Vijay Sethupathi On The Brawl At Bengaluru Airport On Thursday

Vijay Sethupathi On The Brawl At Bengaluru Airport

Tamil maverick VijaySethupathi  known for his  astounding personality transformative performances, had his fans and well-wishers rattled when a video  of  a man lunging at him at the Bengaluru airport went viral.

When  I  called  Vijay Sethupathi  he  dismissed  it as  minor  incident. “It was  nothing much. A very minor  issue was  blown out of proportion because  an onlooker shot the incident on his phone. You know  how it is these days. Every phone carrier is  a filmmaker.”

Playing it down is  fine. But the man was seen attacking Vijay Sethupathi !

Vijay rationalizes  the stranger’s  unwanted  attention. “He was drunk. When people are  not in their senses  they behave like that. Sir, nowadays  you can’t tell  whether  a person is sober or drunk, thanks to the mask.”

Was he a  fan trying to get Vijay Sethupathi ’s  attention? “No no he was  not a fan. He  got into  an argument with  us. The argument  continued when we landed.”

Vijay Sethupathi  doesn’t have security guards  to protect him from unwanted attention.  “I only have  my  best friend with me when  I travel. He has been my friend for 30 years. Now he’s my manager also. I don’t like to be  surrounded by a group of people . I like to reach out,  meet  people, talk to them. I don’t want to become an insulated star cut off from reality  because of one incident.”

Vijay Sethupathi  feels he is safe  with his  fans.  “If you  show  love to people they will love you  back. Anyway we took that man to the  police station and it was all  sorted  out. Nothing major.”