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.

What a piece of intelligent Cinema writing!!!!!, 13 June 2008

Author: critical_minority_attack from India

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.

Spectacular but not for everyone, 14 June 2008

Author: Venkatesh Sridhar from Mumba,India

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.

Rajinikanth has completed his dubbing part for ‘Kuselan’. The much awaited movie features Rajinikanth, Nayantara, Pasupathy, Vadivelu among others in the cast.

Directed by P Vasu, ‘Kuselan’ is a remake of Malayalam hit ‘Katha Parayumbol’.

The shooting was completed recently and the post-production work has commenced at Prasad Labs in Chennai recently.

After completing the dubbing, Rajinikanth was all praise for director P. Vasu. Plans are on to release ‘Kuselan’ this July.

‘Kuselan’ has musical score by G V Prakash. The audio would be launched soon.

Kuselan

Kuselan is a forthcoming bilingual drama film to be directed by P. Vasu, who with Kuselan, will direct his fifth feature film with Rajnikanth. Rajnikanth, playing a guest role, is the one of the few common actors in the bi-lingual, the others including Nayantara and Meena, which is to be made into Tamil as Kuselan and Telugu as Kucheladu respectively. Various other regional actors have been signed up for the film, with Pasupathy, Meena, Prabhu Ganesan, Vadivelu, Santhanam and Livingston playing roles in the Tamil version, whilst, Jagapati Babu, Sunil and Brahmanandam portray roles in the Telugu version. Whilst, G. V. Prakash Kumar and Arvind Krishna have confirmed their parts as members of the technical crew. The film which is expected to be released in September 2008, will be produced by prominent director, K. Balachandar for the Tamil version and Ashwini Dutt for its Telugu version. The film is a remake of the Malayalam classic, Kadha Parayumbhol.

Development

Following P. Vasu and Rajnikanth's blockbuster, Chandramukhi in 2005, Vasu had been keen to re-cast Rajnikanth in another role and prior to signing Kuselan, he had narrated a story entitled Vettaiyan, which would have been a sequel of a character featured in Chandramukhi

Early in 2008, Rajnikanth signed up for S. Shankar's Robot, making it highly unlikely he would sign up to another film for a couple of years, due to Shankar's tendency to take two years shooting his films. However, in a sudden turn of events, Kuselan was launched at the Taj Coromandel in Chennai on January 14, 2008 coinciding with Pongal The director, P. Vasu signed up Rajnikanth and Pasupathy to portray the lead roles, while noted director K. Balachandar agreed to produce the Tamil version of the film along with G.P. Vijayakumar's Seven arts Productions, while Aswani Dutt agreed to produce the film in Telugu with Rajnikanth and Jagapati Babu in the lead roles. The film was announced to be remake of Malayalam film, Katha Parayumbol which was written and starred in by Sreenivasan, whilst Mammooty essayed a guest role in the film.

Vasu made it clear that Rajnikanth would not be doing an honorary role in the movie which Mammooty had portrayed, but will play a full role, describing that the "The whole story revolves around him [Rajnikanth]". The film's launch was helted on March 7, 2008 at the AVM Studios in Chennai with the leading artistes present.

Casting

Despite from the role of Rajnikanth, Vasu intended to use entirely different casts in either version of the bilingual film. Upon announcement, actor Livingston, Manobala and Santhana Bharathi were added to the cast of the Tamil version, along with Vadivelu who pipped Vivek, Santhanam and Goundamani to land the and furthermore, yesteryear director S. P. Muthuraman agreed to play a guest role in the film. However the selction of the heroines in the film is still ongoing. Despite Trisha Krishnan's request to appear opposite Rajnikanth, Nayantara accepted the role, however finding a female lead opposite Pasupathy was more difficult for the director, with Simran Bagga, and Sneha all being considered for the role in the Tamil version. However, Meena who played the role in the original, was offered the role in early February 2008 and accepted it. It has also been indicated that several prominent Tamil actors, most notably Kamal Haasan, Ajith Kumar, Vijay, Vikram, Madhavan, Silambarasan, Arjun, Sathyaraj, Trisha Krishnan, Shriya Saran, Sneha, Tabu and Namitha have been approached to be a part of a song in the project. Indications later revealed that five actresses would appear opposite Rajnikanth in a song with the selected being: Nayantara, Mamta Mohandas, Kushboo, Suja and Sneha so far.

In the Telugu version, comedian actors Sunil, Brahmanandam, Tanikella Bharani and Venu Madhav all signed up to play the roles of Jagapati Babu's fellow villagers. Ileana D'Cruz recently turned down an offer to act in the film, citing date problems. Like the Tamil version, it has also been indicated that several prominent Telugu actors, most notably Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Balakrishna Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun, Flora and Ileana D'Cruz have been approached to be a part of a song in the project. confirmed in the two films are G. V. Prakash Kumar who will operate as the music composer, whilst Arvind Krishna will be the cinematographer for the bilingual.

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Aegan

Aegan (Tamil:ஏகன்) is a forthcoming Tamil feature film currently being directed by Raju Sundaram, who with Aegan will direct his maiden film. Ajith Kumar acts in the lead role, whilst Nayantara, Navdeep, Suhasini Ratnam, Nassar and Jayaram also play roles in the film. The film, which has been under production since late 2007, has Yuvan Shankar Raja as the music composer. The film, produced by Ayngaran International, is set to be released on August 15, 2008 coinciding with Indian independance day.

Development

In September 2007, early indications suggested that Ayngaran International were set to make a film starring Ajith Kumar directed by Venkat Prabhu the chance went to first-time director Raju Sundaram, in a project titled Akbar. Despite denying the title, Ajith confirmed the project and stating that he had put on weight and grew a beard for his participation in the project. Following the success of Billa, Ajith Kumar waited till the birth of his first child, in January 2008, prior to commencing his shoot for the film. The 40-member unit consisting of Ajith, director Raju Sundaram, cameraman Arjunan, action choreographer Stun Shiva and a few stunt men from Chennai flew to Hong Kong on January 14, 2008 and began their first schedule for a 10 day stint.

The portions in Hong Kong were shot showing Ajith's introduction stunt scene set against the sky-scrapers, Hong Kong airport and the sea with the help of Chinese action choreographers. The crew will be shooting schedules in Theni and Ooty and various other locations in South India during the filming, whilst songs will be canned in England, Australia and New Zealand.^[5][6] The film, initially described as a "musical action comedy", has been announced as a remake of the Bollywood blockbuster, Main Hoon Na film previously referred to as Akbar, Ramakrishnan and Anthony Gonsalves is now titled Aegan, a name of Lord Shiva.

Casting

Following the announcement of the project, tentiatively titled as Akbar, Shriya Saran was rumoured to be the heroine, following her successful role in Sivaji: The Boss. However due to differences, Saran was ousted from the project due to her limited callsheets, as she had to fly to and from America where she was then shooting for her Hollywood film, The Other End of the Line. However other indications claimed that Saran was ousted from the project due to her involvement in Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan, in which she appeared in an item number; which Ajith Kumar was unhappy with due to previous feuds with the lead, Vadivelu of that film. Reports indicated that Parvati Melton had replaced Saran, but later denied it signalling that she was not approached. Suhani Kalita was announced as the second heroine of the project, but was later removed due to unknown reasons. Several Bollywood heroines including Deepika Padukone,Bipasha Basu Katrina Kaif, Ayesha Takia, Ileana D'Cruz, Tanushree Dutta and Sneha were linked to the role, as well as reports that Shriya Saran would reprise the role after making up with Ajith. role eventually was given to Katrina Kaif, who was set to make her debut in Tamil films with Aegan, however she later opted out due to callsheet clashes. It was announced that Nayantara would play the role of the heroine in the film, following her role opposite Ajith in Billa. it has been indicated that Namitha, Mumaith Khan and Rakhi Sawant will all appear in an item number in the film. In February 2008, it was confirmed that Navdeep would play a role in the film as well as Suman, who will appear in a villainous role. Malayalam actor, Jayaram will also play a role in the film, which will be co-produced by actor, Arun Pandian.

Nassar and Suhasini Ratnam were selected to play the roles of the parents of Ajith whilst Raju Sundaram's elder brother, Prabhu Deva was given a chance to make a cameo appearance in the film as a dancer. Supporting actors M. S. Baskar and Sriman also play roles in Aegan, as does newcomer model Piya, who appears as the ladylove to Navdeep. Yuvan Shankar Raja was signed on as the music composer whilst debutant Arjunan was given the opportunity to be the cinematographer for the and Milan, who did the art direction for Billa, renews his association with Ajith in the film.

Sultan: The Warrior is a forthcoming animated Indian film. The main character is an animated version of Rajinikanth and will also be voiced by him. The film is slated to be released worldwide in early 2009 with 3,500 prints (which is a record in Indian film industry) and will be released in English, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. The film will be produced by Adlabs (in association with Ocher Studios) and directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth, Rajnikanth's daughter.

Development

During the production of Rajini's Sivaji: The Boss, an animated film with Rajinikanth as the animated character was under discussion. Soundarya Rajinikanth also has fame from working in S.J. Suryah's film Anbe Aaruyire a couple years ago. Animation of the film is to be done by a Chennai-based animation studio, along with international specialists. The soundtrack for the film is being composed by A.R. Rahman. Recently, Soundarya Rajinikanth had traveled to Brazil for working on the animation of the film.

The Movie's new official trailer was released on January 14,2008. The running time of the trailer is 1 minute 45 seconds.

jab we met acted by shahid and kareena kapoor with wonderfull songs and an amazing romantic story is all set to come in tamil. With dhanush and shreya's hit THIRUVILAYADAL the two are teaming up again in the tamil venture of JAB WE MET. with both wonderful chemistry the movie would be a very big hit. dhanush after hit mega hits POLLADAVAN and YAAARADI NEE MOHINI is currently working for the movie PADHIKADHAVAN. SHERYA IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN kandaswamy and also in a hollywood movie..After thi both will join together in the tamil venture of JAB WE MET.....
HOPE THIS ONE BECOMES A BIG HIT ....

VILLU OFFICIAL THEME MUSIC.....GO BELOW AND SEE...LISTEN TO IT....
Illaya thalapathi vijay now teams up with prabhudeva... together they made a blockbuster movie POKKIRI which is now about to be released in hindi. Nayanthara is announced to be the heroine of the movie.However sources say that jothika will play a guest role in the movie.witth ayngaran producing the movie is planned to touch 50 crore rupees.prabhudeva when asked says that ,the movie will promise to be a racy entertainer.vijay is playing the role of a cool dude.prabhudeva adds that the movie is all a mysterious murder in nayanthara's family.the movie is promised to be a thriller too.vijay being a lawyer in the movie try to help nayan who gets into the crime of murder..while then he faces a lot of problems from the villan.the villan of the movie is played by Aravindswamy,a multimillionaire, who earned by doing service to our enemy countries...nayan's father nazar find its and he gets himself killed ..the whole crime is pushed over nayanthara by proper reasons..(which is said to be very carefully handled with thriller aspects).jothika acts as a police officer who helps vijay find the true culprit..The movie is said to be released on diwali.
comedy by vadivelu who is vijay's junior lawyer.
the movie set with all masala requirements to make this racy thriller a massive hit....
check this fan made teaser trailer.......