Who is the next King?

Apart from the Superstar Rajinikanth, only two others have made the theatres as a festival occasion. They are none other than Ajith and Vijay. These two stars have been contenders for the next Superstardom for a very long time. I don’t remember how these two got into the track anyway. But these guys gave some good hits and they have created a name for themselves in Tamil Cinema.

Let us not go into detail about their hits and flops. Around 10 years back, both these stars were not producing any hit movies. They were content with success with one movie or the other. Both struck gold on several occasions having given smash away hits when all of a sudden, they once again traveled in the failure road.

After a series of flops, Vijay’s success rose with the release of Thirumala. I remember a headline in popular news portal reading, “Can Jyothika once again prove success for Vijay, who hasn’t been able to give away hits, like what they both did in Kushi?” After that his success was at his peak with the hit of Ghilli and he started giving runaway hits. Ajith wasn’t riding in success but he instead was riding on wheels for the racing, his favourite sport.

In my school, there used to be a lot of Vijay fans (atleast that’s what I thought them to be as they were ready to tease Ajith whenever possible). There used to be a very few Ajith fans and they were helpless. In my college, it was just the opposite. There are too many Ajith fans. In my first year culturals, when the audience shouted “Thala pola varuma!?” (Can anyone match ‘The Head’ (Ajith)?), I was wondering whether they are just supporting or were they real fans.

Vijay was continuing to give away hit movies while Ajith was not so lucky. But he was awarded with a hit for his awesome performance in ‘Varalaaru’ aka ‘Godfather’. Even then, his luck faded away with that single hit. Same luck faded away with Vijay even though his film Pokkiri was a box-office hit. Several television critics showed Vijay and the film in a bad yet funny light. Perhaps it is because of this I would say that Ajith reentered the competition.

Most of the stars today give punch dialogues but Vijay was blamed for doing so. Most of the film stars in the world are doing superman stunts. But Vijay was blamed. Even before the release of Vijay’s ‘Azhagiya Tamizh Magan’ (ATM), there were some messages that criticized the movie. If it had been three years back, the message content was mostly about Ajith. And also ATM did not run so well as expected. And more interestingly, Billa, the remake of superstar’s yesteryear hit, was due on release and it produced great expectations among Tamil Cinema lovers. I just then saw several tamil fans promoting the movie ‘Billa’.

Ajith surprised everyone with his interview to TV channels, as he normally doesn’t give interviews. It came at the right time just before the release of Billa and it added more expectations. Expectations didn’t fail this time, as Billa was a blockbuster hit. Ajith is on track again. He has promised that he would give nice entertainers.

I was shocked by the amount of messages criticizing ‘Kuruvi’ even months before the release of the movie. Perhaps they thought this is the time to revert to Vijay. This is what the fans have been doing when the stars are already let down by flops. This is where I would say, “Learn from Bollywood”, as there we could see top stars acting with each other. I don’t think there is any more chance here to see Ajith and Vijay doing a film together (for statistics info, they have done a film together).

If Vijay and Ajith had not criticized each other in their films, things would’ve been different. If fans hadn’t bothered about the race to superstardom, things would’ve been a lot different. Even Vijay had once said that he likes ‘Pithamagan’ movie and has admitted that he can’t act in such movie. He wants to give pure entertainers. So be it! Ajith wanted to experiment a lot in his movies. So be it! Why the people want them to be different? It’s not about who would be the next superstar but about who would give good films. Good films end up being a hit. Superstar Rajinikanth., the King, is already there and he is ruling and he would be the final king.

Who is the next King?

Apart from the Superstar Rajinikanth, only two others have made the theatres as a festival occasion. They are none other than Ajith and Vijay. These two stars have been contenders for the next Superstardom for a very long time. I don’t remember how these two got into the track anyway. But these guys gave some good hits and they have created a name for themselves in Tamil Cinema.

Let us not go into detail about their hits and flops. Around 10 years back, both these stars were not producing any hit movies. They were content with success with one movie or the other. Both struck gold on several occasions having given smash away hits when all of a sudden, they once again traveled in the failure road.

After a series of flops, Vijay’s success rose with the release of Thirumala. I remember a headline in popular news portal reading, “Can Jyothika once again prove success for Vijay, who hasn’t been able to give away hits, like what they both did in Kushi?” After that his success was at his peak with the hit of Ghilli and he started giving runaway hits. Ajith wasn’t riding in success but he instead was riding on wheels for the racing, his favourite sport.

In my school, there used to be a lot of Vijay fans (atleast that’s what I thought them to be as they were ready to tease Ajith whenever possible). There used to be a very few Ajith fans and they were helpless. In my college, it was just the opposite. There are too many Ajith fans. In my first year culturals, when the audience shouted “Thala pola varuma!?” (Can anyone match ‘The Head’ (Ajith)?), I was wondering whether they are just supporting or were they real fans.

Vijay was continuing to give away hit movies while Ajith was not so lucky. But he was awarded with a hit for his awesome performance in ‘Varalaaru’ aka ‘Godfather’. Even then, his luck faded away with that single hit. Same luck faded away with Vijay even though his film Pokkiri was a box-office hit. Several television critics showed Vijay and the film in a bad yet funny light. Perhaps it is because of this I would say that Ajith reentered the competition.

Most of the stars today give punch dialogues but Vijay was blamed for doing so. Most of the film stars in the world are doing superman stunts. But Vijay was blamed. Even before the release of Vijay’s ‘Azhagiya Tamizh Magan’ (ATM), there were some messages that criticized the movie. If it had been three years back, the message content was mostly about Ajith. And also ATM did not run so well as expected. And more interestingly, Billa, the remake of superstar’s yesteryear hit, was due on release and it produced great expectations among Tamil Cinema lovers. I just then saw several tamil fans promoting the movie ‘Billa’.

Ajith surprised everyone with his interview to TV channels, as he normally doesn’t give interviews. It came at the right time just before the release of Billa and it added more expectations. Expectations didn’t fail this time, as Billa was a blockbuster hit. Ajith is on track again. He has promised that he would give nice entertainers.

I was shocked by the amount of messages criticizing ‘Kuruvi’ even months before the release of the movie. Perhaps they thought this is the time to revert to Vijay. This is what the fans have been doing when the stars are already let down by flops. This is where I would say, “Learn from Bollywood”, as there we could see top stars acting with each other. I don’t think there is any more chance here to see Ajith and Vijay doing a film together (for statistics info, they have done a film together).

If Vijay and Ajith had not criticized each other in their films, things would’ve been different. If fans hadn’t bothered about the race to superstardom, things would’ve been a lot different. Even Vijay had once said that he likes ‘Pithamagan’ movie and has admitted that he can’t act in such movie. He wants to give pure entertainers. So be it! Ajith wanted to experiment a lot in his movies. So be it! Why the people want them to be different? It’s not about who would be the next superstar but about who would give good films. Good films end up being a hit. Superstar Rajinikanth., the King, is already there and he is ruling and he would be the final king.

Who is the next King?

Apart from the Superstar Rajinikanth, only two others have made the theatres as a festival occasion. They are none other than Ajith and Vijay. These two stars have been contenders for the next Superstardom for a very long time. I don’t remember how these two got into the track anyway. But these guys gave some good hits and they have created a name for themselves in Tamil Cinema.

Let us not go into detail about their hits and flops. Around 10 years back, both these stars were not producing any hit movies. They were content with success with one movie or the other. Both struck gold on several occasions having given smash away hits when all of a sudden, they once again traveled in the failure road.

After a series of flops, Vijay’s success rose with the release of Thirumala. I remember a headline in popular news portal reading, “Can Jyothika once again prove success for Vijay, who hasn’t been able to give away hits, like what they both did in Kushi?” After that his success was at his peak with the hit of Ghilli and he started giving runaway hits. Ajith wasn’t riding in success but he instead was riding on wheels for the racing, his favourite sport.

In my school, there used to be a lot of Vijay fans (atleast that’s what I thought them to be as they were ready to tease Ajith whenever possible). There used to be a very few Ajith fans and they were helpless. In my college, it was just the opposite. There are too many Ajith fans. In my first year culturals, when the audience shouted “Thala pola varuma!?” (Can anyone match ‘The Head’ (Ajith)?), I was wondering whether they are just supporting or were they real fans.

Vijay was continuing to give away hit movies while Ajith was not so lucky. But he was awarded with a hit for his awesome performance in ‘Varalaaru’ aka ‘Godfather’. Even then, his luck faded away with that single hit. Same luck faded away with Vijay even though his film Pokkiri was a box-office hit. Several television critics showed Vijay and the film in a bad yet funny light. Perhaps it is because of this I would say that Ajith reentered the competition.

Most of the stars today give punch dialogues but Vijay was blamed for doing so. Most of the film stars in the world are doing superman stunts. But Vijay was blamed. Even before the release of Vijay’s ‘Azhagiya Tamizh Magan’ (ATM), there were some messages that criticized the movie. If it had been three years back, the message content was mostly about Ajith. And also ATM did not run so well as expected. And more interestingly, Billa, the remake of superstar’s yesteryear hit, was due on release and it produced great expectations among Tamil Cinema lovers. I just then saw several tamil fans promoting the movie ‘Billa’.

Ajith surprised everyone with his interview to TV channels, as he normally doesn’t give interviews. It came at the right time just before the release of Billa and it added more expectations. Expectations didn’t fail this time, as Billa was a blockbuster hit. Ajith is on track again. He has promised that he would give nice entertainers.

I was shocked by the amount of messages criticizing ‘Kuruvi’ even months before the release of the movie. Perhaps they thought this is the time to revert to Vijay. This is what the fans have been doing when the stars are already let down by flops. This is where I would say, “Learn from Bollywood”, as there we could see top stars acting with each other. I don’t think there is any more chance here to see Ajith and Vijay doing a film together (for statistics info, they have done a film together).

If Vijay and Ajith had not criticized each other in their films, things would’ve been different. If fans hadn’t bothered about the race to superstardom, things would’ve been a lot different. Even Vijay had once said that he likes ‘Pithamagan’ movie and has admitted that he can’t act in such movie. He wants to give pure entertainers. So be it! Ajith wanted to experiment a lot in his movies. So be it! Why the people want them to be different? It’s not about who would be the next superstar but about who would give good films. Good films end up being a hit. Superstar Rajinikanth., the King, is already there and he is ruling and he would be the final king.