The news that Ajith is playing a cameo role in Sridevi's comeback movie "English Vinglish" is well known by now. He will be seen in a 3 minute cameo and this scene will be shot in Tamil and Telugu.
The producer of this movie, R.Balki is very pleased and admits to feeling honored to work with Ajith. Balki himself is a celebrated film maker after films like Cheeni Kum and Paa. He even won a National Award for Paa in the Best Feature Film in Hindi category. Balki has described Ajith as a mega star and is pleased to have Thala playing Amitabh's role in the Tamil version.
So, this will be Ajith's 52nd release and 2nd release in 2012, after Billa 2.