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| Vijay - On his latest movie 'Friends' |
Vijay has been quite busy for the past four months. This time he was on an errand of white washing the palatial Kushaldas Gardens in Chennai for his new film, Friends. A much expected and eagerly awaited release after
'Kushi'.
 'Friends is a remake of a Malayalam super-duper. My roles in 'Kadhalukku Mariyadai' and 'Kannukkul Nilavu', directed by Fasil, brought out my ability to handle somewhat unusual characters. And, now I have a chance to prove my worth under Siddique, the famous Malayalam director, in 'Friends,' which incidentally is my 25th movie,' beamed Vijay, with his eyes twinkling as usual. More over, this film is made by Appachchan, the celebrated producer of Malayalam films. 'Friends' is one of those movies categorised as 'a whole length comedy' in the celluloid-parlance.
Vijay's excitement shows on his face. Quite naturally. 'A good banner to work under. A remake of a superhit. We can understand your excitement Vijay. What is the story about?' we cast the net and fish swam in without much effort on our part.
'Well. It is like this. Devayani comes from a rich family and owns this palatial building. Vadivelu and myself enter into a contract with the family for white washing the house. The white washing team includes Surya, Charlie and Crane Manohar. Vadivelu is always tensed up and Crane Manohar messes around. Both manage to break all the valuables in the bungalow while the work progresses. Finally, we end up in a situation where we have to pay one lakh to the owner of the house as compensation, instead of getting one lakh as per our contract. How we tackle the problem and solve it, and how Devayani and I fall in love, and how my friends stand by my side through all problems form the rest of the story. It is your guarantee for a hearty laugh.'
 'Quite interesting Vijay. You were known as an action hero in the beginning. Then came 'Kadhalukku Mariyadai', which showed as a romance hero. How about this film?' Our next dart slipped the bow.
'You see, it is always difficult to perform as a hero with a humorous garb. It is really difficult to make the audience laugh heartily,' Vijay smiled. And continued. 'Enga Veetu Pillai was a turning point for MGR, for it was a comedy-action movie. 'Sabash Meena' was such a break for Sivaji. Right from 'Thambikku endha ooru', Rajani has been giving this combination in 'Annamalai', 'Arunachalam' and more. This obviously is a winning formula…'
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Interview by
Thamizh Magan
Translated by Hari Krishnan
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