The Music:
Lots of music directors found the script uninteresting and I was confused by their reactions. Worried by this , the producer said he will suggest names and suggest Mr Himesh Reshammiya and added on Ms Mallika Sherawat too as his suggestion.Mr Himesh did a wonderful job with the music when it was a time the press wasn't very supportive of him . He delivered surprises like Mukunda Mukunda and Kallai matum kandal which were big hits and wasn't like anything he did before. He allowed me to render the palandu palandu bit and added it as a overlap to his music. I was very embarrassed as I was conducting a group of singers here to record it and send it to him. We never worked together again , but he proved a point with his good work then. The BGM was by Mr DSP who was a bundle of energy and fun to work with. Exemplary points were when Naidu realizes Srinivasulu is Telugu where it isn't subtlety but on the top humor . We had so much fun working together that we decided to carry on the collaboration with him, the director and myself on to Manmadhan Ambu.
We did not have good budgets for any of the artists/ technicians who came from overseas as with the conversion rates it was much lower to what they would get otherwise , but no one complained. Everyone worked with enthusiasm and enjoyed the process of being a part of a novel project.
But going back on the memories now, Dasavatharam was a master class for me on every technical aspect . There were many masters to teach and learn from and cinema was the ultimate master and very forgiving when we failed in some parts, definitely more forgiving than the audience who made it a hit . I can say I learnt democracy during the making of this film. The project would not have been possible with just me , or just Mr Ravikumar or Mr Ravichandran or just Mr Westmore. It is all of us together that made it happen.