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at 4:15 p.m. today. The train was flagged
of by veteran director K.Balachander who
said that this was the expression of solidarity
to the suffering Tamils by people of the
film industry. Most of the 2000 people who
are part of this demonstration are either
directors or technicians. Some of the prominent
names who were spotted at the Egmore station
today includes Ramanarayanan, Bhagyaraj,
Editor Mohan, Cheran, Manobala, producer
Dhanu, R.K. Chandran, Pandiarajan, Santhanabharathi
among others.
The train is expected to reach Rameshwaram
at around 6:30 a.m on Sunday morning. Elaborate
arrangements have been made for the accommodation
of all the participants in the protest,
with around 450 rooms being booked. A small
meeting will be held at around 10 a.m. after
which a protest march will be taken through
the town which will end at a 100 acre ground
in Tillakkadu at around 2 p.m. The total
expenditure of the protest has been estimated
to be close to 15 lakhs. Bharathiraja said
that this was one of the occasions when
people in the film industry were setting
aside all their differences and standing
united for a common cause.
The event will however lack the presence
of the big screen stars. Vadivelu is the
only prominent actor who will be taking
part in the protest. The artistes are expected
to take part in a separate protest for the
same cause on the 1st of November that will
be held in the Nadigar Sangam office premises.
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