Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s 50th Golden Jubilee film is going to be an event. The star has almost completed 50 percent of his current assignment, his 49th film Vettaikaran, which is going to release for Diwali 2009. In all likelihood Vijay’s 50th film will be produced by Sangili Murugan, the veteran producer who gave him stardom with Fazil’s Kathalikku Mariyadai. It will be an emotional moment for Vijay and Murugan if they come together. Now who will direct it? The latest we hear is that five directors have been shortlisted to direct the 50th film. All of them except ‘Jayam’ Raja have worked with him sometime in the past.
The idea is that the star will go through the story idea of all the directors and then decide what suits his image the best before finalizing the director. The man who tops the list is Kollywood’s number one commercial director K.S Ravikumar, who will take up the project only if he is able to start and finish his Vikram untitled film for producer Mohan Natarajan by November. Next on the list is ‘Jayam’ Raja who is keen to remake the Telugu Nagarjuna super hero film Azad with Vijay. The film suits Vijay’s image, but nothing has been firmed up. There are three other candidates in the list- director Selva, who is known for making commercially viable thrillers, Perarasu the mass masala king and Malayalam director Siddique who wants to remake his Bodyguard with the star. The industry buzz is that finally it may be a dark horse who will emerge as the winner. However one thing is clear- Asin, Vijay’s lucky mascot is almost sure to do the film if she can juggle her dates.
