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I had the chance to watch 'Dasavataram' (Kamal Hassan's latest flick). I did watch Rajnikanth's 'Sivaji' too but will get to that later. What is it that they want out of their movies? When the rest of the world is out to materialise ideas that have never been thought of, here we are with movies that are trying to squeeze the very same lemon that has been drying up since the last century. People deserve better!

Both these movies must have spent the maximum share of the budget on the make-up. The poor make-up artist had to make one stuffed Kamal look like a karate champ, an ex-CIA trapeze artist, an old woman etc. In Sivaji, the guy must've had a real tough time in trying to make an almost sexagenarian look like a 25 year old champion fighter, dancer, lover, comedian and what not! Normally, people will not come to watch these kind of movies. Put Rajni or Kamal, and there you go! From towns to villages to cities to overseas releases, the movie is watched even in Japan!! Eat noodles and watch Rajni in action, where there is a cracking sound in every finger movement and every hair strand has the strength to push back about twenty goons. Well, people worship these film stars and so their movies will run. Whatever one has to say, in the end a movie is a movie...all for entertainment. And if people are getting entertained then the objective is definitely achieved.

But before I end this note there is one more thing that I would like to share: There is a song 'Universal Hero' at about the end of the movie Dasavataram. I had to ask my friend about it and there is an entire concept behind it. Believe it or not there are titles given to film actors in Tamil cinema (only to those who stick along for more than a couple of years). Here is a sample list:
Rajnikanth - Superstar
Simbhu - Little Superstar
Ajith - Ultimate Star
Prashanth - Top Star
Surya - Sweet Star

Here comes more...they have a whole army out there:

Vishal - Revolutionary Commander
Vijay - Young General
Vijaykanth - Captain

and finally we have
Kamal Hassan - Universal Hero!!

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