Bharathiraja slams Dasavathaaram!
For the past 10 years or so, Bharathiraja has been frustrated by his failures — both his directorial ventures and his attempts to establish his son Manoj as a hero. I feel he has tried to gain publicity by getting involved in politics of the movie world and also giving vent to his frustrations. Also, I guess it has got to do with him ageing. But it was shocking to see that last week, Kamal became his target. Kamal had participated in functions along with Bharathiraja even as recent as June, where both of them displayed fondness and mutual respect for each other.
While his feedback on Dasavathaaram will be appreciated by Kamal, there was no need to launch a scathing attack in public, while also claiming that he had the guts to convey it to Kamal directly. When the movie in question, though a commercial entertainer, stands way above the regular trash dished out by the industry, why single it out? Because it’s fashionable to attack Kamal and Dasavathaaram? He has also criticised Kamal’s writing skills, while forgetting the great scripts that Kamal has come up with in the past.
While Bharathiraja will be forever remembered for providing some wonderful movies with Kamal, he just fell a few notches down in the eyes of Kamal fans, if not the general public.
[With inputs from Ananth]
[Picture courtesy: BehindWoods]
August 4th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Dear Bharathiraja, So, you don’t like technology – a pure visual entertainment; you don’t want a clever inclusion of science in movies; you don’t like a true international movie. Sorry, you are not fit for 21st century! But don’t worry, I also enjoy old-gold.
I agree, he is getting old; too bad to see his ugly nose everywhere unnecessarily
August 5th, 2008 at 2:48 am
Well said. Even if BR genuinely feels Dasa don’t have any story and thinks KH is not a good script writer, he could have
discussed this privately with thalaivar. As randramble had pointed out he fell a few notches down. He should be pissed
off with the fact that he and his movies has become obsolete. And vents his anger like this.
I hope his movie Bomalatam/Cinema comes out of the can, so that we can see what kind of movies he is capable of making
“now”.
August 5th, 2008 at 3:15 am
Another factor might be Kamal not acceding to Bharathiraja’s wish of acting in one of his proposed projects, Kuttraparambarai…
August 5th, 2008 at 7:21 am
PLEASE DON’T DEMONIZE BHARATHIRAJA.HE IS ONE OF THE REASON FOR KAMAL HASSAN TO SUCCEED IN CINEMA.EVEN KAMAL HAVE NOT REACTED, WHY SHOULD YOU GUYS? RANDIE PLEASE DON’T SPECULATE.
August 5th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
“12ம் நூற்றாண்டில் பெருமாளைக் கடலில் தள்ளிய நிகழ்ச்சிக்கும், 21ம் நூற்றாண்டில் சுனாமி வந்ததற்கும் என்னய்யா சம்பந்தம் என்று கேட்டால், ‘பட்டர்பிளை எஃபக்ட்’ என கதை சொல்லி ஏமாத்தறாங்க. லாஜிக் இல்லாம சினிமா எடுக்க இப்படியும் ஒரு காரணம் கண்டுபிடித்திருக்கிறார்கள்.”
அடப்பாவி, logic இல்லாத படத்துக்கு தசாவதாரத்த உதாரணமா சொல்லி இருக்காறே பாரதிராஜா அய்யா….என்ன கொடும சார் இது…இந்த விமர்சனத்துக்கு பின்னால் வேறு காரணம் இருக்குமோ என எண்ணத் தோன்றுகிறது….
Siva, We all know that Barathiraja has played a pivotal role in Kamal’s career.But blanket criticism of Dasavathaaram is unfair as far as i am concerened.There are so many good points you can speak of in Dasa.As Randie points out I suspect another reason for Barathiraja’s outburst.
August 6th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Guys, chill. There is no need for everyone to be politically correct. If Bharatiraja thinks Dasavatharam is a bad movie, it’s his opinion. Haven’t you heard the saying ‘Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one’?
Moreover, Dasavatharam was meant to be an entertainer. Kamal himself has admitted that it does not have a great story. So, there is no need to get worked up whenever someone points his fingers at Kamal.
Bharatiraja has waxed eloquent on numerous occasions about Kamal’s acting skills. So,it’s not that he does not like Kamal or something. In my opinion, a true Kamal fan will not say that Dasavatharam is his best effort - both in terms of acting and script writing. We’ve had some wonderful films in the past. And we will have many in the future. This is just a mass, commercial entertainer. Let’s just leave it at that.
August 6th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Krishnan, Siva: it’s all good to see the positive side of things. Bharathiraja just didn’t stop with “Dasavathaaram has no story”; he made other unwarranted comments. It’s not a question of being politically correct; it’s destructive criticism.
August 6th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I agree with randramble. It’s not about his opinion, but his unwarranted comments.
There are many magic-like phenomenons in the universe as butterfly effect (I just wrote an article about “Emergence” in my blog; another related magic-like phenomenon; http://theory-of-theory.blogspot.com/2008/08/emergence.html).
A layman may consider these as magic or divine. But you can’t say these phenomenons as illogical, because they do exist in our everyday life. Bharatiraja’s comment is logically illogical.
August 7th, 2008 at 4:18 am
“தசாவதாரம்” படத்தைப் பற்றி ஏன் இத்தனை கடுமையான விமர்சனம்? அதுவும் தமிழ்நாட்டில் பேசாமல்… கேரளாவில்?
பாரதிராஜா: “நல்லவேளை, கேட்டீங்களே ! பொதுவாக தமிழ், மலையாளம் இரண்டிலும் கதை அம்சம் குறைந்துவருகிறது என்று சொன்னேன். அதைத் தொடர்ந்து “தசாவதாரம்” படத்தைப் பற்றி பேசினேன். இரண்டுக்கும் முடிச்சுப் போட்டு விட்டார்கள். இங்கு சர்வதேசத் தரத்தில் இருக்கும் ஒரே நடிகன், “கமல்ஹாசன்”. கே.எஸ்.ரவிக்குமாரின் டைரக்சனில் இந்தப் படம் ஒரு மைல்கல். ஐ லைக் அண்ட் வொண்டர் தசாவதாரம் !”
ஆனந்த விகடன், 13.08.08
What a BULTY by BarathyRaja ! Already He told those anti views against DASA. But now he is saying that he didn’t talk like that. it’s a SHAME.
“அரசியல்வாதியே தோற்றுப் போகும் அளவுக்கு இவரோட “பல்டி” இருக்கு.” இப்பொழுது கமல்ஜி பற்றி இவர் கூறி இருக்கும் கமெண்ட்: ” இங்கு சர்வதேசத் தரத்தில் இருக்கும் ஒரே நடிகன், “கமல்ஹாசன்”. இப்பொழுது சொல்லிய இந்த ஸ்டேட்மென்டையும் திரும்ப மாற்றிச் சொல்வாரா?
“அன்பே சிவம்” படத்தில் கமல்ஜி சொன்னது போல் “பிழைத்துப் போ” ! பாரதிராஜா !!
August 7th, 2008 at 7:34 am
BHARATHIRAJA IS ONE OF THE MASTER WHO CREATED THE ACTOR KNOWN AS KAMAL HASSAN TODAY.IF HE THINKS DASA IS LOUSY THAT’S HIS OPINION. ALL KAMAL FANS ARE HAPPY WITH DASA’S STORY AND IT’S BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE. KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY KAMAL HAS STARTED A NEW ERA IN TAMIL CINEMA WITH DASA. IF BHARATHIRAJA DOESN’T LIKE IT THAT’S HIS PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE SOME RESPECT TO THE MASTER.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:26 am
RAD what happened to hindi Dasa? Released or not
August 7th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
ithukku RAJINI balti evvalavo paravaillai pola..
August 9th, 2008 at 6:52 am
In latest AANANTHA VIKATAN (5 questions page) (AINTHU KELVIGAL paguthiyil oru kelvi) a question asked to him “whether he said any ill comments about Dasavatharam?”
Bharathi raja replies ” No. During my speech at a fuction i just said ‘Todays tamil and malayalam movies are not story oriented.But Press people linked my speech with Dasavatharam. KAMAL HAASAN IS THE REAL UNIVERSAL HERO. DASAVATHARAM IS A MILESTONE. I WAS STUNNED AND WONDERED SEEING DASAVATHARAM.HATS OFF TO KAMAL HAASAN AND KSR”
AANDAVAR KAMAL HAASAN RULES………
September 1st, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Hahahaha… Well Said! Top notch. I agree. Though Dasavathaaram is a beautiful entertainer, it no way comes near to anbe sivam. But I guess they are two things apart.