Dasavatharam

Cast:

• Kamal Haasan in ten roles as Rangaraja Nambi, Govindarajan Ramaswamy, George Bush, Avtaar Singh, Christian Fletcher, Shinghen Narahasi, Krishnaveni, Vincent Poovaraagan, Kalifullah Mukhtaar and Balram Naidu.
• Asin Thottumkal in dual roles as Kothai Radha and Andaal.
• Mallika Sherawat as Jasmine.
• Jayaprada as Ranjitha Singh.
• Nagesh as Sheikh Mukhtaar.
• Napolean as Kulothunga Chola II
• P. Vasu as J. Raghavendra
• Santhana Bharathi as P. Raghavendra
• Rekha as Meenakshi
• Raghuram as Appa Rao

Crew:

Director: KS Ravikumar
Producer: Oscar V Ravichandran
Story by: Sujatha and Crazy Mohan
Music: Himesh Reshammiya
Cinematography: Ravi Varman
Editing: Ashmith Kunder
Make Up: Michael Westmore
Stunt: Thyagarajan
Lyrics: Vairamuthu


'Dasavatharam', the most hyped movie of the year 2008 with Kamal Haasan and Asin in the lead roles comes out on the 13th june. ‘Dasavatharam' is a class in itself. For it features Kamal in ten different roles. K S Ravikumar is directing this mega budget movie for Oscar Ravichandran. Himesh Reshammiya from Bollywood is scoring the music. This is his debut in Kollywood. Kamal, always known in the industry for trying out something new, is handling ten different roles in this movie. It looks like he is trying to break the record of Sivaji Ganesan's nine roles in ‘Navaratri'.The movie starts in the 12th century with a very impressive beginnng .the first half of the movie is very good untill it slows down with the introduction of asin .asin potrays a very irritating role although her role as andaal is very impressive .The love story between the lead pair is not very convincing .The songs could have actually been better placed .The make-up aspect of the film is very inspiring and is worth a grand applause because it takes the audience some time to believe that they are seeing kamal in all the 10 roles .The graphics could be improved .Overall the movie is definetely worth more than a watch .

Kuruvi

Kuruvi is a Tamil masala and action film. Directed and co-written by Dharani and produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin its stars Vijay, TrishaKrishnan and Suman in the lead roles. Vivek, Ashish Vidyarthi, Manivannan and Malavika played other roles in the movie.The film revolves around a son who declares revenge on the villain, who betrayed and caused the mysterious disappearance of his father by stealing a diamond. The son in his attempt to recover his dues ends up stealing the villain’s precious diamond and also wins the heart of his sister, who runs away with him to Chennai to avoid a marriage with her brother’s henchman. How the son single handedly takes on the mining mafia and finally annihilates them, forms the crux of the story. The 2nd half of the movie is said to be a lame copy of the 1st half of the telugu film chatrapathi .Prior to release, Kuruvi, became high anticipated due to the combination of the director and the lead actors who had previously created the 2004-blockbuster Ghilli. The film opened to Indian audiences after several delays, on 3rd May 2008 to mixed reviews.

Dhaam Dhoom (coming soon)

Dhaam Dhoom (2008) is a forthcoming Tamil film. The film stars Jayam Ravi, Kangana Ranaut, and Lakshmi Rai in the lead roles. The film will be filmed in Prague, Czech Republic, and India starting February 2007. A photoshoot has already taken place in Chennai consisting Jayam Ravi surrounded by duplicate snow.The film was stalled temporarily because the director, Jeeva, died from a heart attack in late June 2007. Now, his guru, P. C. Sriram, and his widow, Aneez, have agreed to complete the film voluntarily.

After a string of remakes and his latest hit santosh subramaniyam ,Jeyam ravi has finally come out with a straight tamil film .The film was launched initially with Jayam Ravi paired opposite Genelia D'Souza, however she opted out of the project due to fully booked dates for her Telugu film, Dhee. After Genelia's removal from the project other leading actresses such as Asin Thottumkal and Mamta Mohandas were approached for a key role in the film, but they also neglected the offer citing callsheets for other projects.
Reema Sen was then roped in for a significant role in the film but however, 14 days after her confirmal she pulled out of the project citing differences with the director, Jeeva. The role offered to Reema Sen, was the role of a lawyer, but the role had no songs and was the second heroine role. Reema Sen was overshadowed by other female leads in her three previous films, as in Thimiru, Vallavan and Rendu to Shriya Reddy, Nayanthara and Anushka Shetty respectively. Reema Sen confirmed later to Kumudham magazine that she did not want to play second lead in the film, and opted out of the project. On February 19, 2007, the producers confirmed they had roped in Kangana Ranaut to essay the role dropped by Reema Sen. Kangana Ranaut will make her debut in the Tamil film industry with the film. Kangana is being paid 75 Indian rupee lakhs for the project, an all Indian record for a regional newcomer actress. Lakshmi Rai, in the biggest film of her career, joined the team and appeared as the second heroine in the project.