Nelson is directing Vijay in Beast, which is produced by Sun Pictures and stars Pooja Hegde as the leading lady. On account of Vijay’s birthday, he revealed a lot of details. Did you know that Nelson has seen the Vijay starrer Shahjahan about 18 times, all in the theatre?
He recalled ‘Pokkiri’ and ‘Poove Unakaga’ to be among the favourite films of his starring Vijay in the lead. His favourite Vijay songs include Aal thotta bhoopathy, Udhapoo, Adungada enna suthi…
Regarding Vijay’s reaction to Beast’s first look, Nelson said, “He didn’t say anything first. He is silent and observes. How will he speak about his own film? One doesn’t know whether he likes or not. He doesn’t react much and is subtle. It takes time to crack his reactions. One is left confused. After I asked him, two-three times, he said it’s nice only. He is a calm person off screen and doesn’t react much.”
On his favourite scene starring Vijay in a comic sense, he picked Friends. “That stretch involving Vadivelu falling into a barrel and Vijay alone laughing uncontrollably. It looks very genuine and that’s how he laughs in real life when he has an outburst of laughter.”