Director Ranjit Jeyakodi’s debut film was the recently released Puriyaatha Pudhir starring actor Vijay Sethupathi. The film was a thriller with romance woven in and had released after a long gap. In an exclusive interview with Behindwoods, Ranjit spoke about Vijay Sethupathi’s dedication. He said:
“In my film Puriyaatha Puthir, there is a scene where the protagonist stands nude within a rain coat. The scene had to be shot on a bridge with rain effect. When I narrated it to Vijay Sethupathi, he was ready to do it. He told me that it is true heroism as it was required by that scene. As we had planned, Vijay Sethupathi acted almost nude with just 10 percent clothing for that particular scene.”
A few minutes back, director Thiagarajan Kumararaja revealed Vijay Sethupathi's look in his next directorial venture. The picture had Vijay Sethupathi sporting a lady getup, and we hear from our close sources that, Vijay Sethupathi would be playing a transgender character.
There is also another new information about the film. This Vijay Sethupathi starrer's title was all the while believed to be Aneethi Kathaigal, but now it has been clarified and confirmed that the film's title is Super Deluxe. Director Thiagarajan posted the transgender getup picture with the tweet, "Shilpa of #SuperDeluxe".
Vijay Sethupathi will be portraying a character called Shilpa in the film, which also stars Samantha, Fahadh Faasil, Nadhiya, Gayathrie, director Mysskin and others.
Music is scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while P.S.Vinod and Nirav Shah take care of the cinematography. Super Deluxe's story is co-written by directors Mysskin, Nalan Kumarasamy, Neelan Shankar and Thiagarajan Kumararaja himself.