GAUTHAM: SURYA IS THE BEST OPTION
Gautham Menon’s Photon Kathaas Music label was launched by Suriya, Harris Jayraj and Yuvan Shankar Raja at the Music Academy Hall in Chennai yesterday (December 9th, 2010). The entire event, being the launch of a music label, seemed like a prologue to the music festival that takes place every December.
Gautham said that when he decided to launch this music company, he was set on having Harris at the inaugural ceremony to release the label as he has been his close friend and worked with him in several films. On Yuvan, Gautham said that he is a great fan of the young music director and would listen to his music as soon as his CDs hits the market; something which Yuvan did not know till then. Gautham added that he wanted to bring in a star from Bollywood and opted for Suriya as the best option. This statement received a reverberation of applause from the audience.
The function began with an invocation from Aroona Sairam who sang the song Kakkai Siraginile. Karaoke by singers Krish, Guru Priya, Haricharan, MJ Sreeram and others was the highlight of this event. Vijay Ebenezer was at the piano scoring the music. Incidentally, he is the music composer for the film Kandein, the music of which will be the first to release under the label Photon Kathaas Music.
On the efforts of his buddy Gautham, Harris said that he is happy that Gautham is re-investing the money he had earned in cinema back into it through his production house and now through his music company.
Almost all the celebrities seated along with the audience were asked questions pertaining to their projects. When the mike was passed on to Suriya with a question about his forthcoming flick 7aam Arivu, he said that director AR Murugadoss is a typical taskmaster who is keen on incessant work. He revealed that the 7aam Arivu shooting will go on for the next two months.
Sangeetha was questioned about her forthcoming release Manmadhan Ambu but she declined to disclose any details as she has been instructed to remain tight-lipped.
