Director : Kamal Hassan
Cast : Kamal Hassan ( Vishwanathan ) , Rahul Bose ( Omar ) , Shekhar Kapur ( F.B.I. Agent ) , Pooja Kumar ( Dr. Nirupama ) , Andrea Jeremiah ( Ashmita )
Our Rating : 8.5/10
Vishwaroopam , one of biggest controversial movie of recent times handcrafted from a legend actor and a film maker. Amidst these recent situation and crisis this movie had to go through for releasing in its home ground , it finally came out with a big bang flying colors and to say for sure this was one of Humungous opening ever happened for any film be it here or overseas. No wonder why it had highest trending in twitter and shares\likes in Facebook , it is just all over the internet for it didn't needed any additional advertisement or publicity. Sure makes Kamal a happy producer
Movie is just normal as we seen in so many other flicks where Kamal ( vishu ) is a Undercover Spy agent. He is currently in US disguised as a Katak Dancer married to Nirupama ( Pooja Kumar ) who holds a doctorate in Radioactive oncology. Kamal used to teach dance to many young girls where Ashimita ( Andrea ) also one of his student. Pooja is not much interested in married life because of his odd behavior and body language as being a dancer. So she appoints a Detective to follow Kamal to find some fault so she can apply for divorce with that proof and to continue her PHD Later followed by marrying her boss in the same company she works for. But things take a turn when the detective happens to find that Vishu(kamal) is not a hindu but a Muslim when he goes to a local mosque to perform his prayers. While on pursue , detective gets caught in hands of terrorist group and in doubt he gets killed by that gang in a misunderstanding that the detective is actually following their activities. On Further search on his dead body they get visiting card of Mrs.Vishu Pooja Kumar and they kidnap her too along with kamal. Here starts the actual one..
The Acting of the great legend kamal was mind blowing and how he acts so innocent on the following scenes with the kidnappers is just awesome. And how he transforms himself as a undercover spy agent when Rahul Bose ( Omar ) who is the leader of that terrorist gang identify him as a agent is damn awesome. The fight sequence was brilliantly shot and just a virtual treat to watch. Addition to it is the BGM and Song " Yaar endru therigindradha , ivan thee yena purigindradha " will sure give goosebumps to any type of audience watching including his wife in the movie Dr.Nurupama. He finally manages to escape from the cluthes of the terrorist group making his wife stunned with his new roopam which is so why the movie named Vishwaroopam. She also gets to know that he is not just working alone and that her uncle Shekar Kapur , Andrea also part of the team . A specific dialogue when Rahul bose seeing the dead bodies of his group in a pool of blood killed by kamal , says to his leutinent " What else you can expect as he is trained trained by Al Quieda " will give you that much needed Kick for kamal fans keeping their toes high for lot of surprises to come.
Later part takes us through the flashback on how kamal gets into the terrorist group and how he rise to a high position , power as a jihadi and becomes a trusted , loyal member to Omar. Whats is is actual mission and how he saves newyork from a biggest nuclear attack forms the rest of the movie which i guess will not be a fun to reveal it here and should be experienced only in theaters.
What to Look for :
Stunning camera work , especially scenes in Afghan which was meticulously shot and the bunkers which are used as hideouts for terrorists was beautifully shown with some wide angle shots at times. Screenplay was just awesome with fiery first half and bit detailed second half may make you feel slow but rather its not. BGM is a heart of any movie and this movie somehow happen to grab the right kind of BGM it needed and it was perfectly blending to the movie pure class. While watching the movie , you may tend to raise many questions on how , why or what , but for it you may have to wait till the bloopers is shown and dont miss it as it can help you to address few or most of your questions . What-else you can expect from Ulaganayagan Kamal for his performance was top notch right from the start being a katak dancer to transformation as a undercover agent is just stunning.Not to miss mention about Rahul bose as Omar for he justified his role performing his task crystal clear with a job well done giving a pure joy to audience. Life in Afghan on a desert sand was beautifully shown to viewers and though this movie is about anti-terrorism still kamal tried to show their pain on their day to day life shows how human he is and a down to earth person he can be . For sure he didn't hurt any sentiments of any religion rather he portrayed himself as a Muslim , a hero and a tough undercover agent fighting for his country & to save many innocent life's from hands of terrorists and i guess every Muslim brothers should be feeling proud watching this movie. Its not Easily to bring a Hollywood feel , its quality on a Indian movie but he has succeeded in doing it brilliantly as every fan of kamal know that he is not afraid to try anything new to bring the Indian movies to a international stage. This is no less a Hollywood movie and am sure as a generic audience you will enjoy it for sure.
Whats a down factor :
Bit Draggy second half. Some graphics didnot work well like Kamal while training in jihadi camp climbing ropes , jumping walls but its clear evident its done by a dupe which could have been worked out a little better. Some unanswered qustions making audience to wait till bloopers or for next Sequal Vishwaroopam 2 is quite disappointing. Some dramatic sequences in climax and microwave scene was bit unconvincing still goes well with movies though. Climax was finished in a simple way with just disarming a nuclear weapon but as a fan we all might have expected some heroic stunt from kamal or some scenes which could have delivered that complete satisfaction of watching a movie. Though it leads to next sequel climax could have been made bit dashing with packing a punch delivering goosebumps but for sure was missing. The Fun of watching a spy agent in action was not actually there or less and for sure its a minus factor for the movie. Yes every movie has its negative factor , but in this masterpiece it is very very ignorable proportion or rather fans or viewers wont worry much about the above said points as we all go for movie just for entertainment and if it is..then Vishwaroopam has delivered it very well and it is a 100% pure entertainer. Down factor is not a impacting factor at all.
Overall : Be it you are surrounded by many thoughts due to recent controversy or be it you are a fan of kamal sir or of any actor this movie should stay in your must watch list. For the risk he has taken to present this movie to audience in such a quality and craftsmanship , it should be recognized and it will happen only if you appreciate his work watching in theaters. Dont miss this movie and just enjoy the show. Go in with no expectations and come-out fully satisfied. Keep your critic shoes out before stepping in and sure you will enjoy every moment of it. Am sure kamal as a producer would be happy on how its running across the theaters in globe and especially in TN his home playground , sure he is going to hit a double century here.
FAM Punch Line : A Unique Indian Hollywood movie , one should never dare miss it watching in theaters preferably in Aura3D .
"Vishwaroopam - Late but never a Loser."
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