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Vishwaroopam is a must watch

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Vishwaroopam is one of the finest technical films that have come in tamil. It’s not only about style; it has substance in it too. The film begins in New York where Nirupama (Pooja Kumar) a nuclear oncologist who is married to Vishwanath or Wiz (Kamalhassan) a kathak dancer who has feminist characteristics. It is a marriage of convenience because she married wiz so that she could complete her Ph.d. She has an affair with her boss Deepak and hires a private detective to find out about her husband’s past and doesn’t like his effeminate characteristics. She learns from the detective that Vishwanath is not a Hindu but a Muslim. Then we are told that Kamal is a RAW agent who goes to a terrorist camp in Afghanistan to train the terrorist group led by Omar (Rahul Bose). What follows after that is the cat & mouse game between Kamal and Omar (Rahul Bose) which is been narrated through various flashbacks and how Kamal destroys Omar's plan of bombing new york city forms the rest of the story.

The middle portions of the film are its best part, the production and sound design, art direction, stunt choreography, camerawork & the extensive research done in capturing the lives in the terror camp in the afghan makes the film work big time. Kamalhassan has given a stellar performance as a khatak dancer & raw agent; he makes a strong & bold statement for senseless killing of thousands of people in the name of jihad. The action sequences are choreographed brilliantly and they are at par with a Hollywood film.

The highlight of the film is the 45 minutes segment set in the terror camps in afghan which has been shot superbly and how their children get exposed to the war culture by identifying AK -47 and 11 mm pistol quite easily with their eyes closed. Kamal asks the son of Omar (Rahul) do you want to become a warrior, to which he replies that he wants to become a doctor. Another beautifully captured poetic moving sequence is when a young suicide bomber sways back and forth on a swing, trying to remember and recapture some of his childhood moments. Most of them speak in Arabic which is difficult to follow and add to that the new technology auro 3D sound is not available in many theatres, as a result some of the dialogues are very difficult to follow & understand.

Rahul Bose as Omar is brilliant with his body language and voice modulations, his right hand man played by Jaideep Ahlawat also impresses in his cameo. Shekar Kapur adds dignity to the role of senior officer but has little to, Andrea doesn’t have much to do and we don’t know what her role in the film was. Pooja Kumar has done a neat job though her diction sounds strange at times. Music is big letdown except the first song, the background score and the other songs is doesn't make an impression. The cinematography by Sanu Varghese is excellent.

 
Vishwaroopam is a giant leap in tamil cinema, its takes tamil films global thanks to the technical crew of the movie for making a truly world class film. Despite its slow second half and a slightly confused screenplay Vishwaroopam is must watch, it’s a unique movie watching experience.


 
Running Time: 148 Minutes



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