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Vijay:
Go and just do it!! |
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They
say, success begets success. No where is
it more true than the tinsel world of Kollywood.
There are several stories of ordinary guys
who became stars overnight riding on the
crest of a hit. In an industry which thrives
on hype and carefully crafted PR dos, having
a string of hits is a sure passport to continued
popularity. Ilaya Thalapati Vijay was until
recently the man with the Midas touch. He
started out as a precocious hero but found
a new persona with Kadhalukku Mariyadhai.
He hit it big time with Poove unnakaga,
Thulladha Manamum Thullum, Gilli and Tiruppachi.
It created a halo of invincibility around
him. |
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Despite
a blip with Sachein, his Sivakasi proved to be
a marginal grosser. His much awaited home production,
Aathi, which was also touted as the acid test
against his long time spat mate, Ajith’s
Paramasivan, unexpectedly didn’t do well.
The film also faced some unsavory finance controversies.
All this set tongues wagging about how Vijay had
become a burn out, a case of peaking too early. |
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Vijay’s
formula has always been to go with a mixture
of everything - sentiment, action, comedy
and romance. This mish-mash worked well
for a while, but after the shake up of Aadhi,
Vijay is taking care about the scripts he
would choose for his next film. He had disclosed
in a magazine interview that he was not
interested in experimenting or changing
his screen image as he was concerned only
about the expectations of his fans. But,
the rejection of Aathi, and the conscious
attempt by his idol, Rajini himself in choosing
a fresh theme like in Chandramukhi, which
assured him a comeback, have set Vijay thinking.
He has only been listening to plots for
the past several weeks. |
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He
has begun to explore new directors and themes.
So far, he has okayed only Muthuvadugu’s
story. Even this news has been bogged down
by reports that Vijay had suggested some
changes and this was the reason for the
postponement of the film.
Although Muthuvadugu is director Perarasu’s
brother and Vijay shares excellent rapport
with Perarasu, Vijay would not proceed until
he gets the required level of confidence.
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Muthu Vadugu has sought the help of three
assistant directors of Shankar and with
their help is now finalizing the script.
There were also rumors that there were irreconcilable
differences between Vijay and Muthuvadugu
because of which the project could be called
off. However, the director denied these
reports and said that he was fine tuning
the script. Pooja for the film would be
held on April 14 at Prasad Studios.
So far no other films have been announced
with Vijay. His much awaited film with S.J.
Suryah, Puli has been called off after some
issues in creative department. |
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All
the happenings are well known to be repeated again.
Apart from this, Vijay has listened to stories
from Gautham Menon, Lingusamy, Saran, Vishnuvardhan,
Hari, Ezhil and Ragavendra Lawrence. But none
of these could satisfy Vijay for immediate start.
However, Vijay has suggested some alterations
to Hari, Lingusamy and Gautham’s stories.
If they agree to these changes, Kavithalaya is
expected to produce Hari’s, SPB Lingusamy’s
and Seventh Channel Narayanan Gautham’s
films.
Apart from son, father SAC also listens to lots
of stories from all wannabe directors. |
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Vijay’s
asking rate of whopping Rupees Five crores
per film has not changed as he is confident
that he will bounce back. He is taking precisely
the right kind of steps to ensure continued
success. It is in fact good for the Tamil
film industry that an excellent actor like
Vijay is taking the extra care in coming
up with a solid product the next time. It
needs to be remembered that recent hits
like Autograph, New, Chithiram Pesuthadi
or Gajini or Sethu for that matter were
all rejected initially by top heroes. They
however went on to create big records at
the box office. Vijay should be careful
that in his attempt to choose a story and
modify it according to his persona, not
to inadvertently miss a good story. |
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Director
Mishkin had a story to tell about how many heroes
simply refused to work in his film Chitthiram
Paesuthadi and finally his friends pitched in
as producers and Narain became the hero.
We at Behindwoods, wish Vijay all the very best
in his pursuit and continue to remain as one of
the most popular actors of this generation. Go
and just do it! |
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