Tsunami visual effect - Dasavatharam

Movie: Dasavathaaram (Dasavatharam)
Cast: Kamal Hassan, Asin, Mallika Sherawat, Jayaprada, and others
Direction: KS Ravi Kumar
Music: Himesh Reshamiya, Re-recording by Devi Sri Prasad.
Producer: Oscar films


Tsunami scene in Dasavatharam

The tsunami: The tsunami scene is one of the highlights of Dasavatharam. When does it happen, why and how? From the stills it does look like it is from the 14th century when the movie begins. How do the seismic waves originate? Some opinions have been floating around that it is the wrath of the Lord of Srirangam who had been drowned that causes the giant waves. But, looking at the above sub plots of pollution control and environmental conservation, a deeper message cannot be ruled out here.




Tsunami - How it is created?

To make these scenes look realistic, an artificial sea over an extent of two acres is being created near the fishing hamlet, Royapuram, on the outskirts of Chennai. Work on creating this set has been going on for the last one month under the direction of Thota Tharani.

It is said that "Dasavatharam" will be the first film ever to have such a set with an artificial sea and a few houses some distance away recapturing the devastating tsunami.