SP Jhananathan, who died in
march of this year after suffering a
heart arrest, directed Laabam as his final
movie, and he won a National Award in 2004 for Best Feature Film category for his
movie Iyarkai. Laabam is a drama about social issues and in this
movie,
vijay sethupathi is a social activist who is fighting against the exploitation of a capitalist, who is represented by actor Jagapathy Babu.
Earlier in the month of
august last year, the trailer for the film was released, and already the songs 'Yaamili Yaamiliya' and 'Yaazha Yaazha' were released and ended as chartbusters. The film's trailer was unabashedly political and it has been crafted as a battle between a rich capitalist and the working class by Jhananathan, who believed in communist ideals and values. The
movie is getting a theatrical release as a tribute to the late
director SP Jananathan and this is the first biggie post the second wave.