Kamal Haasan, always
It was one of those slow afternoons, when you flip through channels without knowing what you’re looking for. And then Dasavatharam popped up. The film that first hit theatres in June 2008. I paused. And for what must be the 50th time, I stayed. With Thug Life getting roasted from all corners and Indian 2 turning out to be a huge letdown, even for a Kamal kanni like me, I thought about Kamal Haasan and the deep, unshakable imprint he has left on Tamil cinema. Sure, Dasavatharam has its flaws. But it remains one of my favourites, not just for its ambition but for its strange comfort in chaos. I’ve watched it enough to know most of it by heart, and yet every single time, I notice something new. It rewards you for returning. Chaos theory. A devout 12th-century Vaishnavite. A villain named Christian Fletcher. Shaky CGI. And ten wildly different characters played by one man. Dasavatharam throws all of that into a blender, hits pulse, and somehow, it works. It's messy, yes, but also enter...
