There
were
rumors
that
Genelia
had
participated
in
the
IIFA
Awards
held
in
Colombo,
Sri
Lanka
and
consequently
would
be
banned
from
acting
in
Tamil
films.
But
Genelia
cleared
all
those
rumours
and
said
that
she
never
participated
in
this
event
and
she
had
cancelled
her
Sri
Lankan
trip.
It
seems
that
she
was
ready
to
go
to
Sri
Lanka
along
with
some
Bollywood
actors
but
was
stopped
by
producer
Aascar
Ravichandran
at
the
airport.
She
has
been
signed
to
pair
with
Vijay
in
the
film
Velayudham
produced
by
Aascar
Ravichandran.
She
is
also
acting
with
Dhanush
in
the
film
titled
Uthama
Puthiran.
There
would
have
been
problems
for
releasing
the
two
films
had
she
gone
on
to
participate
in
the
IIFA.
Both
the
producers
had
warned
her
and
prevented
her
from
going
to
Sri
Lanka.
Genelia
had
come
to
Chennai
to
participate
in
the
photo
shoot
of
Velayudham.
Vijay
also
participated
in
the
shoot
which
was
held
at
Balu
Mahendra"s
Studio.