Villu is not a James Bond movie, Vijay - Press Meet

With the red carpet being rolled out for the Vijay starrer Pongal release Villu; the producers convened a press meet at Hotel Green Park, Chennai. Vijay, Prabhu Deva, Devi Sri Prasad, Ayngaran's Executive Producer Arun Pandiyan and Karunamurthy were present in the event.Villu is Vijay's second association
with Prabhu Deva, who mentioned that it was enjoyable working with the dancer turned actor turned director. "This is one of the most expensive film in my career. Although I don't agree with the popular belief that Villu is on par with James Bond movies, I would like to leave it to public opinion," Vijay averred. He also revealed that he nicknamed Prabhu Deva, The Magician on the sets. "He took me to Switzerland for a song and made me do my own body double - that is made me pose as different persons in a single song," he said. Vijay also mentioned that such magic sequences are dime a dozen in the movie. Vijay also thanked cinematographer Ravi Varman for showing his handsome side. "If you thought I looked handsome in the movie than my previous ones, it should be attributed to Ravi," he stated. While Devi Sri's songs are sure shot chartbusters, his rerecording will be on par with Ilayaraja's works, Vijay noted.On his 50th movie, Vijay said that he wished Villu to be his 50th venture. "I'm really not going to pay attention to the number. I will listen to script for my 50th movie as I would for any other venture," he added.Prabhu Deva, in his address, hailed the producer for being liberal enough to attend to the movie's requirements. "I doubt if anybody would get such producers. I never heard no as an answer for anything from them," he declared. He also admitted to have made Vijay toil with his complex dance movements necessary for the movie. He asserted that Villu would be the most stylish movie in Vijay's career. While he reflected Vijay's thoughts about Devi Sri Prasad, he also mentioned that the music is bang on, just the way he expected for the movie. And on Nayan, he assured that she is multi-talented.

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