Pokkiri, Prabhudeva’s Tamil debut venture (the movie was earlier directed by Prabhudeva in Telugu and was pronounced as a super hit) as a director starring Vijay – Asin in the lead suffered a setback here.

Pokkiri’s shooting was suspended here following the hero Vijay’s ailment in his eye. Vijay suffered severe pain his eyes during the flick’s shoot and was immediately taken to a private hospital where he was later diagnosed to be having a cyst in his eyes.