Shankar had earned a good recognition as one of the best directors in India. However, he has a passion to produce films also and he used to encourage the talented technicians as directors.

This time he chose Vasanthabalan as the director of his film 'Veyyil' and that film was proved a big hit and won the critical acclaim. There were positive review from various newspapers and the media.

The film had completed centenary at various centres. Though the south Indian films try their best to earn a place in International Film Festivals, very few of them get an opportunity. This time, Veyyil had got the opportunity of screening at the 60th Cannes Film Festival. As the film is being screened abroad, the film makers gave sub-titles to it to enable the viewers the content of the dialogues and others.

It may be mentioned here that Cannes Film Festival is one of the best in the world. Over 30,000 movies would be screened and at least 1,000 directors, 5,000 producers, 4,000 distributors and an equal number of journalists from across the world would grace the festival to be held in France between May 16 to 27.

The title of this year's festival is 'All The Cinemas of the World'. According to information Veyil would be screened at 'Le Cinema DU Monde Theatre' at 6.30 pm on May 19.

The selection of a Tamil film in general and 'Veyil' in particular would remain a milestone in the history of Tamil cinema.