Filmmaker Ram, who attended the pre-release event of the upcoming film Love Insurance Kompany (LIK), praised the film's director, Vignesh Shivan.
Hailing Vignesh's choice of stories, Ram said that Vignesh is the only filmmaker in the Tamil industry who can make films like Rajkumar Hirani. "Vicky has narrated the story of Naanum Rowdy Dhaan 300 times, and I have laughed during every narration. He alone can make films like Munna Bhai MBBS and 3 Idiots kind of films in Tamil cinema."
Recalling when Vignesh was on the hero-hunt for Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, he said, "Vicky told me that he couldn't find an actor who could narrate the story to every hero in the industry. I was the one who asked him to pitch the story to Vijay Sethupathi, but he hesitated, saying that he is stocky and he wanted someone who looks meek but makes believe that he is a rowdy. But I still encouraged Vicky to go for it, and then it happened. Actually, Anirudh was supposed to play the lead in the film. But that didn't happen."
With Pradeep Ranganathan and Krithi Shetty playing the leads, LIK includes Gouri Kishan, Yogi Babu, Seeman, Shah Ra, Malavika, Mysskin, Anandaraj, and Sunil Reddy, among others.
Music composer Anirudh once again reunites with director Vignesh for LIK. The crew of the film also includes Ravi Varman as the director of photography, Pradeep E Ragav as the editor, T Muthuraj as the production designer, and Peter Hein as the stunt choreographer.
Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan are producing LIK under their Rowdy Pictures, along with SS Lalit Kumar, who backs the film under his Seven Screen Studio banner. The film faced several postponements in the release date, with it finally set for a theatrical debut on April 10.