Thala Ajith and director Gautham Menon to unite again?!
Recent reports from Kollywood says that Thala Ajith and director Gautham Menon is likely to again join hands together for the second part of Yennai Arindhaal. Gautham Vasudev Menon and Ajith teamed up in 2015 for action-thriller Yennai Arindhaal.
In a recent interview, Gautham Menon revealed that he has plans for a sequel to Yennai Arindhaal. “In the next five months, I plan to approach Ajith sir with a bound script for Yennai Arindhaal 2. Let’s see what happens” Gautham said. Yennai Arindhaal marked the end of Menon’s police trilogy of films that include Suriya’s Kaaka Kaakha and Kamal Haasan’s Vettaiyaadu Villayadu. It has to be seen if the sequel will materialize in the near future because Ajith’s next film Viswasam is with Siva and there’s no information yet regarding his subsequent projects.Gautham Menon has Enai Noki Paayum Thota and Dhruva Natchathiram awaiting release.
Yennai Arindhaal follows the journey of a man named Satyadev, played fittingly by Ajith, from the age of 13 till 38. In a previous chat, soon after the release of Yennai Arindhaal, Gautham said he had plans to make a sequel from the beginning. “I think right from the word go, there was always a plan that in case the film does really well and people like Ajith’s character, we could get into a sequel and take this journey forward.Satyadev is no longer a police officer, so the story can be devoid of all the police activities. I would like to take up this story and I’m sure Ajith sir will also be interested if I convince him with a good screenplay.”
There’s no guarantee this project will materialise, given Gautham’s recent track record of starting a project and taking forever to complete. Menon, on the other hand, is struggling to wrap up two projects – Dhanush’s Enai Noki Paayum Thota and Vikram’s Dhruva Natchathiram – which are stuck at various junctures of production. Gautham also has the highly-anticipated multi-starrer Ondraga in his kitty. This will unite stars from all the four southern industries. It has so far been confirmed that Prithviraj, Puneeth Rajkumar, Anushka Shetty and Tamannaah Bhatia are already on board.