When 10=1

10 characters. 1 person. Its Dashavatharam

I generally dont watch many movies,especially in theatres. In fact I have a count as to how many times I have watched a movie in a theatre. Believe it or not, its Just 7 as of now ! Including the recently released Kamal's Dashavatharam.
Some movies have this great ability to keep lingering in your mind for quite a long time after you watch them. Dashavatharam is one of them in that league.Add Kamal to it, the movie is just unforgettable. He is one of those actors who can perform any role with such ease, be it romance, be it comedy,drama,action or anything ! Simply amazing. Out of the Last 3 movies I have watched in a theatre, 2 of them happen to his, Vettaiyaadu ViLayaadu being the previous one. And the Kamal you see in that movie is very much different from the Kamal in Dashavatharam. Hats off to him to put in 10 different characters, that too,everyone of them being very different from one another, in the same movie.
The movie starts captivating you right from the first song, Kallai Mattum Kandaal . Laden with immense meaning in lyrics ,awesome music and enthralling voice of Hariharan, it just kept me glued to the seat. Initially, I thought that the movie was something religious in nature with the words of Rangarajan Nambi biased towards Vaishnavism. And when I was adjusting my nervous system to synchronize to that mode, there is jump(or should i call it a sink to) to current world. Enter Govind. Then Fletcher followed by Balram Naidu. Paati (forgot the name :( ) pitches in to add to another role,Narahashi,Kalifulla, Syamalan,Avatar and last but not the least, the Big daddy himself!! Though I felt that some were just filler roles, every role was done to perfection. Especially, the Fletcher and Balram Naidu role. A very aggresive and extremely fast and brutal Fletcher is totally in contrast to the character of Naidu who is a full time comedian (atleast thats wat i felt !) playing the role of RAW officer.
The movie was properly paced. It could have been really better if Asin were not shouting at the top of her voice. Whenever she spoke, there was bound to a Perumal in it. In fact, i was surprised at her character. Inspite of Kamal tells her the gravity of the problem, she did not understand the situation. It added to my frustration when it was known that she was an educated girl !!!
The movie then relates to the Tsunami really well. And of course the connection to the first character Nambi. It was only then the whole movie could be understood. It kept you guessing till the end unlike other movies where you can foresee what could happen if you watch 30% of the movie.
It has all the ingredients- comedy, action, drama,romance(not actually i guess),religious,music everything. I still remember the dialogue by Kamal Bush when a scientist tells him that the biological weapon is pretty complex to explain. 'If it is complex, then better dont explain it to me.' LOL !!! says many things !! Also, appreciation of many local practices(ppl applying salt all over their body b4 getting into the drainage being one of them) is also done in a very subtle manner.
The movie begins with Kamal being a theist and it continues with him playing an athiest(Govind) and finally turning neither of them !. Also another important thing is that he played roles of all major religions in the movie which probably signifies all of us are one. A master class of a movie

I should be giving credit to my cousin.If it was not for him who asked me to join him for this movie 2 weeks ago, I could not have been writing about it here now. Though two weeks are past, it pretty much fresh in my memory. Probably, one of those unforgettable ones by Kamal. Hats off to him!