to be right which involves many people and countries knowingly or unknowingly.
If you knew the real dasavatharams of Lord Vishnu and their characters you can appreciate the script more. Let me explain, starting with the best adapted role:
1. Krishna avatar - Vincent Poovaraghavan
Lord krishna is actually a dalit, he is dark-skinned [shyamalam]. He saved draupadi when she was being violated and he was the actual diplomat in mahabharatham. Lord krishna dies of an arrow striking his lower leg. Now look at how vincent was introduced.. he appears when asin is about to be molested and he saves her like draupadi. Vincent is the dalit diplomat, fights for land issue [soil issue to be exact] and dies from the metal rod striking his leg. Oh even five of vincent's men are drugged at P. Vasu's.. sounds familiar???
2. Balarama avatar - Balarama naidu
This is an easy given. as the name suggests and the role personifies you can easily get it.
3. Mathsya avatar - Ranagaraja nambi
nambi is thrown into water in an act of trying to save lord from being thrown into sea, though vainly. what more clue do you want?
4. Varaha avatar - Krishnaveni paatti
During the mukunda song, krishnaveni paatti does varaha avatar in the shadow puppetry. The frame freezes on it for a second. there is the clue. Moreover, in varaha avatar lord actually hides earth so as to protect life forms. Here too krishnaveni hides the germs - life form inside the statue so as to protect.
5. Vamana avatar - Kalifulla khan
remember in vamana avatar, lord vishnu takes the vishvaroopa, that is the giant form! Hence the giant kalifulla here symbolises vamana avatar.
6. Parasurama avatar - Christian Fletcher
Parasurama is actually on an angry killing spree and killed 21 generations of the particular kshatriya vamsa. Hence the real KILLER... Guess what thats what our Fletcher is! He comes around with the gun [modern upgrade for axe] and kills everyone around. I have to check if he kills 21 people though. :-D
7. Narasimha avatar - Shingen Narahashi
first of all the name itself is a play on the words singam [means lion in tamil] and narasimha [the avatar being symbolised]. Lord Narasimha manifests himelf to kill the bad guy and he also teaches prahaladha. In the movie, he shows up to kill the killer fletcher! and is also a teacher.. Lord Narasimha had to kill the asura with bare hands and hence the martial arts exponent here.. get it?
8. Rama avatar - Avatar Singh
Lord Rama stands for the one man one woman maxim, kind of symbolising true love.. Here Avatar portrays that spirit by saying that he loves his woman more than anything and wants to live for her.
9. Kalki avatar - Govindaraj Ramasamy
As you know, the hero in kaliyug can be none other than the Kalki avatar!!!
10. Koorma avatar - Bush
This is the most loose adaptation I couldn't clearly comprehend. But if you look at the real koorma avatar, the lord is the turtle/tortoise that helps in stirring the ksheera sagara and bringing out the amruth. This essentially creates war among the devas and asuras. Similarly today Bush facilitates war between you know whom... May be Kamal also indicates that this avatar is a bit dumb like the tortoise...
you see...now u knw what does the movie trying to tell you....a super-duper movie.....kamal rocks.....
NOW THE STORY.....
The 1st scene is perfectly connected to the climax, remember what Kamal says in the 1st scene, that he will not say ?Om Nama Shivaya? , but Asin tells him to chant it , but still Kamal refuses , ( in this kamal in his story tries to tell that ) Nambi believes in his god more than anything, but Asin feels ?Its ok if we change the god or chant other god?s name, its life thats most important.? Now if u see the climax its JUST OPPOSITE?.
Kamal doesn?t believe in god much and values lives of people the most?. but Asin deeply believes in god and that too this dialogue comes when both Asin and Kamal?s hand is on the god which came from the sea , and it also means that they are getting united from the place they departed hundreds of years back ( Kamal and Asin).The connection between the 1st scene and the climax in the movie shows the generation circle combined with supernatural powers of GOD and destiny?..!!
Another explanation(and this is slightly far fetched? as explained earlier) is that Govind is in fact the reincaranation of Nambi. As Nambi he couldn?t protect God and died in the name of God.In order to fulfill his Karma,he is reincarnated as Govind Ramasamy who ultimately saves the world from destruction.The idol in the end somewhat hints to this theory; his story began with the idol and it ends with the idol.
As far as the connection with Nambi character and events in 12th Century goes?
The connection is based on the ?Butterfly effect ?.
When Govind and Andal goes to the bury the idol in the sands, Andal will stumble on a particular stone couple of times?This is the same stone as the one from 12th Century hen Kothai rips her Thaali and flings it at Kulothunga Chozan?it will end up hanging on the stone. So, the implied message here is Andal is Kothai reborn in the 21s century.
During the encounter with Santhana Bharathi in the sand quarry, it is repeat of the incident from 12th century. Instead of Kulothunga Chozhan, it is the Sand Mafia which tries to inflict damage on the land.
This movie is a brilliant juxtaposition of independent characters whose paths cross, if only briefly, which is stunning example of Chaos Theory.
The idol that is drowned in the sea along with Rangarajan in 12th century by Chozha king results in a fault being developed at the bottom of the ocean and creates tremors more than 800 years later. These tremors result in the Tsunami. This again is a classic case of Butterfly Effect wherein a seemingly inconcsequential event (the drowing of the idol) saves Tamil Nadu from being wiped out off the face of the earth.
But actually kamal has not left anything for our imagination? Explanation struck the right chord, Kamal does tell to Asin in a dialogue that idol which gets sunken back then gets struck between the tectonic plates under the sea and causes tsunami?
Many people missed this dialogue i guess. Kamal?s accent was so very perfect Tamil, that many people missed it?. Being perfect Is a Problem by Itself !!!
Although the explanation is a least possible theory, that is what ?Chaos Theory? And ?Butterfly Effect? are all about. Its not just the statue that caused the tsunami, but it just started a large chain of effects which kept multiplying exponentially and finally lead to it after 800 years?.!!
Why just say this concept is perfectly illogical? it is possible? thats what i have been explaining all the while !!!
The story line is that things going wrong are made to be right which involves many people and countries knowingly or unknowingly.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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Dasavatharam Collections world wide
The performance of Dasavatharam is very impressive not only in the domestic market but also in the overseas segment. As per the Malaysian Box office collections report for the period June 12 to 15, the films stands in second position having grossed $601,307, being screened at 58 theatres. At the first position is ‘The Incredible Hulk’.
In the United Kingdom, where generally Bollywood films rule the roost, Dasavatharam stands at 11th position having piped Ram Gopal Verma’s Sarkar Raj to 16th place in the period June13th to June 15th. The film has grossed $ 246,677. Though the film is being screened at a few theatres, it is reported to be doing well in terms of percentage collections. news from behindwoods
In the United Kingdom, where generally Bollywood films rule the roost, Dasavatharam stands at 11th position having piped Ram Gopal Verma’s Sarkar Raj to 16th place in the period June13th to June 15th. The film has grossed $ 246,677. Though the film is being screened at a few theatres, it is reported to be doing well in terms of percentage collections. news from behindwoods
Monday, May 5, 2008
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Mallika Sherawat
Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat drew a lot of flak with the Tamil media with the way she was dressed in the recently held Dasavatharam audio release function. A case was filed against her accusing her of hurting Tamil sentiments and culture. When the complaint was reviewed, police concluded after consultation with the legal heads that one cannot interfere in the way a person dresses.
It is highly individualistic wherein police cannot be judgmental. Having said that they have decided that no action will be taken against Mallika. - behindwoods
Monday, April 7, 2008
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'Dasavatharam': Frame by FrameIndiaGlitz [Monday, April 07, 2008]
'Dasavatharam' promises to be a break through in Tamil filmmaking in many ways. Apart from Kamal Haasan’s awesome portrayal of ten different roles, there is much to rave about, including computer graphics and stunning stunts.
The movie has been a unique experience for the experienced director K.S. Ravikumar. “I have worked a great deal to put the entire film together”, says the director. “I used to watch my movies at least ten times before they hit the theatres. I have watched every frame (a one second shot comprises 24 frames) of this film almost a 1,000 times to bring in the harmony between the scenes”, he adds.
Ravikumar explains why such a meticulous attention is required: “If one frame has 3-4 characters then it would mean that I would have to shoot the background separately and the characters separately and ensure that everything comes together cohesively on screen. Apart from that, I have also monitored the dubbing of this movie very closely, something which I have not done for any of my films before.” So, Ravikumar would have watched the movie 1,000 times by the time the film hits the screens.
The unit had done a lot of research before executing the scene that happens during the 12th century. Ravikumar, Kamal, and other team members wanted to make it realistic and credible and hence the research became so important.Going by these information one can be sure that the movie ‘Dasavatharam’ would be first of its kind in Tamil films in many respects
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