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Ilaignan audio released
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi releasing the
music CD of the cinema ‘Ilaignan' at a function
in Chennai on Sunday. Actor Rajinikanth received
the first copy of the CD. (From left) Lyricist
Vairamuthu, producer Suresh Krishna, poet Vali
and Member of Parliament Kanimozhi are in the
picture.
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Sunday
regretted that even the educated were ready to
believe that one person could swindle a whopping
Rs 1.76 lakh crore of public money. Addressing a
function organized in connection with the audio
release of the movie Ilaignan, the Chief
Minister wondered whether an individual could
appropriate such a huge amount. Recalling the
days when he watched silent movies in his home
town Tiruvarur, the Chief Minister likened the
people's mentality now to that of those who
watched silent movies and believed the words of
the narrator that the mouth of mythical
Bahasura's could be 30,000 miles. “I was also
one among those who watched the movies without
questioning it,” he said, adding such scenes
could be created only in the realm of fantasy,
similar to what actor Rajinikanth had done by
donning the role of a Robot in the film Enthiran.
“We have realized that an individual cannot do
this,” he further said.
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The Chief Minister said he was
running a government for the welfare of the
poor, since he was born in a poor family. “Would
I have thought about the poor, if I was born
with a silver spoon?” he asked. Pointing out
that he had already donated the money he
received for writing dialogues for the movie,
after paying income tax, he recalled the days he
received salary on a par with actor Sivaji
Ganesan for penning dialogues. Ilaignan is his
75th movie. Lyricists Vali and Vairamuthu, actor
Rajinikanth, DMK MP Kanimozhi, hero of the film
P. Vijay, actor Kushboo, director Suresh Krishna
and producer Martin were among those who
participated.
