I just returned from watching the
Vishwaroopam (Tamil) movie. I am not going to write a review. I am not going to give a synopsis of the
story. Everyone knows now. I am writing here what went through my mind
while watching the movie.
Excellent movie.
Worth seeing a second time.
Spy thriller. Will put Hollywood to shame.
Thank God no separate comedy track.
Tamil name (style) is written as though
it can be mistaken for Urdu language. Please see the picture above.
Even when the title was shown on the screen, the name was written from
right to left, imitating Urdu language.
What message Kamal Haasan wants to give through this? I don’t know.
Saw a mistake in the
acknowledgements. List of people they
were thanking included “U.S. Embassy, Chennai”.
(Since I was able to see only a few seconds, I could be wrong. But almost sure I am right.) U.S. Embassy is in New Delhi.
What they have in Chennai is U.S. Consulate.
The fighting scene between the U.S. Air
Force and the Talibans were awesome.
Want to see the movie again just for those scenes only.
Never felt like watching a Tamil
movie. Felt like watching a Hollywood suspense thriller.
Cinematography beats Hollywood hands down.
Kamal Haasan is an atheist. He has this habit of making subtle fun of people
who believe in God and also the Tamil Brahmin community. He did not fail to do that also in this
movie. For example, he and his wife were
shown as Tamil Brahmins speaking their own slang. He was cooking chicken for his wife. In the movie he says he is a vegetarian but
his wife loves chicken. Of course, quite
a number of Brahmin girls nowadays eat chicken.
But it is considered most of the Brahmins are vegetarians. (By the way, Kamal Haasan is a TamBram.)
He also uses the word “papaathi”. Only once in a kind of humorous way. It is a derogatory term for a Brahmin woman.
One scene shows FBI beating Kamal
Haasan during interrogation. FBI does
not beat people during interrogation.
May be this was shown for dramatic effect.
A lady character was being interrogated
by a female FBI Agent. This lady
character mentions God. The FBI agent asks:
Which is your God? Allah? The lady
character says “No. My God has 4 heads”. (Or, did she say 4 hands? I cannot rewind in a theater like I do my DVR at my home.) Kamal Haasan's subtle way of making fun of believers.
Oh I forgot to mention. The
Talibans (about 10 of them) shoot with their AK 47, a photo of Ex U.S.
President George Bush several times, during their training mission. I was LMAO.
I know most Americans will do the same thing. Because it is only a movie. Make believe stuff. (Updated on Jan 30 - People should view and enjoy movie as a movie.)
Imagine an Indian movie depicting some terrorist shooting the
picture (just picture only) of Sonia G or Manmohan S. with AK 47! What would be
the reaction!!
I did not see anything against Muslims. The story happens to be about Talibans. All Talibans are Muslims. Therefore, most of the characters happen to
be Muslims. That is all.
In the end, Kamal Haasan shows that he
already is planning a Part 2 of this movie.
PS:
I am going on vacation. See y’all
after a while.
