With a film career spanning over four decades, Kamal Haasan is a Kollywood legend and ‘Ulaga Nayagan’ to millions of his fans in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Songs from even decades-old Kamal Haasan movies are still popular not merely in Tamil Nadu but with the diaspora in the U.S. and elsewhere as […]
Yaar Yaar Sivam…Nee Naan Sivam…Anbe Sivam. That even lobotomized dinosaurs once made dazzlingly beautiful movies is easily apparent after watching Anbe Sivam. Featuring the dinosaur Kamal Haasan and the nai-kutty faced Madhavan in key roles, Anbe Sivam is that rare gem of a Tamil movie, the bewitching aberration that makes its welcome appearance in the […]
Tamil film star Kamal Haasan has been a fixture on the screen for as long as we can remember. In an acting career spanning over five decades, Kamal Haasan has performed a variety of roles in Tamil, Telugu and, occasionally, even Hindi films. While Kamal Haasan is no Marlon Brando, the South Indian star is leagues […]
Movie critics across a spectrum of publications have found Kamal Haasan’s freak show Dasavatharam less than satisfying. Here are excerpts from a sample of Dasavatharam Reviews: NDTV (T.S.Sudhir): Dasavathaaram, unfortunately, remains just a film with its USP of 10 Kamals. This Kamal does not blossom the way he did in Indian or Nayakan, Appu Raja, […]
Movie Critics Tear Apart Dasavatharam Dasavatharam is the second dud in a row from Tamil film star Kamal Haasan. If Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006) was a bitter pill to swallow for Kamal Haasan’s fans, Dasavatharam is a bigger disappointment because of the heightened expectations raised by the ten roles Kamal plays in this movie. An […]