The entire Tamil film industry is gearing up for a grand function at Paiyanur on the outskirts of Chennai on August 22, in which Chief Minister M Karunanidhi will launch the construction work of houses for film industry workers.

On Friday, Tamil Nadu Labour Welfare Minister T M Anbarasan and Information Minister Parithi Ilamvazhuthi inspected the site where the residential houses will be built. They were accompanied by Kanchipuram District Collector Santosh Misra and other senior officials

It may be recalled that the Chief Minister had allotted 110 acres of land near Paiyanur for construction of houses for film workers. The film fraternity organised a grand function to felicitate him for his gesture.

According to sources, the who is who of Kollywood would take part in the function in which the octogenarian and his government would be thanked for the ‘kind gesture’.