Dasavatharam->Chaos Theory->Butterflyeffect

Hi all,
Just when i thought i should leave for the day, i got an email from Sri-an email about Dasavatharam and some theories behind it.....For all those who think this is the review about the movie, m sorry-it isnt.....I ll paste the mail i received from Sri-follow it-understand it-appreciate it-get spellbound !! Excerpts from the post-
*No One can Do.....Other than Kamal Hassan.*Too many doubts about correlation of the movie, Chaos theory andButterfly Effect have come into Picture....!!!The movie clearly states about Chaos Theory and Butterfly Effect [Kamal says it in his Speech in the Movie ]The concept of *"CHAOS THEORY" and "BUTTERFLY EFFECT"*, by itself is acomplex concept, which mainly highlights the happening of hugeunimaginable things because of least probable things...!!!!Dasa although deals with these concepts, but does not necessarily confuseanyone with it,,,, As i said earlier, its mainly "YOU"... that plays afactor in how the movie gets along with "YOU".To just brief about these Concepts,Q: *What is Chaotic System ?*
A: Basically a chaotic system is one wherein long term predictions areimpossible.Like for example,if I push a car, I know that it is going tomove and it will continue to do so if I go on pushing it on andon.However,in a chaotic system,this situation cannot be predicted over along period of time.Weather for example is a chaotic system.No matter how good yourinstruments are,you simply cannot predict the weather with 100% accuracyover a long term basis and forecast it.
Q: *What is the Butterfly Effect ?
*A: It is the most important component of a chaoticsystem.Basically,small perturbations results in amplifications whichcompletely destroys the original nature of the system and makesprediction impossible.If a butterfly flaps its wings in Africa,it could result in a cyclone inUSA.(Mark the word COULD).A highly dumbed down explanation of thebutterfly effect is in the film Anniyan,where Vikram's sister diesbecause a liquor shop owner sells liquor on a dry day.
Q: *OK, how does Dasa incorporate it ?
*A: In essence,Dasa talks about 8 characters who are inconsequential assuch,but are integrated in a larger picture.Without Bush,the plane wouldhave been called back.Without Shinghen, Govind would be dead.Without thetsunami,the world would have been destroyed.Even Krishnaveni Patti playsa very important role.If she had not put the vial in the idol,maybeGovind would have recovered it then and there and a powerful weaponwould have been unleashed.The very fact that it went into the idol meantthat it was being accelerated to its destiny.Without Kaifulla Khan,Govind would have never escaped;the list simply goes on.
Q:*OK,so does the film talk about theism or atheism?*A:Neither.It talks about how humans drive the destiny of the world.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The movie does Show " A Butterfly " flying accross the screen after theTsunami Attcck, clearly indicating that the Tsunami is an Outcome of "The Butterfly effect ".*ALSOOOOOOO........**/I said that the butterfly COULD cause a hurricane.That's a huge probability. Would be a negligible probability. NOT a huge one. if that were true, we would have cyclones on an hourly basis as butterflies keepflitting all over Africa and u don't have so many cyclones to accountfor a HUGE probability.Chaos,relativity and quantum mechanics are so damn weird that you willthink I am talking metaphysics and pseudoscience./*Like for example,according to quantum mechanics,there is a finite probability that you will fall right through a solid chair.And it is a PROBABILITY.*Even 10 to the power -26 is finite *:-) .But yes, Quantum Mechanics does allow for weird situations.*//**THE CONNECTION !!!!!*Guys check this link for a clear and complete explanation
*/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory
*/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect
In the above links u can see that butterfly's wings might create tinychanges in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of atornado or delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornadoin a certain location..So in dasavatharam that idol thrown into sea in 12th century is thecause for tsunami.... so everything is interlinked .The wiki entry alsosays that chaos could play an important role in plate techtonics. Whichmeans even the 12th century incident is connected.*The 1st scene is perfectly connected to the climax, remember what Kamalsays in the 1st scene, that he will not say "Om Nama Shivaya" , but Asintells him to chant it , but still Kamal refuses , ( in this kamal in hisstory tries to tell that ) Nambi believes in his god more than anything,but Asin feels "Its ok if we change the god or chant other god's name,its life thats most important." Now if u see the climax its JUSTOPPOSITE.... Kamal doesn't believe in god much and values lives ofpeople the most.... but Asin deeply believes in god and that too thisdialogue comes when both Asin and Kamal's hand is on the god which camefrom the sea , and it also means that they are getting united from theplace they departed hundreds of years back ( Kamal and Asin).Theconnection between the 1st scene and the climax in the movie shows thegeneration circle combined with supernatural powers of GOD anddestiny.....!!!If you watch it closely u can also find another actor who has donedouble action other than Asin and Kamal.Asin's father Sahasranamam [12th Century], in the beginning he says toNambi "Panchatchira manthirathai sollitu vaango mappillai" and at theEnd [After tsunami] he says "Avar enna jathiyo inga vaanga paati ".Another Eg. of Chaos Theory and circle of life.*/JUST IMAGINE THE CHAOS THEORY IN A TAMIL FILM ??/**/WILL ANYONE HAVE THE GUTS TO HANDLE THIS KIND OF A SUBJECT IN A TAMILFILM?ONLY KAMAL HAS THE GUTS.... U ROCK!! /**FURTHER-------------**/Nambi explanation/*Okay, this is slightly outside the chaotic system driving the film as awhole.From what I could gather he says that this story is aboutideologies like God,the madness surrounding such ideologies and decidesto tell the story of the Shaivite-Vaishnavite conflict to show howpeople go crazy in the name of God as an example.As a loose end,it gets tied up in the end,when the Ranganathar idol isthrown out of the sea due to the tsunami which highlights the cyclicnature of life.Actually the Nambi character highlights both Chaos andKarma which I explained.That is the brilliance of this film,there is somuch to see and understand.Another explanation(and this is slightly far fetched--- as explainedearlier) is that Govind is in fact the reincaranation of Nambi. As Nambihe couldn't protect God and died in the name of God.In order to fulfillhis Karma,he is reincarnated as Govind Ramasamy who ultimately saves theworld from destruction.The idol in the end somewhat hints to thistheory; his story began with the idol and it ends with the idol.As far as the connection with Nambi character and events in 12th Centurygoes...The connection is based on the "Butterfly effect ".When Govind and Andal goes to the bury the idol in the sands, Andal willstumble on a particular stone couple of times...This is the same stoneas the one from 12th Century hen Kothai rips her Thaali and flings it atKulothunga Chozan...it will end up hanging on the stone. So, the impliedmessage here is Andal is Kothai reborn in the 21s century.During the encounter with Santhana Bharathi in the sand quarry, it isrepeat of the incident from 12th century. Instead of Kulothunga Chozhan,it is the Sand Mafia which tries to inflict damage on the land.This movie is a brilliant juxtaposition of independent characters whosepaths cross, if only briefly, which is stunning example of Chaos Theory.The idol that is drowned in the sea along with Rangarajan in 12thcentury by Chozha king results in a fault being developed at the bottomof the ocean and creates tremors more than 800 years later. Thesetremors result in the Tsunami. This again is a classic case of ButterflyEffect wherein a seemingly inconcsequential event (the drowing of theidol) saves Tamil Nadu from being wiped out off the face of the earth.But actually kamal has not left anything for our imagination...Explanation struck the right chord, Kamal does tell to Asin in adialogue that idol which gets sunken back then gets struck between thetectonic plates under the sea and causes tsunami...Many people missed this dialogue i guess. Kamal's accent was so veryperfect Tamil, that many people missed it.... Being perfect Is a Problemby Itself !!! :)Although the explanation is a least possible theory, that is what "ChaosTheory" And "Butterfly Effect" are all about.Its not just the statue that caused the tsunami, but it just started alarge chain of effects which kept multiplying exponentially and finallylead to it after 800 years....!!Why just say this concept is perfectly illogical... it is possible...thats what i have been explaining all the while !!!The story line is that things going wrong are made to be right whichinvolves many people and countries knowingly or unknowingly.*Knowingly:*-Bush, Manmohan Singh, Govindh, Fletcher, Balaram Naidu, Mallika Sherawath.*Unknowingly:*-Nambi's drowning to death with the heavy statue causes simple changesto the seabed that causes a devastating tsunami 800 years later [Acc. toChaos theor it is possible.... although it is least probable... It ispossible.. so nothing TOTALLY WRONG About it ]-Poovaragan(actually saved kamal unknowingly---when poovaragan enterskamal and asin were caught by those manal kollayargal.There poovaragandistracts the gang helping kamal to escape),- Avatar Singh(gave way to Fletcher to escape in the airport unknowingly),- Japanese(saved govind from fletcher,he knows he is saving but hedoesnt know about the play and was there only for revenge),- Kallifulla and family(saved govind unknowingly)........-Vincent is a dalit leader of a lower caste( the so called ) but savedan Iyengar Girl ......and at the end becomes the con of the Iyengar Paati !!- If Shingen Narahashi's sister was not killed, Fletcher could havekilled govind and used the virus for wrong purpose..This is based on *Chaos Theory*..!!!!!It is marvellous that Kamal has used such a device in*/Abhoorva Saghodhararghal/*, way back in 1989. To kill Delhi Ganesh,for those of you who do not remember... yet another Eg. of Chaos TheoryAnd butterfly Effect !The plot concept of Dasavadhaaram is logically explained by a machineused by Him in His own screenplay back then too, before 20 Years!! Be ita coincidence, or He possibly had that in mind as an inspiration, itamazes me!!