What are the ingredients to make a super-hit movie?

Make a movie with good Story or Make a movie with good controversy. Vishwaroopam does the later. I wonder what would have happened to Vishwaroopam if there was no controversy, it would have simply boomed. An Afghani terror group  is plotting a terror attack on U.S with a Cesium bomb    An ageing Kathak Dancer Vishwanath (Kamal Hasaan) is married to a young nuclear oncologist Nirupama( Pooja Kumar) , in New York who confesses a physiologist that the only reason for this marriage for a gateway to U.S to pursue her Ph.D . The age difference between them putts Nirupama off and she gets attracted to her immediate boss Deepak (Samrat Chakrabarti ) , With the guilt of cheating on her husband she tries to find if her husband has any secret to hide , She hires a private detective to trail him, from him she learns that Vishwanath is not Hindu but a Muslim, in this search for truth the detective gets killed by an terrorist gang led by Omar (Rahul Bose) , the Visiting card on dead gives away Nirupama location and the terrorist gangs nabs Vishwanath and Nirupama t interrogate. In the Interrogation Nirupama & the terrorist find the truth about Vishwanath that he is an undercover agent for India who is on special task. Vishwanath and Omar have a past of their own. Ten years back, Vishwanath was working on a mission in Afghanistan where he meet Omar in Al-Qaeda training camp. Nirupama is mesmerized with the new Avtaar of her husband and stunned with the facts that her Uncle ( Shekhar Kapoor) , American friend Dawakins (Miles Anderson) & the dance Student Ashmita (Andrea Jeremiah)  too are undercover agents , What follows are the events of unfolding the past between Vishwanath and Omar and search of the Cesium bomb.

Trailers of the movie promised fireworks, and the movie keeps it promise, the only problem is that it’s a  Diwali firework conic fountain (Anaar) which rise’s quickly and descends even quicker . The movie takes off with catchy dialogues, beautifully choreographed dancer number and equally well choreographed fight sequence, but what trails later is slow narrative non-linear story-telling and a fizzed out climax. Acting by sir Kamal Hassan is not one of his best neither is the direction we have seen wonders from him in the past and expect milestone with every movie.  Nirupama played by Pooka Kumar is refreshing her facial expression and dialog delivery brings out the lighter moments in the movie, Shekhar Kapoor dint have much to prove in mantel. Rahul Bose was the Bonsai Afghani who tried to do his best but fails. Music by the trio Shankar Esshan Loy dint help much to enhance story , Editing by Sheekhar Prasad could have cut the story more tighter , The only savior of this Film were the Cinematography and Visual Effect dept , they have done a fantabulous job. It’s a visual treat to see for Indian Cinema.

In Short :

Vishwaroopam is a Bogus Swaroopam 

* ½ /5