The muhurat of Dhanam, the new movie starring Sangeetha, Prakashraj, Vivek, Prem, Ramesh Khanna, Ilavarasu, M. S Baskar, Manobala, Chitra Lakshmanan, Ashok Rajan and Mayilsamy, took place at Prasad Recording Studio this morning.

The auspicious occasion was marked by the lighting of kuthuvilakku by Isaignani Ilayaraja.

This film is directed by debutant G Siva and produced by Nandivaram Sampathkumar for Sri Nandimedu Chelliyamman Movies. Music is scored by Ilayaraja and cinematography is taken care of by Jeeva. Thotta Tharani is the Art Director and B Lenin will handle the editing.

Dhanam stars Sangeetha in the title role. She plays a revolutionary woman and this is a challenging role for her after her successful outing in Uyir.

A multitude of celebrities attended the occasion. Presided by Director K. Balachander, the event also witnessed a whole lot of celebrities which included director Bharathiraja, President of Tamil Film Producers Council- Ramanarayanan, President of South India Film Chamber of Commerce KRG, Radha Ravi and others.