A couple of months back Gautham Menon had given an interview to a leading magazine where he had expressed his disappointment over an incident. He had narrated a story to Vijay which was liked by the latter. But the actor wanted the script to be altered a bit to infuse elements that his fans loved. For this he handedGautham the DVDs of two films as reference, Thiruppachi and Sivakasi, both films of Perarasu. Gautham in his interview had said that he was a bit upset when asked by Vijay to change his approach by watching two downright commercial potboilers. Perarasu evidently came to know about this interview and the comments. Now he has replied in his trademark commercial fashion.
Perarasu said that he was just an ordinary film maker, making commercial entertainers that appealed to the masses, films that were grounded in Tamil flavor. He added that he was not used to watching films from Iran, Mongolia, etc. at film festivals. He also reminded Gautham Menon that his films were heavily inspired by Hollywood films. He challenged Gautham to do a true Tamil entertainer for the audience.
This was a verbal duel between two directors who are poles apart in film making styles. An actor close to Vijay and who preferred to remain anonymous, commented, "Vijay was justified in keeping his fans in mind before agreeing to the script; after all, he just suggested a few changes to the script, not the entire story. A film that stars Vijay has to strike a balance between script requirements and star value, a skill not many directors have". Perarasu has proved that he can make commercials that appeal especially to the rural masses. But he is also guilty of overdoing heroism in his scripts, with the hero and more strangely himself being projected in a pretty larger than life manner which hasn't always worked.
Let's see who has the last laugh. In the meantime, we leave you with an open question, which would suit Vijay better, Kaaka Kaaka style or Thiruppachi style?
