Dasavatharam: first official press release - II
Now, that title must be surprising! It’s amusing for me too; but I just had to give off more details. Karthikeyan of Dr. Kamal Haasan Orkut Community provided the copy of the official press release obtained through KollywoodToday.com. Here are things not covered earlier:
- The listed actors are Kamal, Asin, Mallika, Jayapradha, Napoleon, Santhana Bharathi and MS Bhaskar.
- Art direction is done by Samir Chanda along with Prabhakar; editing too is shared by Ashmit Kunder (Mumbai Xpress) and K Thanikachalam.
- Lyrics are by Vaali and Vairamuthu. Some of the lyrics penned by Vaali have also been publicised.
- Stunts are done by a variety of people in India, US and Malaysia.
- Kamal is credited with the story, screenplay and dialogues. It would be interesting to know the part played by Sujatha and Crazy Mohan.
- We heard enough about the Rangaraja Nambi sequence. Additional info is that the set is of Chidambaram temple.
- The last schedule of shooting will begin in April.
- In Malaysia, scenes of Kamal watching Mallika dance and then later taking her to his private room were shot.
- Two of his characters which are to be completely hidden from the public had to be displayed to many in Malaysia. But people didn’t realise it was Kamal until they were told later. This was during the shooting of an action sequence involving a Boeing 747 aeroplane.
CineSouth and (The New) Indian Express have carried articles based on the same press release.


March 6th, 2007 at 3:21 am
hi dude thks again… cool…. cant wait for dasa… v can feel the heat from dasa…