“The quality of the tape cassette they gave me was pathetic. It was way below the quality of the pirated cassettes sold on the streets back then,” said Lahari Velu.
“After listening to it on more than one occasion, I kind of started liking it a lot. I said I liked the tunes of the songs, but the quality of the music was not that great.”
“I, however, said that three songs — Mari Kannu, Helkoke Onduru, and Sum Sumne — would be a huge hit, and the other two would go along with the storyline.”
For 50 days, they gave away 25 free cassettes for every 100 cassettes purchased. It now holds the fifth highest record of cassettes sold under the label at 15 lakh cassettes.