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Atlee in a career spanning a decade has directed just five films. He made his debut with Nayanthara-starrer Raja Rani in 2013. In 2016, he collaborated with Thalapathy Vijay for Theri. Vijay then became a constant collaborator with the young director and they went to make Mersal (2017), and Bigil (2019). All of these films did extremely well at the box office upon its release, most of them becoming the highest-grossing Tamil films of the respective years. The success was followed by the 2023 film Jawan, starring Shah Rukh Khan. This also marked the debut of Atlee in Bollywood.
The director has now turned producer for Varun Dhawan’s Baby John. To promote the film, the crew arrived on the sets of The Great Indian Kapil Show, where they shared some fun facts and anecdotes.
As soon as the cast arrived, Varun Dhawan asked Kapil Sharma, “Paaji, are you going to speak in Punjabi, and Atlee sir in Tamil?” The actor joked about the two personalities not knowing their respective languages.
To this, Kapil wittily replies, “You know, in today’s scenario, there are subtitles, man.”
Atlee, who is from Tamil Nadu added, “Bro, I have directed an entire film without knowing the language.”
During the conversation, Kapil Sharma also shared an interesting fact about the director. He said, “Let me share a fact about Atlee sir. He did Jawan with Shah Rukh Khan, the film made so much money that SRK became the highest taxpayer of 2023 to 2024 in our industry. Before that, Atlee did a couple of films with Thalapathy Vijay, last year, Vijay was the second-highest taxpayer in the industry.”
Speaking about the pattern, Kapil quipped, “Now, Varun is working with him. Did you actually want to do action or become one of the highest taxpayers in the industry, Varun?”
To this, the actor smartly replied, “Sir, all I wanted was a little space in people’s hearts. And with Atlee sir by your side, you can win over anyone’s heart because he truly knows the pules of the masses.”
Atlee, who is known for his humour, reacted to the facts listed by Kapil and said, “Sir, hereafter, whichever hero I am going to meet, I am going to tell them, ‘You will be the highest taxpayer.’ I think government should support me, I bring a lot of tax money to the country.”
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