Jyothika, who has acted in films like Khushi and Tirumalai with actor Vijay, has turned down the opportunity to act with him in two big films.
Jyothika made her kollywood debut with SJ Surya's film Wally. Jyotika, who stole the hearts of fans with her performance in the first film, got successive film opportunities in Kollywood. After this, jyothika acted opposite actor surya for the first time in the movie Poovellam Ketebar. love blossomed between the two when they acted in the film.
After that, jyothika emerged as a perfect heroine by acting with leading actors like Khushi with Vijay, Kakka Kakka with Suriya, chandramukhi with Rajini. Jyotika married actor surya while she was at her peak and left the cinema. After this, the couple had two children, diya and Dev. After the children grew up, jyothika again started her second innings in cinema. In the second innings, jyothika is acting only in films that are important to the heroine. So she turned down two huge opportunities to act opposite Vijay. One of them is mersal directed by atlee and starring Vijay. atlee first approached jyothika to play Nithya Menon's role opposite Vijay in the film. But she refused to act and the opportunity went to Nithya Menon.
Later, jyothika was also approached to act in Vijay's upcoming film Code. But he said no and the opportunity went to Sneha. His lack of importance in the story is also said to be the reason for turning down two such grand opportunities. In an interview, jyothika herself said that if she asked me to act in one or two scenes, or to stand next to the hero, I would tell her that I can't act.