By:
Settu
Shankar
Thursday,
October
04,
2007
The
first
official
stills
of
much
awaited
magnum
opus
of
legendary
actor
Kamal
Hassan's
Dasavatharam
are
out
on
Tuesday
and
it
seems
that
there
is
nothing
special
in
the
photographs
(May
be
the
film
had
many
specials
of
its
kind!).
Directed
by
K
S
Ravikumar,
the
movie
is
produced
on
a
whooping
budget
by
Oscar
Ravichandran.
Kamal
Haasan
plays
10
different
roles
in
this
film
and
for
which
he
has
dubbed
in
10
different
voices.
Apart
from
this
Kamal
has
penned
the
story,
screenplay
and
dialogues
himself.
Asin
has
given
her
own
voice
to
her
character
and
that
too
in
typical
Brahmin
Tamil
which
has
come
out
brilliantly.
Very
recently,
the
Chief
Minister
of
Tamil
Nadu
Kalaignar
Karunanidhi
has
watched
the
10
get
ups
of
Kamal
in
a
special
screening
and
enjoyed
a
lot
with
the
actor's
versatility.
After
seeing
the
movie
Kalaignar
pat
the
actor's
back
and
said,
" Pinnitteenga
Kamal.
Kalaignaninnu
Niroobichitteenga...
(You
have
proved
yourself
as
the
Maestro
in
acting!)"
Kamal
says:
"Kalaignar
has
enjoyed
the
movie
with
a
youthful
enthusiasm
and
appreciated
me
a
lot.
According
to
me
our
CM's
appreciation
is
equal
to
an
Oscar
Award!".
The
actor
further
told,
"
Oscar
Films
is
the
only
production
house
after
Raajkamal
to
facilitate
everything
needed
to
make
the
film
the
way
it
is
meant
to
be.
It
is
planned
to
record
the
crowd
voices
of
the
opening
sequence
using
5000
people
to
match
10000
on
screen.
The
scene
will
be
shot
at
Nehru
Indoor
Stadium,
Chennai
next
week".
K.S.Ravikumar,
the
director
of
the
film
says,
"Kamal
plays
the
roles
of
10
different
characters,
a
Brahmin,
a
dwarf,
a
scientist,
a
fighter,
a
black
man,
a
tourist
guide,
a
robber,
an
old
woman,
an
emperor,
and
a
young
lady
in
this
film.
There
is
no
need
to
say
about
the
commitment
and
talents
of
Kamal
towards
his
profession.
According
to
me
he
is
the
complete
actor..."
The
director
continues,
"The
visual
effects
are
handled
by
three
different
software
companies
and
they
are
in
the
process
of
delivering
their
best
output.
Some
of
the
leading
writers
who
have
listened
to
the
narration
from
Kamal
say
that
the
screenplay
is
more
exciting
than
some
of
his
phenomenally
successful
blockbusters
of
the
past
like
Thevar
Magan
and
Aboorva
Sagotharargal.
Interestingly
Dasavatharam
features
a
host
of
directors
in
the
cast
Santhana
Bharathi,
Vasu,
R.
Sundararajan,
Erode
Sounder,
Ramesh
Kanna
and
of
course
me
also
part
of
the
cast..."
Hollywood
Action
Director
Joop
has
designed
an
action
sequence
in
Dasavatharam
that
is
expected
to
be
better
than
anything
that
has
been
done
before,
even
by
Kamal
himself.
Joop
took
20
days
to
can
this
fight.
The
care
and
safety
measure
the
Americans
take
in
executing
some
of
the
difficult
stunts
is
meticulous.
The
thrilling
fights
Kamal
has
performed
were
not
done
with
the
help
of
computer
graphics.
According
to
the
director
and
actor
all
the
stunt
sequences
are
original
and
manual.
"The
small
tricks
employed
by
the
American
stunt
directors
helped
me
and
Asin
perform
the
stunt
scenes
without
taking
risks.
If
our
stunt
masters
follow
them,
then
they
would
not
risk
their
limbs
and
lives",
says
Kamal
Haasan.
The
shoot
for
the
film
started
in
Chennai
and
continued
in
Malaysia,
USA
and
in
Pichavaram
near
Chidambaram.
All
the
dialogue
portions
have
been
successfully
filmed
already
as
per
schedule.
The
audio
of
Dasavatharam
(Music
scored
by
Himesh
Reshammiya)
will
be
launched
in
Chennai
on
mid
October.
The
film
will
be
a
New
Year
treat
for
the
cine
lovers
of
all
over
the
country!