The year 2015 has not been so great for the diehard Illayathalapathy Vijay fans as the fantasy adventure Puli` directed by Chimbudevan did not receive the desired result in spite of stars like Prabhu, Sridevi, Sudeep, Shruti Haasan and Hansika in the cast.

A recent study suggests that after Vijay`s second innings which started with Thirumalai`, when in a year only one of his films releases it invariably fails citing the examples of Aadhi`, Kuruvi`, Suraa`, Thalaivaa` and now Puli`.

When Vijay has two or more releases in a year they both mostly become hits or atleast one becomes a super hit like Ghilli and Madurey` in 2004, Thirupachi`, Sachein` and Sivakasi` in 2005, Pokkiri` and Azhagiya Tamizh Magan` in 2007, Villu` and Vettaikaran` In 2009, Kavalan` and Velayudham` in 2011, Nanban` and Thuppakki` in 2012 and Jilla` and Kaththi` in 2014.

Basing on this sentiment the mass fans of the Illayathalapathy would want him to do more than one film a year and as far as 2016 is concerned Theri` is hitting the screens on April 14 and hopefully the Vijay-Bharathan project should be Diwali treat.