A dose of reality

With a number of celebrities on the dais, one wouldn���t have expected a debutant hero���s dad to receive the first copy of an audio at the launch.
And no, the hero���s father isn���t a producer or director! Subramanian, father of Mahesh (hero), is an employee with a theatre and it was he who received the first audio copy of Vasanthabalan���s Angadi Theru from director Balu Mahendra.
Talking at the function, Balu Mahendra said, ���A lot of realistic movies are being made in the recent past. I am happy that Vasanthabalan didn���t go the commercial way and chose to make Angadi Theru in a pragmatic way. He didn���t find it necessary to portray his actors as fair and rich people. He is also not running behind stars to do his movie. I hope the movie is a success ��� both critically and at the box-office.���
Director Thangar Bachan said, ���I am now doing a romantic film, but my interest always lies in portraying originality and practicality.���
Na Muthukumar, who has penned the lyrics for the movie, said that he has written a song on poverty.