managed
by Sivakumar, Surya and Jyothika. The film
looks at the issue of child labour and children
dropping out of school. Based on a report/document
researched and prepared by the Agaram Foundation
(with CM Karunanidhi and Education Minister
Thangam Thenarasu motivating them), the
film shows Surya, Madhavan, Jyothika and
Vijay each taking a child to school. Each
of these children had to overcome various
hurdles (ignorance of parents, lack of motivation,
the prejudice of educating the girl child,
etc) and they do so with these four stars
motivating them to get an education.
In a function today, Surya screened the
film and spoke a little more about it. A
promotional video for the documentary that
had been shot earlier involved Kamal, Aamir,
Simran, Vijay and Prakash Raj speaking.
The day Aamir was to do his bit in the video,
he had that accident and the production
team was messaging him to say they would
shoot it later, but Aamir was already messaging
them to say he had already shot himself
speaking for the promo video and was sending
it on Beta to them. Surya thanked Vijay
profusely for giving his time. Vijay as
a rule, noted Surya, never goes out on Sundays,
especially after 4 pm. Surya had asked him
for one Sunday morning, but the shoot involved
two Sundays, and it went beyond six p.m.
But, said Surya, Vijay never made a fuss.
All the other celebrities, added Surya,
had been generous with their time also.
The film is directed by V. Priya, photographed
by K.V. Anand, with music by Harris Jayaraj.
Mani Ratnam helped Roshini and Thomas with
the story. Director Priya said she was thrilled
to be working with so many film luminaries,
and directing four stars at the same time!
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