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FS rating : 2/5
Directed by : K. S. Ravikumar
Produced by : Oscar Ravichandran
Written by : Kamal Haasan, K. S. Ravikumar, Sujatha, Crazy Mohan
Starring : Kamal Haasan, Asin Thottumkal, Mallika Sherawat, Jayaprada, Napolean
Music by : Himesh Reshammiya, Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography : Jeeva, Ravi Varman
Editing by : Ashmith Kunder
Distributed by :Oscar Films
Release date : June 13, 2008
Running time :166 mins
Country :India
Language :Tamil
Budget : 140 crores
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Summary :Know a days Tamil and Telugu film industry attracted by all of the peoples in the world. Because of high budget films like 100 crore Superstar Rajinikanth Shivaji The Boss and 140 crores Dasavatharam. In bollywood heghest budget movie is Hrithik roshan Krrish 60 crore. In Telugu Prince Mahesh Babu pokiri is the indian second highest grossing movie.read below Kamal Hassan dasavatharam .

*The filming of Dasavatharam began on August 3, 2006 at Mahabalipuram in Chennai, where a song was picturised on a set created by Sameer Chandra, an art director.

*Asin Thottumkal in a dual role and Mallika Sherawat also play lead roles in the film.

*The film was originally announced with A. R. Rahman as the music director of the film, however like Shriya Saran was removed from the project as per the request of the producers of Sivaji: The Boss. He was replaced by Himesh Reshammiya, for whom Dasavatharam becomes his first Tamil venture as a music composer.

*Major portions of the films were shot extensively in overseas locations which included America, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand.

*A role of a foreigner, played by Haasan, was shot for in casinos in and around Las Vegas and Orlando.

*A song involving Kamal Haasan and Mallika Sherawat that was to be shot in US was moved to Malaysia due to problems with Sherawat's visa deeming she could not join the crew. So the crew instead decided to shift the shooting to another destination in Malaysia and the song was shot in posh night clubs; furthermore scenes were shot at a lobby of a prominent Malaysian airport.

*A large set was erected at the Taramani Film City in India which was a Replica of the White House, with Haasan’s makeup for the role lasting six whole hours to obtain the desired outcome.

*For the climax scenes of the film, a tsunami effect was created in Mahabalipuram. The scene was shot recently at a 50,000 sq. ft. area land in which a 100-ft. wall was created near Muttukadu. Six machines, which generated 20 ft. high waves, had imported from the US, for a total cost of 3.5 crore rupees. For the climax, another scene was shot dramatically above the Nehru Stadium with the permission of the chief minister, Karunanidhi. The film’s final shoot occurred on October 8, 2007 at Uthandi at a coastal village.

Story plagiarism :- In September 2006, an assistant director called Senthil Kumar filed a case against the film at Madras High Court. He claimed to have created the story of Dasavatharam, in a script titled, Ardhanari alias Clones, and that Kamal Haasan and Oscar Ravichandran had stolen the script and left him out of the credits, violating the copyright act. On the basis of this complaint, Chennai police queried the actor and later they accepted his explanation with the high court sending notices to Kamal Haasan and the producer of the film, Oscar Ravichandran announcing an interim stay on the release of the film. The film was allowed to continue with its schedules, but the case was delayed till later in 2007.

However in September 2007, The Madras High Court dismissed the petition of Senthil Kumar against Kamal Haasan in the case, clearing the legal hurdles for the film.

Soundtrack and DVD release :The soundtrack to Dasavatharam was released on April 25, 2008 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, which became the largest audio launch for a film in the world.

Prominent film personalities across the world attended with Jackie Chan, in his first such appearance, being Hollywood's ambassador for the function. Other prominent regional Indian artistes such as Amitabh Bachchan, Mammooty, Vijay and Madhavan attended the launch, which was graced by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi. The event hosted by Shobana, was attended by all the artistes of the film apart from the producer, Oscar Ravichandran, who opts not to attend public events.

Soundtrack
1. Ulaga Nayagan --- Vinith
2. Kallai Mattum ---- Hariharan, Chorus
3. Oh...Ho...Sanam --- Kamal Haasan, Mahalakshmi Iyer
4. Mukundha Mukundha ---- Kamal Haasan, Sadhana Sargam
5. Kaa...Karuppanukkum ---- Shalini Singh
6. Oh...Ho...Sanam ---- Himesh Reshammiya, Mahalakshmi Iyer
(Re-Mix)

Cast :
Kamal Haasan in ten roles as Rangaraja Nambi, Avtar Singh and eight other characters.
Asin Thottumkal in dual roles.
Mallika Sherawat as Jasmine.
Jayaprada
Nagesh
Napolean as Kulothunga Chola II

Last Word :The film evaded its set release for date for one and a half years ranging from October 2006 to May 2008. The Indian censor board certified the movie on April 24, 2008 and praised that the movie had no cuts at all and ran for 166 minutes.


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FSAdministrator - FS Editor Dasavatharam Review Super Administrator - 2008-06-14 04:39:33
The film evaded its set release for date for one and a half years ranging from October 2006 to May 2008. The Indian censor board certified the movie on April 24, 2008 and praised that the movie had no cuts at all and ran for 166 minutes.
Editor review: Dasavatharam
The film evaded its set release for date for one and a half years ranging from October 2006 to May 2008. The Indian censor board certified the movie on April 24, 2008 and praised that the movie had no cuts at all and ran for 166 minutes.

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