Kamal Haasan's much awaited Hindi version of his Tamil blockbuster Dasavtharam is finally releasing after almost a year since the original released.

This mega budget extravaganza now titled Dashavatar is directed by KS Ravikumar has Kamal Haasan playing ten different characters, which by itself is a record of sorts. Ghajini girl Asin Thottumkal is in a double role and Mallika Sherawat also plays a significant part in the film.

The film, which took three years to get completed was pegged at over Rs. 100 crore and was shot in eight foreign locations which including America, England, Japan, Malaysia etc. In India, the film was shot in Tamil Nadu, Mumbai and Hyderabad. The advertisement budget alone took up a stupendous Rs 6 crores.

Kamal Haasan tells us, "If I start about telling from where we actually began Dashavatar it will take 2 years to tell you the story that is because every day, every word mattered. We started with just 25 days for the first schedule of the film, which had no shooting, no acting.

It was just for the make-up tests 25 days in the US. 20 days, 12 hours a day, and then 5 days of taking photographs. When we came back with the photographs, people believed more in Dashavatar including the producer, the director and myself.

Till date nobody outside of the unit has seen any of these photographs. To cut it short, to cut to the chase as we call it. If you want to get a glimpse of all the hard work we did, you will have to come and see it on the big screen."