The audio launch function of director KV Anand's Kaappaan was held in the Sri Ramachandra Convention centre at Thiruvanmiyur on 21st July. The high-profile event witnessed a lot of legendary guests from the film industry, which included director Shankar, Superstar Rajinikanth and lyricist Vairamuthu.
During the audio launch, lyricist Kabilan spoke about Suriya's recent speech about the new education policy. He said "Suriya emerged as the Kaappaan of Tamil Nadu in real life whe he talked about our country's education system." He also added that "Had Rajini sir spoken about the issue, it would have reached Modi (Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India)."
After that, superstar Rajinikanth gave a speech during the occasion, in which he had said that "Recently, Suriya's other side was revealed when he spoke about the education system. I support and welcome the ideas shared by him" He also added "Surya has said that after witnessing the pain of poor students (Kabilan said) that had Rajini spoken this, Narendra Modi would have listened, but Modi has listened to Suriya already."
The whole stadium erupted during this moment. Rajinikanth said that Suriya must continue to do more films and concluded by wishing 'Kaappaan' team a phenomenal success.