Ashmit Kunder on Dasavatharam and Kamal
Ashmit Kunder and his brother Shirish (Farah Khan’s husband) have been associated with Kamal in many movies. Currently, Ashmit is also editing Dasavatharam. In an interview to IndiaFM, he speaks about many things including Kamal and Dasavatharam. He reveals that the movie has a whole lot of special effects. More form the horse’s mouth:
What is Dasavatharam about? Tell us something about the film?
Dasavatharam is an edge of the seat roller coaster entertainer where Mr. Kamal Hassan essays 10 roles. The amount of special effects involved is humungous and never before has such magnitude of visual effects been attempted in any Indian film ever. And that makes my job a lot more arduous as well!The film boasts mostly of an international crew, with action directors, Special visual effect directors and makeup men from all over the world! With this film I feel I have gained such tremendous knowledge of special effects that I can take on any complex project.Why does Kamal Hassan always go for you to edit his films?
He is very demanding; precision and quality is what he expects. I guess it’s because, I deliver the results he demands irrespective of whatever the adversities are! Apart from the fact that we share a terrific rapport, it has always been a matter of privilege and pride for me to work with him.
Thanx to Sridhar Sundaresan for passing on this article!
April 27th, 2007 at 10:40 am
kamal has always encourage north indian technicians though more competetent tehcnicians are available down south. Kunder & himesh reshammaiyya are examples
April 27th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Smitha: I guess you’re generalising too much.
Whether it’s Himesh or Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, I believe the primary motive is to sell the movie in Hindi. Shirish and Ashmit Kunder are known for editing on the spot, which I’m not sure any other editor does.
If you just think of other technicians that are Kamal regulars, you’ll realise that North Indians are truly exceptions. Stunts were reserved for Vikram Dharma till he passed away. For camera, Kamal used Sriram and his various former assistants. Even in editing, there were various people before the Kunders. The list goes on…
I’d conclude that Kamal has an eye to get talent from all around the country, but surely isn’t biased against South Indians.
April 30th, 2007 at 6:03 am
The point is that he has used numerous north indians in his films. In teh 80s, fights were chorographed by veeru devagan when talented masters were avl here. The tehnicians in films like virumandi, MX, now DV. PC sriram has worked with kamal in just a handful of films.
Just read kamal’s interviews in filmfare. U will know how much he craves for recognition up north.