Vishwa-Spoof-am!!!

Kamal Hasan has done it again – to the list of his best comedies, ‘Kadhala, Kadhala’, ‘Michael Madana Kamaraj’, ‘Panchantantiram’ ... he can proudly add ‘Vishwaroopam’!

Kamal Saar, it is not your fault that Jaya Amma & those protesting groups did not have a sense of humour. Entirely their loss, because Tussi great ho!

The Hindi title of ‘Vishwaroopam’ could have been, ‘Kabhi Comedy, Kabhi Knowledge’ ....

*Where else would we get to see ‘He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named’ - Osama Bin Laden leaves his Pakistani bungalow, to visit his Taleban brethren, in the ‘Tora-Bora’ caves & Kamal Saar (Viz!) is enlightened by his friend, who nods knowingly & exclaims, ‘Avarey Daan!’

*I am a little confused, Respected Kamal Saar, about why you were bleating on about mortgaging your house & the possibility of having no roof above your head. What about all those splendid mud caves, where children play interesting games, like being blind-folded & guessing the calibre of different bullets (I am planning to use this at my next party – I am sure Viz will lend me some bullets!), the Taleban youth play volley ball & it is truly a global community, where there is a happy co-existence of Pashto, English, Arabic & my favourite, chaste Tamizh, with a Taleban twang!

*Post Vishwaroopam, I dream of you making a fortune, by converting the mud cave territory, into the ‘Taleban Spa & Resort’, where visitors will get a slice of the terrorist way of life! (I am sure you can come up with many interesting games, along the lines of ‘Guess the Bullet!’) Maybe you can work out an exchange arrangement with the ‘Bin-Laden-Bungalow’ in Abbotabad! ‘He-Who-Must-not-Be-Named’ lived there, but unfortunately we cannot say, ‘He-Who-Must-Not-Sweep’ about him, because apparently, that’s what he did for time pass!!

Shaabaash Kamal Saar! Ordinary minds like mine, would only have thought of something boring & dull, like a travel agent, or office clerk etc.as an alias, for an undercover RAW agent; only the genius in you could come up with a slightly gay, long haired, dance teacher, who, good heavens, speaks with a chaste Tam-Brahm accent!


I would also recommend, dear Kamal, that people who ask pertinent questions like ‘Why’, to the accent, to the alias, to the casting of Shekar Kapur as ‘Janardhan Mama’ ... should not be allowed to watch such a masterpiece of a movie – we don’t want cynical disbelievers, do we???!

Like being a rip roaring comedy, with some social message wasn’t enough, there is an element of mystery too .... How did Rahul Bose manage to be so consistent & maintain that same snarl/grimace/bad-stink-under-his-nose look, throughout the movie?!

Personally, my favourite scenes were when he twirls the huge, bulb like false eye, in a liqueur kind of glass ... visually enchanting!

But in Kamal Hasan, beyond the splendid actor & superlative director, lies a good human being (hope Salman Khan has given you a ‘Being Human’ Tshirt, because, you are worth it!) ... it was so heart warming to experience your depiction of the Taleban, as regular folk, who literally speak your language (!!!), hang out together in their hip caves & best of ALL, never forget to stop to pose for cosy group photos! I have been looking for the Taleban Facebook page & hoping to see some of those pictures clicked in Vishwaroopam , to check if ‘Viz’ has been tagged!

Not only do we get darshan of ‘He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named’, but hallelujah, we also have the sowbhagya of hearing the voice of ‘He-Who-Will-Not-Speak’ – our dear Prime Minister, Mr Mum-Mohan Singh, who speaks more in his telephone conversation with you, Mr Kamal Hasan, than he has in his entire tenure as PM!!!

I experienced deep sadness, when the joyous experience of watching ‘Vishwa-Spoof-am’ finally ended ... but that soon turned to ecstasy, as Kamal Saar left the screen, but not our hearts, with the promise to return with ‘Vishwa-Spoof-am 2’!!!