Continued

After a very fantastic first two days in Kodaikanal, the third day also had more of the same in store except that in the evening we decided to go for "Dasavatharam"-the newly released Kamal movie. This was the first time , i went for a kamal movie on the day of its release.Although i was really excited about watching this movie, i also was cautious , i reduced my expectation level owing to some bad experiences with earlier much-hyped Kamal flicks(Aalavanthan, Mumbai Express etc.) The movie guarenteed high quality entertainment because of the presence of the Ravikumar-Kamal combination, which is just as succesful as crazy-kamal combination.

I am not going to bore you with the details of the movie which u can find in any run-of-the-mill chennai based newspaper. I am just gonna bore you about my opinion about the movie.
1) The movie's screenplay was not as good as the earlier kamal screenplays. The movie is really long and the screenplay tries to accomodate more Kamals in a very unnatural way.
2) The dialogues are typical Kamal Hassan, it does all there is, that can be done by dialogues. One particular dialogue that i liked was the one at the end when Asin and Kamal debate about God's excistence.
3) Kamal by playing these ten roles now has created an indelible mark in the history of world cinema by playing 10 different roles, in an exceptional manner. Kudos! my lord!. But the make -up is really showing in the roles of Fletcher, Bush and the 8 ft tall kamal. But the Japanes kung-fu master make up was executed to perfection.
4) The camera, stunts and art direction is stunning. Surely one-of-a-kind in Indian Cinema.
5) As for graphics, there is too much of it.
6)Himesh??, does he compose songs like these also?

I am not all that satisfied with the movie but keeping in mind Kamal's efforts and the technicians
effort i will give the movie 75 on 100.

Now back to the trip, after dasavatharam my dad and i went for the usual ritual . Next day morning we were off at 7 from Kodaikanal and were on our way to a place named Cumbum(stop laughin!). Yesterday was basically a rest day and i was roaming in the town , and was quiet astonished looking at the development of the town. It has got everything u 'll ever want within a square km of the bus stand. The climate here is tolerable. The most and possibly the only irritating thing about this place is none of the hotels over here have ESPN, so missed the Euro action.

The next day(Today), we were off at 5 in the morning to thekkadi in a bus. That requied us to got a place in the TN -Kerala border named Kumuli and cross the border manually and then catch a jeep to got the thekkadi wildlife reserve. The reserve is a wonderful and peaceful place. You ll get to see different animals in their natural habitats, and they ll take on a boat and charge you 45 -100 bucks for an one and a half hour ride. There are also various events that the K.S.R.T.C organizes and as usual, i promised myself that i ll come here on an other day with a bottle of the best of french wines reading a book of my choice . We were back at around 11 and went to a nearby waterfall named Suruli waterfall. And now it is around 7:59 P.M , when i am typing this post. tomorrow we will be off to Munnar.

Excuse them spelling and grammar mistakes as i am in a hurry and will find another day to edit this stuff.