Lingaa audio launched in style
The audio of superstar Rajinikanth’s KS Ravikumar directed Lingaa was launched in style at Sathyam Cinemas on Sunday (Nov 16) morning. There was a lot of fanfare, bonhomie and the highlight was a crisp speech by the superstar himself.
The programme started on dot of time at 10 am. The entire Lingaa crew of director KS Ravikumar, Rajinikanth, Anushka, Sonakshi, Santhanam, Sudeep, Vijayakumar and technical crew of cameraman Retnavelu, production designer Sabu Cyril, writer Ponkumaran and producers Rockline Venkatesh,Munirathna and Nandu of Eros were there on the stage.
The special guests were Vairamuthu, Jagapathy Babu, director Shankar, Ameer, Cheran and SP Muthuraman. The notable absentee was AR Rahman, who was said to be busy with his international commitments. The programme was anchored by actor Shiva for Jaya TV, who holds the satellite rights of the film.
The programme started with a welcome speech by KS Ravikumar followed by an AV of Rahman, where he explained each song from the film. It was followed by the trailer launch of the film. The trailer is pure mass and has all ingredients of a Rajinikanth film like action, sentiments, comedy, glamour and punch lines. Sample of punch lines – Let’s begin and See you soon. Two song teasers were also played at the audio launch.
Later there were emotional speeches from director Ameer, Cheran and Vairamuthu urging the superstar to come to politics. Rajinikanth concluded the event with a short and crisp speech, explaining on why he acted in Lingaa. He says there were some health issues which created a doubt in his mind on weather he could act, dance or fight the way he did like old days. It was then that he came across Lingaa story through KS Ravikumar and Rockline Venkatesh his old buddy was willing to fund it without blinking an eyelid.
And he chose KS Ravikumar for his speed in executing any project along with world class technicians. There were lot of hiccups during the shoot of the film due to unseasonal rain, still KSR completed the film under 100 days. Rajinikanth remarked : “The Lingaa unit took care of me like a baby, and I was given sufficient time to rest during the shoot and everything worked out well.” Finally the Lingaa audio was released.