After
the
poor
response
to
Kuruvi,
Vijay
is
keeping
an
extremely
low
profile
these
days.
He
did
not
even
turn
up
for
the
audio
launch
of
his
father
S.A
Chandrasekhar's
Panthayam,
in
which
he
has
given
a
special
appearance.
Vijay
appears
as
Vijay
while
Nithin
is
his
crazy
fan
who
comes
to
his
shooting
spot
and
gets
entangled
in
a
problem.
In
the
film
within
the
film
Vijay
is
shown
acting
in
a
film
titled
MGR.
Director
Perarasu
appears
as
the
director
of
MGR
in
this
film.
This
scene
is
said
to
be
one
of
the
major
attractions
in
the
film.
Some
scenes
of
Vijay
getting
mobbed
by
his
fans
have
also
been
shot
(similar
to
that
of
Rajini's
in
Kuselan).
However
Vijay
has
instructed
the
producer
of
Panthayam,
Hitesh
Jhabak,
not
to
release
any
of
his
photos
involved
in
the
film.
According
to
Vijay,
he
does
not
want
to
hype
and
create
huge
expectations
about
the
film
among
his
fans.
The
distributors
have
also
been
told
not
to
sell
the
film
to
theatres
saying
it
is
a
Vijay
film.