Dasavatharam (2008)

An American Bio-Technologist must race against time and heavy odds to try and retrieve a deadly chemical in a vial.

Director:

K.S. Ravikumar

Writers:

Kamal Hassan (dialogue), Kamal Hassan (story),

Stars:

Kamal Hassan, Asin, Mallika Sherawat

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kamal Hassan	...	Rangaraja Nambi / Govind Ramasaamy / The United States President / Avtar Singh / Christian Fletcher / Shinghen Narahasi / Krishnaveni / Vincent Poovaraagan / Kalifullah Khan / Pranab Kundu / Govind K. Somaiya / Krishnavali Badki / Babruan
Asin	...	Kothai / Andaal / Radha
Mallika Sherawat	...	Jasmine
Napolean	...	Kulothunga Chola II
Jayapradha	...	Ranjitha Kaur
P. Vasu	...	Politician
Nagesh	...	Sheikh Mukhtaar
K.R. Vijaya	...	Muslim women
M.S. Bhaskar	...	Guide
Santhana Bharathi	...	Goon
Akash	...	Inspector Bharat
R. Sunder Rajan	...	Politician
Chakri Toleti	...	Sai Ram
Ramesh Khanna	...	Doctor (as Ramesh Kanna)
Chitti Babu	...	CID

Storyline

U.S.-based Bio-technologist, Govind K. Somaiyya, narrates from a stadium a tale of religious conflict in India - even before the appearance of Jesus and Allah. This conflict was between worshipers of Bhagwan Shri Shiv and Bhagwan Shri Vishnu - with devotees of the latter being put to death. Now in post-9/11 era President George W. Bush invests heavily in biological research but things get out of control when a vial containing a deadly chemical is inadvertently dispatched via courier to Tamil Nadu, India. In order to retrieve it, Govind must face heavy odds, including a deadly CIA Agent, Chris Fletcher; a killer named Jasmine; RAW Officer Pranab Kundu, as well as a martial-arts artist from Tokyo.

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Plot Keywords:

death | george w. bush | motorcycle | dead animal | dancing | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil Hindi Telugu

Release Date:

13 June 2008 (India)

Also Known As:

Dashavatar

Filming Locations:

Orlando Science Center - 777 East Princeton Street, Orlando, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

INR 600,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£126,718 (UK) (13 June 2008)

Gross:

£126,718 (UK) (13 June 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aascar Film P.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

189 min 189 min (theatrical)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, Kamal Hassan was to act with ten actresses alongside each of his ten characters. Vidya Balan, Jyothika, Mumtaj, Kiran Rathod, Meena, Bhoomika Chawla, Sameera Reddy, Nadia Moidu, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Nithya Das, Meera Jasmine, Simran, Vasundhara Das, Trisha Krishnan, Nayanthara and Shriya Saran were all offered such roles in the film, but ultimately turned them down due to date clashes with other films. In the end, Asin and Mallika Sherawat were selected as the film's heroines.

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Goofs

Shingen Narahashi's sister fights of Fletcher at her house. She is pushed into the bath tub. When the fight sequence resumes, her clothes (and hair) are completely dry.

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Soundtracks

"Ulaga Nayagan"
Performed by Vinit
Composed by Himesh Reshammiya
Lyrics by Vairamuthu

User Reviews

pure genius

an instance for chaos theory....the statuette hits ocean beds....beneath the bed develop faults....faults run for kilometers say upto indonesia ....and pressure builds up....for almost 800 years.....at last it unleashes....triggers tsunami....to save lives???? the above 3 lines is my opinion of the plot of dasaavatharam....yours may be different....if this is not art then what is???? the creative genius of kamal haasan has been unleashed to an audience who have witnessed thousand odd duets,thousand odd cheap fights and few good movies as well.music was good and the make up was not upto the standard that kamals earlier films had set.perhaps he felt the pressure of the time this project took.ravi varman deserves mention.asin was irritating at times and of the ten three to four roles was not enjoyed.and like this the film may contain many flaws if not less but kamal stands as tall as kalifulla khan does before these flaws.dasaavatharam may or may not be a commercial success but it is time for the world to stand up and congratulate this artist.