By Naveen Unless you are living in a shack in Siberia, you would know that Kamal Haasan has made a movie called Vishwaroopam. The movie was banned one day before its release in Kamal’s home state of Tamil Nadu and as a result of the ban there is chaos and confusion in the traditional media, […]
Vishwaroopam Review – A Daring Attempt Final Update (after completion of movie): * Ban Not Justified. * Muslims are not insulted at all. But since movie is about terrorism it is impossible to keep Islam out. * Never before seen visuals in Tamil or maybe Indian cinema. * Audience engrossed. Whistles and noise for Kamal. […]
Vishwaroopam Review – A Daring Attempt (Photo Courtesy – Wiki) SearchIndia.com will post the review of Ulaga Madayan Dr.Kamal Haasan’s banned film Vishwaroopam tonight. You may expect to see the review by 3AM (U.S. Eastern Time). South Indian film star Kamal Haasan has written, produced and directed the film. Of course, Kamal Haasan has acted […]
Vishwaroopam Review – A Daring Attempt If the majority of terrorists and suicide bombers currently are Muslims, is it wrong to depict the terrorists as Muslims in movies and literature? In the latest disturbing incident in Incredible India, some Muslims in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu have applied pressure on the state government […]
Dileep-ukku Dillu Indha address-ukku poi nillu En paera sollu – Advice from Boss (Thengai Srinivasan) to Dileep (Kamal Haasan) on having fun with a hooker In an unfortunately far too long career, Ulaga Madayan a.k.a. Kamal Haasan has time and again inflicted agony on discerning Tamil movie fans. The 1981 film Tik Tik Tik furnishes […]
Human despair seldom leads to great truths – Vladimir Nabokov in Pnin, p.338 (Library of America series) Rarely has a caricature as morbid, as pathetic, as avaricious and as over-worshipped as Kamal Haasan stalked the dark eddies, gullies and nooks of Tamil cinema. Bad as this perverse apparition and Ulaga Madayan (Kamal Haasan) is when he […]