MUMBAI: Director Rajesh M. Selva said on 7 October in Chennai that the single from upcoming Tamil thriller ‘Thoongaavanam’ is an advance birthday gift from the film's team to its lead actor Kamal Haasan who turns 61 on 7 November.

"We are releasing the single track from our film exactly a month before Kamal sir's birthday. This is our birthday gift to him," Rajesh told reporters in Chennai.

Featuring Haasan's voice, the single ‘Neeye Unakku Raja’ was unveiled at a star-studded event. In attendance were Tamil stars such as Dhanush, Vishal Krishna Reddy and Gautham Vasudev Menon among others.

Speaking at the event, actor-filmmaker Sripriya said, "It is so raw and stylish, I doubt if it is a Tamil film."

Dhanush said that his dream is to receive an award from Haasan, and also admitted that he is one of his biggest admirers.

Haasan, speaking on the occasion, said the film is a genuine bilingual.

"Unlike most films, we did not dub the film in Telugu. Each shot was mostly canned twice in Tamil as well as Telugu. It is an authentic bilingual that we completed in just 60 days," he said.

The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu as ‘Cheekati Rajyam’.

Scheduled to release worldwide on 10 November, the film also stars Prakash Raj, Sampath, Kishore, Trisha Krishnan and Madhu Shalini in important roles.