Why Vijay Sethupathi Never Cares Of His Stardom?
For example, in Master, Vijay Sethupathi played the villain opposite Thalapathy Vijay. Even though he was already a big star, he did not hesitate to play a negative role.
Generally, heroes always want to maintain their stardom. They want to be seen as the main hero and their character should get the most importance in the movie. But Vijay Sethupathi is different from many other stars. He has a huge fan following and good craze but he never seems to worry too much about his stardom.
For Vijay Sethupathi, the story and character are more important than his image. This quality has been seen in many of his movies. He is ready to play different roles even if the character does not look like a regular hero role.
For example, in Master, Vijay Sethupathi played the villain opposite Thalapathy Vijay. Even though he was already a big star, he did not hesitate to play a negative role. His performance as Bhavani received a lot of appreciation from the audience.
In Maharaja also, he selected a very different character. He played the role of a father and the entire film was strongly connected to his character. The movie showed his acting ability in a different way. Instead of simply using his star image, Vijay Sethupathi focused on the character and the story.
Now, his latest film Baththa is also showing the same quality. The film has Vijay Sethupathi in the lead, but one interesting thing is that child artist Sai Prithviraj is getting huge appreciation. His character Sabari has an important place in the story and in many scenes, the little boy gets the attention of the audience.
Interestingly, Vijay Sethupathi himself has reportedly said that Sai Prithviraj is the real hero of Baththa. This shows his confidence as an actor. A star accepting that another actor, especially a child artist, is getting more attention is not something we see regularly.
This is where Vijay Sethupathi is different. He does not seem to be worried about who gets more screen presence. He mainly looks at whether the story is good and whether his character has something interesting to offer.
That is why Vijay Sethupathi continues to surprise the audience with different roles. He even not caring what’s the age of his character in this film and does he looks deglamourised. He is hits caring about his action and script only.