IT seems like the rift between two of South India’s famous directors, P Vasu and Priyadarshan, had a natural death. Director Priyadarshan, who is currently directing Billu Barber, a remake of the Malayalam movie Kadha Parayumbhol in Hindi, called on P Vasu to congratulate him about Kuselan.Though Priyadarshan himself didn’t see the movie, it is learnt that his wife Lizzy was among the guests invited to watch the movie. Perhaps learning about the movie from her, Priyadarshan is said to have congratulated P Vasu. “It’s an excellent movie. I’m surprised at how well the movie has turned out. Congratulations!” is what the director is said to have told P Vasu.
Kollywood is abuzz with stories about how differences between Priyadarshan and P Vasu cropped up when the former trashed out P Vasu’s Chandramukhi as a bad copy of an original classic, Manichithrathazhu.
This was when Priyadarshan was accused of copying Chandramukhi in his movie Bhool Bhulaya. Embittered by this criticism, Priyadarshan is said to have accused P Vasu of plagiarism.
When Priyadarshan announced Billu Barber, the media had also suggested that it was done with an idea to give competition to Vasu’s Kuselan, by inducing competition between India’s cinema idols, Rajini and Shah Rukh Khan.
But now, with this call in which Priyadarshan is supposed to have honestly congratulated P Vasu, it seems like the differences have been ironed out. So true that there are no permanent friends or foes in filmdom.
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