After Anurag Kashyap mentioned in an interview about Vikram not responding to him when he approached him for ‘Kennedy’, the Ponniyin Selvan 2 actor took to his social media handle to clear the air.
A day after Anurag Kashyap, in an interview with Film Companion on the frontlines of Cannes, shared about how actor Vikram didn’t respond to him when he approached up for his film, Kennedy, the I actor took to his Twitter handle to present his side of the story.
Vikram tweeted, “Dear Anurag Kashyap. Just revisiting our conversation from over a year ago for the sake of our friends and well-wishers on social media. When I heard from another actor that you had tried to reach me for this film & that you felt I hadn’t responded to you, I called you myself immediately and explained that I hadn’t gotten any mail or msg from you as the mail id that you had contacted me on was no longer active and my number had changed almost 2 years before that.”
Further, sharing his excitement for Kennedy, the actor signed off by writing, “As I said during that phone call, I’m very excited for your film Kennedy and even more so because it has my name. I wish you great times ahead. Lots of love, Chiyaan Vikram aka Kennedy.”
Anurag responded to Vikram’s tweet and wrote, “Absolutely right Boss sir. For the information of people, when he found from another actor that I was trying to reach to him he called me directly and we realised that he had a different WhatsApp number. He gave me his correct information to reach out and even showed interest in reading the script but by then we were all locked and a month away from shooting. He also graciously blessed us to use the name “Kennedy” for the film. What I stated in the interview was the story behind, how the film got to be called Kennedy. There is no need for any overreaction. And definitely I think neither Chiyaan sir or I am retiring without working together. FYI we go back to pre Sethu days.”
For the unversed, Anurag had mentioned in his interview that Chiyaan Vikram was his first choice for Kennedy and he had written the script keeping him in mind.
Currently, Vikram is on a break after suffering rib injury on the sets of his upcoming film, Thangalaan.
