While he came up with the Paruthiveeran script, Ameer’s initial choice of actor for the lead role was Vijay. But the combination couldn’t join due to many reasons. Had the union happened, Vijay, who was doing uniform mass hero roles, would have been seen sporting a role of a hardcore village boy, which not many would have expected. Considering the film rose to immense fame during the time when Vijay was facing a series of failures, it really is a combo missed.