AT the launch of 180, Sharreth, music director of the film, had the audience in thrall with his speech. Held at Sathyam Cinemas, Sharreth recalled how he composed songs for 180, a bilingual movie in Tamil and Telugu, directed by Jayendra. “I’ve composed more than 180 tunes for this film. Perhaps, that’s the reason why Jayendra had titled this film 180,” he said.
Sharreth called Jayendra a very straight forward director. “He knows the taste of the audience and gets the best out of every actor and technician. Every time, when I compose a song thinking that it would be a great tune, Jayendra would call it a thrash after listening to it. It’s very hard to satisfy him and I’m so happy that I have actually accomplished it. This, I consider as the biggest award.” He started the launch by performing a few songs along with the singers.
Actor Siddharth, who is coming back to the Tamil film industry after a seven-year hiatus, said, “180 is a well-made film. I learned a lot in this seven-year gap. I’m looking forward to working in good films in many languages.” The actor also announced that the audio launch of the same movie in Telugu will be held on May 7.
180 has six songs and the Rules Kidayaadhu song, choreographed by Dinesh, was shot using a Phantom Flex camera that can shoot up to 2,500 frames per second. Balasubramaniem, assistant cameraman to PC Sreeram, has cranked the camera.
After releasing the audio, director Mani Ratnam said, “Jayendra’s creativity is brilliant. He will not give up until he reaches his goal. He is one of the few creative persons that I’ve met.” The audio launch also saw the presence of veteran cinematographer PC Sreeram, heroines of the film — Priya Anand and Nithya Menen, actors Arya and Jeyam Ravi among others.