Vishwaroopam Movie Review & Rating

Cast :

Kamal Haasan as Viswanath/Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri

Rahul Bose as Omar Qureshi

Pooja Kumar as Nirupama Subramaniam

Andrea Jeremiah as Ashmita

Shekhar Kapur

Jaideep Ahlawat as Salim

Samrat Chakrabarti as Deepak

Zarina Wahab

Nassar

Miles Anderson as Dawkins

James Babson as Tom Black

Jude S. Walko as Captain Joe

Chris Kotcher as Tollbooth Operator

Greg Sammis as F.B.I. Agent

David Scott Diaz as F.B.I. Agent

Melissa Bayer as Store Customer

Hayat Asif as Taufiq

Crew :

Director : Kamal Haasan

Producers : Chandra Haasan, Kamal Haasan

Music : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Cinematography : Sanu Varghese

Editing : Mahesh Narayanan

Kamal Haasan's magnum opus 'Vishwaroopam' has Pooja Kumar, Kamal Haasan, Rahul Bose, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah, Shekhar Kapur and Jaideep Ahlawat in key roles besides a list of supporting cast playing their part.

Sanu Varghese has handled the cinematography, Mahesh Narayanan has done the editing and Shankar Mahadevan's company has scored the music.

Plot :

Vishwanath (Kamal Haasan) is a Kathak instructor who lives in the United States of America. Nirupama (Pooja Kumar), a nuclear oncologist from India travels to the USA for pursuing her higher studies. Nirupama marries Vishwanath for earning American citizenship, but doesn't gets along well with him. Nirupama appoints a private eye to find fault on Vishwanath so that she can get a convenient reason to divorce him. Meanwhile, a terrorist gang kidnaps Nirupama and Vishwanath where Nirupama gets to know the original face (Vishwaroop) of her husband. From there a tale gets a twist and the mystery which unfolds forms the engaging second half.

Performances :

Undoubtedly, Kamal Haasan is the stand out performer among the lot. Kamal Haasan has done full justice to role of a Kathak dancer with his classical dancing talent and his transformation of body language and attitude in the second half, needs a special mention.

Rahul Bose (Omar) and Jaideep Ahlawat (Salim) leave a strong impression with their presence as the chief operators of al Qaeda. Pooja Kumar, Shekhar Kapur and Nassar have played their roles to perfection.

Technicalities :

Sanu Varghese stands tall with his cinematography, be it the sequences in the United States or the portions filmed in Afghanistan.

Art director Lalgudi Ilayaraja's work needs a special mention for showcasing the caves of Afghanistan in the most realistic manner possible.

Shankar Mahadevan, along with the company of Ehsaan and Loy Mendonsa, has composed sensible background score which travels along with the film's screenplay. The song 'Yaar Endru Purigiratha' forms the base of the BGM which can be heard throughout the second half and the song speaks for Kamal Haasan's transition from a subtle Kathak dancer to an intelligence agent.

Editor Mahesh Narayanan's scissor work has presented the mix of flashbacks and current sequences in a neat way.

Verdict : Technically Sound and Engaging Tamil Feature Film. Vishwaroopam Build's a Mountain of Peoples at Theater

Rating :  5 / 5

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