This is a simple entertaining movie with big budget. Kamal Hassan actor is playing 10 different roles. They don't look like the same people. All 10 roles can't be good in a single movie hence there are roles which are very good and otehrs are there for the sake of it. But it doesn't matter. While watching the movie I was irritated by Asin and few minutes of 2nd half. But A movie like this with 10 different character and around 5 sub plots can not be done in a better way. There is no vulgarity and no unwanted smooches which is a welcome relief. Indian junta which is fed with stupid stuiff like Welcome / OSO / Sawariyaan / and other south indian movies should appreciate that the Actor / Director duo has tried something different. This will lead way to others as welll. How many heroes apart from Kamal in todays day and age can conceptualize / write / script and screen play and enact? It is easy to sit back and write -ve feedback. I am from Mahrashtra and doesn't understand a single word of tamil but still went to this movie and enjoyed after watching it with English subtitles in US. All of it doesn't make a lot of sense. but I went for entertainment and not for educating myself on tamil history.
RE:Watch it
by deepu rawat on Jun 19, 2008 12:41 AM
You want to say that ur from maharashtra and u don't know tamil but still you went to see this stupid blunder movies why can't all indian public if you have money for waisting doesn't mean that all have.
RE:Watch it
by Hamzah on Jun 19, 2008 04:44 AM
You are talking as if this movie is a crap and all others are classics. I found this to be better than most of the hindi movies churned out these days. The actor had the guts. It is fashionalble to criticize everything. This one is much better than Sarkar Raj. I did not ask anyone else to go and watch this movie. I only said what I did and I don't regret watching it as it is better than to watch Sarkar Raj for 2$ pirated DVD. I donno what people expected but this is good enough.
RE:Watch it
by Subhransu on Jun 19, 2008 08:06 AM
It is proved that ur a Mallu. Do not act smart. I have many Tamil friends... no one is saying the movie is good. You are a fanatic.. and envy of Hindi movies.
You ugly, dirty southy... try to accept Hindi is our national language.
RE:Watch it
by Hamzah on Jun 19, 2008 08:27 AM
Look at your language first. Your so called Tamil friends would belong to your class only. So I won't like to describe you. Your words speak for your class and state of mind. This is a better movie than the most of the movies that we get to see. And this is a fact.Actors like Kamal Hassan doesn't need approval of a movie illitrate to know how is his performance and movie.
RE:Watch it
by amogha girimaji on Jun 19, 2008 11:40 AM
Get your facts right...Hindi is not a National Language of India or as a matter of fact, for any other country. Don't keep spreading this repeated lies...
India has No National Language. Only 23 official languages.
RE:Kamalji is (always) winner
by shiney on Jun 21, 2008 01:18 PM
you have said it correct... kaml is a loser in this case as he has not done anything different
It is laughable to suggest that there is no story in the movie. Infact it is a brilliant idea beginning in the 12th century and then ending with tsunami. Kamal is always good in thoughts but fails in his execution. This could have been taken in a better way. For me 10 were not needed. The tall guy waste, dailt guy waste, 95year old waste. Only cop, ex FBI agent, govind and maybe one more is enough. But overall it is worth a watch but makeup should have been better. Overall a potboiler masala movie. Don’t raise kamal to some other star he is also an Indian star if you watch from that angle this movie is a perfect entertainer.
One thing we had noticed is why people didn’t get the real subtext and reason for the various roles and hence the title. 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 th
RE:What is the meaning behind Dasavathaaram
by Keerikkadan on Jun 18, 2008 07:41 PM
I dont think there is a need to go deep into the movie. I see this movie as a dumb entertaining movie. leave your brain outside the theatre.
If you start thinking about script and all, why dont you start with cancer curing bullet :)
or focus on the stupid make up job or the 5 poor characters of kamal.
Appreciate the effort you took to justify kamal's movie, but i dont think he spent this much effort in writing the script, which explains the crappy movie.
RE:What is the meaning behind Dasavathaaram
by sharavan hariharan on Jun 19, 2008 08:03 AM
"The cancer curing bullet" - this is an example of the butterfly effect. The same is the case with the way the 12th century and 21st century relate. Its again the case of butterfly effect.
RE:What is the meaning behind Dasavathaaram
by Ram on Jun 18, 2008 07:52 PM
this is a copy-paste..go thu the rest of this message board. You will find it multiple times all avatars
RE:What is the meaning behind Dasavathaaram
by Readiff on Jun 18, 2008 07:20 PM
Lord Krishna was not Dalit, there was no caste named Dalit during Mahabharata period. There were only 4 castes based on their individual profession during Mahabharata era.
RE:What is the meaning behind Dasavathaaram
by LA People on Jun 18, 2008 09:15 PM
You really want to hear the actual word?? Here is it is..SHOODRA!! It was there during that period!
RE:What is the meaning behind Dasavathaaram
by Ram on Jun 18, 2008 08:19 PM
the post is talking about the dalit character in the movie! not what you say.
RE:RE:What is the meaning behind Dasavathaaram
by LA People on Jun 18, 2008 09:16 PM
Don't worry Ram, he just wanted to hear that word. He is satisfied now ;)
one of our family friends went to this movie in the US...My friend and his mom. In the whole theatre only two people were there. They said it was an amazing experience!!!!
RE:Yesterday....
by Cricket s on Jun 18, 2008 06:41 PM
Just take it easy guys. Dont have to take it personal. In the US, Who is going to watch this movie on a Tuesday morning? It was just an interesting info that is why I posted this info. U dont have to feel bad about it. If you want to feel good then let me tell you this. I went to this movie on Saturday. There was so much crowd that they move was screened in 4 theatres. In the same complex a Hindi movie was running and even on a weekend it was almost empty
RE:Yesterday....
by EkaIndian on Jun 18, 2008 06:27 PM
He won't tell coz this story is a imaginery one. Living in US and behaving like a crap and want to criticize this great movie.
RE:RE:Yesterday....
by Cricket s on Jun 18, 2008 08:47 PM
Behaving like like crap? if you cant be to nice to others better not say anything. Even English movies in the US - sometime are run with 10 or 15 people. For the weekend show, I saw very people for Hindi and English movies in the same theatre. Take it easy man.
RE:Yesterday....
by Vijay Karthik on Jun 18, 2008 08:11 PM
hey i know on a tuesday morning there wont be much crowd for an Indian movie in the US, however big it is. But dont expect us to believe that there were only 2 in the theatre. Thats crap. Dasavatharam is doing amazing business in US and UK too.
RE:Yesterday....
by arul on Jun 18, 2008 06:50 PM
I think you are telling about the morning show on saturday. Yes it was true, there were two reason i can say. First the some media gave a wrong review. Second, on saturdays people in US wake up late, mostly 10 to 11 Clock.
I watched the movie on saturday morning 11:30 show, i found nominal number of people but when i came out I found a long queue of about 200 meters waiting for the tickets to watch Dasavathaaram. The movie is really a spectacular movie, irrespective of religion,language etc.. we have to appreciate our Indians effort in bringing a world standard movie. So at this point of time we need to encourage them but not to comment on minor flaws.
