Dasavatharam

The past few days gives an appearance of a magical spell woven around each and everyone across the globe, leave along India. Yup! Be it the high profiled bollywood actors of Mumbai or a guy selling Pani Poories across the streets of Chennai, everyone is eagerly awaiting for 13th Friday. This isn't something to do with the sentiments of 13th falling on Friday, but the release of magnum opus of Kamal Haasan's Dasavatharam.

Tinsel town’s diehard fans are struck with disbelief by the 10 Avatars played by Kamal Haasan. An American President, Staunch Hindu of 12th Century, Scientist at NASA, A Chinese hit man, 110 year old grannie in Mandaveli, Pop Singer Sardaji, Naidu – CBI Officer, Nellai Annachi and don’t ask us for more? Because remaining characters are something that will not make you feel its Kamal Haasan.

With couple of days ahead for the film getting out of cans right throughout the globe, Find near You brings the exclusive preview of the greatest flick of Tamil Cinema.

Dasavatharam tit-bits

Viewers we are sure that none of the media channels would have got this exciting stuff about Dasavatharam. “Ascar Ravichandran promotes his movie with the fact that Kamal Haasan is breaking the record of Sivaji Ganeshan who performed 9 roles in yesteryear Tamil movie ‘Navarathri’, however there are four personalities in the history of World Cinema who have donned more than 10 roles.

Take a glimpse through the unveiled snippets about the actors who have performed many roles in each film….

• Rolf Leslie - 27 parts in the life story of Queen Victoria, Sixty Years a Queen (1913).
• Lupino Lane - 24 parts in Only Me (1929).
• Joseph Henabery - 14 characters in the Birth of a Nation (1915).
• Robert Hirsch - 12 roles in No Questions on Saturday (1964).
• Michael Ripper - 9 parts in What a Crazy World (1963).
• Sivaji Ganeshan – Navarathri (1964)
• Sir Alec Guinness - 8 roles in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949).
• Eddie Murphy - 8 characters in Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000).
• Eddie Murphy - 7 characters in The Nutty Professor (1996).
• Jerry Lewis - 7 characters in The Family Jewels (1965).
• Peter Sellers - 6 roles in Let's Go Crazy (1951).
• Peter Sellers - 6 roles in Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974).
• Peter Sellers - 3 roles in Dr. Strangelove (1964) and more.
• Mike Myers - 4 roles in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).
• Terry Thomas - 3 parts in Arabella (1969).
• Red Skelton - 3 characters in Watch the Birdy (1930).