NEXT AVATAR FOR KAMAL MARMAYOGI

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Kamal’s Dasavatharam has lived up to its hype and the film has already been declared a blockbuster. The thorough professional that he is, Kamal is reported to have already commenced work on his next project Marmayogi.The project is touted to be a period one and the latest buzz from Kamal’s camp is that majority of Marmayogi will be shot at Ramoji Rao Film City at Hyderabad. Though there are rumors which suggest that the official launch may be held on the 13th of July, there are also talks which point to the direct commencement of shooting without the same. Script is ready and Kamal will be handling story, screenplay and direction. The cast is not yet finalized except for a small hint which was thrown during Dasavatharam audio launch that Hema Malini may be featured with shades of grey. Keep visiting this site for more information.

All about Kamal's next project :
Exactly one month after the release of his magnum opus Dasavatharam (June 13th 2008), Kamal Haasan will start working on his next project Marmayogi on July 13, 2008. This film's inaugural pooja will be held at the Grand Hotel in Mumbai. As like Dasavatharam, Marmayogi will also be made in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu simultaneously. Sources close to Kamal say that Marmayogi will be made on a stupefying budget of Rs. 120 crores and the actor will produce the film on a first copy basis for production major Pyramid Saimira. It is believed that Pyramid Saimira was in the race to procure the all India distribution rights of Dasavatharam but could only obtain the rights for Coimbatore area. Perhaps Marmayogi will soothe the ruffled feathers of Pryramid Saimira! The latest update on Kamal Hassan's yet to be launched big budget movie Marmayogi is Bollywood Superstar Amitabh Bachchan's acceptance to do a meaty role in this movie. It has been confirmed that Marmayogi will have veteran Bollywood actress Hema Malini playing a prominent role. Now Kamal Hassan is trying to rope in the legendary actor for an interesting role. It can be recalled that plans were on to rope in the Big B for the Rajini starrer Shivaji. However he declined the offer. But he always disclosed his wish to play a full length Tamil film at once in his life. According to sources, Amitabh is yet to react for Kamal's offer but the latter is very much hopeful in getting his dates. hough the producers of Marmayogi, Pyramid Saimira not in the mood to spend lavishly on the launch of Marmayogi, Kamal Hassan, the actor cum director of the film, is firm in his stand to launch the movie in Mumbai in grand manner. According to the sources, the actor gave a budget of Rs. 1 crore for the launch, including the screening of a sneak trailer on the film's cast and crew. Kamal assured the producers that he would take care of the expenses. Kamal has already signed a contract with the production house to make the film on first copy basis with the budget of Rs.80 crores. Now the company is confused whether the actor would include the film launch cost in the budget or charged separately. Sources say that the actor has already received the cheque for Rs.5 crores as advance last week and the balance amount would be disbursed by the company stage by stage after the launch. Kamal planned to visit some of the African locations including Ethiopia to give different colour to this historical film. Generally, film directors and big actors take a break after completing a film. But actor Kamal Hassan is an exception to all these kinds of routine things. After completing his 2 years hectic schedule for Dasavatharam, it seems that the actor starts his work for his next grandeur Marmayogi, jointly produced by Walt Disney. The pre-production work for Marmayogi is now going on in full swing and now the actor is finalizing the suitable stars for the main roles. According to Kamal's earlier interviews, Hema Malini will play the lead role along with Kamal after nearly 10 long years (she played cameo role in Kamal's Hey Ram, which got released in 1999). The other actress, who is going to share the screen with Hema Malini is Actress Kajol and this is the second time that Kamal Hassan is approaching Kajol. He had earlier asked the actress to play as his wife in Chachi-420, the remake of his Tamil blockbuster Avvai Shanmugi. That time she had rejected the offer due to her hectic shooting schedule in Hindi. But now the actress sent positive signals to Kamal to play as his sweet heart in this multilingual cum multi-million-budget project. Hema Malini, the yesteryear dream girl of Bollywood is coming back to Tamil film industry with Kamal Hassan. The Chennai born Tamil actress, known as the numero uno in Indian film industry in the seventies, has appeared in few Tamil films in the past. She played the cameo role in Kamal's Hey Ram, few years back. Now Kamal approached Hema to do the lead role in his yet to be launched big venture Marmayogi, which is the title of the Blockbuster of evergreen Tamil superstar MGR. According to the script, Hema is one of the heroines in the film! After going through the script of Marmayogi written by Kamal, Hema has accepted the offer even without asking her payment and call sheet duration. Directed by Kamal Hassan, the film will have leading stars including few of yesteryear superstars in cameo roles. Kamal plans for a big launch of the movie in January 2008. Directed by KS Ravikumar and produced by V Ravichandran under the banner of Aaskar Films International, Dasavatharam with Padma Shri Kamal Hassan playing 10 different roles was released simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil languages and was running successfully. After this film, Kamal Hassan is planning to direct and produce a film on his own in which he is again playing the hero. The film, titled Marmayogi, has the story that dates back to 17th Century. Kamal Hassan has decided to launch the shooting of the film in Hyderabad during August. The film has Bollywood stalwarts like Hema Malini and Kajol in key roles. Kamal Hassan will start his next historical action thriller Marmayogi with the collaboration of Walt Disney by the third week of February. Bharath Bala is the co producer for this mega venture. At present, the actor is busy in the post production cum CG work of his much expected Dasavatharam directed by KS Ravikumar. All work is expected to complete by the end of March and the audio launch of the film also will be held in the same month. Meanwhile, sources close to Kamal say that the actor wanted to start the work of his next movie Marmayogi, before the audio launch of Dasavatharam. Directed by Kamal himself, the film was initially planned for Bharath Bala's banner. But later Walt Disney, the legendary Hollywood film production house, which is already stepped in to India (collaborating with Yash Raj Films on Roadside Romeo) has shown interest in a joint venture with Kamal Hassan. Very recently Kamal made a trip to Thailand to find out suitable locations for Marmayogi. The shooting for the film begins by the third week of February. Following that, he has gone to the US for more pre-production work. He is also going to talk Walt Disney. There are three heroines in the script and the actor already has signed with Hema Malini and Asin. He is searching a suitable face for the third lead. AR Rehman scores the music for Marmayogi. Apart from this Kamal requested the maestro to do the background music for Dasavatharam and the same has also beem accepted by Rehman. Regarding this project, Kamal said: "I am immersed in my next film, Marmayogi, a bilingual period film in Hindi and Tamil, set in the seventh century. It will be the biggest film made in Tamil and it is being scripted and directed by me" Shriya in Marmayogi? Although her Sivaji stardom couldn’t be sustained after the release of her subsequent box office duds, Shriya seems to be still in demand. She just finished working for Ashok Amirthraj’s crossover Hollywood movie and has Vikram’s Kanthasamy and K S R’s film to her credit in Tamil. To top it all, there are rumors in Kodambakkam that she is likely to be a part of Kamal’s ambitious venture Marmayogi. A few tabloids even mentioned that Shriya would make an official announcement in this regard. However, when contacted by a Behindwoods correspondent, the actor’s publicist stated that nothing has been confirmed in this regard. More updates awaited.