Vignesh Shivan on being dropped from Ajith’s AK 62: ‘Producer wasn’t satisfied with second half of the script’

The young director says one should look at everything optimistically and that he is happy for Magizh Thirumeni, who is set to direct Ajith. “Whoever is going to direct the film… Magizh Thirumeni sir is a good director. He will be good. I think that you can’t predict whether things are happening too soon or too late for you. I might have gotten this film a bit soon. Sometimes we tend to jump the queue, and might get dragged back and be told ‘More people already waiting for it, so wait’. Here, only when a person loses an opportunity, another gets it. It’s like that. As I lost this opportunity, a super solid director like Magizh Thirumeni is getting to direct a star like Ajith. I would see it as a very good thing.”

Vignesh also hopes that he will get to direct Ajith in the future, but even then it will be for a script that he has envisioned. “It is not denied, it might be delayed. My first film didn’t as per my plans. Now, I am doing another film, which is close to my heart. I am in a happy space. However, imagine when I get an opportunity like Naanum Rowdy Thaan, and the hero asks me to change things and I succumb to the demands. If the film doesn’t work, then that’s a bigger failure. At the end of the day, it’s my story that saves me,” he said.