Gilli is the first film in actor Vijay's career to gross more than Rs.50 crores
Gilli is the first film in actor Vijay's career to gross more than Rs.50 crores
Ghilli: Good time he didn't act... Was this mass actor who was going to play the hero instead of Vijay in Ghilli?In this collection, we will see about the mass actor who played the hero before Vijay in the mass hit film Gilli directed by Dharani. Ghilli VijayDharani was a sensation in tamil cinema with three commercial hits in a row. He made his directorial debut in the year 1999 with the film ``Ethrum Puthirum''. The film was critically acclaimed but did not do well at the box office. Subsequently, dharani returned to the commercial route and gave two mass hit films with actor vikram as dil and Poudh.Vijay, TrishaAfter this, dharani allied with Vijay and directed the film Gilli with him. It is a remake of the telugu film Okkadu. Actor Vijay Velu played the role of the kabaddi hero in the film. trisha opposite him, the film became a mass hit. All the songs featured in the film, composed by Vidyasagar, became a viral hit. Vijay is not the first choice for Ghilli MovieGilli is the first film in actor Vijay's career to gross more than Rs.50 crores.
The film flopped at the box office to such an extent. But can you believe it if I say that Vijay was not the first to play the hero in this film, but that is the truth. At first, dharani had no idea to make the film with Vijay. His first choice is different. Chiyaan VikramHaving already worked with vikram in films like dil dharani decided to direct Gilli with Vikram. And he planned to cast jyothika as the heroine. But at that time both of them were busy with other films so they couldn't act, then dharani told the story to Vijay and got OK by saying it as Gilli and scored the success. It is noteworthy that the film, which has been celebrated for a long time, will soon be re-released.