RJ Balaji Meets Vijay After Revealing He Was The First Choice for Karuppu: ‘Same Warmth, Kindness’

Karuppu director RJ Balaji recently met actor-turned-politician Vijay, and shared pictures from their meeting. This comes days after he revealed that Karuppu, starring Suriya and Trisha Krishnan, was originally written with Vijay in mind, and was intended as his final screen appearance before entering politics. Now, sharing photos from their recent meeting, RJ Balaji shared that it feels unreal to meet him now as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

RJ Balaji Shares Pictures From Meeting With Vijay

RJ Balaji took to his Instagram to share photos from his meeting with Vijay. In his caption, he praised the actor-turned-politician, and said that he greeted him with the same warmth and kindness. “With the man who started it all for #Karuppu !!! Wow…! Feels unreal to meet him now as the honourable Chief

Minister of Tamil nadu !! Same love, warmth, kindness and calmness…!!! Thank you for everything dearest Vijay sir,” he wrote. Check out the post below!

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When RJ Balaji Revealed Vijay Was First Choice For Karuppu

A few days ago, in a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter India, RJ Balaji said that Karuppu was originally written for Vijay. “This was supposed to be his last film, so we had two or three meetings which went on for some time, discussing things like him entering politics and taking a call as to which film to make as his last film,” he said.

However, Vijay eventually backed out from the project. Balaji said he accepted the decision respectfully, and that he understood and appreciated Vijay’s reasons. “I felt his reasons were justified, I said, ‘Sir, I absolutely respect your decision, thank you so much.’ because by that time I had narrated two films to him when he asked me if I had something. I thought this was a big respect he gave for my work and my creativity,” he said. Following Vijay’s exit, the project eventually went to Suriya.

Apart from Suriya and Trisha, Karuppu also stars Indrans, Natty Subramaniam, Swasika, Sshivada, Anagha Maaya Ravi and Supreeth Reddy in key roles. RJ Balaji has also acted in the film and plays the antagonist. The film was released in theatres on May 15.