‘Nee Indri Naan Illai' has story and dialogues by Kalaignar Karunanidhi and is directed by Ilavenil. Starring Uday Kiran, Meera Jasmine and Karthika, the launch function took place at the AVM Studios. The Fefsi employees greeted the Kalaignar with much fanfare.
Stars on dais included Kamal, Siva Kumar, Vivek, composer Deva and so on. Karunanidhi announced the launch of the film and spoke. "When actor Kamal Hassan spoke at the function, he said ‘I've learnt Tamil from you.' Many entering this field are still speaking the dialogues I have written and attaining fame. From a child actor, Kamal Hassan is now taking 10 to 12 avatars on screen and attained a great respect in international film circles. He is one whom I have liked through his career.
One day, as I was writing upstairs in my room, my servant boy came running up to tell me a lady was waiting to see me. Curious, I came out to the landing and true enough, I saw a lady down there. I asked her who she was. Kamal looked at me and asked me, ‘don't you know who I am?' That's how realistic his make-up was in ‘Avvai Shanmugi.' I saw that in ‘Dasavataram' too. Instead of the characters themselves, I could appreciate the actor inside the characters. I kissed him in appreciation and took leave of him.
The core of this story (‘Nee Indri Naan Illai') is about a young man who says he is fighting for women's rights and empowerment. The results and knots along the way have been woven into the story."
