Vishal’s Villain will clash at the box office with Vijay’s Mersal for this Deepavali.
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oi-Lekhaka
By Mayur Javali
Actor
Vishal
stands
unique
in
the
industry
for
a
certain
aspect.
Interestingly,
Vishal
had
clashed
with
the
biggies
during
the
festive
season
earlier
and
is
now
all
set
to
do
it
once
again,
but
in
a
different
manner.
Way
back
in
2013,
Vishal's
Pandiya
Naadu
had
clashed
with
Ajith's
Arrambam
for
Deepavali
and
had
emerged
victorious
at
the
box
office.
Just
one
year
later,
for
the
very
same
occasion,
his
Poojai
clashed
with
Vijay's
Kaththi
and
his
movie
had
made
decent
business
commercially.
Now
he
is
all
set
to
take
the
total
count
to
three,
by
clashing
with
a
biggie,
this
Deepavali
as
well.
It's
known
that
Vijay's
Mersal
is
slated
for
a
Deepavali
release
i.e.
18th
October,
and
the
hype
around
the
movie
is
euphoric.
Vishal,
interestingly
is
making
his
Mollywood
debut
alongside
the
legendary
actor,
Mohanlal
with
the
movie,
Villain.
Villain
too,
is
slated
for
Deepavali
release
but
on
19th
of
October.
Though
any
new
releases
would
not
hamper
the
prospects
of
a
Vijay
movie
in
Tamil
Nadu,
the
Kerala
region,
where
Thalapathy
commands
a
humongous
following
might
see
a
slight
dent
as
Lalettan
movie
too
braces
theatres
during
the
same
time.
Villain
is
made
at
a
whopping
budget
of
30
Cr
and
the
content
of
the
movie
needs
to
be
really
strong
for
the
producer
to
rake
in
his
capital
investment.
This
could
have
been
one
of
the
reasons
why
Rockline
Venkatesh,
the
producer,
had
roped
in
two
stars
from
different
film
industries
and
the
festive
season,
too
could
act
as
a
beneficial
factor
to
pull
the
audience
into
theatres.
With
a
couple
more
movies
joining
the
Deepavali
bandwagon,
one
will
have
to
wait
and
watch
whether
the
festival
of
lights
shower
brightness
on
all
the
stakeholders
involved
in
the
competition.