“I was completely helpless during the Thalaivaa controversy and the day the film was forcibly postponed after announcing the release schedule was the darkest day in my life” this is what Vijay had to say when he was asked about the delay in release of his latest film. The Vijay quoted here is the director of the film starring actor Vijay and Amala paul in the lead roles.

It is worth recollecting that Thalaiva was supposed to release on August 9, 2013, but the film’s release was postponed in Tamilnadu alone due to the handiwork of some miscreants. Later on the issue turned to take a political color and finally the film managed to release in Tamilnadu only a fortnight later when the pirated version of the film was flooded in the market. The film eventually ended as a commercial failure.

Director Vijay also recalled that his hero in the film Vijay expressed his regret over the incident. Kollywood insiders say that the actor gave back a part of his salary as a compensation for the losses suffered by the owners of Mishri Productions who produced the film. If that is true, Vijay can be considered as the only actor after Superstar Rajnikanth to have paid back his producers to cover up the losses. The Superstar did the same in the case of the film Baba which failed at the box office.