Chennai Sep 2 (IANS) Actor Vijay Sethupathi says he didnt take music lessons to play a music director in his latest Tamil release "Puriyatha Puthir" a thriller about the lack of privacy in our lives due to technology.
"Even though my director suggested that I could take music lessons I wasn t quite interested. I just went with the flow on the sets. I know to play the guitar and we managed with that to shoot some crucial scenes " Vijay told IANS.
In the film he got to display his guitar playing skills in a scene.
"In a college cultural scene I had to play the guitar. I actually played it in front of over 300 students. Honestly I was slightly nervous in that scene " he recalled.
Directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi the film has released after a long delay.
Asked if he thinks the delay might affect the film s prospects at the box office Vijay said "The fact that the film has managed to release is a sign of success. The film talks about the malicious side of human heart and how technology has ruined our privacy."
Vijay s next big release is "Karuppan" in which he will be seen in a full-blown rural avatar.
He also has "Junga" "Aneethi Kathaigal" "96" and "Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren".
This year he makes his Telugu debut in Chiranjeevi starrer "Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy".
--IANS
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