DASAVATHARAM
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What a super human effort! That will be the
first reaction of any normal film buff who watches Kamal Haasan's Tamil
magnum opus, Dasavathaaram . The film is certain to thrill and
entertain the audience for all of its 165 minutes, making them feel
that they are watching something unusual and spectacular on screen.
The film starts off with
an incident that occurs in the 12th century when Shaivite intolerance
against Vaishnavites was at its peak. An ardent Vishnu devotee loses
his life to save the idol of Lord Ranganatha. Kamal plays his first
role of Vishnu devotee Rangarajan in this episode which is marked by
excellent technical work and the actor's extraordinary performance.
From here, the film goes
to a time when the whole world is on the brink of a biological warfare
waged by terrorists. Actively opposing them is the American president
who urges the rest of the world to combat this evil.
Meanwhile, a computer chip
containing a vicious biological material goes missing from a laboratory
in the United States. An in-house scientist Govinda (again played by
Kamal Hassan ) who is aware of the dangers of the material launches a
hunt for the missing material, which takes him to India.
In the course of the hunt for the missing chip, Kamal takes on eight more characters and travels to many continents.
The film is a scientific
thriller par excellence and it is certain that Kamal has excelled in
his eleventh role of the story and script writer. It is difficult to
imagine that any normal script writer can think of weaving such a
fantastic subject that mixes intelligence with commercial ingredients.
It requires an extraordinary intelligent mind to write the sequences
some of which are food for thought to the intellectuals as well as
ordinary people. Perhaps this is the best script of Kamal Hassan till
date. Throughout the film, the writer, an atheist questions the
existence of God.
Now comes the challenging
part -- picking Kamal's best role out of his ten. Will it be Annachi or
Padikkadha Medhai, who fights against the Sand Mafia? Or will it be the
investigative officer Naidu? Better yet, will it be the 100-year old
woman Krishnaveni, who still yearns the return of her son? But what
about the Punjabi pop singer Avatar Singh or for that matter the former
CIA agent, Fletcher? Will it be President George Bush or the lanky
Afghan merchant? You get the point. So excellent is the make-up and
voice modulation that picking any one character is difficult.
Though Kamal had performed
many roles that were similar to the roles of 12th century priest,
Rangarajan and scientist Govinda, you still see some novelty in
Dasavathaaram.
It is very difficult to
single out the best sequence of the film, yet the tsunami episode is
perhaps the outstanding presentation mainly because of the top class
visuals backed by a superb background effort.
It is not necessary to say
how great an actor Kamal Haasan is but one thing has to be said; no
other actor would have dared to take on these varied roles. And hats
off to him.
As for the heroine, Asin,
she has improved since her debut. In a way, Dasavathaaram is an
extension of her excellent performance in Ghajini. All the other
artists have also performed very well.
K.S. Ravi Kumar should
also be complimented for his handling of such a complicated but
challenging subject. This may well go down in the history of Indian
cinema as a unique experiment in the commercial circuit. He has taken
the best out of his artists and technicians.
Only Himesh Reshammiya
fails him. Except for Ulaganayagane and the Bhangra song, the rest are
nothing to write home about. However, background music by Devi
Sriprasad is excellent.
So is the camera work by Ravi Varman. The special effects and stunt choreography are of international standards.
All in all, Dasavathaaram is an extraordinary effort.
Rajini visits Kamal on Dasavatharam sets
Kamal Hassan Another clash of the Titans happened when Rajini visited fellow actor and legend Kamal Hassan on the sets of his new film Dasavatharam. The film's shooting is in its final stage. The film has the acclaimed actor in 10 different getups through out the film. One of the actor's getups is US President George Bush. He appears in this get up towards the end of the film.
In keeping with his secrecy mantra that he has towards the film, he specifically instructed not to let out any of the photographs of the film. The actor said that he starts putting make up for the film at 3:30 AM and finishes after 3 and a half hours by 7:00 PM. Every three hours the make up should be remade to make sure that it stays on his face.
After getting to know of this getup of his, Rajini rushed to the shooting location at MGR Film City in Taramani. The set was a replica of the White House in New York. He was very impressed with the sets of the film. Upon hearing that Rajini was on the set, Kamal Hassan rushed out from his makeup room and greeted the star.
The film director KS Ravikumar and producer V Ravichandran welcomed the star along with Kamal. Both the actors spent an hour together. Rajini gave Kamal a few pointers, which he was very appreciative of. Rajini said, "I am sure that Kamal's career will reach a new high after the release of Dasavatharam. His efforts towards the success of the film will surely make it a blockbuster."
In the universe of Tamil cinema, there are two stars or shall we say superstars! Superstar Rajinikanth and universal hero Kamal Haasan. Now when Dasavathaaram has released, the success of Sivaji will be a benchmark.
Well-known actor-director Bhagyaraj says it is wrong to compare Kamal with Rajini because both are as different as chalk and cheese. “Kamal is more creative. He tries different kinds of characters and roles. But Rajini does not experiment much,” says Bhagyaraj.
Director K S Ravikumar, who has delivered two superhits with Rajinikanth and three with Kamal Haasan, says Kamal is for the classes while Rajini is more a mass hero. “Even the class comes to me because he needs some commercial aspects in the film. And the mass comes so that I can add some classic commercial aspects to the film,” said K S Ravikumar, Director, Dasavathaaram.
Rajini and Kamal acted in several superhit films together in the 70s and the 80s. In most of them, Kamal would be the hero and Rajini the stylish villain. Three decades later, the duel is still on. Source: ndtvmovies.com
Dasavatharam :Dasavatharam, which is still a week old, is booming well as days pass by. Some sources also say that this film has lived to the people’s expectations and is so loved to such an extent. The world wide collections speak the fact that Kamal is now a world renowned hero.
The Malaysia’s film collections which were accessed yesterday and they disclose that this film has bagged the second position in the Malaysia film industry and is standing in second position of the film industry. With the film grossing almost $600,468 from 54 screening theaters this film is just behind the Hollywood film “The incredible Hulk”.
The United Kingdom collections reports reveal that this film has till date fetched almost $278,389 and is in 11th position on the UK top ten. Sarkar Raj is being pushed by Dasavatharam to 17 positions.
The United States collections reveal that this film grossed almost $478,425 and has been placed at 13th position. But even more delightful, news is that still this movie is running full for almost 6 days and till 25th of this month the theatre shows has become full.
The Indian collections are yet to be fetched and may be available in two days.
Great going Kamal and your Dasavatharam.
These days, Kamal is looking very happy. There are two reasons for his happiness. The first one is the collections of Dasavatharam. Though the film received mixed reviews in many corners, the urban viewers still support the film and the producer has already reached the safety point in recovering his investment. Reports say that the Telugu version of Dasavatharam is also doing fair business in the Telugu Box Office.
The second reason is, Kamal got enough investment to test his next novel project after Dasavatharam. It is Marmayogi, a historical film scripted and directed by Kamal himself. Pyramid Saimira has agreed to invest Rs.100 crores on this project and Kamal will make this film on first copy basis.
The launch ceremony will be held in Mumbai Grand Hotel on July 13 amidst Bollywood's top artistes and filmmakers, as revealed by one of Kamal's close associates. Hema Malini is going to play one of Kamal's heroines in this film and the other one is probably Kajol. AR Rehman is signed as the composer for this magnum opus
first reaction of any normal film buff who watches Kamal Haasan's Tamil
magnum opus, Dasavathaaram . The film is certain to thrill and
entertain the audience for all of its 165 minutes, making them feel
that they are watching something unusual and spectacular on screen.
The film starts off with
an incident that occurs in the 12th century when Shaivite intolerance
against Vaishnavites was at its peak. An ardent Vishnu devotee loses
his life to save the idol of Lord Ranganatha. Kamal plays his first
role of Vishnu devotee Rangarajan in this episode which is marked by
excellent technical work and the actor's extraordinary performance.
From here, the film goes
to a time when the whole world is on the brink of a biological warfare
waged by terrorists. Actively opposing them is the American president
who urges the rest of the world to combat this evil.
Meanwhile, a computer chip
containing a vicious biological material goes missing from a laboratory
in the United States. An in-house scientist Govinda (again played by
Kamal Hassan ) who is aware of the dangers of the material launches a
hunt for the missing material, which takes him to India.
In the course of the hunt for the missing chip, Kamal takes on eight more characters and travels to many continents.
The film is a scientific
thriller par excellence and it is certain that Kamal has excelled in
his eleventh role of the story and script writer. It is difficult to
imagine that any normal script writer can think of weaving such a
fantastic subject that mixes intelligence with commercial ingredients.
It requires an extraordinary intelligent mind to write the sequences
some of which are food for thought to the intellectuals as well as
ordinary people. Perhaps this is the best script of Kamal Hassan till
date. Throughout the film, the writer, an atheist questions the
existence of God.
Now comes the challenging
part -- picking Kamal's best role out of his ten. Will it be Annachi or
Padikkadha Medhai, who fights against the Sand Mafia? Or will it be the
investigative officer Naidu? Better yet, will it be the 100-year old
woman Krishnaveni, who still yearns the return of her son? But what
about the Punjabi pop singer Avatar Singh or for that matter the former
CIA agent, Fletcher? Will it be President George Bush or the lanky
Afghan merchant? You get the point. So excellent is the make-up and
voice modulation that picking any one character is difficult.
Though Kamal had performed
many roles that were similar to the roles of 12th century priest,
Rangarajan and scientist Govinda, you still see some novelty in
Dasavathaaram.
It is very difficult to
single out the best sequence of the film, yet the tsunami episode is
perhaps the outstanding presentation mainly because of the top class
visuals backed by a superb background effort.
It is not necessary to say
how great an actor Kamal Haasan is but one thing has to be said; no
other actor would have dared to take on these varied roles. And hats
off to him.
As for the heroine, Asin,
she has improved since her debut. In a way, Dasavathaaram is an
extension of her excellent performance in Ghajini. All the other
artists have also performed very well.
K.S. Ravi Kumar should
also be complimented for his handling of such a complicated but
challenging subject. This may well go down in the history of Indian
cinema as a unique experiment in the commercial circuit. He has taken
the best out of his artists and technicians.
Only Himesh Reshammiya
fails him. Except for Ulaganayagane and the Bhangra song, the rest are
nothing to write home about. However, background music by Devi
Sriprasad is excellent.
So is the camera work by Ravi Varman. The special effects and stunt choreography are of international standards.
All in all, Dasavathaaram is an extraordinary effort.
Rajini visits Kamal on Dasavatharam sets
Kamal Hassan Another clash of the Titans happened when Rajini visited fellow actor and legend Kamal Hassan on the sets of his new film Dasavatharam. The film's shooting is in its final stage. The film has the acclaimed actor in 10 different getups through out the film. One of the actor's getups is US President George Bush. He appears in this get up towards the end of the film.
In keeping with his secrecy mantra that he has towards the film, he specifically instructed not to let out any of the photographs of the film. The actor said that he starts putting make up for the film at 3:30 AM and finishes after 3 and a half hours by 7:00 PM. Every three hours the make up should be remade to make sure that it stays on his face.
After getting to know of this getup of his, Rajini rushed to the shooting location at MGR Film City in Taramani. The set was a replica of the White House in New York. He was very impressed with the sets of the film. Upon hearing that Rajini was on the set, Kamal Hassan rushed out from his makeup room and greeted the star.
The film director KS Ravikumar and producer V Ravichandran welcomed the star along with Kamal. Both the actors spent an hour together. Rajini gave Kamal a few pointers, which he was very appreciative of. Rajini said, "I am sure that Kamal's career will reach a new high after the release of Dasavatharam. His efforts towards the success of the film will surely make it a blockbuster."
In the universe of Tamil cinema, there are two stars or shall we say superstars! Superstar Rajinikanth and universal hero Kamal Haasan. Now when Dasavathaaram has released, the success of Sivaji will be a benchmark.
Well-known actor-director Bhagyaraj says it is wrong to compare Kamal with Rajini because both are as different as chalk and cheese. “Kamal is more creative. He tries different kinds of characters and roles. But Rajini does not experiment much,” says Bhagyaraj.
Director K S Ravikumar, who has delivered two superhits with Rajinikanth and three with Kamal Haasan, says Kamal is for the classes while Rajini is more a mass hero. “Even the class comes to me because he needs some commercial aspects in the film. And the mass comes so that I can add some classic commercial aspects to the film,” said K S Ravikumar, Director, Dasavathaaram.
Rajini and Kamal acted in several superhit films together in the 70s and the 80s. In most of them, Kamal would be the hero and Rajini the stylish villain. Three decades later, the duel is still on. Source: ndtvmovies.com
Dasavatharam :Dasavatharam, which is still a week old, is booming well as days pass by. Some sources also say that this film has lived to the people’s expectations and is so loved to such an extent. The world wide collections speak the fact that Kamal is now a world renowned hero.
The Malaysia’s film collections which were accessed yesterday and they disclose that this film has bagged the second position in the Malaysia film industry and is standing in second position of the film industry. With the film grossing almost $600,468 from 54 screening theaters this film is just behind the Hollywood film “The incredible Hulk”.
The United Kingdom collections reports reveal that this film has till date fetched almost $278,389 and is in 11th position on the UK top ten. Sarkar Raj is being pushed by Dasavatharam to 17 positions.
The United States collections reveal that this film grossed almost $478,425 and has been placed at 13th position. But even more delightful, news is that still this movie is running full for almost 6 days and till 25th of this month the theatre shows has become full.
The Indian collections are yet to be fetched and may be available in two days.
Great going Kamal and your Dasavatharam.
These days, Kamal is looking very happy. There are two reasons for his happiness. The first one is the collections of Dasavatharam. Though the film received mixed reviews in many corners, the urban viewers still support the film and the producer has already reached the safety point in recovering his investment. Reports say that the Telugu version of Dasavatharam is also doing fair business in the Telugu Box Office.
The second reason is, Kamal got enough investment to test his next novel project after Dasavatharam. It is Marmayogi, a historical film scripted and directed by Kamal himself. Pyramid Saimira has agreed to invest Rs.100 crores on this project and Kamal will make this film on first copy basis.
The launch ceremony will be held in Mumbai Grand Hotel on July 13 amidst Bollywood's top artistes and filmmakers, as revealed by one of Kamal's close associates. Hema Malini is going to play one of Kamal's heroines in this film and the other one is probably Kajol. AR Rehman is signed as the composer for this magnum opus
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