The much awaited Dasavatharam is finally scheduled to be released today, and I got to see the preview show last night (actually very early today morning). Drove all the way to ambatur from my office, (at thoraippakkam) to catch the night show which got split into an 8pm and 11pm show by the theatre ppl, (to make the best of the preview show collections) and after some more delays got to watch it at 12am. I actually went there half expecting a movie which would not live up to all the media hype that has surrounded it, but the movie was absolutely FANTASTIC!!! In fact I liked it so much that i’m making it the topic of my ‘pullayar sulli’ post 
The movie is about this scientist who is trying to protect a bio weapon that he invents and travels half way across the globe trying to protect mankind from it. There are many other parallel stories that are interwoven into this plot and all of them culminate at the tsunami, with a message that god never forsakes you, minor setbacks/losses exist only for the greater good of mankind. I really liked the movie:
Firstly for kamal’s make up which was brilliant! some of the characters were truly un recognisable and his role as the old woman and the villian were most impressive. That he has worked terribly hard for this shows in the movie.
There were no silly duets, love scenes in the movie, in fact kamal and asin fall in love only towards the end and their intimacy only goes upto holding hands (this is totally not thalaivar style!)
The entire movie is a chase and you dont feel bored at any point, even though the movie is over 3 hrs in length
Malika sherawat is there for the glamour, and is used just for that, I’m happy they did not give her a smart CIA woman role which would have been a little hard to swallow.
There aren’t any seperate comedians in the movie, the comedy is provided by Kamal(s) and Asin. Asin’s shot at comedy was quite good.
I guess i could go on about this, and just be saying kamal, kamal, kamal. On the whole the movie was amazing, but it did have some ‘filmy’ scenes like the hero always finding a lorry/pickup truck/sand pile to jump into from a bridge, stray bullet removing cancer growth,and this entire NaCl business was quite corny, but these are just minor bumps on the road. In fact when we were walking out of the hall there was this ecstatic guy who came up and said “did you notice that that ppl did not make any noise throughout the movie? thats kamal!” Dasavatharam is truly a milestone in tamil indian cinema, and another feather in kamal’s cap. I’m really looking forward to watching the movie at sathyam.
