The
audio launch for the third production of
director Shankar’s S Pictures titled
Veyil was held at the Prasad Studio last
evening in the presence of many prominent
people of the industry. The movie features
Bharath alongside Bhavana and Shriya Reddy
doing a role very different from her Thimiru
character. Pasupathi will also be seen in
an important role in the movie. The movie
will see a band of technicians making their
debut including composer G V Prakash Kumar.
Though
they are just making their debut,
most of them are not short of experience.
In fact, all of them have spent considerable
amount of time as apprentices to masters
of their trades. So their grooming
is not in any doubt, they have come
from safe hands and hence it will
not be unrealistic to expect a good
fare from them. Veyil’s director,
Vasanthabalan has been working as
an assistant to Shankar for nearly
15 years before this story came to
his mind and he got the nod from his
mentor to make the movie. Prakash
Kumar on the other hand has been a
close associate to none other than
A R Rahman ever since the days of
Bombay.
He
has played the keyboard for many of Rahman’s
compositions. So, the two are certainly pass
outs from ‘good schools’ and results
should follow.
That
is how it looked at the launch function
with Vikram handing over the first
copy of the audiocassette to Madhavan.
Vikram had braved high mercury to
attend the function and his discomfort
could be seen even though he tried
his best to be his usual jovial self.
Many of the other guests could be
seen enquiring about Vikram’s
health. It was indeed a good gesture
from the big star to make it to the
function launching the audio of a
movie of relatively smaller lights
in the industry. The other guests
included directors Lingusamy, Simbudevan,
Balaji Shakthivel, Bharath, Shriya
Reddy, producers A M Rathnam, AVM
Saravanan and a few others.
Two
songs from the movie were screened at the
function and one could instantly see the
stamp of the director very clearly. One
of the songs was shot in a rural milieu
with most of the song showing the pranks
and fun activities of typical village children.
The torn down cycle tyres, mango trees and
other small details had been shown to perfection.
The song seemed to affect Vikram so much
that when he spoke later in the function
he mentioned how the song had triggered
nostalgia in him and had created an urge
to visit his native place Paramakudi. The
other song also came in for appreciation.
Shankar was full of praise for the crew
of the movie. He made special mention of
the director and said that his style was
a unique amalgam of Manirathnam and Bharathiraja
styles of filmmaking. He also said that
composer Prakash Kumar had a great future
ahead of him and touted him to step into
the shoes of Rahman.
The trade too seems to have felt positive
about the movie and has bought all areas
for the movie. This seems to be out of faith
in Shankar’s skill to select the right
script and give it to the right person.
We can expect the movie to hit theatres
soon; can Shankar maintain his spotless
record?
