Hey Ram!!!

Saw Hey Ram on a DVD and guess this is third time I'm seeing this movie. There are some movies which provides an all-to-gether different feel whenever you end up seeing the full movie. Examples: Anbe Sivam, Forrest Gump, Shawshenk Redemption.

And Hey Ram definitely falls in that category. I saw this movie in a pathetic theatre in Bangalore and honestly speaking, I hated the movie the first time. First off, I was NOT convinced with Sharukh's character. I felt it was half-baked - though my views got changed post seeing this movie a couple of times - and yes I still dont like the way in which Sharuk speaks Tamil. When I saw the movie the first time, I was NOT convinced about the first 20 mins detailing Kamal Hassan's work life - archealogy and stuff - though my views got changed post seeing this movie a couple of times - a movie like this needs a bigger canvas and mohenjadaro, indus valley civilization is definitely of that kind - what say?

OK - what impressed me when I watched Hey Ram this time around? I was actually moved by the way in which protoganist turns anti-Gandhi. The reasons were extremely reaslistic and given our current system where one can make a mountain out of a mole - Kamal Hassan has done a commendable job in driving his protaganist (played by Kamal) into an anti-Gandhi rebellion mode. Especially watch the confrontation scenes between Kamal and Sharukh...I was floored!!!

It's a must watch and I bet this movie will grow on you as you see it a couple of times - though there are plenty of chances to nit-pick as well...