The audio launch of Manicam Narayanan's Seventh Channel Productions' Vithagan was a star studded affair at the Satyam cinemas on Sunday morning.
The whose who of Kollywood were present which included biggies Harris Jayaraj, who came, despite returning home in the wee hours the previous night, after a spectacular live performance at Mayajaal.
The song release was held in a novel way, with a giant gramophone shaped contraption wheeled on centre stage and with each song disc in the shape of an LP record, released and received individually by two sets of celebs. So Harris, Gautham Menon, Ameer, AL Vijay and Vivek released one song each, which was each received by Amy Jackson, Madhumitha, Sneha, Dhansika, Iniya and Rohini respectively.
Joshua Sridhar, the music director, who has Veppam to his credit, was absent since he was out of town. Four songs and two trailors were screened. The film marks the debut of Parthiban's son Raki in a song sequence, and is a cop story, with Parthiban acting and directing. Poorna plays the love interest and Milind Soman, the villain. Singer Sriram has also acted in a strong role.
The gripping trailers were fast moving and slick and drew the appreciation of one and all. Manicam Narayanan welcomed the celebs and grew emotional in his speech. Parthiban said, "I am so happy today that I am at a loss for words. I want this film to be a huge hit as a gift to my producer."
Harris said, "I am very tired after the concert but I came because of Manicam sir. We worked in Vettaiyadu Vilayadu and he is very close to me. Joshua is very talented and I know him from 15 years. I liked his Veppam music a lot. I hope this film will be for Parthiban and Joshua, what Vettaiyadu was for me and Gautham Menon."
"A big victory is awaiting you," said Gautham. "I am ready to buy rights for some areas for this film," said Lingusamy after watching the trailer. The camerawork is by MS. The Prabhu. The celebs present included Suseendran, Na Muthukumar, Vasanthabalan, Satyaraj, Chran, Thangar Bachchan, Vetrimaran, Gnanasambandan, Dhananjayan, SP Jananathan and Chidambaram Chettiar.