Sunday, June 10, 2007

Recreating Marina for Dasavatharam

Close on the heels of Sivaji, film-buffs eagerly await the release of Kamal Haasan's Dasavatharam. One of the costliest ventures in Tamil cinema, the movie is being produced by Oscar Ravichandran.

Featuring Kamal Haasan in ten different roes, the movie is nearing completion. The latest buzz is that the makers of Dasavatharam are keen on completing the movie by July and plans for a release this Deepavali.

Plans are on to come up with a huge set replicating the shores of Marina near Royapuram.

Director K S Ravikumar is planning to shoot the tsunami, which struck the coast of Tamilnadu, a couple of years ago. Art director Thotta Tharani is entrusted with the job. A fishing hamlet and an artificial beach are coming up near Royapuram for the purpose.

A few days ago, a major sequence of the movie was shot in a church at Royapuram. Getting grand day after day is Dasavatharam.

Sivaji to be released on June 15th

June 15th – that’s the day Rajnikanth will be meeting his fans on the big screen with his latest film Sivaji.


With a first time combination of superstar Rajnikanth, hit filmmaker Shankar and music maestro AR Rahman - Sivaji the Boss is undoubtedly the hottest ticket down south this summer.


It's a film that's been kept under wraps since it went on the floors, with this first look being released only two weeks before Sivaji hits screens. And the man behind the movie has a reason for that.


Sivaji director Shankar says, "I want to retain the freshness and thrill of seeing everything for the first time."


With reports of a budget of over Rs 80 crore Sivaji-the Boss may well be India's costliest film ever. But that’s something the director Shankar is not willing to comment on.


"I don't know anything about the budget. The producers handle that," Shankar says.


The first look promises Sivaji to be an all out entertainer, showing Rajnikanth as multi-tasking as a lover, a comedian, an action hero and a reformer - just the way his fans like him.