Director S.A. Chandrasekhar introduced his son Vijay in 'Naalaiya Theerpu'  which was not well received by the audience and the subsequent films too fared poorly at the box office.  To revive Vijay's career SAC decided to ask his protege Vijayakanth who was the most sought after hero at that time, to star alongside Vijay.  The Captain immediately agreed to help out his guru and shared screen space with Vijay in 'Senthoorapandi' which became a hit and took the young hero to all sections of the Tamil audience. SAC himself has revealed that Vijayakanth magnanimously allowed Vijay to have more wieghtage in the film and encouraged him.

Unconfirmed sources suggest that Vijay to show his gratitude to Vijayakanth has decided to produce a new movie with Shanmugapandian as the hero.

It is also said that the Thalapathy is personally listening to scripts from young filmmakers.  Well thats Thalapathy for you ladies and gentlemen.