Pradeep Antony is well known to Tamil audiences after his impressive performances in the movies 'Aruvi', 'Vaazhil' and 'DaDa'. However he found widespread fame after participating in the ongoing 'Bigg Boss Tamil 7' from which he was controversially eliminated with a red card.

Female contestants headed by Maya alleged that Pradeep was not safe for women in the house. Host Kamal Haasan has also received severe backlash from netizens for not giving a chance to Pradeep to explain himself and hastily and literally throwing him out of the show.

Pradeep hinted on social media that the producers Endemol Shine are in touch with him to negotiate his return to 'Bigg Boss Tamil 7' through wild card. But he later confirmed that the deal did not go through as his demands for removing two contestants through red card for making false allegations against him.

Now news has come in that Vijay TV has decided to give Pradeep Antony a much bigger break than 'Bigg Boss'. The actor had expressed in several interviews that it is his long time dream to direct a film. It is said that the officials of Disney Plus Hotstar a sister concern of Vijay TV has offered Pradeep a chance to direct a web series and he has started working on the script.

Netizens are commenting tha Vijay TV turned Pradeep's life upside down thanks to the red card issue on 'BB7' and now the same concern has provided an opportunity to him to fulfill his long time dream and ambition.