Director Shankar who is known for path breaking movies like Gentleman, Kadhalan, Indian, Enthiran, Anniyan and Nanban is again setting new standards with his much awaited film ‘I’ produced by Aascar Films’ V.Ravichandran, featuring Superstar Vikram along with the gorgeous Amy Jackson. The trailer on Sony Music India’s YouTube channel has clocked over 2.76 million views in just over 48 hours, the fastest for even a Bollywood film, a feat achieved by no Indian Director before.
Commenting on the success, Ashok Parwani, Head South – Sony Music India said: “This is a first for us too, we have not witnessed such a huge pick up for any trailer. ‘I’ will set new benchmarks across film industry and we are proud to be associated with the magnum opus.”
The music launch in Chennai was the talk of the nation with Hollywood Star Arnold Schwarzenegger as the chief guest at the spectacle. The evening witnessed a bevy of stars from the film industry. Grammy Award winner A R Rahman’s music had the stadium of 5,000 fans mesmerised. Additionally the suave actor Vikram’s performance left everyone spell bound.
Weta Workshop, the company behind Peter Jackson’s film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, has worked on the digital make-up and background arts for the film. ‘Epic’, ‘World Class’ and ‘Technically Brilliant’ is what the entire industry has reviewed the trailer as! The addition of music by Grammy Award winner A R Rahman promises to make the film a must watch! Set to release in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam among other major Indian languages, ‘I’ will be the first Indian film to be dubbed in Chinese as well.