In
2017,
Atlee
became
the
toast
of
Kollywood
when
his
action-entertainer
Mersal
opened
to
a
thunderous
response
at
the
box
office
and
received
favourable
reviews
from
the
'Thalapathy
Army'.
Featuring
T-town's
'Thalapathy'
Vijay
in
the
lead
role,
it
clicked
with
the
masses
thanks
to
the
star's
lively
on-screen
antics
and
his
awesome
on-screen
getups.
Shortly
after
Mersal
became
a
hit,
Atlee
was
roped
in
to
direct
Vijay
63
for
AGS
Entertainment.
And,
as
expected,
this
created
a
great
deal
of
buzz
in
the
film
industry.
Now,
it
seems
that
Atlee
is
on
the
verge
of
being
dropped
from
the
film.
The
buzz
is
that
AGS
Entertainment
is
not
happy
about
Atlee's
association
with
the
project.
And,
the
reason
behind
this
is
that
the
director
is
currently
involved
in
a
plagiarism
controversy.
Recently,
producer
Five
Star
Kathiresan
had
claimed
that
Mersal
is
a
copy
of
Moondru
Mugam.
Similarly,
his
films
Raja
Rani
and
Theri
too
have
often
been
trolled
for
being
plagiarised
from
various
films.
To
make
matters
worse,
the
latest
rumours
suggest
that
the
script
of
Vijay
63
is
similar
to
that
of
Rajinikanth's
Petta.
All
in
all,
the
general
feeling
is
that
these
issues
have
not
gone
down
well
with
the
people
behind
AGS
Entertainment.
This
is
a
developing
situation
and
it
remains
to
be
seen
what
happens
next.