It has become fashionable for filmmakers to piggy back on the lineage of newcomers in their films to add publicity to the film.

Even established directors are no exception to this rule; director Vasanth had claimed actress Suvalakshmi was actually introduced by Satyajit Ray as a child artiste in his last film.

More recently Kamna Jethmalani was publicized by director Saran as grand daughter of renowned advocate Ram Jethmalani similarly Ramya of Kutthu fame now known as Divya was introduced in her first film and publicized as grand daughter of then chief minister of Karnataka Shri S.M.Krishna.

The latest to join this band wagon is Sudharsana the heroine of Pa.Vijay’s Thai Kaaviyam. The directors are launching her as Satyajit Ray’s relative, whether it would give the film the necessary mileage has to be seen. In spite of all these claims by the filmmakers on the ancestry of their actors none of them have come out in the open about their facts.