Speaking about the movie’s production cost, Kamal recounted how producer Ravichandran was supportive of the director and writer’s vision. “We had Mr Sujata, Mr Madhan, Mr Ramesh Arvind, Mr Crazy Mohan all sit with us for a narration and I answered all the questions they kept asking. It was a very important exercise as they are all experts and have the expertise to analyze the script,” Kamal noted. “He immediately claimed it a winner on cards and was surprised that it was turned down (sic),” Kamal’s post read.Įlaborating on the ideation period, Kamal said that he consulted experts and members from the film fraternity, such as director Mukta Srinivasan, comedian and screenwriter Crazy Mohan, screenwriter Sujatha Rangarajan and others. Though it was a personal favorite of Mr.Mike and me but we ended up having a more handsome looking Bhuvaraghavan.Recounting the pre-production phases, Kamal wrote how the script was declined by many directors citing that they didn’t understand the project and was finally taken up by director Ravikumar. He shared the first look picture of that character and wrote, “ I preferred this Bhuvaraghavan but the team were too surprised or probably they did not recognize me at all, but I have many friends who look like that too but this was denied for various reasons. In this film, he appeared in 10 different roles, in which one is a Japanese guy, one is a tall Muslim man, another is a quirky RAW operative, one is a rogue agent from the Central Intelligence Agency and a lot of other characters.Īmong all these roles, he reminds us about one character that he did in the film, named Bhuvaraghavan. On his journey of destroying it and keeping it away from the antagonist, he meets a lot of characters who also play some crucial role in helping him achieve it.
The protagonist travels with a virus that is destructive to the human race. Prabhakar who did the airport sequences they all did a fabulous job.”ĭasavatharam was a film that deals with the concept of a virus outbreak that needs to be stopped. Thota Tharani picked up from there followed by Mr. Sameer Chanda did the first 10 minutes of the film and left, Mr. Gauthami's contribution, art director Mr. The part of the post that appreciated the technicians who worked for the film read, “ Everyone was pushed to their limits during to achieve the project Ms. It was a very long post that explained the thought and process of designing the characters, the technicians, the looks and the makeup, and a few unforgettable moments.
The actor reshared the post from the Raj Kamal films production houses official page and it read, “ Unsurpassable!! A milestone in Indian and Tamil Cinema !!! That is how synonymous this can get with Dasavatharam! How can someone even think of such a grand, glossy, brilliant, mindblowing screenplay at a time when filmmaking wasn't developed enough to visualize its actual potential? But we do have a polymath who’s one of his kind to do this and he did.The name is Kamalhaasan rightly called fondly by his fans as “Ulaga Nayagan “CELEBRATING 13 yrs of Dasavatharam here is an exclusive from his archive on the making.”