pvramarao

I have to start with saying that I am not a Malayalee, but a great fan of Malayalam cinema. Over the years, the time I spent on watching old and new Malayalam cinema was well worth the language barrier.

Drishyam - once again only gives us the essence of the characters, like any well executed film, you don't see the stars behind them. The stars and actors are embedded and you move through the story feeling bit by bit.

It is a bit difficult to say who is the right, and who is wrong in this movie, but it is not at all difficult to see who takes what stand, and the script has done well to have both sides represented well, albeit basing the audiences sympathies with the hero, even though he is concealing the truth against the law. Not the first movie of this type of course, but this whole transformation is made out quite well.

I liked Mohanlal of course, as always he did a splendid job.. but in fact, the script and direction were good enough, that even if someone like Srinivasan acted in it, it would have been equally good. In fact in films like "Oru Naal Varum" you see a similar role (of escaping from law) played by Srinivasan to some extent.

My full marks to the script and direction... Mohanlal, has played much more weighted roles in the past, but this at the right time proves his talent after a gap - and is a welcome in his career as well. Meena didn't disappoint, and so didn't the lady who played the IPS officer.

overall, decent watch.. My bet to not go for a Telugu movie (my mother tongue) instead, paid off well. Now I am interested in seeing all other previous movies of this director.

Kudos to Kamalahasan, it is an excellent film, comparable to any one else worldwide. In terms of action and plot, I was reminded of Syrianna (By George Clooney, which also seemed to have some basis of chaos theory) and Rush Hour (Jackie Chan), but when it comes to interweaving it with the Indian mythology and the belief system, we get a unique film never before attempted.

I did write off Kamala hasan earlier, I thought he was done and out, but here comes a true master piece, ingenuous in both planning and execution. May be giving away the direction to someone helped here, compared to movies like Hey Ram or Virumandi.

Too much wishful thinking, may be, but I do hope Kamal gets his due for both action, and even if not for action, for his Screenplay for this movie. Are we seriously headed for an Oscar for this movie for India? It is so exciting even to think about such a possibility after a long time. The genius of Kamalahasan evolved after so long, back in full form. It is really heart-warming, to note that he was looking fresher, and did his homework well for this magnum opus.

One interesting point is, even for a genius work based on rationalism and scientific theories.. there is always an undercurrent of mythological and reincarnation based line which brings so much of Indianness (read originality) to the movie. Most earlier Kamal movies are Indian rendering of an imported theme (Nayakan, Kurudippunal etc.). Dasavatharam is the truly original film which adds so much to its credit.