An expert at serious films, Bala has made a serious effort to make a light-hearted movie, and the output is `Avan Ivan'. Also, this one is a quickie from the National Award winning director, considering that he normally takes not less than two years to complete a film.

With Arya and Vishal playing the lead roles, `Avan Ivan' is produced by Kalpathi S Aghoram of AGS Entertainment. Music is by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while the entire lyrics are by Na Muthukumar.

"Working with Bala sir is like a dream come true for me. It's a longtime wish of mine and finally got fulfilled with Avan Ivan," says Vishal, who is extremely optimistic about the movie's prospects in the box-office.

Vishal's name in the film is Walter Vanangamudi and Arya is called as Kumbudren Sami. While the former plays a squint-eyed, the latter plays a rustic village youth and both the characters are expected to tickle our funny bone.

"Arya and Vishal would ensure that the audience had a hearty laugh while watching the movie. Such was the characterisation and narration by Bala. It is going to be a laugh riot," say sources.

Interestingly, this is not the first time for Arya to work with Bala, thanks to `Naan Kadavul'. He says, "I would like to work with Bala sir in as many films possible. He is such a great genius."

On sharing the screen space with Vishal, he says, "He is a longtime friend of mine and we were close pals even before we stepped into film industry. Happy that we are together in front of the camera too."

Explaining the reason behind trying his hands at a comedy film, Bala says, "My guru Balumahendra and Illayaraja asked me to shed violence and try something different. `Avan Ivan' falls in this genre. But at the same time, the film would have emotions too."

Heaping laurels on Vishal and Arya, the director says, "Both had worked hard for `Avan Ivan'. I sincerely hope that Vishal would get a fitting honour for his squint-eyed act in the film. Equally appreciable is Arya."