Vijay chose Jilla after listening to seven scripts?

Nesan, the director of Vijay's upcoming film, Jilla, recently revealed an interesting news. The director, who got the chance to direct the star, courtesy the interesting incidents that happened after the completion of Velayudham's shoot, said that Vijay usually gives out some goodies to the technicians and other assistants who workwith him, on the last day of his film shoots.

The director revealed that there were seven aspirants who assisted director Jayam Raja during the shoot of the Vijay-starrer Velayudham. He added that every aspirant was curious to meet with the Ilayathalapathy. When Vijay gave all of them an opportunity to narrate their best scripts in one-liners, it was Nesan who emerged successful.

The actor, who was impressed with the script, promised that he would launch the directors in the best possible way. Thus began the story of Jilla.