On Sunday, makers of Tamil film Velaiilla Pattadhari (VIP) 2 launched trailer and music of their film in Mumbai. Kajol, Dhanush, Amala Paul, Soundarya Rajnikanth, Rajnikanth’s wife Latha Rajnikanth, Taapsee Pannu, Huma Qureshi, Anand L Rai, R. Balki, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra attended the event. While speaking at the event, Dhanush praised Kajol and said that there was no better actress than Kajol who could pull of role of Vasundhara Parameshwaran in the film.
Talking about working with Kajol and convincing her for the film, Dhanush said, “We did not lie to her while approaching her for the film. We told her there that there are going to have few Tamil lines in the film and lot of English lines but we changed lust a little but she didn’t suffered much and she did it convincingly and easily and I don’t think there was any better person to other than Kajol who could have pull off the role Vasundhara Parameshwaran in the film for us”.
He added when asked about her role’s similarity with Rajnikanth’s earlier films, Dhanush said, “I think Kajol played a role in her own style and she pulled it off in style and it looks really fab”.
There were question about Kajol playing negative character in the film, to that, Dhanush replied, “It was not inspired by her earlier film Gupt. This is completely different role and she is not playing antagonist in the film. It’s a balance of everything. I feel person doesn’t have to be villain to be on the opposite side. Two people can believe in different things and they might not agree on a particular thing so it doesn’t make one person villain. When you see the film, you will realize how we tried to crack balance with her character”
Talking about the film, Dhanush said, “VIP first part was made on very small level but it turned out huge hit and with this film, we made sure that it will live up to audience expectations. VIP 2’s script is very simple but Soundarya (director) made this film much bigger than what was it on paper. I am very happy for Soundarya and she is one finest talent that we have and I learnt a lot from her”.
Dhanush added, “Part 1 and Part 2 of VIP has its own similarity and its own differences. We also brought social message with this film. It will have all those quirky moments and emotional family drama from part one and in second part we have Kajol so we don’t need anything apart from this”.
There were reports that down south Rajnikanth may enter into active politics, when asked Dhanush about that, he replied, “Do you have any opinion why he shouldn’t join the politics? if no, then stick to yours and I will stick to mine”
VIP 2 is a sequel to the 2014 Tamil film Velaiilla Pattadhari, the film has Dhanush, Amala Paul, Vivek, Saranya Ponvannan and Samuthirakani returning from the first film, other cast including Kajol. Dhanush, besides acting, is also co-producing the film and has written the story and dialogues for the film.
VIP 2 will arrive in theatres on Dhanush’s birthday on July 28.