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Other veteran actors, Jayaprada, Nagesh, P. Over the course, of the production more supporting actors were added to the film, the first being Napoleon, who was signed up to portray a king in the film. The second lead female role in the film went to Mallika Sherawat, for whom Dasavathaaram was her first Tamil language film. įinally, the major female lead role was given to Asin Thottumkal, who was later assigned two distinct roles in the project. Furthermore, Shriya Saran was forced to opt out of the project by the producers of her other film Sivaji: The Boss, a film built up as the rival to Dasavathaaram at the box-office. Moreover, actresses Balan, Trisha Krishnan and Nayantara opted out due to date clashes. Actresses who were considered but failed to make the final shortlist were: Mumtaj, Kiran Rathod, Meena, Nadhiya, Kamalinee Mukerji, Nithya Das, Meera Jasmine, and Vasundhara Das.
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Following the removal of Balan, it was reported that each of the ten characters portrayed by Kamal Haasan in the film, would have a female lead opposite them. Vidya Balan was first signed up and set to make her debut in Tamil films, however due to the long inactivity of the film, Balan opted out citing date clashes with her Bollywood project. Between the announcement of the project and prior to the launch a year later, several actress were signed up, who then either opted out or were removed from the project.