Vijay: From Nanbargal to Nanban

Not many know that Shankar was an assistant to SA Chandrasekar when he was directing Nanbargal.
This film went to become a cult hit when it was released nearly two decades ago and according to sources in Kollywood, Shankar has made a lot of changes during the making of Nanbargal which was the one of reasons for it becoming a hit.
Vijay, who was a young boy at that time, used to spend a lot of time discussing films, scripts and issues related to the film industry with Shankar.

This good rapport between Shankar and Vijay has now paved way for the latter bagging the main lead role in Nanban, sources say.

On working with Vijay, Shankar says that he has transformed into chirpy youngster to a reserve
d adult.