Dasavathaaram (soundtrack)
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Dasavatharam
is a Tamil language
film
directed by K. S. Ravikumar
and produced by Oscar Ravichandran.
wanted five separate music directors for the film, however the indications ceased when A. R. Rahman
was signed on as the music director.
Soon after Rahman left the project, citing that the producers of another big-budget film, Sivaji, refused to let him take part in Dasavatharam
, often seen as the rival to Sivaji. This rule also affected Shriya Saran
, who had to opt out of her role in Dasavatharam. Rahman was replaced by Himesh Reshammiya
, who with Dasavathram made his first foray into regional films. However the soundtrack to Bommalattam
was released prior to the Dasavatharam soundtrack.
due to his acting commitments was not chosen to fulfil the role as the background music director for the film. Despite indications that A. R. Rahman
would succeed the role, Devi Sri Prasad
was chosen, and also provided the music for the trailer.
in Chennai
, which became the largest audio launch for a film in the world. Prominent film personalities across the world attended with Jackie Chan
, in his first such appearance, being Hollywood's ambassador for the function. Other prominent regional Indian artistes such as Amitabh Bachchan
, Mammooty, Vijay
and Madhavan
attended the launch, which was graced by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi
. The event hosted by Shobana, was attended by all the artistes of the film apart from the producer, Oscar Ravichandran, who opts not to attend public events.
.
Dasavatharam
Dasavathaaram is a 2008 Tamil science fiction disaster film co-written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. Kamal Haasan, who wrote the screenplay and story of the film, stars in ten distinct roles, including the lead character. Asin Thottumkal appears in a dual role and Mallika Sherawat plays a...
is a Tamil language
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by K. S. Ravikumar
K. S. Ravikumar
K. S. Ravikumar is an Indian film director and actor, primarily working in Tamil cinema. He has directed numerous films ranging from comedy and drama to action thrillers. His film Dasavathaaram went on to gross $16 million worldwide in the first four weeks and eventually became one of the...
and produced by Oscar Ravichandran.
Music director
Early, on speculations were high that the lead actor Kamal HaasanKamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...
wanted five separate music directors for the film, however the indications ceased when A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
was signed on as the music director.
Soon after Rahman left the project, citing that the producers of another big-budget film, Sivaji, refused to let him take part in Dasavatharam
Dasavatharam
Dasavathaaram is a 2008 Tamil science fiction disaster film co-written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. Kamal Haasan, who wrote the screenplay and story of the film, stars in ten distinct roles, including the lead character. Asin Thottumkal appears in a dual role and Mallika Sherawat plays a...
, often seen as the rival to Sivaji. This rule also affected Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran , also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress and model. She has worked in several of the regional industries of Indian cinema, having acted in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films, as well as a few films in English, Malayalam and Kannada...
, who had to opt out of her role in Dasavatharam. Rahman was replaced by Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh Reshammiya is an Indian music director, composer, singer and actor.-Music and film career:Himesh Reshammiya was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat to Vipin Reshammiya and Madhu Reshammiya. He had his first success as a music director of the 2003 film, Tere Naam...
, who with Dasavathram made his first foray into regional films. However the soundtrack to Bommalattam
Bommalattam
Bommalattam is a Tamil film directed by the director Bharathiraja starring Arjun and Nana Patekar in the lead roles of the protagonists. The film is released in Hindi as Cinema and in Telugu as Rana...
was released prior to the Dasavatharam soundtrack.
Background Score
Himesh ReshammiyaHimesh Reshammiya
Himesh Reshammiya is an Indian music director, composer, singer and actor.-Music and film career:Himesh Reshammiya was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat to Vipin Reshammiya and Madhu Reshammiya. He had his first success as a music director of the 2003 film, Tere Naam...
due to his acting commitments was not chosen to fulfil the role as the background music director for the film. Despite indications that A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
would succeed the role, Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad is a music composer and playback singer in Telugu and Tamil films. His soundtracks have been dubbed or remade in several other languages as well.- Awards :...
was chosen, and also provided the music for the trailer.
Audio launch
The soundtrack to Dasavatharam was released on April 25, 2008 at the Jawaharlal Nehru StadiumJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is a Chennai stadium and seats 40,000. It hosts football , and athletic competitions. The complex also houses a multi purpose indoor stadium with a seating capacity of 8000 which hosts volleyball, basket ball, table tennis etc. The stadium is named after Jawaharlal...
in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, which became the largest audio launch for a film in the world. Prominent film personalities across the world attended with Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...
, in his first such appearance, being Hollywood's ambassador for the function. Other prominent regional Indian artistes such as Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
, Mammooty, Vijay
Joseph Vijay
Vijay is an Indian film actor and playback singer, who is based in the cinema of Tamil Nadu. He is the son of film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar. After performing uncredited roles as a child actor in films produced by his father, he made his debut in a lead role in the 1992 film...
and Madhavan
R. Madhavan
R. Madhavan is an Indian actor, writer, film producer and television host. Madhavan has received a Filmfare Award, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations...
attended the launch, which was graced by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi
M. Karunanidhi
Muthuvel Karunanidhi is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He is the head of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a Dravidian political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the leader of the DMK since the death of its founder, C. N...
. The event hosted by Shobana, was attended by all the artistes of the film apart from the producer, Oscar Ravichandran, who opts not to attend public events.
Tamil version
| No. | Song | Singers | Length (m:ss) | Lyrics | Notes |
| 1 | Ulaga Nayagan Ulaga Nayagan Ulaga Nayagan is a song from the Tamil film Dasavathaaram starring Kamal Haasan and Asin Thottumkal directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The music was composed by the Himesh Reshammiya, lyrics were written by Vairamuthu and sung by Vinit Singh.The song was inspired from the song "O Makhna ve" from the... |
Vinith Vinit Singh Vineet Singh is a Bollywood playback singer.-Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005:... |
5:34 | Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Ramaswamy Thevar is an award-winning Tamil poet and lyricist.Debuting in the film Nizhalgal with the lyrics for the song "Ponmalai Pozhudhu", he has now about 5800 songs to his credit as of January 2009. His partnership with the composers Ilaiyaraaja, and later A. R... |
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| 2 | Kallai Mattum Kallai Mattum Kallai Mattum is a song from the Tamil film Dasavatharam starring Kamal Haasan, Asin Thottumkal and Mallika Sherawat, directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The music was composed by the Himesh Reshammiya, lyrics were written by Vaali and sung by Hariharan. In Hindi, the lyrics were written by Sameer... |
Hariharan Hariharan (singer) Hariharan , born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu movies, an established ghazal singer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. His melody is strongly appreciated by the film fraternity... , Chorus |
5:28 | Vaali Vaali (poet) Vaali is a Tamil poet and lyricist who writes Tamil poetry and film song lyrics. Most recently he has extended lyrics for a couple of songs in Engeyum Kaadhal for the music of Harris Jayaraj. He has also acted in several films, most notably Hey Ram, Parthale Paravasam and Poi Kaal Kudhirai... |
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| 3 | Oh...Ho...Sanam | Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting... , Mahalakshmi Iyer Mahalakshmi Iyer Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi and Tamil songs. She has sung over a thousand songs in many Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada and Malayalam.-Career:Mahalakshmi made her singing debut with Dus,... |
5:31 | Vairamuthu | Picturizes Kamal Haasan as Avtar Singh in concert |
| 4 | Mukundha Mukundha Mukundha Mukundha Mukundha Mukundha is a song from the Tamil film Dasavatharam starring Kamal Haasan, Asin Thottumkal and Mallika Sherawat, directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The music was composed by the Himesh Reshammiya, lyrics were written by Vaali ,... |
Kamal Haasan, Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam is an acclaimed Indian playback singer. She is a recipient of the prestigious National Film Award and Filmfare Awards.Sargam has sung in many Indian languages for films, television serials and music albums. She is well known for her 90s Hindi songs and recent South Indian songs. She... |
6:32 | Vaali | Picturizes Asin Asín Asín is a municipality located in the Cinco Villas comarca of the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, located a few kilometers west of Orés. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 106 inhabitants.... Telling a story about krishna to the children |
| 5 | Kaa...Karuppanukkum | Shalini Singh | 5:06 | Vairamuthu | Features Kamal Haasan dancing with Mallika Sherawat Mallika Sherawat Mallika Sherawat is a former Indian model, now working as an actress in mainly Bollywood films. Known for her bold onscreen attitude, Sherawat has been frequently featured in the media as a sex symbol... in posh nightclubs. |
| 6 | Oh...Ho...Sanam (Re-Mix) |
Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya is an Indian music director, composer, singer and actor.-Music and film career:Himesh Reshammiya was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat to Vipin Reshammiya and Madhu Reshammiya. He had his first success as a music director of the 2003 film, Tere Naam... , Mahalakshmi Iyer |
3:47 | Vairamuthu |
Hindi version
The Hindi Version is titled Dashavtar. Lyrics in Hindi were written by Sameer, a regular lyricist of Himesh ReshammiyaHimesh Reshammiya
Himesh Reshammiya is an Indian music director, composer, singer and actor.-Music and film career:Himesh Reshammiya was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat to Vipin Reshammiya and Madhu Reshammiya. He had his first success as a music director of the 2003 film, Tere Naam...
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| No. | Song | Singers | Length (m:ss) | Lyrics | Notes |
| 1 | Duniya Ke Nayak Ho | Vinith Vinit Singh Vineet Singh is a Bollywood playback singer.-Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005:... |
5:34 | Sameer | |
| 2 | Om Namo Narayan | Hariharan Hariharan (singer) Hariharan , born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu movies, an established ghazal singer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. His melody is strongly appreciated by the film fraternity... , Chorus |
5:28 | Sameer | |
| 3 | Oh...Ho...Sanam | Shaan Shaan (singer) Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"... , Mahalakshmi Iyer Mahalakshmi Iyer Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi and Tamil songs. She has sung over a thousand songs in many Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada and Malayalam.-Career:Mahalakshmi made her singing debut with Dus,... |
5:31 | Sameer | Picturizes Kamal Haasan as Avtar Singh in concert |
| 4 | Mukundha Mukundha | Kamal Haasan, Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam is an acclaimed Indian playback singer. She is a recipient of the prestigious National Film Award and Filmfare Awards.Sargam has sung in many Indian languages for films, television serials and music albums. She is well known for her 90s Hindi songs and recent South Indian songs. She... |
6:32 | Sameer | Picturizes Asin Telling a story about krishna to the children |
| 5 | Hey Black Ho Ya White | Shalini Singh | 5:06 | Sameer | Features Kamal Haasan dancing with Mallika Sherawat Mallika Sherawat Mallika Sherawat is a former Indian model, now working as an actress in mainly Bollywood films. Known for her bold onscreen attitude, Sherawat has been frequently featured in the media as a sex symbol... in posh nightclubs. |
| 6 | Oh...Ho...Sanam (Re-Mix) |
Shaan, Mahalakshmi Iyer | 3:47 | Sameer |
Telugu Version
The Telugu Version is written by Veturi and Chandrabose.| No. | Song | Singers | Length (m:ss) | Lyrics | Notes |
| 1 | Loka Nayakunda | Vinith Vinit Singh Vineet Singh is a Bollywood playback singer.-Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005:... |
5:34 | Veturi Veturi Veturi Sundararama Murthy , popularly known as Veturi, was a Telugu writer mostly popular for his film songs. His career in the Telugu film industry spanned more than four decades.-Early life:... |
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| 2 | Rayini Mattrum | Hariharan Hariharan (singer) Hariharan , born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu movies, an established ghazal singer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. His melody is strongly appreciated by the film fraternity... , Chorus |
5:28 | Veturi | |
| 3 | Oh...Ho...Sanam | Shaan Shaan (singer) Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"... , Mahalakshmi Iyer Mahalakshmi Iyer Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi and Tamil songs. She has sung over a thousand songs in many Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada and Malayalam.-Career:Mahalakshmi made her singing debut with Dus,... |
5:31 | Chandrabose | Picturizes Kamal Haasan as Avtar Singh in concert |
| 4 | Mukundha Mukundha | Kamal Haasan, Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam is an acclaimed Indian playback singer. She is a recipient of the prestigious National Film Award and Filmfare Awards.Sargam has sung in many Indian languages for films, television serials and music albums. She is well known for her 90s Hindi songs and recent South Indian songs. She... |
6:32 | Chandrabose | |
| 5 | Kaa Kataguki | Shalini Singh | 5:06 | Veturi | Features Kamal Haasan dancing with Mallika Sherawat Mallika Sherawat Mallika Sherawat is a former Indian model, now working as an actress in mainly Bollywood films. Known for her bold onscreen attitude, Sherawat has been frequently featured in the media as a sex symbol... in posh nightclubs. |
| 6 | Oh...Ho...Sanam (Re-Mix) |
Shaan, Mahalakshmi Iyer | 3:47 | Chandrabose |