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Jai starrer 'Adhey Neram Adhey Idam' has musical score by Premji Amaran, Gangai Amaran's younger son. Singer, actor and popular director Venkat Prabhu, the elder son of Gangai Amaran and Premji's brother, has sung for his brother's tune.

The song 'Namma Ooru Chennaiyilae Naal Thorum Veedhiyilae...' was recorded recently. Venkat Prabhu has sung several songs before in films like 'Thulluvatho Ilamai', 'Enakku 20 Unakku 18' and 'Chennai 600028' among others.

Director K V Anand is upbeat that Ayan's stunts shot in various countries in the African continent would be the major highlight for the movie.

'Ayan' starring Suriya and Tamanna in the lead roles is produced by AVM, a renowned production house, which has been in the industry for over five decades. According to reports, few important sequences of the film were shot in African countries like Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

Especially, a stunt chase which was choreographed by a team of Hollywood fighters in Zanzibar Island. The team had been part of several blockbuster action movies in the west. Along with this, a song 'Nenjae Nenjae' shot in the African soil is one more plus for the flick.

Heaping laurels on Suriya, Anand, says, 'he has delivered his best. Tamanna is on par with her performance too. The entire team have worked hard for the movie'.

He also thanked his producers AVM Saravanan and M Balasubramaniam for their tremendous support in coming out with such an extravagant project.

''Ayan' is a commercial movie that is logically made. The scenes would be convincing and catchy', he says and adds, 'Harris Jeyaraj's musical score is a boon for us. Editing done by Anthony is fast and brisk'.

With a host of characters in the movie, 'Ayan' will be a good film which would entertain the masses, says the director on a confident tone.

Simplicity is the glory of expression,” said Walt Whitman, and Poo may be one of the best elucidators of this quote. It is beautiful without being complicated, moving without being disturbing and mellow without being mushy. Poo is about love, relations, dreams and sacrifices.
It is difficult to reveal any aspect of the plot of the movie because that might amount to disservice to a carefully crafted work of art. This is not to say that Poo is art-house cinema, it instead treats cinema at a different level where there is neither an antagonist nor a protagonist and only the inscrutable ways of destiny determine the fate of characters who remain so true to the story without even an element of cinematic liberty being thrown in. It seems to be a true interpretation of what Shakespeare so famously said, “All the world’s a stage and all men and women are the players.”

Poo is set in the rustic surroundings of Rajapalayam where life is simple and slow and ambitions are limited. It tells the story of two young children, a boy and a girl, their families and their dreams in life. What happens when dreams clash? Someone has to let go of their dream for the others to realize theirs’. It is one person’s love and affection for the other that makes them sacrifice hoping sincerely that the object of their love will have a better life sharing someone else’s dream. It is also “love” that makes people give up their own dreams and believe in someone

else, trusting them with their life. But when sacrifices go in vain and life of the loved one looks far from the bed of roses that had been envisaged, then it is a kind of helplessness that engulfs the mind and one is left to live only in sorrow, grieving the dream that was never to be.

Poo is a movie that has given some budding actors a wonderful opportunity to set foot in the industry and they have done it with élan. Parvathy, the debut heroine has done a marvelous job, not at all showing any signs of inexperience. She excels in all kinds of expressions and an interesting thing is that at times one can detect traces of Padmapriya. Parvathy will definitely be a strong contender for the best debut award this year. Srikanth is on screen after a long time and appears in a role that is not the regular hero type. First, congrats to him for making the choice. He is adequate without being excellent, fitting neatly into the character. But the one who steals the show is the actor who plays Srikanth’s father, he is splendid and one to look out for in similar roles in future. The Rajapalayam accent has been adapted to near perfection throughout the movie. Poo is devoid of any commercial element. There are a few scenes here and there with situational humor that do not fail to amuse. The emotional scenes are the best. Made to near perfection, they will move even the most passive viewer close to tears, especially the climatic scenes. The movie has content that is enough just for a short story and has been narrated fluently on screen.

Then there are stars behind the camera. Cinematographer P.G. Muthiah has done a wonderful job, translating all the rural charm onto screen. Veerasamar has matched the camera with his art. One is left wondering whether the huts are sets or real ones. Debutant composer S.S. Kumaran deserves accolades for his score and re-recording. Three songs, Maman, Aavaram Poo and Choo Choo Maari stand out as excellent compositions. But the one man who deserves an ovation here is director Sasi. This must be his best work to date. Handling the story, screenplay, dialogue and direction, he has given a product that will please all true lovers of cinema. He must also be credited with extracting moving performances from the cast.

Overall, Poo is like a beautiful poem. Poetry is not everyone’s cup of tea and one is not sure how many will be able to appreciate this subtly narrated story of dreams and sacrifices. It is a sincere wish that Poo does well, Tamil cinema will be better off with the success of a movie like Poo. But one finds it hard to see how the movie will achieve commercial success, given its simple yet beautiful narration.

As the saying goes, “Simplicity is nature’s first step and the last of art.”

Watch the high quality aegan trailer "ayngaran"...

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The most awaited tracks of “Ultimate Star’s” Aegan were released today on oct 9.. This would be a greatest treat to Ajith’s fan for this year…

Movie :: Aegan

Banner :: Ayngaran International

Cast :: Ajith, Nayantara, Navadeep, Suhasini Manirathnam, Jayaram, Suman

Direction :: Raju Sundaram

Music :: Yuvan Shankar Raja

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Songs Review by Megatron

1. Hey Salaa — Blaaze, Naresh Iyyar, Md. Aslam

Its a freak out song, all about the youth… Blaaze penned the english lyrics for this song.

2. Yahoo — Suvi, Ujjaini, Sathyan, Ranjith & Naveen

This song is about the college life of the teens.

3. Hey Baby — Shankar Mahadhevan

Its a cute love song. Our Hero proposes his love to the Heroine..

4. Odum Varayil — KK, Bela Shinde

Its a heroism song.

5. Kichu Kichu — Vasundara Das, Yuvan Shankar Raja

Its a hot song in this album. Yuvan rendered his voice for ajith in this track.

All songs are in Western flavor… Obviously this is a good treat for our ears..

Movie is set to be release on Diwali.

A raw action film featuring Ajith is a welcome delight for the Ajith fans. The actor has been combining humour, sentiment and romance in all his films so far.

However this time around Thala, as he is affectionately called by his fans, has opted for an action all throughout film, which is sure to delight them in a big way.

The movie inspired by Bollywood hit 'Main Hoon Na' starring Shahrukh Khan, is directed by ace choreographer Raju Sundaram. Titled 'Aegan', which refers to Lord Shiva, means the one and only powerful God.

Nayantara, whose on screen presence with Ajith in 'Billa' created waves, is once again joining hands with Ajith in 'Aegan'. Navdeep, who has acted in 'Arindhum Ariyamalum' is doing the role of Ajith's brother in the movie. 'Poi Solla Porom' Piya plays his lady love.

Says Raju Sundaram, "The role of Ajith in the film is such a powerful one. He fights for justice and establishes his supremacy. That's why the title 'Aegan'."

The movie is being produced by Ayngaran International and some important portions of the movie including the introduction shot of Ajith was canned in Hong Kong. The film is expected be a real treat for die-hard Ajith fans.

Yuvan Shankar Raja, who came up with catchy tunes for 'Billa', is back once again with lilting tunes for 'Aegan'.

In a nutshell, the movie is about a former Military officer and his efforts to foil the terrorist and his gang. He is simultaneously attempting to mend relations with his father's estranged first wife and his half-brother complications ensue.

Ajith fans are eagerly awaiting the release of the movie for they are basking in joy following the huge success of 'Billa'. The news doing rounds that Aegan hitting the screens on Deepavali has come as a pleasant one for them.

They all hope that it would be a cracking Deepavali for them.

In a short span of time, Tamanna has shot to glory in Tamil cinema. Though, she began in a bad start with ‘Kedi’ and ‘Vyapari’, Kallori brought a tidal change in her career. Her performance in the movie was highly acclaimed and she was soon flooded with offers.

She is acting with Suriya in ‘Ayan’, produced by AVM and directed by K V Anand, followed by the Dhanush starrer ‘Padikathavan’. ‘Anandha Thandavam’ opposite a newcomer Siddharth and a Telugu film ‘Konjam Ishtamga and Konjam Kashtamga’.

‘I watched ‘Khaakha Khaakha’ and became a great fan of Suriya. I was thrilled when I was called to act in ‘Ayan’ with Suriya. Similarly I am excited to work in the Tamil remake of ‘Jab We Met’ opposite Bharath. I don the role enacted by Kareena in the original,’ she says.

Though I get offers in different languages, my priority is to do movies in Tamil. I am getting good offers here, she adds.

Aishwarya Rai, who is working with Rajinikanth for 'Robot' can't stop gushing about the actor.

'It was great working with Rajinikanth, who is a brilliant actor. The only tough thing about the movie was studying Tamil again in order to pronounce the words properly,' she said.

'Robot' directed by Shankar brings together Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai for the first time. A couple of song sequences were shot recently in Peru.

Says Aishwarya,” Shankar had approached me previously to work with him, but could not be materialized. Finally, everything landed in place and here we are together after ten years.”

Other than this, the actress will soon start acting for Mani Ratnam's ‘Ravana’ with her husband Abhishek Bachchan.

Actor Kamal Haasan is not aversed to experiments. Known for trying out innovations and novelties in his films, the actor has managed to shoulder the momentum in a high spirit for the last four decades in Tamil cinema.

In his last ‘Dasavatharam’, he played 10 different roles which were strikingly different from one other and caricatured his emoting skills to a new level.

For his next venture, ‘Marma Yogi’ Kamal Haasan had reportedly used the 'spray makeup' technique during the photo shoot. This has so far been used only in Hollywood and Kamal is reportedly the first to bring it to the Indian film industry. The advantage of using 'spray makeup' is that it gives a uniform color to the face and body.

‘Marma Yogi’ is being directed by the actor himself with Trisha and Shriya playing the heroines. Kamal Haasan is sure a boon to the tinsel Ville who surges Tamil movies to a global reach.

Last month the photo shoot of Kamal Hassan's magnum opus Marmayogi took place at AVM studio in Chennai. Trisha, Shriya and Hema Malini are reported to have taken part in the shoot along with Kamal.

The shoot took place under heavy security cover, and no mobiles were allowed inside the studio floor. Only people involved in the photo shoot was allowed inside and that too after frisking.

According to sources, Kamal is using the Red Camera for the film and a foreign cameraman is likely to shoot the film. There were two make-up people, a guy and a girl who had assisted in Hollywood films for the photo shoot. For the first time ever in Indian cinema, Spray makeup is being used for the artists in Marmayogi.

Also read: Shriya in Marmayogi! | Trisha—woman on top

Spray make-up is the latest craze in Hollywood films. According to reports compiled from the net- "It is suited to all skin types, especially for Asian artists or anyone with sun damage because it forms a smooth later that doesn't sit in wrinkles. It suits acne skin because it's a clean delivery with no potential for cross-contamination. And it's also great for sensitive and post-surgery skins, because there's no pulling or rubbing of skin involved".

Our sources say Trisha was transformed into a glowing beauty after she used the magic Spray make up. The finished effect is very close to an airbrushed effect and is used for many photo shoots, though it is said to be very expensive.

Meanwhile reports have also come in that Trisha is learning to speak in pure 'sentamizh' way the Tamil language. It seems she has a Tamil teacher to teach her diction and accent as Tamil was spoken many centuries back.

Kamal is insisting that she not only dubs for the film but her pronunciation should be correct. The costumes and jewellery in the film is designed by Gowthami.

Now, Telugu actor Venkatesh has also been roped in to do an important role and Marmayogi is definitely going to be a landmark movie in Indian film history.

Soundrarya Rajnikanth’s ocher studios have started to expand into areas other than making Animation films.

The company has taken the right step by joining hands with one of the world leaders in the entertainment business Warner Bros. Pictures India.

Ocher Studios has signed an exclusive picture deal for the production and distribution of Live-Action South Indian films which will be released by the Warner Bros Company.

Soundarya Rajnikant, the daughter of super star Rajnikant said that it is a great privilege for her company to associate with a world leader in the entertainment industry and she also told that this association will have a very good impact for the regional film industries with Warner Bros knowledge and experience in the marketing and distribution section.

Blaise Fernandes, Country Head for Warner Bros. Pictures India said that the association between the two companies will have a perfect synergy as the creative skills of Ocher Studios will be supplemented by the marketing and distribution network of Warner Bros. Pictures India.

Richard J Fox, Executive Vice President of Warner Bros International termed the new alliance as a great opportunity to expand the company’s local production business across all the four south Indian film Industries.

A Great step forward for the young Ocher Studios started in 2005.

Ajith fans is eagerly waiting for “Aegan” release on Diwali as a part the audio release of the movie is scheduled to take place on October 9th on the promising day of Vijaydasami. This will be Ajith and Yuvan’s hat trick following “Dheena”, “Billa”. There was a buzz that the songs of the movie have come good than the expecting and it is rocking. Aegan shooting is almost complete remaining one song pairing Ajith and Nayanthara to shoot soon.

According to a source that Aegan crew will be going for an eye-catching place in the first week of October to shot a song. The movie has five songs and the movie is produced by Ayngaran International. Hope Ajith fans are awaiting a treat on the day of lights.

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Vaaranam Aayiram’s audio launch turned out to be a novel function with each of the song released by each one of the celebrity present. The event was held at Satyam Theatres at 8 pm on September 24th. The entire function was handled by Vaaranam Aayiram’s director Gautham Menon. There are seven songs in VA of which six have been penned by lyricist Thaamarai while one has been written by Naa. Muthukumar. Harris Jayaraj has scored the music.

The first song Adiyae Kolludhey was released by Soundarya Rajinikanth while hero Surya released the song Nenjukkul Peidhidum. Surya’s father and actor Siva Kumar released Mundhinam. Another song Oh Shanthi Shanthi was brought out by the director of the Indian Military Academy Major General Bakshi.It was Udhayanidhi Stalin’s turn to release Yethi Yethi and director Sasi Kumar took the honors for Ava Enna . Ennul Mele was released collectively by the children of Gautham Menon, Harris Jayaraj, editor Anthony and cinematographer Rathnavelu.Speaking at the function Surya said that he believed VA’s music will top the charts just like Kaakka Kaakka and Ghajini.

Director Gautham Menon stated that Harris Jayaraj has always shown special interest for his projects and it was only because of Harris he could establish himself in the Telugu film industry. He added VA is all about a person’s life beginning from 16 years and his travails until 60. He said the film will hit the silver screens on October 8th in all probability. According to Siva Kumar the film will go on to become a great success. He said that Surya’s hard work and commitment to look like a teenager will definitely pay off. The actor added that he has commendable faith in Gautham Menon.

Soundarya Rajinikanth disclosed that she is a great fan of Harris Jayaraj and Gautham Menon. According to her the stills of Surya indicate that the film is on its way to a box office hit.Those participated in the function include Sameera Reddy, Divya, Meena, Ameer, Sasi Kumar, K.V. Anand, among others.

Vaaranam Aayiram has been making lots of waves and reason is that because of Gowtham and Surya together. This combo had a great time with big ticket of Kaakha Kaakha and now they have again joined hands for this film that seems to be a remake of Forrest Gump. Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump plays the role of different ages from 17-50 years old.

We don’t know how far Surya would have done his best in this aspect. Gowtham know for partially grabbing the Hollywood themes is quite excited at the same time more disgusted whether audiences would find his copycat work. Fine! Lets speak about this when the film releases and this story is all about the film’s audio releasing on June 15. Harris Jayaraj has scored music and already couple of songs have been leaked in few websites.

Eyanthiran - The Robot

The incoming Rajnikant starrer Shankar and directed Robot has been renamed “Eyanthiran.”

However, Shankar has preserved the example denomination as the subtitle. The film, mass the call of “Sivaji: The Boss’ has been renamed” Eyanthiran: the robot. ”

The film, which is belike the prototypal full-fledged science-fiction flick in Tamil, is said to be supported on digit novels cursive at the modify of Sujatha.

Rajnikant had already declared that the film, produced by London-based International Aingaran Films (P) Ltd, a Dravidian denomination soon. The Dravidian denomination does not intend the set exemption, but to fulfil the State Government’s dedication to listen movies in Dravidian titles.

“Eyanthira” and “Eyanthiran” were thoughtful early and the test pick lapse on the denomination “Enthiram - The Robot”.

Three picture shoots were designed to encourage the film, including digit that was filmed in tone to the army terminal week. The flick which also stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, is due to squawk soured in Brasil today.

Product to a Brobdingnagian budget of Rs.140 crores, the flick is said to be the most pricey flick prefabricated in India, in some module so far.

Director Shankar while talking about the film Robot in an interview given to a TV channel has said that the title of the movie might change.

The buzz is that the State Government’s decision to provide tax-exemption to movies titled in Tamil is the reason that this name change might come through. The Tamil film producers and directors are these days found with Tamil dictionary to choose Tamil titles for their films to avail this concession.

On a 100 crore budget, Robot movie will definitely need the entertainment tax-exemption. There was also a debate over the title of Shivaji, if it was a Tamil name or not. Even with the debate that Shivaji was a Marathi name, the State government accepted that Shivaji is a Tamil title indeed, and the movie was exempted from entertainment tax. This might not work out for Robot, or will they add Robot to Tamil dictionary as well and provide entertainment tax exemption? Only time can tell!!

The meaning of Robot would be “mechanical servant”. So what would the name of Robot movie be after the name change? Any suggestions??

The story has the underlying themes of Chaos theory and chain of events. It begins with the 12th century with a conflict between the worshipers of two Gods namely Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. The king being a Lord Shiva devotee decides to sink the Vishnu idol which is opposed by Rangarajan(kamal), a vishnu devotee. So the king ties rangarajan with the idol and drowns them in the sea.

The story propels forward to the current century, where a very harmful bio-chemical weapon is invented in the United States for defense purposes. However, following a hazardous leak, Govindarajan (the protagonist, played again by Kamal), decides to prevent it from being used. There are people who are not happy with this decision, and decide to stop him by hiring an Ex-CIA assassin Christian Fletcher (Again, Kamal). The Virus somehow lands in a cargo shipment that is on its way to Chennai, India. Govindrajan and Fletcher race to the other end of the world, in a bid to conquer this vial. The rest of the movie is a cat and mouse game, into which many other characters (most played by Kamal himself, in keeping with the theme of the movie), are drawn.

The movie reaches a dramatic conclusion when the protagonist Govindarajan fails to stop the leakage of the virus (Fletcher consumes it and hence causes it to decay his body and spread onto the beach shore). This act would have destroyed a million lives, except that it is already established that the virus can be neutralized by pouring down tons and tons of NaCl.

The chaos theory takes control again, with Tsunami rocking the seashores of Chennai, one that brings with it tons of NaCl, courtesy the salty sea water. This miracle is linked to the incidents that occurred back in the 12th century (the god sunk in the sea centuries ago,although killing thousands saves the lives of millions in the form of Tsunami) conferring that everything happens for a reason and god exists.The ten roles Kamala Hasan plays in the movie are The hero/Scientist, Villan Ex-CIA assassin ,an old lady, the vishnu devotee,intellegence officer(indian), a muslim, a scheduled caste leader,a japanese martial arts guy, a punjabi pop singer and George Bush.

A real good one, 14 June 2008

This movie shows efforts of Kamal trying real hard to take Tamil cinema to the next level without losing its commercial value. Clearly, this is not a kind of movie that Kamal makes. But, yes apart for a few shortcomings (to give commercial value) the film lives up to its expectations.

There are few times when you actually think whether some of the characters are necessary. But when you already have a baseline of Eddie Murphy donning 7 and Sivaji Ganesan donning 9 roles, I think you do not have a choice than appearing in 10 roles.

The story is quite predictable, but that is compensated by the Kamals appearance in each and every frame. I would have to say that the letdown is in the music department. Himesh should not have been the composer, instead AR Rehman would have been good.

Kamal's hard work and perseverance is evident throughout the movie and that works good for the movie.

KS Ravikumar has been roped in just to add the commercial elements to keep the investments safe and he does it quite good.

Not a regular Kamal film as its commercial like a Rajini movie, though reiterates the fact why he is called the "Best in Indian Cinema".

This multi-faceted effort will be remembered in Indian cinema a long way. Kudos.

The movie explains about Chaos theory and rightly so! Audience have again underestimated the movie but on repeat viewing they will get to know what a cinematic Master piece this is. A very beautiful concept of "chaos theory" circulating a plot of "if and buts" that would surround the events of a highly contagious virus that can spread in air that can potentially wipe out the entire state if it does not get its natural solution.

Please note the words my scientist Kamal - If the virus is not contained it could be mass destruction when he explains to Asin and her grandmother(Kamal in make up). Also the butterfly symbolism is a mark of genius!! Alas I am sure that would have been Kamal's idea(the movie is ghost directed by him), still as a director KS.Ravikumar would be receiving the credit for it.

And brilliant acting by all the 10 characters and especially how he changes the body language and gestures and cultural jokes and sentiments according to the character he plays. Simply unthinkable stuff. For those who do not know science can take away the memories of Kamal's brilliant acting - especially the Christian Fletcher etc...

And some of them including the so called intelligent people from media are already blaming Kamal for the screenplay!!! What a joke. Its pathetic why people cant think or view the movie multiple times to at least understand but simply post some mis-leading build-up by a masterpiece.

Guys who watch this movie, its time you take a fun ride!!! Cus the action thriller sequence is just unforgettable. The graphics needs a bit more but what can we expect with a 70 crore movie. For excellent graphics one needs a 200 crore project.

10/10 if you knew a bit of science and Chaos theory. I am too lazy to say more about Chaos theory, so you guys better read more about it yourself if you are interested.

The true impact of the imagination, creativity, hard work, amazing attempt and last but definitely not the least - the sheer genius of the movie will only hit you at the end. This movie can only be understood once you are out of the theater plus if you prefer masala movies than this is a skip for you. Those who are willing and know that they will enjoy an intelligent movie can see it.

Having said, you get a sense of the grandeur and the history making that this movie not just portrays and achieves, at the start of the title credits when this line of text scrolls on the screen:

For the first time

in the history of world cinema

Dr. Kamal Haasan, Universal Actor

in Ten Roles The begins in 12th century Tamil Nadu where the Chola Dynasty King, Kulothunga Chola II,who is a big Lord Shiva devotee, decides to start a major redevelopment of the Nataraja Temple in Chidambaram, which also housed the Lord Vishnu idol in the form of Lord Govindarajan and decides to remove the idol forcibly against the wishes of Vaishnavites, followers of Lord Vishnu. This at the height of the (disputed) religious persecution of Vaishnavites by Shaivites led by Kulothunga Chola II. Enter, Rangaraj Nambi a Vaishnavite who grew up with the Chola King and was buddies with him, who resists the effort of the King to remove idol, the King does not pay heed and tells Rangaraj that if he praised Lord Shiva, then he would spare his life, Rangaraj refused and he is chained to the idol and immersed in the sea alongwith the idol.

The scene shifts to modern day America, where Govind the scientist is working on a lethal biological weapon and testing it on a monkey called Hanu. Govind prevents the biological weapon from being sold to rogue people by his boss. His quest to ensure that the terrorists do not end up with the biological weapon takes him to India where we get introduced to other 6 characters (apart from Rangaraj, Govind, Christian Fletcher - the ex CIA man one of the rogues, George W Bush Jr. - all played by Kamal Haasan) - a Japanese karate expert, an Indian intelligence official, a 95 year old lady, a environmentalist, a 6.5+ foot tall Afghani merchant, a Punjabi pop singer.

The story then revolves around whether Govind saves the world from a huge biological disaster or not and the true genius of the movie lies in how all these 6 characters are tied in and none of the characters appear forced and each have a role to play.

The movie scores highly in the manner in which these characters and their story are interwoven and are joined by a common thread. The movie can very well be termed India's first genuine attempt at sci-fi thriller. Kamal Haasan does an amazing job as a scriptwriter where the theme running through the film is questioning the existence of God but in a very balanced manner placing both sides of arguments in favor of theism and atheism, which clearly brings to fore his intelligent questioning mind. Also, the way he uses tsunami to show how the tsunami protects the world eventually, shows that he has an optimist tendency where even a catastrophe has something good that happens. It's a script where he presents strong arguments both in favor of and against the existence of God.

The challenge for the viewer though is that it is very difficult to pick which is Kamal's best role in the movie. Despite 10 characters to choose from, it becomes a problem of plenty and is very difficult to even do a top 10 countdown.

The amazing visual effects that are used in two scenes involving the ocean, the one where the idol gets immersed in sea in 12th century and the tsunami climax scene. The tsunami climax scene which alone cost Rs. 3.5-4 crores for that one scene was an amazing scene which showed how it came.

Kamal Haasan proves why he is India's best actor - no one would have the guts to take on a movie like this and pull it off as well as he did.

Asin in her role as the Brahmin girl who is overly possessive about the idol can sometimes be irritating because of over acting but she does play a role in adding to the comic effect in the movie. Mallika Sherawat provides glamour to the movie. Though her character as a deadly assassin's deadly assistant did not have much meat, she was bearable.

The biggest letdown in the movie for me was the music, not surprisingly as it was Himesh Reshammiya who was the music director and to expect good music from him is to expect intelligence from George W Bush. The background score is excellent and really adds spice to the proceedings thanks to Devi Prasad who provided the background score.

K S Ravikumar proves his mettle as a very capable director as he unveils an amazing array of directorial skills to direct this magnum opus.

Dasavathaaram - Legen…………….wait for it ….. darry (you need to be a How I Met Your Mother fan to understand it :)) Dasavathaaram is a must watch for those who can sit through and enjoy and think about an intelligent movie, not for the usual tamil film masala lovers.