Rajinikanth remains an evergreen actor and his on-screen charisma at the age of 74 is truly inspiring. Recently, famous Bollywood filmmaker Vishnuvardhan landed into trouble when he termed Thalaiva’s iconic film Billa as a box office flop.
In an interview with SS Music, the director—who eventually remade Billa in Tamil with Ajith Kumar in the lead role—claimed that the 1980 release did not perform well at the box office.
Nonetheless, he revealed the reason that prompted him to remake the film in a different language with a different lead actor.
Vishnuvardhan said, “Do you know that the original Billa film did not do well at the box office? I was quite surprised. Then I thought, what do I like about the film? This was the gray character of the main hero. I said to myself, ‘This is a good idea.’
However, this statement did not sit well with many people, as it was untrue – the film starring Rajinikanth was actually a big hit.
Shortly after, Vishnuvardhan was called out by Rajinikanth’s manager on social media, who openly refuted the claim.
See the post here:
The actor’s manager on You can please confirm this with the producer of the original version, Mr. Suresh Balaji. I humbly request you to ensure accuracy in your statements to avoid sharing wrong information.
In other news, Rajinikanth recently grabbed a lot of attention after he shared the much-awaited teaser of his sequel film Jailer 2.
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