Kamal Haasan's new movie "Dasavatharam"

"Dasavatharam": Frame by Frame

'Dasavatharam' promises to be a break through in Tamil filmmaking in many ways. Apart from Kamal Haasan’s awesome portrayal of ten different roles, there is much to rave about, including computer graphics and stunning stunts.

The movie has been a unique experience for the experienced director K.S. Ravikumar. “I have worked a great deal to put the entire film together”, says the director. “I used to watch my movies at least ten times before they hit the theatres. I have watched every frame (a one second shot comprises 24 frames) of this film almost a 1,000 times to bring in the harmony between the scenes”, he adds.

Ravikumar explains why such a meticulous attention is required: “If one frame has 3-4 characters then it would mean that I would have to shoot the background separately and the characters separately and ensure that everything comes together cohesively on screen. Apart from that, I have also monitored the dubbing of this movie very closely, something which I have not done for any of my films before.” So, Ravikumar would have watched the movie 1,000 times by the time the film hits the screens.

The unit had done a lot of research before executing the scene that happens during the 12th century. Ravikumar, Kamal, and other team members wanted to make it realistic and credible and hence the research became so important.

Going by these information one can be sure that the movie ‘Dasavatharam’ would be first of its kind in Tamil films in many respects.

'Dasavadharam': Truly a world cinema!

That itself is a mammoth task that has been achieved by the 'Dasavadharam' team. We have heard about the stunts, we have heard about the tusnami, but hang on as there is more coming up on the 'Dasavadharam' front and we promise to bring you hot and spicy stories straight from the sets of 'Dasavadharam'.

The national award winning art director Thotta Tharani describes about the difficulty they faced creating a set of the Oval Office. Yes we are talking about the President's Office at the White House that was created on the make-believe sets for 'Dasavadharam'.

The art director had no models to lean back for support but only pictures of the White House that they could secure from various sources. The art team started working on the pictures and created a look-alike of the Oval office with perfection that they received words of praise from the Consul General, David Hopper.

The producer of the film Oscar Ravichandran revealed that a major share of the funds have been diverted to the making of the film and the special effects rather than to the actors or the directors, and is all praise for how the film has shaped up so far. He is also believed to have mentioned that what started as a Tamil film has attained the heights of world cinema, thanks to all the cast and crew and everyone associated with the film.

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