Ilayaraja and Big-B watch Paa

On Saturday (December 5) is the dot at 10 am Amitabh Bachchan kept his appointment with the music maestro Ilayaraja at Sathyam Cinema's Santham theater.

The director of the film and its Balki Cinematograph PC Sreeram were present on the occasion.

Big B was in Chennai to show his Balki directed Paa, Which is released worldwide Friday to rave critical Acclaim and fantastic opening day one.

FEFSI had arranged a grand reception Thurs their 'Big Boss', as 24 unions representing various facets of film making presented Mr. Bachchan with 'Ponnadas' and flower bouquets.

Speaking on the occasion Amitabh Bachchan said: "I love Chennai where I have made a lot of my films. The kind of discipline you see in Chennai is not there in Mumbai. Today technicians from south have made it big in Hindi cinema. In Paa, 60 percent of the people who worked in the film like director Balki, Cameraman PC Sriram, Heroine Vidya Balan and above all the maestro Ilayaraja and a few other technicians are Tamils. "

AB went out of his way to wax eloquent about Raja sir, who was in an excellent mood and reciprocated the mega star's praises by saying in English: "Amitji is the heart and Seoul of Paa, who has lived the role of Auro and is absolutely fantastic. The screenplay of Balki based on a short and simple story is brilliant. "

Paa was later screened for the guests at the function.

Among the stars who came too greet Big-B were Bharath, Jayam Ravi, Jeeva, Narain, Sibiraj, Shaam, Manobala, Kushboo, Roja, Sandhya, Poornima Bhagyaraj, directors Mysskin, Vikram, RK Selvamani, VC Guhanathan, PO Box Thenappan, L Suresh, Perarasu etc.

Ilayaraja and Big-B watch Paa