Anurag Kashyap says Vijay Sethupathi ‘helped’ him afford daughter’s wedding ceremony

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap just lately opened up in regards to the monetary challenges he confronted whereas planning his daughter Aaliyah’s wedding ceremony. He revealed that he couldn’t afford the bills till actor Vijay Sethupathi helped him safe a task within the Tamil movie ‘Maharaja’.

Throughout a session with The Huddle by The Hindu, Kashyap expressed his gratitude in the direction of Sethupathi, crediting him for the chance that eased his monetary burden. He recalled bumping into him through the post-production of his movie ‘Kennedy’. He mentioned, “After Imaikka Nodigal, I turned down quite a lot of South movies. Provides saved coming each different day. Then, throughout post-production for Kennedy, I saved bumping into Vijay Sethupathi at my neighbour’s place.”

He continued, “He instructed me there’s this wonderful script they’ve been making an attempt to get to me. I initially mentioned no. However he helped me discover one thing in Kennedy, so I gave him a ‘Thank You’ card within the movie.”

Kashyap then talked about discussing Aaliyah’s wedding ceremony bills with him and the way the actor helped him bag a task in ‘Maharaja’. “I instructed him, ‘I have to get my daughter married subsequent yr, and I don’t suppose I can afford it.’ And Vijay mentioned, ‘We’ll enable you to.’ And that’s how Maharaja occurred,” he mentioned.

Directed by Nithilan Swaminathan, ‘Maharaja’ additionally stars Mamta Mohandas and Natty Subramaniam. The story follows Maharaja, a barber in Chennai, who visits a police station to retrieve his stolen dustbin, resulting in surprising developments. The movie set the very best opening weekend of Tamil cinema in 2024 and emerged as the third highest-grossing Tamil movie of 2024.

In the meantime, Aaliyah Kashyap married her longtime boyfriend Shane Gregoire in Mumbai on December 11, 2024.