Film: Vishwaroopam
Starring: Kamal Hassan, Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose, Andrea Jeremiah
Director: Kamal Hassan
Producer: Dasari Narayana Rao
Banner: Siri Media
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Story
Vishwanath (Kamal Haasan) is a classical dance teacher in New York who is married to Nirupama, a nuclear oncologist. Nirupama appoints a detective agent to keep an eye on her husband and in this process, it is revealed that Viswanath is not a Hindu but a Muslim and he has a past and he hooked up with Nirupama for a reason. The detective agent gets caught by Omar (Rahul Bose) when the former goes after Viswanath and he gets to know horrifying truth about Vishwanath’s past which forms the crux.
Performances
Kamal Haasan is known for his brilliant performance and with Vishwaroopam, he added yet another feather in his cap. He surprises and impresses us as a classical dancer and as a Muslim.
Pooja Kumar is beautiful and charming and she is impressive in her role performance wise. She has a good screen time and her dubbing in Telugu suited her aptly.
Andrea Jeremiah is ok, Rahul Bose is outstanding, Sekhar Kapoor, Nassar are convincing. Others were adequate.
Technical Analysis
Cinematography by Sanu Varghese is brilliant, the locales of Afghanistan are well captured and camera work stands out in the film. Musical scores are excellent but a couple of songs are misplaced while background score is quite impressive. Action sequences are fantastically shot. Kamal Haasan has succeeded well in direction department while screenplay is interesting but the narration could’ve been speeded up. Editing could’ve been better. Viswaroopam is technically brilliant.
Analysis:
Viswaroopam is technically excellent and Kamal Haasan’s efforts in making this spy thriller with well-captured action sequences, brilliant performances are seen on-screen. The story takes off on a slow note with introduction of characters and Kamal Haasan in a classical dancer role whose wife feels he doesn’t have any masculine qualities. It takes a brisk progress with the scene of Kamal’s real identity being revealed. The army attack scenes in the pre-interval are good and the pace in the second half gets better and the flashback scenes. The first half is a bit slow paced and dragging at times. However, Eye-catching visual with pleasing musical scores and refreshing content makes Viswaroopam an interesting watch.
Viswaroopam had content that has nothing to hurt sentiments of any religion or community and Kamal Haasan has tried to show the facts and anti-terrorism aspects. He deserves appreciation for his sincere efforts making such sensible film on a large scale. Viswaroopam joins the list of good films of Kamal Haasan.