Mumbai, Apr 17 : Superstar Kamal Hassan is playing ten roles in his forthcoming Hindi dub of Tamil flick ''Dasavathaaram''.

Besides acting in the film, Kamal also wrote the story, screenplay and the dialogues.

With an ambitious storyline featuring tenaracters, ''Dasavatharam'' has contemporary messages encompassing concerns about the environment, science and faith.

Atul, Hindi writer of the film, said that the film cuts across the time and space.

"Ten characters are from different continents starting from America to India in different periods from 12 century to 21st century. So that''s the challenge of the film that it cuts across the time and space," said Atul.

The movie directed by K. S Ravikumar has been in the making for the last two years.

The film sees Kamal donning ten different roles from a Hindu priest to US President George Bush and also stars actress Asin and Mallika Sherawat.

Bollywood composer-turned-actor Himesh Reshammiya has scored the music for the film, his first ever for a Tamil production. (ANI)