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Dasavathaaram (English: The Ten Avatars) is a 2008 Indian Tamil science fiction disaster film, directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It stars Kamal Haasan, who also wrote the screenplay and story of the film, in ten distinct roles. Asin appears in two roles and Mallika Sherawat plays a subsidiary role. The film, which had been under production for nearly three years, was produced and primarily distributed by Venu Ravichandran. Primary filming locations included the United States and across Tamil Nadu in India. The soundtrack to the film was composed by Himesh Reshammiya and the background score was by Devi Sri Prasad. The plot of the film revolves around bringing together the lives of several individuals beginning with the 12th century and ending with the 21st century; the main person being a research scientist who develops a bio-weapon and makes sure that it is not acquired by a group of terrorists. Several other people also get involved in the process and all their stories connect after the striking of a tsunami, thus bringing in philosophical views into the picture. After delays in post-production, the film was released worldwide on 13 June 2008 in around 1300 prints worldwide including a dubbed version in Telugu. The aspects of the visual effects and the performances of the cast were appreciated while the music was unanimously criticized. A Hindi dubbed version, Dashavtar was released almost a year later.
Original Release
06/12/2008
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kamal Haasan | Kalifullah Khan / Rangaraja Nambi / Govind Ramasaamy / George W. Bush / Balram Naidu / Avtar Singh / Christian Fletcher / Shinghen Narahasi / Krishnaveni / Vincent Poovaraagan / Govindarajan Ramaswamy / Avtaar Singh / Vincent Poovaragavan / Kalifullah Mukhtaar |
Asin Thottumkal | Kothai / Andaal / Radha / Kodhai Radha / Andal |
Jaya Prada | Ranjitha Kaur / Ranjitha Singh |
Mallika Sherawat | Jasmine |
Napolean | Kulothunga Chola II |
Nagesh | Sheikh Mukhtaar |
K.R. Vijaya | Muslim women / Megha Mukhtaar |
M.S. Bhaskar | Guide / Broadway Kumar |
Santhana Bharathi | Goon / J. Ragavendra's brother-in-law |
Akash | Inspector Bharat |
Directors
Writers
Kamal Haasan, Madhiyalagan Subbiah, Atul Tiwari
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kamal Haasan | Kalifullah Khan / Rangaraja Nambi / Govind Ramasaamy / George W. Bush / Balram Naidu / Avtar Singh / Christian Fletcher / Shinghen Narahasi / Krishnaveni / Vincent Poovaraagan / Govindarajan Ramaswamy / Avtaar Singh / Vincent Poovaragavan / Kalifullah Mukhtaar |
Asin Thottumkal | Kothai / Andaal / Radha / Kodhai Radha / Andal |
Jaya Prada | Ranjitha Kaur / Ranjitha Singh |
Mallika Sherawat | Jasmine |
Napolean | Kulothunga Chola II |
Nagesh | Sheikh Mukhtaar |
K.R. Vijaya | Muslim women / Megha Mukhtaar |
M.S. Bhaskar | Guide / Broadway Kumar |
Santhana Bharathi | Goon / J. Ragavendra's brother-in-law |
Akash | Inspector Bharat |
R. Sundarajan | Politician / Member of Legislative Assembly |
Chakri Toleti | Sai Ram / Sairam |
Ramesh Khanna | Doctor |
Chitti Babu | CID / Ekambaram |
Srihari | |
Chara | (as Chara) |
Vaiyapuri | CID / Prabhu |
Kantharaj Kasthuri | Medical Doctor |
S.V.S. Kumar | |
Radha Mehta | Scientist |
Producers
Name | Role |
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D. Ramesh Babu | Producer |
Viswanathan Ravichandran | Producer |