Film Talk: Sherawat plays ex-CIA agent's role in Dasavatharam

Mallika Sherawat plays a sexy ex-CIA agent in Kamal Hassan’s ‘Dasavatharam’, where the actor/director himself plays a record-breaking ten roles!

Mallika Sherawat was apparently so keen on working with South superstar Kamal Hassan that she agreed to take on a role in his next film ‘Dasavatharam’ even before she heard the script! Ravi Kumar, the director of ‘Dasavatharam’, reveals that Mallika will be playing an ex CIA agent. “She plays a bold, modern girl,” he adds.

He says that it was a pleasure working with her as she would report every morning at seven on the dot. “But one had to be professional since Kamal himself would reach the sets around 2.30 -3 am everyday! He would do his make-up for about five hours and by the time Mallika arrived he would be ready for the shot!”

With a budget of around Rs 30 crore, the film has imported a make-up team headed by Michael Westmore from LA. “Kamal has written the script, screenplay and dialogues of the film. We have Asin along with Mallika Sherawat playing the female leads. Kamal thought Mallika would be perfect for the role.”

Ravi confirms that there will be steamy scenes between Kamal Hassan and Mallika in the film. “If there is a Mallika, there have to be hot scenes,” he says with a laugh. ‘Dasavatharam’ will be a bilingual in Tamil and Hindi and is slated to release next August.