‘Valimai’ director Vinoth: Ajith’s favourite quote is ‘Everything will fall in place’

The filmmaker talks about the commercial ingredients in his upcoming Ajith-starrer ‘Valimai’ and how he came to direct the actor in three consecutive projects

First meetings aren’t always the best. Tamil filmmaker H Vinoth knows that well.

He first met actor Ajith Kumar fresh on the heels of his successful 2017 Karthi-starrer Theeran: Adhigaaram Ondru. At that time, Vinoth was selling the actor a script that featured a protagonist with shades of grey. Ajith, however, was not too keen on that, but insisted on remaking Hindi hit Pink in Tamil. “He wanted to do something I felt I was incapable of attempting,” laughs Vinoth, over a telephone chat, “That meeting didn’t go well.”

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