Ilayathalapathy Vijay Beats Thala Ajith And Superstar Rajinikanth Convincingly!
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oi-Avinash
By Avinash
When
Ajith's
Yennai
Arindhaal
teaser
was
released
amidst
huge
expectations,
the
one
minute
video
saw
an
overwhelming
response
from
fans.
The
teaser
which
eventually
ended
up
with
an
impressive
5.3
million
views
has
been
made
to
look
humble
by
Ilayathalapathy
Vijay's
Puli
teaser.
With
a
whopping
5.4
million
views
on
YouTube,
the
55
second
video
has
beaten
the
milestone
achieved
by
Yennai
Arindhaal's
teaser
quite
convincingly
as
Puli's
teaser
was
released
only
two
and
a
half
weeks
ago.
It
has
also
managed
to
get
more
views
than
what
Rajinikanth's
Lingaa
teaser
had
managed
to
achieve.
With
a
meagre
20,405
likes
and
4.3
million
views,
Superstar's
teaser
is
languishing
at
the
bottom
when
it
comes
to
the
battle
of
the
teasers
in
Kollywood
(top
4
positions).
With
a
colossal
11
million
views
and
48,238
likes,
Vikram's
I
is
placed
at
the
top
of
the
list
and
it
looks
like
it
will
stay
there
for
a
very
long
period
of
time.
Having
said
that,
Thala
Ajith's
Yennai
Arindhaal
teaser
has
the
most
number
of
likes
(94,775).
With
60,536
likes
against
its
name,
Puli
is
fast
approaching
Yennai
Arindhaal's
record
and
it
might
even
surpass
it
by
the
time
it
finishes.
Check
out
the
slides
below
for
some
interesting
information
about
Puli:
Dhanush
was
initially
set
to
play
the
lead
in
this
fantasy
film
by
Chimbu
Deven
and
the
movie
was
titled
Maareesan.
GV
Prakash
was
signed
to
take
care
of
the
musical
bit
and
even
Vadivelu
was
a
part
of
the
project.
However,
the
film
was
dropped
as
the
producers(UTV
Motion
Pictures)
were
not
comfortable
with
the
escalating
budget.
The
Early
Rumours
Although
early
reports
suggested
that
A.
R.
Rahman
would
be
the
film's
music
composer,
the
team
later
confirmed
Devi
Sri
Prasad
had
been
signed.
Natarajan
Subramaniam
chose
to
continue
his
work
as
a
cinematographer
with
the
film,
despite
his
acting
success
in
Sathuranga
Vettai.
The
Costumes
The
team
of
Puli
went
on
to
pick
five
costume
designers
to
take
care
of
the
clothing
for
the
actors
and
actresses.
Manish
Malhotra,
Deepali
Noor,
Chaitanya
Rao,
Siva
and
Sai
were
all
brought
on
board.
The
Stunts
Four
stunt
choreographers
were
selected
to
take
care
of
the
action
scenes
with
international
technicians
Sang
Lin
and
Pradit
Seeluem,
brought
in
to
work
alongside
Sunil
Rodrigues
and
Dilip
Subbarayan.
The
Special
Effects
Makuta
VFX
were
signed
on
to
be
in
charge
of
the
film's
animations
and
special
effects.
Chimbu
Deven
subsequently
worked
on
finalizing
the
script
of
the
film
between
January
and
August
2014.
The
Beginning
The
team
began
filming
on
10th
of
November
2014
at
the
Adityaram
Studios
on
the
East
Coast
Road,
Chennai,
where
a
song
featuring
Vijay
and
Hansika
Motwani
was
shot
in
a
set
replicating
a
castle,
put
up
by
art
director,
Muthuraj.T.