Kamal seemed to have gone underground after the April 25 Dasavathaaram audio release function and now finally emerged out of it. The reason was another such function, that of Jayamkondaan, starring Vinay and Bhavan, and directed by Kannan. The event featured many other industry personalities including Mani Ratnam.

Kamal welcomed corporate entities into the industry, in response to concerns raised by one of the speakers. As usual, he displayed his foresight and adaptability. An interesting tidbit that surfaced in the event was that Jeyam Ravi had worked as assistant director to Suresh Krissna in Aalavandhaan.

Read reports from Sify.com, Yahoo, Behindwoods, IndiaGlitz and News Today.

Kamal’s get-up seemed intact, except for a thicker beard than earlier.

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After a whole lot of back and forth confusion, the ‘final’ final release date of Dasavathaaram is June 13 (June 12 in some locations).

News has been pouring in, ranging from 1200 prints to theatres in Chennai (Sify.com | Behindwoods | Yahoo | CineSouth). Mumbai is excited to the extent of a closed theatre being re-opened temporarily. Below is a hoarding / billboard in Kerala.

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Okay, this is a bit late. But Dasavathaaram hasn’t yet released; so, it isn’t too late. Clever and patient folks have managed to ‘decode’ the 10 roles of Kamal from the trailer. The trailer did seem like a puzzle. Now it has been solved by fellow fans Directhit and Madhan.

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In this age of Internet and associated tools, it’s a surprise that the makers decided to embed all the 10 roles in the trailer and not leave it for the audience to discover it on the big screen.

Here are some new stills / posters of Dasavathaaram that came out in the past couple of days. Enjoy!

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Time flies fast. It’s nearly 2 years since All Things Kamal was launched and we have reached the 300th post. With support from many like you, we are peaking along with Dasavathaaram. Here’s something special to go with the current mood!

Now that we have got a glimpse of the ten faces in Dasavathaaram and are waiting for the full deal, we would also realise that Kamal has undergone a metamorphosis in his looks during this time. Here’s the whole range!

Going through it, we can get some clues to which role(s) Kamal was doing at that point of time. Of course, the last one is the possible look for Marmayogi, which he took on after completing shooting for Dasavathaaram. I also feel some of the appearances were misleading. What say?

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The barrage of multimedia information coming out on Dasavathaaram is truly mind-boggling. As we await to unleash all of that, first, we need to report on the grand audio release function of last evening.

The photos featured here are from Behindwoods. Though not of very good quality, they cover several aspects of the event.

Check out a lot more photos on Behindwoods, IndiaGlitz and Galatta.com. There are some photos from fans too, on Orkut.

There are detailed reports on The Hindu, Behindwoods and Times of India too. Even our friends on Orkut provided live updates on the discussion forum. One of the highlights of the function was talk of Kamal and Jackie Chan coming together in a movie.

Many fans were disappointed to not get an entry into the Nehru Indoor Stadium. Obviously, there was some chaos.

Read reports from the morning of the function at Behindwoods, News Today and Adhikaalai.com.

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Kamal joined fellow industrymen for a fast for the Cauvery-Hogenakkal issue. Among rhetoric and angry speeches, Kamal shone with his restrained and sensible approach. Thatstamil has full details. IndiaGlitz has a report featuring audio of Kamal’s speech and as usual, a wide array of photos. There is a video of the full speech too; but you need to have patience to wade through a lot of preceding trash. The Hindu too carried a report.

Kamal arrived a little late, possibly from out of town. The earlier report that he came from USA seems to be a rumour.

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Aamir Khan has been widely appreciated for Taare Zameen Par, a movie which marked his directorial debut. Kamal too joined in, when he announced the national-level Best Debutant Director Award on behalf of the Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial Foundation. He was accompanied at the press conference by long-time friends Gollapudi Maruthi Rao and Singeetham Sreenivasa Rao.

IndiaGlitz has several photos and a video. KollywoodToday.com too has photos. This news received wide coverage. Read reports from MSN, Sify, OneIndia, CineSouth and Chennai365.

Maruthi Rao, readers would recollect, featured in many Kamal movies including Hey Ram, Indrudu Chandrudu (Indran Chandran) and Swathi Muthyam (Sippikkul Muthu). This award is instituted in memory of his son, Srinivas, who died under tragic circumstances. This incident was used by Kamal in Anbe Sivam, with a reference to ‘tsunami’.

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Kamal attended the wedding reception of Vikram Krishna and Shreya Reddy. Shreya is a former SS Music VJ and also featured in Tamil movies like Thimiru and Pallikkoodam. Vikram is the brother of actor Vishal and son of producer GK Reddy.

KollywoodToday.com and IndiaGlitz have more photos of Kamal.

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Last week, Kamal was seen at the launch of the Indian edition of the Rolling Stone magazine in Mumbai. He was there along with his family to cheer Shruti, his daughter, who performed there. Check out the news and photos at Buzz18.com and MSN.