Can you imagine how it would’ve been to see the Vaigai Puyal in the shoes of Vijay Sethupathi in Soodhu Kavvum? Lovely right? Well, Nalan thought the same before he had to go to Vijay Sethupathi who splendidly stole the show.

KV Anand had initially approached Vijay for Anegan, but unfortunately the star actor had signed up films like Kaththi and wasn’t able to join hands with him.

Mani Ratnam had reportedly wanted to cast a debutant along with Maddy in Alaipayuthey and conducted screen tests with Vasundhara Das. But the role subsequently passed on to Shalini.

Atlee initially had Sivakarthikeyan in mind for playing the role of Jai’s but subsequently it passed on to Jai.

Sonakshi Sinha was the first choice for the makers for playing the lead role which later passed on to Pooja Kumar because of date issues.

The role played by Tamannaah was initially offered to Shruti Haasan,  but she had to let it slip because of her tight schedules.

Polladhavan team had initially approached Kajal Aggarwal and held screen tests. But later the role passed on to Divya Spandana.

Simran was approached for playing the iconic role of Ganga which Jyothika stellarly performed. She had to opt out because of her pregnancy.

Samantha was initially approached for the role of Amy Jackson in I, but she had to opt out due to various reasons.

‘Neenga nejamalume rowdy ah?’ How would have it been if Suriya were to be answering the question? Interesting right? Suriya was approached for the role of Vijay Sethupathi’s in KaKaKaPo before it was passed on to Vijay Sethupathi.