Thalapathy Vijay's blockbuster film ruled theaters for 300 days; the film was initially offered to Akshay Kumar.
News Topical, Digital Desk : Thalapathy Vijay left the cinema at his career's peak, stepping into a new innings in politics as Chief Minister. But before that, his films also ruled the theatres for long. Not just for a month or two, but for a full 300 days!
It ran for 300 days in the theatres.
Thalapathy Vijay’s film that similarly smashed records ran in theatres for 300 days fourteen years back, collecting crores at the box office. The interestingly, the script for this film was initially offered to Bollywood star Akshay Kumar.
Why Akshay Kumar declined the film
The director originally wrote the script for this action-thriller casting Akshay Kumar. Before he started making the Tamil version of the film, the director had narrated the story to Akshay Kumar, who liked the story and even agreed to take it forward. But the director ended up with delays in Akshay Kumar’s Bollywood movies and decided to proceed with the Tamil version starring Thalapathy Vijay.
Which film are we talking about
The blockbuster hit film that we're talking about is Thuppakki. This movie was made with a budget of ₹70 crore and accumulated ₹121 crore at the box office, becoming one of Vijay's blockbuster films. Akshay Kumar may not have been able to do the Tamil film but the director A.R. Murugadoss teamed up with him later for the Hindi remake of Thuppakki. Titled 'Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty', the film was released in 2014 and was also a superhit, made with a budget of ₹80 crore and grossed ₹180 crore.
About Thuppakki
Thuppakki (meaning "gun") is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss.
The film stars Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, with Sathyan, Vidyut Jammwal, Jayaram, Manobala and Zakir Hussain in supporting roles.
The plot of the film centers around an Indian Army intelligence officer who attempts to dismantle the sleeper cell responsible for two near-fatal bombing incidents.
