Jackie Chan, the elusive action king of Hollywood became the real hero at the Dasavatharam audio launch held at Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. The dinitaries included Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi, Amitabh Bachchan, Mammootty, Vijay, Hema Malini, Jayaprada, Mallika Sherawat and Asin.

Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi launched the audio along with Jackie, V.Shridhar, elder brother of producer Ravichandran and the face of Oscar Films and Kamal Hassan the hero of the film. Oscar Ravichandran, as a policy does not attend his own functions nor does he get photographed!

Oscar Ravichandran’s decision to invite the Hollywood action hero Jackie Chan paid off handsomely. He was the “live wire” like in his films and made the evening enjoyable. The audience simply loved his simplicity, smile, speech and mannerisms.

Mallika Sherawat was clinging on to Chan throughout the evening and was his biggest moral support. In a black figure hugging dress she was the cynosure of all eyes. There was tremendous chemistry between Jackie and Mallika. She helped him in his pronunciation of difficult words and Indian names during his speech.

K.S.Ravikumar gave a lengthy welcome speech followed by all the guests. Amitabh Bachchan was dignity personified and gave a stirring speech: “Chennai is very special to me as I got my first National Award here for Saath Hindustani from the M.Karunanidhi who was the then Chief Minister. And now years later, I am here again sharing the dais with him. He also added in the end: “Every time actor Kamal Haasan’s name is said, I notice the excitement of the audience. So I end my speech saying “Kamal Haasan… Kamal Haasan…”

Vijay gave an unusual lengthy speech about his adnmiartion for Jackie Chan and his stunts. He thanked Oscar Ravi for inviting him with veteran actors Kamal, Big B and Mamootty. Jaya Prada looked stunning and she praised Kamal, and Dasavatharam unit. She plays one of the characters in the film. Asin looked angelic in a white& green salwar- kameez, a Manish Malhotra creation, which she got specially done for the evening. Her speech was short and sweet. Hema Malini said a few words in Tamil an confirmed that she will be a part of Kamal’s next film Marmayogi.

Kamal Haasan spoke in Tamil to the audiences about Dasavatharam and later in English so that Jackie could follow it. He said: “I used to always envy you and had 32 fractures in my career trying to emulate your stunts. I am meeting you for the first time and your simplicity is amazing. I have started a new friendship with you from today”.

Jackie took help from Mallika while he spoke about Oscar Ravichandran and his association with him. He also said that he will do a film with Kamal in future. Chief Minister Karunanidhi praised Jackie to the skies and also added: “All are big stars here and I am the only ordinary person on the dais”. TFPC president Ramanarayanan, Oscar Shridhar and Sony BMG chief also gave brief speeches.