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The audio release function of Karthi-Tamannah
starrer Payya was held yesterday
(Sunday) at the Sathyam Cineplex
in Chennai. The event was expectedly
attended by many of the big names
from the industry. Payya has been
directed and produced by Lingusamy
under his banner Tirupathi Brothers
with Yuvan Shankar Raja scoring
the music.
At the event, anchored by director
Venkat Prabhu, the first copy of
the audio CD was released by director
Shankar and was received by Suriya
who was obviously there to support
his younger brother’s third
movie. Speaking at the function
Shankar was all praise for Karthi
and Tamannah. He said that the way
Tamannah was developing fast into
a lead heroine makes him feel that
she is the right one to take the
place that was left behind by Simran.
About Yuvan’s music, he said
that he had always been a fan of
the composer and that Pudupettai
and Manmadan were regulars on his
play list even today. On Payya’s
music, he said that a song reminded
him of the freshness that he felt
upon listening to the tracks of
‘Idhayathai Thirudathe’.
Suriya was very excited about Karthi’s
growth within a short time. He said
that all the work he had done in
ten years was achieved in just a
couple of years by his younger brother.
He pointed out that he was doing
one big film after the other, right
from his debut with Ameer, obviously
referring to Aayirathil Oruvan and
Payya. He said that nowadays directors
came to their house to narrate stories
and more often than not they wanted
to meet Karthi rather than him.
"It would not be wrong to say
that I feel threatened with the
competition from home itself",
he added on a humorous note.
Two songs and a trailer were screened
at the event. The trailer impressed
and the rushes suggested that a
‘road’ story with a
young couple traveling and having
a range of experiences along the
way. The songs too caught the eye
and the ear. However, the editing
of a song by Anthony was perhaps
a bit too much on the racy side.
Considering that this is the first
time in his career that Karthi gets
to appear neat and stylish (both
his previous movies he looked unkempt
and ungroomed), the pace of the
editing did not allow images to
be registered effectively in the
viewers’ minds.
Other stars who attended the function
were Mysskin, Silambarasan, Balaji
Shakthivel, Jayam Ravi, R K Selvamani
and Parthiban. Payya will be released
for Pongal 2010. |
