Not a lot of movies interested me in the recent times like Dasavatharam.
Kamal Hassan’s Magnum opus, India’s costliest flick (Rs 165 Crore?) is due to release tomorrow.
If you’re a fan of good acting and interesting movies, you shouldn’t miss Dasavatharam. Kamal will sizzle in 10 different roles - never ever done before. Characters like George Bush and a NASA astronaut arouse your interest.
Some action scenes and the makeup looks stunning. Almost 80-90% of the movie involves graphics. It’s not all action but also romance & comedy. It’s a long time now that I’ve seen a Tamil movie in Cinemas so my expectations are high.
Over 150 shows/day but did you get a ticket?
Just in Chennai city alone. With Chennai metro & suburbs, the number will hike to over 200 shows a day! Most of the shows for the first ten days are sold out. In Satyam (14 shows), when the booking was opened on Tuesday, the earliest date available was 19th when I went to reserve. Most of the shows would be booked for the first 20 days or so. Theater websites were jammed and were unusable.
Not only in Chennai, in TN too the shows are booked for the first 3 days. It’s releasing in Hindi & Telugu as well. Sivaji (in Tamil) pipped Jhoom Barabar Jhoom in Mumbai & Delhi. This will also if the movie is good.
Another interesting thing. Movie rights (tamil only) is brought for a record Rs. 5.1 Crore.
Cat and mouse game with Sivaji
Can’t help noticing this…During Sivaji’s 125 day celebration [Movie Review], Kamal was not present. During the Audio release of Dasavatharam, Rajni was absent. Sivaji was Rs 75 crore+ and this one is stated to be a Rs 165 Crore project. Sivaji’s Music (A R Rahman) was amazing but Dasavatharam’s music (Himesh Reshammiya) is average. The was a cold war btw the stars throughout - which is a good thing anyways as we get to indulge in good movies.
Initial reviews of the celebrities (inc. TN’s CM) are good (but I don’t trust those review, helps in expectations). Never mind if the movie is good but I know it would be interesting to see 10 different characters and how they are intervened. Have fun and enjoy in the cinemas and for that purpose only movies are produced.
Can’t wait till Monday, the day I’m going to the cinemas for this.
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Wow !!! .. It did not know it is releasing tomorrow ..
It has not created that much of hype which Sivaji created last year during its release .. Here in Mumbai, I even do not know that it is releasing tomorrow !!
Is it getting released in Delhi? Would love to watch it! Been waiting for this for ages.
Soham -
Yeah, this was nothing when compared to Sivaji. A good way to judge the popularity is the website. During Sivaji, the theater sites were like CBSE’s site during Board exam results. Now they’re slow (& unusable) but still opens if you perceive.
Sivaji picked up after a week or so with the help of worth of mouth that the movies is fairly good. Same might happen if the movie is good.
Arun -
I’ve no idea on the release outside Chennai. Heard that it’s releasing on 700 prints world wide. Releasing in Hindi too so no issues.
Even I didnt know it was releasing tomorrow. Its coming to Mangalore as well.
I was waiting for your review on Sarkar Raj, got some mixed reviews on that.
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Didn’t see the movie as yet. Planning to see only on DVD.
If you were at dubai you could have seen it yesterday …u could have even won a complimentary ticket over some radio station
… waiting for the review though
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Here in Chennai, no way we can get tickets in the first 3 days… unless you’re in fan club or won some competition of a FM channel.
Yeah missing Dubai. Whenever I wanted to see a movie, I used goto Al Ghurair. Easy to get tickets and 99% of the times I didn’t reserve tickets.
Supremacy of Indian cinema over Hollywood??? If not anything the movie (Dasavatharam) is a good example of Indian inability to match Holywood! I got the misfortune of watching the preview of the movie last night and it was 3 hours of excruciating pain. The movie just treats the viewers as plain dumb asses. For a world which is aware of fantastic special effects the ones in the movie are just a notch better the serials we see these days on Indian TV. I can only feel a sense of pity for Kamal. The movie completely lacks substance and style. The texture of the film in the intial frames were fantastic but within 10 minutes of the start it starts the plunge towards the abyss of the worst movies I have ever seen. For all those who want to know how our role models lie through their teeth (By calling this movie a grand success..like Balachander et. all) this movie is a must watch.
it is running in my town Muvattupuzha(cochin).released today I suppose?I think worker people from andhra and TN will flood the theatres as usual here!
as happening with hindi films!
looks like an over hyped movie, still could be a one time watch
Praka its really funny with makethmove link in every post of yours, why don’t you get a domain for you, seriously.
The movie is great for Kamal fans. It doesn’t have the mass appeal that Sivaji had, so it’s doubtful of going well in B and C audiences.
The screenplay deserves a praise.
Most of the people who watched claim it’s a good one nc. the reviews of the news channels. I got tickets for the monday show, so let’s see how it goes…
pradeep -
One other fellow also claimed it was not good. (http://hawkeyeview.blogspot.com/2008/06/review-dasavatharam-reject.html)
Prakash -
Aren’t you not interested?
uleadin -
And that’s what I like abt Kamal. Anbae Sivam is my all time fav. movie. It can be compared to top hollywood dramas too.
awosome movie for those who have high knowledge. Kamal sir’s acting very very nice from the begining till end
and also asin’s perfomance is also very good. The other film producers should follow like this don’t use over graphic example jumping from times square building with rope together with heroine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he he he!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
those who comment please don’t compare with other comments because that is individual opinion.
Tamil Movie just have an International standard with Kamal Sir’s Idea……. Dasavatharam is an Example…………
And Kamal Sir is a only one who can do it……..
WELL DONE KAMAL SIR…….
I WILL WAIT FOR UR NEXT FILM MARMA YOGI WHICH CAN HIT IN ALL OF THE COUNTRY…………
I need to travel to Ahamedabad (100 KM) from my city if I want to watch it now
Ram, Vemal -
Yeah know that the CGI aspects are good, but if the film needs to do good business across India, then the movie has to be good.
rahul -
So are you going to watch? Anyway how is it running in Gujrat?
it is gonna release in hindi this week only in gujarat and maharashtra !! .. last week, it did not get released !!
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Yes. Was released in Tamil & Telugu only.
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