''All that I can say is Thalaivan Irukiran'' - Gautham Menon - Event Story

Today, Chennai witnessed the single, the 2nd trailer launch of Kamal Haasan’s forthcoming crime action thriller Thoongavanam, at Sathyam Cinemas. Apart from Kamal Haasan, the film features Trisha, Prakash Raj, Kishore, Sampath, Yugi Sethu, Uma Riaz, Madhu Shalini and others. Most of them happened to turn up for the short and sweet event.

It was a star-studded event with actors like Dhanush, Vishal, Shruti Haasan, and Gautham Menon gracing the event. Also present were some of Kamal Haasan’s fans who were screaming for their star from scratch to finish.

An action packed 2.30 minute trailer of the film was first unveiled followed by the screening of  the single track which featured the making footages. Then the celebrities were asked to share their views on the trailer and the single that was released.

Check out what the celebrities had to say about the film, trailer and also their views on Kamal Haasan.

Vairamuthu - "After watching this adrenaline pumping trailer, I am as excited like anyone of you to watch the film.” The legendary lyricist was full of praise for Kamal Haasan, sharing some of the interesting moments. He also added on saying “Kamal oru Tamizhil nadikum Ulaganayagan, his age is 60 according to the calendar, but to us he is still 30. Continue to entertain us Kamal".

Sripriya on the trailer- “Is this a Tamil film? It looks like an international film, awesome trailer.”

Dhananjayan - “Though the film was shot quickly. It doesn't look like one.”

Gautham Menon - “All that I can say is Thalaivan Irukiran.”

Vishal - "Kamal Haasan is an institution, he is one person who gives neck pain to actors like me, making us look back at him.”

Shruti Haasan - "The song sounds wonderful and I loved the trailer too! As always, I love you appa and I am proud of you.”

Trisha - "Thank you Kamal sir for the opportunity. He is one of the best human beings I know.“

Sampath - "I was initially scared of Kamal sir! But after the first day of shoot, it completely changed. The 15 days that I worked for Thoongavanam, was a very beautiful experience. And there is not a single day that went by without Kamal Haasan talking about K Balachander sir, that’s the amount of respect that Kamal sir still has on his guru.”

Dhanush - "Idhu Tamil padam illa. Kamal padam. International standards la dhaan irukkum, In the last few years, I have won some best actor awards but when I win an award from Kamal sir, only then my career will be fulfilled”.

And now coming to our Ulaganayagan, he looked super smart with a light blue shirt and ‘murattu meesai’. He individually called every single artist who worked in the film to the stage and shared one or two nice words about them. He further added, “Filmmaking is a team work. It starts with the light man to the cook. If one person messes up, the entire team is affected”.

The event ended with a thanks note from Kamal Haasan towards his fans, media and fellow celebrities who attended the event.