Vishwaroopam – Communal Disharmony to Cultural Terrorism

A lot of buzz were going around when people had the first glimpse of a trailer which portrayed a 58 year old wearing a traditional outift and performing Kathak (a form of dance) in one sequence, while in the next, he holds a sniper rifle in a slick outfit with black jacket alongside Andrea and Pooja Kumar. With trailers, marketing and advertisements progressing at brisk pace, the 95 Crore flick “Vishwaroopam” looked like another feather in the cap for an artist who dedicated his 50 years of lifetime and established himself as “Ulaga Nayagan (Universal Hero) – Kamal Haasan”.

But little does he know that there were real and dangerous “Cultural Terrorists” outside his movie in the form of Communities, Groups, Organizations. Clearly the fight against these cultural terrorists has not been as easy as fighting against the terrorists in the films.

There is nothing more exciting for a Thamizh cinema fan, than the release of Rajini or Kamal movie. As soon as it was banned my first thoughts were "Why can't people watch it just as a movie? Why they have to take everything personal?"

But on seeing the interview of Kamal Haasan and legnthy outbursts of our CM, it is crystal clear that there is something more than what meets the eye. On analyzing and brainstorming the various events that have taken place, lets first look at it from a people's (or Kamal's) point of view.

1. To be honest, it is such a disgrace to treat such a man who has "DR" and "Padmashree" before his name. If this is how our Government treats a "Padmashree" award winner, then where do we have a chance as a common man to fight against the so many number of things that are wrong with this society? 
2. As a celebrity (or) an artist, it is his right to express what he feels without provocativeness or hurting other's sentiments. Yes, we have a Censor Board for that and they have did their job by taking care of such things. So why can't we respect their decision and move on? 
3. The real intent behind banning the movie was to prevent the Communal Disharmony? Or is there any personal vendetta behind it? If the intent was to only  prevent communal disharmony, our government should have taken the first step to resolve the issue and called the concerned parties to come to an agreement. Did that happen? NO.

Now looking at it from our Government point of view, there is one genuine reason to ban the movie. "Security". We cannot sacrifice the security of 100's of people just for a movie or just for one celebrity. 

But, instead of taking measures against the protesters and people who were about to create disharmony, our Government acted against Kamal by making him a soft target. 

Lets keep aside all this, given the current situation of our country, and most notably the current situation of Tamil Nadu where there are "N" number of issues and concerns that requires attention are not being taken care of. Instead a lot of energy and time are being wasted in a movie.

Had our Government shown such urgency and attention over our  "Power Crisis", Tamil Nadu would have been a power surplus state by now. Had our Government shown such an urgency over "Water Crisis", we could have had enough water to develop crops and would have had enough to quench the thirst of our state. But instead they are wasting time, energy and resources against "half an hour" of a movie which for a group people were provocative. 

Vishwaroopam Review ( IMDB | Behindwoods)