'Dasavatharam' - Stamp of Authenticity by the Academicians

Film making is of course a vocation meant for the highly creative people who can visualize, make stories, fantasize, go wild with their imagination and to some extent manipulate.

For the majority of the films released there is not much of a need to research and find out facts and clear doubts.

The reason is that most of the stories are a direct result of pure imagination and the script do not really demands an extensive investigative study of any kind.

As all knows the story of Kamal Haasan's dream project 'Dasavatharam' is a saga that travels back to the history right to the 12th century and then back to the 21st century the historical and scientific factors involved in the story of the film needs to be researched in an extensive manner.

So a team of acclaimed Professors, Academicians and Historians of IIT-Madras, Madras University, Tanjore University, Archaeological Survey of India and Department of Culture of Government of Tamilnadu were brought on board to help the team of 'Dasavatharam' by sharing their valuable experience and lend their knowledge for making the script more authentic and completely error free.

This was done not only for making the story of the film more griping and perfect, but also due to a reason that once the film is released, even small errors and misrepresentations can create controversy.

If this film can attract the ire of some sections of people who filed petitions against the film even before it got exposed to the viewers then we can just assume what will happen if some facts, historical beliefs or scientific truths gets really misrepresented in 'Dasvatharam'.

So seeking the involvement of all the eminent experts and through them getting the precise information which is needed for the giving an edge to the content of the movie can also be termed as a way of making a protective shield to bail out the movie even if any one accuses it in the future pointing some reason or the other.

It takes time, coordination and lot of hard work to consider the knowledge given by the academicians team and incorporate it into the film.

This shows the dedication and the urge on the part of the Team of 'Dasavatharam' to come out with a movie which can truly represent the word 'epic'.