Scintilating Facts On 'Dasavatharam'
'Dasavatharam' is a Magnum Opus. How?
Oscar Films Private Limited's 90 Crore Magnum opus 'Dasavatharam' has Padmashree Kamal Haasan, a star of international repute, donning ten different roles ranging from a 12th Century priest to a genius Bio-Scientist and the President of United States'.. The film is being directed by Mr. K.S. Ravikumar, who is considered the man with the Midas touch of commercial cinemas in South India and whose earlier films like 'Padayappa', 'Avvai Shanmugi' (The original version of 'Chachi 420'), Muthu etc., and have all created record collections at the Box Office. Its music is scored by the current Numero Uno of Hindi film music Mr. Himesh Reshammiya. In addition to Padmashree Kamal Haasan, the movie has Asin, the gorgeous heartthrob of South India who is now paired up with Aamir Khan in 'Ghajini'; the glamour Goddess Mallika Sherawat; evergreen Jayapradha and other big names of Tamil and Telugu Film Industry.
'Dasavatharam' - A Testimony For Make-Up As An Important
Element In Film Making - An actor donning ten different roles in a single movie is a first in the history of world cinema. We call it as one legend in ten actions which was never done before and probably never again. Ten different make-ups of Padmashree Kamal Haasan is done by Oscar Award winning make-up artiste Mr. Michael Westmore whose credits include 'Mask', 'Raging Bull', 'Blade Runner', 'Rambo', 'Star Trek Series' etc.
Visually Stunning Stunts And Actions - With the script demanding huge stunts and action sequences, Padmashree Kamal Haasan picked Mr. Andy Dixon, a world renowned stunt choreographer in the U.S. whose credits include films like 'Miami Vice', 'Transporter 2', 'Ace Ventura-Pet Detective' etc.,
Visual Effects Marvel - The Visual Effects work is a very crucial element of the movie since the story has many historical, factual and fantasy images to be recreated with the aid of Computer Generated Imagery. To achieve the standard and precision of Hollywood visual effects, we have Mr. Bryan M Jennings, Oscar Award nominee from Hollywood whose credits include Exorcist, Scary Movie, The Faculty, Man on Fire, and Vampire in Brooklyn to work on the visual effects department of the movie as visual effect supervisor.
Visual Presentation At Its Best - Cinematography for the movie is done by Mr. Raviverman, Ace Cinematographer, whose works include 'Armaan', 'Anniyan' and 'Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu'. His creative and innovative lighting styles and compositions etc. are a treat to our eyes. This film is shot in super 35 format and world class Digital process.
Exemplary Work Of Art Direction - The art direction for the movie involved large scale sets of historical, mythological, scientific, ultra modern and deluge concepts with utmost precision. The sets were ably erected by two eminent art directors Mr. Thotta Tharani and Mr. Samir Chanda both national award winners for art direction. To simulate a Tsunami sequence for the movie a 5 acre land was filled with water which resembled the back waters of a sea and sets were built amidst water as they are about to be washed away by huge waves created by the U.S. Team.
Why the making of 'Dasavatharam'is considered a Herculean Task? - With the script starting from 12th century India and ending in our current real life scenario the film was shot in various locations that includes New York, Washington D.C. Florida, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Chennai, Chidambaram, Nagappattniam, Kanniya Kumari, Malaysia and other places in and around Tamilnadu.
Release plan ' 'Dasavatharam' is for the first time being made with 1000 prints on the release week which is unheard of in South Indian cinema and very rare for Indian cinema in general. 'Dasavatharam' is being released in 40 countries worldwide which is again first time in Indian cinema.
Academicians and Authenticity - A team of Head of Departments, Professors, Academic and Historians of IIT- Madras, Madras University, Tanjore university, Archaeological Survey of India and Department of Culture, Government of Tamilnadu have come forward to collaborate in the movie, giving their ideas, opinions, feed backs, research materials and advice for the authenticity of the script.
Dasavatharam's firsts - |
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First Indian film to aerially shoot a City (Chennai) Landscape in a helicopter. Since permission for filming a Metropolitan City has so far been restricted by Government of India.
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First Indian movie to shoot in a large scale Water set. (Covering 5 acres of Land).
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First time a team of Mechanical engineers, welders, fabricators and other workers working with heavy industrial engineering background played a major role in creating hydraulic and pneumatic rigs for certain cinematic effects.
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First time any actor portrays ten different roles in a single film. The previous bests include Sivaji Ganesan's 'Nava Rathiri' (nine roles) and Eddie Murphy's 'The Nutty Professor' (seven roles)
