Though people love Vijay and consider him junior Rajnikanth, viewers and theaters are fed up with his selection of projects. Theatre Owners in his home state is asking to refund forty percentage of the money they put up for his film, Sura.

This is on the ground that, Rajnikanth had earlier refunded money to theatre owners for Baaba and Kuselan; and Kamalhaasan for Hey Ram and Mumbai Express. But Vijay's case is unlike any of them, other than Pokkiri none of Vijay's recent flicks did well. His flops include Aathi, Azhagiya Tamil Magan, Villu, Kuruvi and Vettaikaran (arguably).

Vijay's 52nd film has been titled Velayudham.

The producer Aascar Ravichandran who makes only big budgeted films has decided to bring Vijay and director Jayam Raja together. Velayudham is expected to be a family entertainer and will be an original film from Jeyam Raja. Velayudham is expected to have two heroines and three girls were considered in the beginning; Genelia, Kajal Agarwal and Hansika Motwani. Hansika Motwani and Genilia are as the heroines. Hansika Motwani's upcoming flicks are Dhanush's Maapillai, and Jayam Ravi’s Prabhu Deva directed Itch. Vijay and Hansika did photo shoot for Velayudham at a studio in Chennai. Devi Sri Prasad has been signed up to tune music for the film.

Jayam Raja's Moscowin Kaveri and Leelai are yet to be released even though they completed the shooting several months before.

The producer who formerly produced Kamal Hassan’s Dasavatharam and Surya starrer Vaaranam Aayiram is happy to have Vijay by his side. Vijay is currently busy with Siddique directed movie Kaavalkaran.