The June 6 issue of Kumudam (popular Tamil magazine) has some additional info about Dasavatharam:

• The ten avatars are apparently 1) US President George Bush, 2) Balaraman, 3) a brahmin, 4) a tall Afghan, 5) a Lankan Tamil, 6) an old lady, 7) a doctor, 8 ) a police officer, 9) a Japanese and 10) a Daler Mehndi look-alike.
• The famous Chidambaram temple has been recreated as a set.
• There is a boat-race involving about 1000 boats.
• A palace has also been set-up, and Napoleon appears as an Emperor.
• Asin’s double role involve the 11th century brahmin’s wife and as the modern day Balaraman’s wife.
• Apparently tsunami attack sequence is confirmed. It strikes a location having Hindu, Muslim and Christian places of worship.

With the highest ever budget in Indian cinema, Dasavatharam, to me, is the most eagerly awaited movie of the year. Hopefully the Sivaji fever would have subsided before Kamal strikes.

Behindwoods has published a few pieces of inside info on Dasavatharam:

• The climax scene features a tsunami. Many technicians who worked on Titanic have been employed to create this scene.
• One of the songs in the movie goes “Kallai mattum therindal kadavul theriyadu, kadavul mattum therindal kallai theriyadu” and is sung by Hariharan.

Check out the articles — 1, 2. Let’s see how much of this turns out to be true.

The second article also throws more light on Kamal’s recent meeting with Karunanidhi. He is said to have requested for permission to shoot over important locations of Chennai using a helicopter.