Dasavatharam on June 13 (postponed for a day!)

Finally, producer V Ravichandran of Aaskar Films confirmed the date of Dasavatharam on June 13 (postponed for a day!) and the reservation of tickets will start from June 8 in Chennai and other major centers. According to Ravichandran, the film will hit the screens without any further delay on the day he announced with more than 1000 prints. He further told that in US, South East Asia and UK the film hits the halls a day before i.e., June 12.

Meanwhile, the story of Dasavatharam was leaked by some of the close technicians in the crew to our correspondent. According to them, there is nothing new in the story and it is a mere copy of Late legend MGR's Ulagam Sutrum Vaaliban.

"It is the modernized version of Ulagam Sutrum Vaaliban. As per the script, Kamal is a great scientist in the US and one day he invents a great thing like the atomic fission.But the baddies lead by another Kamal (a white man) will try to steal that secrete. But the scientist seals the formula and sends it to India. It finally reaches a ninety years old lady (also played by Kamal) and how the baddies capture the formula from the lady is the climax of the movie. In between characters like George Bush (also played by Kamal), Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha also 'appear' in the film to thrill the viewers," a production executive says.

For the first time in the world cinema, Kamal Hassan plays 10 different roles in the film. The cost of production is around 65 crores, which is the second costliest film in Indian Cinema after Superstar Rajinikanth's Rs.80 crore budget film Shivaji.

Source: http://entertainment.oneindia.in/

'Dasavatharam' overshoots budget to Rs.1.3 billion

"Friday's much hyped trip of Jackie Chan to Chennai on a chartered flight had cost Rs.100 million to the producer and has added to the total cost that has now gone beyond Rs.1.4 billion, said sources close to producer Oscar Ravichandran.

The producer, however, is not said to be complaining.

"Since top stars from Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini and Mallika Sherawat were present, the worldwide publicity generated has contributed more to the movie's Hindi release than what we actually ended up spending," the source added.

Unfortunately, there was chaos at the film's audio launch function last week in Chennai. Dozens of people, including journalists, were injured when police cane-charged frenzied crowds at the star-studded event.

"Any news is good news. Despite spending all this money, there were no pictures of our shy producer Ravichandran. And there is no mention of his apologising to anyone anywhere," said a publicist associated with the film, referring to the mismanagement of the audio release function.

Source: Indo-Asian News Service

Dasavatharam to release on June 6

The long wait is over! The Madras High Court has clearly stated that there would be no further delay in the release of 'Dasavatharam', and that the producer could proceed with the post-production work.

The Court statement comes in response to a special request made by the producer, Oscar Ravichandran, to expedite the hearing of the case.

“Delay by even a day would mean a loss of two crore rupees”, Ravichandran pleaded before the court. The judges clarified that the Court hadn’t slapped a ban on the movie.

Now, it is confirmed that the most anticipated movie of this year would hit the screens on June 6.

The film has been dubbed in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Dasavatharam screening for George Bush

Kamal Hassan will be playing 10 roles in 'Dasavatharam'. One of his most anticipated get-ups in 'Dasavatharam' would be that of President George W. Bush. The screening for the president will be arranged at the behest of the governor of Louisiana who is of Indian origin.

Kamal Haasan starrer 'Dasavatharam' is also the costliest Indian film at a budget of Rs.1.3 billion. The amount of special effects used in 'Dasavatharam' is humungous and never before has such magnitude of visual effects been attempted in any Indian film ever.

'Dasavatharam' boasts mostly of an international crew, with action directors, Special visual effect directors and makeup men from all over the world! The film also stars Asin and Mallika Sherawat.

The movie will release on June 6th, 2008.