2013 · action · thriller · music
Vishwaroopam
Directed by Kamal Haasan2h 27m2013
Vishwanathan, a Kathak dance teacher in New York, is happy in his marriage with Nirupama, a nuclear oncologist who married him to pursue higher studies in the USA. Deciding to cut ties with her husband, Nirupama hires a private detective to monitor his activities. To her utter shock, certain truths about her husband are subsequently revealed, setting off a chain of events that will change both of their lives irreversibly.
Our read: Vishwaroopam (2013) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · thriller · music entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
- twisty
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