This is one film that has been repeatedly making headlines for controversies. The latest rumor is that the director of this Vikram starrer, Kannan, has been replaced by Gandhikrishna, who repeatedly penned the script of the film.

Rumor mills had it that the makers aren’t satisfied with the rushes and want to start from scratch again with Gandhikrishna on board. When a media firm approached Gandhikrishna he expressed that the makers have approached him and he will go ahead with helming the film is Vikram’s dates & other things fall in place.

But at the same time, Kannan has it that he is still helming the film and it will resume shooting once Vikram is free of commitments! The makers have also confirmed that Kannan is still the director of the project and that cinematographer Karthik has been replaced with Randy aka Rathnavelu and that the crew has undergone a change.

Although this period cum contemporary movie went on floors more than a year back only 25 % of the shoot has been wrapped and the cast and crew have carried on with other projects.

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