The bigwigs of Kollywood including veteran directors K Balachander, S P Muthuraman, actors Kamal Haasan, Arjun among others turned up for the audio launch of the film Bommalattam.

The movie being made simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi is directed by Bharathiraja. The first copy of the audio was released by Balachander and was received by Kamal Haasan.

Speaking on the occasion, Balachander said, "The media reports about the betting going on about the punishment to be given to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt in the Mumbai Blast case has shocked me. I don't want to go in to the details of the legal issue. But what has upset me is the betting being carried out in this regard, since Sanjay Dutt happens to be an actor".

On his part, Kamal Haasan too expressed his anguish at such reports in a section of the media. He expressed his regret for not contacting Sanjay Dutt during his tough times.

The president of South India Film Chamber KRG, actors Nepolean, Vijayakumar, director S P Muthuraman among others spoke on the occasion.

Bommalattam features Nana Patekar, Arjun among others in the lead role and the movie has musical score by Himesh Reshmaiyya.