Asin is a household name in Tamil Nadu. She is a perfectionist in whatever she does- whether it’s for a movie, still camera or an interview. If Kamal Hassan does 10 avatars in Dasavatharam, it is Asin’s 10th film in Tamil.
Your experience of working in Dasavatharam?
Dasavatharam shoot will remain close to me forever. I have shot maximum number of days for this film. But never felt that even once as I enjoyed every bit of it. I used to look forward to my shoots as the entire team was like one big family. Kamal sir was jovial always cracking jokes and making things easy for all of us. Ravikumar sir was cool and there is a lot to learn from him.
What is your role in Dasavatharam?
I play two characters- Kothai in the 12th century and Andal the present day girl. Both are traditional-looking characters completely different from what I have done so far. There is plenty of comedy. Andal is a weird, funny, cocky girl which is absolutely not me. If you look at any of my previous films, all the characters that I portrayed had a little bit of me in it but this one is different.
You have dubbed in your own voice?
Yes, It was not easy as the Iyer language and slang’s were difficult. But Kamal sir was so patient and helped me with my lines and saw to it that I get it correctly.
Do you have any love scenes with Kamal Hassan?
(Laughs) No we are fighting throughout the film; we can’t stand each other and are like chalk and cheese. But like they say, opposites attract and we fall in love but all that is subtly conveyed There are no duets or running around trees.
We hear that you have done some stunts and risky scenes in the film. Please comment?
Oh yes.. I enjoyed doing all the risky stunts for the first time. In fact I used to get hurt every day. I had to carry a heavy bronze idol of the deity and run throughout the film. It was so heavy and by the end of the day, I used to get bruises all over my body. I learned new techniques of stunts from the Hollywood stunt masters and we all worked hard to get all those action scenes correct including the Tsunami shots. But all that was great fun.
You look good in the stills. A typical Brahmin girl..?
The full credit goes to Gowthami who did my costumes and styling.
How do you plan to watch the film?
I would have loved to watch it at Sathyam or Inox in Chennai, but I’m in Mumbai on June 13, the opening day. I have already booked my tickets at PVR in Juhu, and will see it first day first show along with my parents. But I will definitely watch the film when I am in Chennai, a week later.
