ASIAN SUPER STARS AT DASAVATHAARAM AUDIO LAUNCH

Actor Kamal Haasan’s much-awaited ‘Dasavatharam’ was expected to be released on Tamil New Year’s Day. However, the team has been working on the computer graphics, causing a delay in completion. The word is that it would take a couple of months before the film hits the cinemas.

The climax song penned by lyricist Vairamuthu, ‘Ulaganayaganae…’, and set to music by music director Himesh Reshammiya will have Kamal in all the 10 avtars. Director K.S. Ravikumar will make an appearance, and shots of the process Kamal went through for the different guises have been included. Sony is said to have received orders for about 50,000 copies of the music CD.

Hollywood actor Jackie Chan and Indian superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Mammootty watched Tamil star Kamal Hassan’s Dasavatharam at an exclusive screening in Chennai.

According to sources, the three actors watched the magnum opus of Kamal Hassan in a star hotel, where an entire floor was booked for Jackie Chan.
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It is said that all the three were floored by the performance of Kamal in 10 different roles, ranging from American President George Bush to a staunch Vaishnavite Nambi.

Jackie Chan, one of the world’s most popular action hero, arrived in Chennai by a Singapore Airlines flight on Thursday evening.

After a red carpet reception at the Anna International airport amidst tight security, Jackie Chan and his 10-member entourage were taken to the hotel.Industry sources say the actor was paid a huge sum (a few crores) to participate in the event.

A battalion of Tamilnadu police are giving additional security to the actor even though he has his private security guards.

This evening, Jackie would be attending the grand audio launch of Dasavatharam along with Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Hassan, Mammootty, Vishnuvardhan, actor Vijay and others.