After a few weeks from my last post I return with another post on Dasavatharam..I came across the scripts for two of kamal's great films, Mahanadi and Heyram.. After reading thru em, my respect fr kamal as a scriptwriter grew even more... The scripts look like stories on the first glance, but as u read thru , so cool is the script u feel the scenes go by in ur head... So as the script for dasavatharam has not yet been released, i thought of posting some articles on the story of dasavatharam... People accuse kamal for not incorporating a story but thats the last thing that they shld be accusing him for... cos the story or how the characters are handled is superb... Shown below are posts courtesy of articles i found on the net... I've copy pasted them......*************If you knew the real avatharams 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 PoovaraghavanLord 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 naiduThis is an easy given. as the name suggests and the role personifies you can easily get it.
3. Mathsya avatar - Ranagaraja nambinambi 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 paattiDuring 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 khanremember 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 FletcherParasurama 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 thou Jun 18 Balaji people though. :-D
7. Narasimha avatar - Shingen Narahashifirst 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 SinghLord 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 RamasamyAs you know, the hero in kaliyug can be none other than the Kalki avatar!!!
10. Koorma avatar - BushThis 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... *****************************And now for the adaptation of Chaos Theory...(taken from a article posted in Sify)
One should understand the basic concept of the Dasavatharam storyline — Chaos theory, Butterfly Effect. Chaos theory or “Butterfly effect” has been shown in movies like “It’s a Wonderful Life”, “The Jurassic Park” etc…
What is Chaos theory ?Basically a chaotic system is one wherein long term predictions are impossible. Like for example, if I push a car, I know that it is going to move and it will continue to do so if I go on pushing it on and on. However, in a chaotic system, this situation cannot be predicted over a long period of time. Weather, for example, is a chaotic system. No matter how good your instruments are, you simply cannot predict the weather with 100 per cent accuracy over a long term basis and forecast it.
Butterfly Effect:::It is the most important component of a chaotic system. Basically, small perturbations results in amplifications which completely destroys the original nature of the system and makes prediction impossible. If a butterfly flaps its wings in Africa, it could result ina cyclone in USA.(Mark the word COULD.) A highly dumbed down explanation of the butterfly effect is in the film Anniyan, where Vikram’s sister dies because a liquor shop owner sells liquor on a dry day.OK, how does Dasavatharam incorporate it?In essence, Dasavatharam talks about eight characters who are inconsequential as such, but are integrated in a larger picture. Without Bush, the plane would have been called back. Without Shinghen, Govind would be dead. Without the tsunami, the world would have been destroyed. Even Krishnaveni (the old woman) plays a very important role. If she had not put the vial in the idol, maybe Govind would have recovered it then and there and a powerful weapon would have been unleashed. The very fact that it went into the idol meant that it was being accelerated to its destiny. Without Kaifulllah Khan, Govind would have never escaped… the list simply goes on.OK, so does the film talk about theism or atheism?Neither. It talks about how humans drive the destiny of the world.
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 inconsequential event (the drowning of the idol) saves Tamil Nadu from being wiped off the face of the earth.*******************Now tell me, does THIS movie lack a story? This movie has the most beautiful story ever attempted in Indian cinema. Unfortunately, Indian viewers and critics are obsessed with the “boy meets girl” and “revenge” themes, so they fail to see the story in this master piece.
Till i come back with a post on TCS experiences, ADIOS ppl!!!!
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Dasavatharam - The Review
Hey ppl... am an amateur in blogging.. so i'll start with a movie review...
I'll start with the hype surrounding the movie.. Posters like "Chinna pasangla yaar kitta vilayadreenga", "nammavarin avatharam" and "aandavarin dasavatharam" were seen everywhere here, at coimbatore. Am sure Chennai wld be teeming with these. But an actor like kamal donning 10 roles itself is a hype or makes u expect a lot from the movie...
Most of the characters are identifiable, but some characters left me dumb founded, like the Martial arts guy. The makeup and kamal's voice over were pretty gr8.. I cld remember tat wen this specific character is introduced the audience kept seein him as someone else or just an extra.. But wen he talks the audience identify him and the applause that follows is deafening. I cld clearly see y kamal's been called as a genius. Kamal's acting in this movie can be phrased as "semma gethu".
The story:
The film follows a slightly non-linear storytelling style.. The events occuring in the climax are shown and the scientist character narrates the story, Chaos theory being the underlying plot. 3 and a quarter hours for saying "Everything's interlinked and happens fr a reason"... But the screen play cld've been written with equal importance to the plot too instead the characters are given em all..The first 15 minutes of the movie, the 14th century scenes, are the best i've ever seen in a Tamil film... Kamal's proven versatility is proven beyond doubt here. Then the story shifts back to 2004. The fight for possession of the biocyte by the good and bad forces fill up the middle part.. Tsunami's used as a plot ender here.. The biocyte or whatever it is, is destroyed by NaCl and hence the tsunami... Nice work anyway...
Positive points of the movie include the following
Kamal's acting( obviously)
Makeup by wat they say as "hollywood" technicians is neat too.. They cld've shown a lil more difference btwn the tall guy character and the fletcher character( closely resembles mickey rourke's character from sin city).. They're slightly similar.. Gr8 anyways..
The songs. Himesh has done a fair job
Camera. Ravi varman shld recieve accolades fr his work.. The scene where the camera pans around kamal tied to the statue. The CG work's pretty good here.
Audiography. H.Sridhar has done a cool job. Being a sound enthusiast myself the sound effects, except fr some mismatches, were nothing short of stunning.
The stunts were cool too. Some foreigner who worked in transporter has worked in it. Gr8 work.
Dialogs were neat.. Specifically liked the scene when fletcher and the japanese guy are fighting bfore the Tsunami scene.. Japanese guy asks fletcher how he wants to die..
Fletcher says "tats not tat simple,remember hiroshima??" and the japanese says "remember pearl harbor??"... cool one.. Kudos to Kamal..
Screenplay was moderate and so was the story..(by Kamal too).
Negative points:
Background score. Complete blunder... Hardly catchy or even noticeable.
CG work at the end depicting the Tsunami was horrible... I expected something atleast on the lines of "The day after tomorrow"...
The scenes with the CID, tat were meant to be hilarious, are simply aren't hilarious....
But these -ve points don't spoil the whole spirit of the movie. To frankly say the movie was not a major disappointment but it was for sure to some extent for me.. The story is simple enuf for most of the audience to understand. The chaos theory and the initial intro wld've been too deep for some ppl.
If u like kamal or if u wan't to be surprised watch it fr sure...
Kamal Rox!!!!!!!
I'll start with the hype surrounding the movie.. Posters like "Chinna pasangla yaar kitta vilayadreenga", "nammavarin avatharam" and "aandavarin dasavatharam" were seen everywhere here, at coimbatore. Am sure Chennai wld be teeming with these. But an actor like kamal donning 10 roles itself is a hype or makes u expect a lot from the movie...
Most of the characters are identifiable, but some characters left me dumb founded, like the Martial arts guy. The makeup and kamal's voice over were pretty gr8.. I cld remember tat wen this specific character is introduced the audience kept seein him as someone else or just an extra.. But wen he talks the audience identify him and the applause that follows is deafening. I cld clearly see y kamal's been called as a genius. Kamal's acting in this movie can be phrased as "semma gethu".
The story:
The film follows a slightly non-linear storytelling style.. The events occuring in the climax are shown and the scientist character narrates the story, Chaos theory being the underlying plot. 3 and a quarter hours for saying "Everything's interlinked and happens fr a reason"... But the screen play cld've been written with equal importance to the plot too instead the characters are given em all..The first 15 minutes of the movie, the 14th century scenes, are the best i've ever seen in a Tamil film... Kamal's proven versatility is proven beyond doubt here. Then the story shifts back to 2004. The fight for possession of the biocyte by the good and bad forces fill up the middle part.. Tsunami's used as a plot ender here.. The biocyte or whatever it is, is destroyed by NaCl and hence the tsunami... Nice work anyway...
Positive points of the movie include the following
Kamal's acting( obviously)
Makeup by wat they say as "hollywood" technicians is neat too.. They cld've shown a lil more difference btwn the tall guy character and the fletcher character( closely resembles mickey rourke's character from sin city).. They're slightly similar.. Gr8 anyways..
The songs. Himesh has done a fair job
Camera. Ravi varman shld recieve accolades fr his work.. The scene where the camera pans around kamal tied to the statue. The CG work's pretty good here.
Audiography. H.Sridhar has done a cool job. Being a sound enthusiast myself the sound effects, except fr some mismatches, were nothing short of stunning.
The stunts were cool too. Some foreigner who worked in transporter has worked in it. Gr8 work.
Dialogs were neat.. Specifically liked the scene when fletcher and the japanese guy are fighting bfore the Tsunami scene.. Japanese guy asks fletcher how he wants to die..
Fletcher says "tats not tat simple,remember hiroshima??" and the japanese says "remember pearl harbor??"... cool one.. Kudos to Kamal..
Screenplay was moderate and so was the story..(by Kamal too).
Negative points:
Background score. Complete blunder... Hardly catchy or even noticeable.
CG work at the end depicting the Tsunami was horrible... I expected something atleast on the lines of "The day after tomorrow"...
The scenes with the CID, tat were meant to be hilarious, are simply aren't hilarious....
But these -ve points don't spoil the whole spirit of the movie. To frankly say the movie was not a major disappointment but it was for sure to some extent for me.. The story is simple enuf for most of the audience to understand. The chaos theory and the initial intro wld've been too deep for some ppl.
If u like kamal or if u wan't to be surprised watch it fr sure...
Kamal Rox!!!!!!!
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