The popular celebrities of Tamil gathered for the audio launch of ‘Sakkarakatti’, produced by Kalaipuli S Thanu.

The movie features Bhagyaraj's son Shanthanu and Vedika in the lead roles. A R Rahman has scored the music and is directed by debutant Kala Prabhu, son of Kalapuli S Thanu.

Speaking on the occasion, director-actor Bhagyaraj urged the actors to respect assistant and associate directors.

'According to reports, a disturbing trend prevails in Kollywood today as the popular actors are determined to do movies only for popular film-makers. Had I not been encouraged by directors like Bharathiraja, I would not make it this far. The talent matters and not the experience'.

The function was attended by K Balachander, Bharathiraja, S P Muthuraman, S A Chandrasekar, Dharani, Vikraman, K S Ravikumar, Murugadoss, Ameer, Soundarya Rajinikanth among others

The album has five songs which includes a couple of songs inspired by Rahman's composition from his Hindi film Meenakshi (Chinama Chilakama).

Two songs were screened on the occasion. The first copy was released by Rahman's mother and was received by the artistes and technicians of ‘Sakkarakatti’.

Speaking on the occasion, Rahman said, 'when Kalaprabhu approached me to work in ‘Sakkarakatti’, I declined the offer as I was really busy. But Kalaprabhu insisted that I should work in the movie'.

Tamil Film Producer Council president Rama Narayanan also spoke on the occasion.