Kamal‘s Dasavatharam in Japanese & Chinese?
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Like the music in all Kamal Haasan films, the Dasavatharam audio too has seen a great opening. According to producer Oscar Ravichandran, “The music of the film is a big hit and is selling well in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. And if the music is appreciated, the film will also be a hit.” Ravichandran says the film is ready except for the 30-second tsunami shots, which are being processed in Hong Kong and should reach Chennai by Saturday evening. Once the tsunami shots are incorporated, the release date of Dasavatharam will be announced, probably in the first week of June.
Meanwhile Ravi has big plans for the film’s release. He says, “ Dasavatharam will be released in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and may be Bhojpuri. But Jackie Chan after seeing parts of the film asked me — “Why not in Japanese and Chinese, two of the biggest south East Asian languages?†“This has really made me think and in all probability we may even have a Japanese and Chinese version of the film. I think it would be fantastic,†he says.




It is not a surprise that Kamal Hassan will always have something new and unique in his films. But this time he seems to have pulled out a casting coup of sorts, even if they were visually manipulated. In his latest film Dasavatharam Kamal will be playing the role of a scientist who gets honored by the Tamilnadu state government for his achievements in the scientific field. To get the scene to be more authentic Kamal sought the permission of TN chief minister Karunanidhi, so that Kamal can use the chief’s visually recreated image for one of the film’s scenes. To top that Kamal is also rumored to be showing Jayalalitha in the same scene. So if everything turns out well we will get to the political arch rivals share the same screen space.
Versatile Star Kamal Hassan is likely to co-star superstar Rajnikanth in the film Kuselan (Kucheludu in Telugu). The Tamil version is produced by Balachander, guru-like figure to both Rajni and Kamal. This is said to be a key role.