Dasavatharam (2008)
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- Not Rated
- 3h 8min
- Action, Adventure
- 12 Jun 2008 (UK)
- Movie
After realizing the danger of a bio-weapon, a scientist wants to protect it from being misused. The vial accidentally reaches India, and he must race against time to prevent a potential disaster.
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- 15 wins & 18 nominations.
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Cast
| Kamal Haasan | ... |
Rangaraja Nambi / Govind Ramasaamy / George W. Bush / Balram Naidu / Avtar Singh / Christian Fletcher / Shinghen Narahasi / Krishnaveni / Vincent Poovaraagan / Kalifullah Khan
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| Asin Thottumkal | ... |
Kothai / Andaal / Radha
(as Asin)
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| Jaya Prada | ... |
Ranjitha Kaur
(as Jayapradha)
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| Mallika Sherawat | ... |
Jasmine
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| Napolean | ... |
Kulothunga Chola II
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P. Vasu | ... |
Politician
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| Nagesh | ... |
Sheikh Mukhtaar
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| K.R. Vijaya | ... |
Muslim women
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| M.S. Bhaskar | ... |
Guide
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| Santhana Bharathi | ... |
Goon
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Akash | ... |
Inspector Bharat
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| R. Sundarajan | ... |
Politician
(as R. Sunder Rajan)
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Chakri Toleti | ... |
Sai Ram
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| Ramesh Khanna | ... |
Doctor
(as Ramesh Kanna)
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Chitti Babu | ... |
CID
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| Srihari |
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Chara | ... |
(as Chara)
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| Rekha | ... |
Meenakshi
(as Rekha)
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Vaiyapuri | ... |
CID
(as Vayyapuri)
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Kantharaj Kasthuri | ... |
Medical Doctor
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S.V.S. Kumar | ... |
Andal's Father
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| Radha Mehta | ... |
Scientist
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Raghuram | ... |
Aparao
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Rajesh | ... |
(as Rajesh [USA])
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Ken Baranda | ... |
Hiro - Japanese Agent
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Chris Cavallaro | ... |
Lab Technician
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Dustin Dyson | ... |
Ben Jordan
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Richard Andrew Evans | ... |
Undercover Crime Scene Technician
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Brian Jennings | ... |
Chief of Home Land Security
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Kylie Koscoe | ... |
Scientist
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Nathena Lewis | ... |
Lab Technician
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| Randy Molnar | ... |
Race Car Driver
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| Tony Morales | ... |
Lab Technician
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Michael Mosher | ... |
American Immigration Office
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Tom Myers | ... |
Crime Scene Technician
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Randy Robinson | ... |
Lead Detective
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| David W. Scott | ... |
Lab Tech / Detective
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Steven Shaver | ... |
Lab Technician
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Jason Tripp | ... |
Ben - Scientist
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| Brewier Welch | ... |
Scientist
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Directed by
| K.S. Ravikumar | ... | (as K.S. Ravi Kumar) |
Written by
| Kamal Haasan | ... | (dialogue) |
| Kamal Haasan | ... | (story) |
| Madhiyalagan Subbiah | ... | (Hindi dialogue) |
| Atul Tiwari | ... | (dialogues) |
Produced by
| D. Ramesh Babu | ... | co-producer |
| Viswanathan Ravichandran | ... | producer (as V. Ravichandran) |
Music by
| Himesh Reshammiya | ... | (music) |
Cinematography by
| Ravi Varman | ... | director of photography (as Ravivarman) |
Editing by
| Ashmith Kunder | ||
| K. Thanigachalam | ||
Editorial Department
| Rohan Desai | ... | digital intermediate supervisor |
| Karthik | ... | technical support |
| Rajasekaran.Ks | ... | digital intermediate colorist |
Casting By
| Jessica Lewis | ||
Art Direction by
| Samir Chanda | ||
| Chetan J Pathak | ||
| M. Prabhaharan | ||
| Thota Tharani | ... | (as Thotta Tharani) |
| Nitin Wable | ||
Costume Design by
| Gautami | ||
Makeup Department
| Pravin Banker | ... | makeup artist |
| Ralis Kahn | ... | special makeup effects artist |
| Michael Mosher | ... | special makeup effects artist |
| Anil Pemgirikar | ... | key makeup artist |
| Michael Westmore | ... | prosthetic makeup artist: Kamal Haasan |
Production Management
| Jamie Smith | ... | production manager |
Art Department
| Dan Buckley | ... | set dresser |
| Choudhari Nilesh | ... | assistant art director |
| Anuradha Genrich | ... | assistant art director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Dwaipayan Singha | ... | re-recording mixer |
Special Effects by
| Andrew Scott Dixon | ... | special effects technician |
| Senthilkumar | ... | special effects supervisor: Primefocus |
Visual Effects by
| Kauser Ahmed | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Alagumuthu | ... | particle effects artist: SatyamBPO |
| Riyas Akbar Ali | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Rajmohan Anthony | ... | 3D Team Lead: SatyamBPO |
| Bejoy Arputharaj | ... | compositor: Prime Focus Ltd |
| Veerayuth Au | ... | animation intern: Binc BKK VFX |
| Jatuporn Suriyakul ' Jay' Na Ayudhya | ... | compositor: Binc BKK VFX |
| Mythili Babu | ... | dynamics artist: SatyamBPO |
| Rv Balaji | ... | digital compositor |
| Sathienpong Beaver | ... | intern: Binc BKK VFX |
| Bimal Bose | ... | 3d lighting: visual effects |
| Brynley Cadman | ... | digital effects supervisor: Binc BKK VFX |
| Ashok Kumar Chandrakumar | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Anoop Chandran | ... | matchmove artist: EFX |
| Barish Chandran | ... | visual effects artist |
| Rupesh Chetri | ... | senior compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Ivan DeWolf | ... | particle artist: Binc BKK VFX |
| Gorragoat Downroung | ... | particle effects artist: Binc BKK VFX |
| Chutiwat Eiem-sum-ang | ... | animator: Binc BKK VFX |
| Chow Emrich | ... | digital effects supervisor / lead artist: Binc BKK VFX |
| Kaywood Foos | ... | particle effects animator: Binc BKK VFX |
| Ganesh Shankar G | ... | digital compositor |
| Srinivasan Gopal | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO / digital compositor: satyam bpo |
| Lakshmipathy Gopalakrishnan | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Ramu Gopalakrishnan | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Sakthivel Ilangovan | ... | digital compositor |
| Dharmendra Jayaraman | ... | digital compositor |
| Brian Jennings | ... | senior visual effects supervisor |
| Tawat Joe | ... | animation intern: Binc BKK VFX |
| Josephnixon | ... | visual effects artist |
| Rajesh Kumar K.V. | ... | matchmove artist: EFX |
| Rekha Kalra | ... | visual effects producer: BINC BKK VFX |
| Raphael Karikalan | ... | dynamics artist: SatyamBPO |
| Ramesh Karthikeyan | ... | senior compositor |
| Aslam Khader Hayath | ... | junior matchmove artist: Prime Fcous Chennai (as K.H. Aslam) |
| Rajasekar Kn | ... | visual effects artist |
| Ashok Kumar Kodavaali | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Thirumurugan Krishnan | ... | senior compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Chandran Lakshmanan | ... | digital compositor |
| Logaraj C | ... | Digital Compositor |
| Prakash Maharajan | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Alagarsamy Mayan | ... | onsite CG supervisor: SatyamBPO |
| Sidharth Meer | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Eugenius Meril | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Mishari Muqbil | ... | network manager: Binc BKK VFX |
| Vijayakumar Murugan | ... | senior compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Vijayakrishna Murugesan | ... | senior compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Abhilash Nanda | ... | roto artist |
| Nandhakishore | ... | matchmove artist |
| Murugavel Palani | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Anupan Pengpetch | ... | compositor: Binc BKK VFX |
| Manikanda Perumal | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Perungappian | ... | compositor |
| Nes Pinsuwan | ... | compositor: Binc BKK VFX (as Chiraporn Pinsuwan) |
| Rajasekar Prince | ... | visual effects artist |
| Srinivasan Punniyakrishnan | ... | onsite CG supervisor: SatyamBPO |
| Purushothaman | ... | visual effects artist |
| Iyyanar Radhakrishnan | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Raghavan | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Singara Raj | ... | particle effects artist: SatyamBPO |
| Raju | ... | modeling supervisor: SatyamBPO |
| Thulasi Ram | ... | digital compositor: Prime Focus |
| Karthic Ramesh | ... | digital paint artist |
| Satheesh Rangasamy | ... | digital compositor |
| Gopinath Rathinasamy | ... | scene supervisor |
| Kanoksin Rattanamarn | ... | digital artist: Binc BKK VFX |
| Sven Rauhe | ... | animator: Binc BKK VFX |
| Kalaivanan S. | ... | Team Leader 3D |
| Kesavan S. | ... | compositor |
| Sajeev Sadanandan | ... | matchmove artist: EFX Chennai |
| Sakthidharan | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Saravanan Sala | ... | paint artist |
| Mohan Sangeeth | ... | digital compositor |
| Stalin Saravanan | ... | onsite CG supervisor: SatyamBPO |
| Tilak Saravanan | ... | digital compositor |
| Yuvaraj Saravanan | ... | roto/prep artist: Prasad EFX |
| Sajith Sethumadhavan | ... | visual effects artist: Prasad EFX |
| Andrew Shibi | ... | compositing lead: SatyamBPO |
| Sridharan | ... | digital compositor |
| Narasimhan Srinivasan | ... | onsite CG supervisor: SatyamBPO |
| Srikanth Srinivasan | ... | Paint Artist: Prime Focus |
| John Thomas Stalin | ... | compositor |
| Mohinder Subramaniam | ... | compositing lead: Satyam BPO |
| Jithin Syam | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Krissachai Tanlongkachon | ... | compositor: Binc BKK VFX |
| Theajodharan | ... | lead compositor: Prime Focus |
| Sathishkumar Vadivelu | ... | compositor |
| Anu Velayudhan | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Palani Venkatachalam | ... | visual effects producer: SatyamBPO |
| Udayaraj Venugopal | ... | compositor: SatyamBPO |
| Raja Vijayaraman | ... | simulation artist |
| Chainarong Wanachaisong | ... | roto artist: Binc BKK VFX |
| Owen E. Williams | ... | CG supervisor: Binc BKK VFX (as Owen Williams) |
| Vinoth Yadhav | ... | visual effects artist |
| Piyaphan Yutisri | ... | visual effects coordinator: Binc BKK VFX |
Stunts
| Amrin Abubakker | ... | stunt performer |
| Grady Allen Bishop | ... | Florida Crew / stunt double: Kamal Haasan Florida Crew |
| Gail Bowen | ... | stunt driver |
| David Anthony Buglione | ... | assistant fight choreographer |
| Amy Tomberlin Cheek | ... | utility stunts (as Amy Tomberlin) |
| James Cheek | ... | stunt driver |
| Andrew Scott Dixon | ... | stunt coordinator / stunt double: Kamal Hassan / stunt rigger |
| Kanal Kannan | ... | action director |
| Joop Katana | ... | action coordinator / stunt performer |
| Antony Matos | ... | stunts |
| Niko Nedyalkov | ... | utility stunts |
| Cord Newman | ... | stunts |
| Trent Staten | ... | stunt driver |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Anbusathiyanr | ... | second assistant camera (as Anbusathiyan R) |
| Bhaskar | ... | second assistant camera (as Baskaran) |
| Edward Ryan Funk | ... | gaffer (as Ryan Funk) |
| Kangasabai | ... | first assistant camera |
| Jeganatha Reddy | ... | first assistant camera |
| Carlos Velasquez | ... | gaffer: Orlando |
Animation Department
| Gopinathan Annamalai | ... | key animator |
Location Management
| Randy Molnar | ... | location manager |
Music Department
| Kamal Haasan | ... | playback singer |
| Hariharan | ... | playback singer |
| Mahalakshmi Iyer | ... | playback singer |
| Devi Sri Prasad | ... | re-recording: background score |
| Sadhana Sargam | ... | playback singer |
| Aamir Shaikh | ... | Recording, Mixing & Mastering |
| Shalini Singh | ... | playback singer |
| Vaali | ... | lyrics |
| Vairamuthu | ... | lyrics |
| Vinit | ... | playback singer |
Additional Crew
| Joshua Martin | ... | key production assistant |
Thanks
| Parithi Ilamvazhuthi | ... | sincere thanks |
| Jayalalitha J | ... | very special thanks |
| M. Veera Shekar | ... | sincere thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Aascar Film P. (2008) (India) (theatrical)
- Ayngaran International (2008) (Non-US) (theatrical)
- Narmada Pictures (2008) (United States) (theatrical)
- Walt Disney Pictures (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Ayngaran Video (2008) (Australia)
- Kalaignar Tv (2008) (World-wide) (tv)
- YouTube (India) (video) (VOD)
Special Effects
- Oysterr (visual effects)
- Prime Focus (visual effects & DI)
- SatyamBPO (CG and visual effects)
Other Companies
- BINC BKK VFX (visual effects)
- IDBI Bank (sincere thanks)
- Sony BMG (soundtrack)
- Southern Railways (sincere thanks)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
U.S.-based Bio-technologist, Govind K. Somaiyya, narrates from a stadium a tale of religious conflict in India - even before the appearance of Jesus and Allah. This conflict was between worshipers of Bhagwan Shri Shiv and Bhagwan Shri Vishnu - with devotees of the latter being put to death. Now in post-9/11 era President George W. Bush invests heavily in biological research but things get out of control when a vial containing a deadly chemical is inadvertently dispatched via courier to Tamil Nadu, India. In order to retrieve it, Govind must face heavy odds, including a deadly CIA Agent, Chris Fletcher; a killer named Jasmine; RAW Officer Pranab Kundu, as well as a martial-arts artist from Tokyo. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com) |
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Box Office
| Budget | INR600,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The score for song "Ulaga Nayagan" was copied from the song "Why Does It Happen in Love?" from Dil Maange More!!! (2004), which also had music by Himesh Reshammiya. See more » |
| Goofs | In the scene where Avatar Singh and Govindarajan are in the lift, Avatar Singh is seen to be leaving first while Govindarajan pretends to talk on his cellphone. If one looks closely, Govindarajan is holding his Nokia 3310 the wrong way - the screen is visible toward the camera. Possibly intended. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Venghai (2011). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Ulaga Nayagan See more » |