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Dasavathaaram is a Tamil language
Indian feature film directed by K. S. Ravikumar, who with
Dasavathaaram pairs up with Kamal Haasan for the fourth time.
Haasan appears in ten different roles, breaking the record for an
actor's portrayal of the most different characters whilst Asin
Thottumkal appears in a dual role and Mallika Sherawat also plays
lead role in the film. The film, which was under production since
mid-2005, has Himesh Reshammiya composed the film's soundtrack,
whilst Devi Sri Prasad handled the background score.
Michael Westmore was the chief make-up
artiste for the film, while Ashmith Kunder and Ravi Varman were the
editor and cinematographer respectively. Venu Ravichandran, the
producer and primary distributor, made the film with a budget of 60
crore Indian rupees.[2]
The movie revolves around chaos theory and the butterfly effect,
bringing together the lives of several individuals during the week
prior to the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. Primarily, the story revolves
around a research scientist who loses a biological weapon of mass
destruction in the United States of America. The weapon is also
sought by an ex-CIA officer for his own use. Thus begins a cat and
mouse chase throughout several countries, as the scientist and the
ex-CIA officer vie for the possession of the weapon. The
proceedings are affected by several characters and their issues
which disrupt the weapon from going to the hands of the ex-CIA
officer. The story occurs within a week building up to the 2004
Boxing Day Tsunami.
After post-production problems delaying release for one and a half
years, it was released world-wide on June 13, 2008 in the Tamil
language, with a simultaneous dubbed version released in Telugu.
The film, which was released in many theaters worldwide, is set to
be dubbed into Hindi and released later in the year. The film, upon
release, became one of the biggest blockbusters ever in Tamil
cinema.[3]