Agaram
Foundation,
an
NGO
formed
by
actor
Surya
is
taking
big
efforts
to
promote
the
role
of
education
in
the
society.
In
its
endeavor
to
create
awareness
on
school
dropouts,
Agaram
premiered
a
short
film,
Herovaa
Zerovaa
(Hero
or
Zero?)
at
Taj
Connemera
in
Chennai
on
Thursday.
Directed
by
Kanda
Naal
Muthal
Priya.V,
the
message
of
the
film
is
'only
the
educated
are
the
heroes'.
Vijay,
Surya,
Madhavan
and
Jyothika
joins
together
to
spread
this
message
forcefully
among
the
youngsters.
Agaram
Foundations
and
Ministry
of
School
Educations
jointly
produced
the
film
and
sponsored
by
few
other
commercial
partners.
Surya,
the
Chairman
of
Agaram
Foundation,
said,
“Every
initiative
at
Agaram
is
not
only
done
with
service
in
mind
but
with
an
inherent
sense
of
social
responsibility.
It
is
indeed
a
shame
that
we
have
not
turned
a
100%
literate
society
even
in
this
information
age."
Maddy
made
it
to
the
function
straight
from
a
shooting
and
delivered
a
short
speech
also
in
the
media
meet.
KV
Anand
is
the
cinematographer
while
Harris
Jayaraj
composed
the
music.
Sreekar
Prasad
has
taken
care
of
editing,
Art
Direction
has
been
done
by
Rajeevan
and
Na
Muthukumar
has
penned
the
lyrics.
The
film
aims
to
encourage
students
to
take
education
more
seriously
and
completely
reduce
the
dropouts.
The
film
was
based
on
the
statistics
collected
by
the
educational
deportment
on
Child
labour,
lack
of
women
education,
ignorance
of
parents
and
disinterest
among
kids
and
a
small
effort
to
aid
the
government's
initiative
to
create
a
classless
society
through
education.
Renowned
Director
Mani
Rathnam,
Roshni,
Thomas
and
personnel
of
'News
Broadcaster
of
Asia'
took
part
in
the
story
discussion
while
Nikhil
Murugan
handled
Press
Relations
and
Mitra
Media
precedes
the
publicity
designs.