Shantanu Bhagyaraj is a hardcore fan of Thalapathy Vijay so much as to request him to officiate his wedding with Keerthy. His long time dream of working with his idol has come true as Shantanu is acting in an important role alongside Vijay in 'Master'

Shantanu has shared in a recent televised interview that he considers Vijay as an elder brother and shares with him everything from personal problems to financial troubles. Vijay has advised him that troubles are all part of life and he should never give up his dreams because of them.

Shantanu further added that whenever he used to sit all alone by himself, Vijay would come to him and tap his shoulders and make a gesture if "Everything is ok". In Delhi during the first day's shooting Shantanu has shared that he went behind Vijay and touched his shoulders and the latter turned to him with delight and hugged him fondly expressing his profound happiness on sharing the screen space.

Apart from 'Master' with Vijay, Shantanu is also acting in Mani Ratnam's production venture 'Vaanam Kottattum' costarring Vikram Prabhu, Aishwarya Rajesh and Madonna Sebastian. He also has 'Iraavana Koottam' under his kitty and is in talks for a few more.