Something to
chew about!
Ajit is jittery seeing the success of Vikram and his Gemini. Ajit,
who had popularised `rowdy' tales in Tamil films, feels that
Vikram is grabbing the action-hero mantle from him. But Ajit's `rowdy'
films like Amarkalam, Dheena and Red put together will not come
anywhere near the box-office collection of Vikram's Gemini !
Ajit himself has to be blamed for Vkram's current superstardom.
Gemini was first offered to Ajit on a platter by director Saran,
who even told him about that great item number "O Podu.". In fact
Ajit shot for Saran's Erumugham for a week and then lost interest
in the project. Ajit's `Man Friday', S.S.Chakravarthy convinced
him that he has a more exciting rowdy story called Red which would
make him the next Rajnikanth! So he walked out of Saran's film and
did Red, which has the dubious distinction of being this year's
biggest box office dud! Saran later reworked Erumugham, and with
AVM's backing came out with that blockbuster, which made Vikram a
superstar.
Now wiser Ajit, is trying to work to his strength in his new film
Raja which is a soft romantic entertainer. To outbeat the
popularity of "O..Podu." song, Ajit, director Ezhil and music
director S.A.Rajkumar has come out with a fast peppy item number-"Vattilagundu
.Vettila.." which is sure to send his fans into a frenzy. So Ajit
has something to chew about.