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Premalatha Vijayakanth says Captain Vijayakanth might appear in AI avatar in GOAT: ‘Let Vijay meet me’
Premalatha Vijayakanth revealed that Vijay has expressed his interest in meeting her and Venkat Prabhu has already met her son Shanmuga Pandian to get the family's permission to use Captain Vijayakanth's AI avatar.
AI-generated Vijayakanth to likely play a cameo in Vijay's GOAT (Image: GOAT poster, Express Archives)
Premalatha Vijayakanth, the current leader of Desiya Murpoku Dravida Kazhagam, has revealed that Vijay’s upcoming film The Greatest of All Time might feature an AI-generated version of Captain Vijayakanth as the film’s director has approached the family to seek their permission. Premalatha said that Venkat Prabhu has spoken to Shanmuga Pandian, Vijayakanth’s son, several times for his permission to use a computer-generated version of the deceased leader in the upcoming film. She said that even Vijay has expressed interest in meeting her for the same.
Speaking to Galatta, Premalatha said, “Venkat Prabhu visited our house 4 to 5 times and discussed the matter with Shanmugapandian. He had requested to meet me, and when I was in Chennai for the election campaign, I met him. He asked my permission to bring back Captain in the film GOAT using artificial intelligence. Vijay had also asked to meet me in person.”