On Thursday, Director Selvaraghavan came up with a tweet revealing about a fact on how he lied about the budget of his “Aayirathil Oruvan” film and why he is regretting about it now. The tweet is going viral with various kind of reactions from the fans of the filmmaker and the fans who has been demanding the sequel of the historical drama for a very long time. Selva said that people is considering the film as an average one, despite it collected the money invested.

Aayirathil Oruvan featured Karthi, Reema sen, Andrea, Parthiban in the lead roles. Music was composed by G.V Prakash and Dhanush sung a song for the film. The film revolves around three characters, Muthu (Karthi), Lavanya (Jeremiah) and Anitha (Reema Sen) who embark on an adventure to search for a missing archaeologist. It is inspired loosely by the historical decline of the Tamil Chola dynasty and the rise of the Tamil Pandya dynasty.

The film is believed to be a box office dud until the tweet uploaded by the director of it on Thursday morning. Selva said that the actual budget of “Aayirathil Oruvan” was Rs.18 crores. He said that they (Producers and other important crew members of the film) decided to announce it as a 32 crore rupees budget film to hype it as a mega budget film.

The filmmaker, in his tweet said that it was a stupid decision as the film managed to collect the budget but is still considered as an average one. He concluded the tweet saying that he learnt not to lie despite of the odds through the experience. “The actual budget of #aayirathiloruvan was 18 crores. But we decided to announce it as a 32 crore film to hype it as a mega budget film. What stupidity! Even though the film managed to collect the actual budget it was regarded as average! Learnt not to lie whatever the odds are!” tweet of Selva read.

Check out his tweet below :

The actual budget of #aayirathiloruvan was 18 crores. But we decided to announce it as a 32 crore film to hype it as a mega budget film. What stupidity! Even though the film managed to collect the actual budget it was regarded as average! Learnt not to lie whatever the odds are!

— selvaraghavan (@selvaraghavan) August 19, 2021

The tweet garnered wide reach with various kind of reactions from fans. “Proof that numbers in Kollywood always needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.” movie analyst Ashameera Aiyappan said in her tweet. Check out some of the reactions surfaced for this tweet below :

@selvaraghavan 💯❤🙏 pic.twitter.com/qICwVBWQlT

— ᴛʜᴀɴᴊᴜᴠɪɴ ᴅʜᴀɴᴜꜱʜ 💥 (@Thanjuvin_07) August 19, 2021

Proof that numbers in Kollywood always needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. https://t.co/B4TCiawESV

— Ashameera Aiyappan (@aashameera) August 19, 2021

ஆடியன்ஸ எல்லாம் கிறுக்குனு நினைச்சுருக்கானுங்க.. 32கோடினு சொன்னா வாய பொளந்துட்டு வருவானுங்க.. எதாது கருமத்த கொடுத்து அனுப்பிட்லாம்னு.. https://t.co/PDm0zkC2V6

— ஒடிசி (@DILIPDRAVID) August 19, 2021

என்ன தலிவா..பீஸ்ட் படத்துல இந்த மாதிரி எக்ஸ்ட்ரா கட்ட பிளான் பண்ணுறானுங்களா!!

அத பாத்துட்டு மனசாட்சி படி உண்மைய சொல்லிட்டடியா.. pic.twitter.com/51YNidiLmt

— Shivaa (@ShivaaSRT) August 19, 2021

18 crores’laye ivvalavu best’aa padam edukka mudiyumbothu, yen 200, 300 crores’la edukkura padam’lam mokkaiya irukku? Athum poiyana budjet’aa?

— J MANIVANNAN (@manivannan_dme) August 19, 2021

Aayirathil Oruvan got re released in some of the prominent theatres in Tamil nadu recently and garnered huge reception with fans lauding the intelligence of the filmmaker for making such an intriguing film during 2010. Many fans termed the project as “Magnum Opus” and compared it with Telugu blockbuster period film “Bahubali”. On the new year day, director Selvaraghavan came up with a tweet and surprised his fans by confirming that Aayirathil Oruvan 2 is in cards. Releasing a poster, Selva and Dhanush said that the film will release in the year 2024.

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On the work front, Selva is turning actor through Arun Matheshwaran’s “Saani Kayitham” and Vijay-Neklso Dilipkumar’s “Beast”. He is all set to direct his brother Dhanush in a film which is rumoured to be titled as “Raayan”. Comment your views on this tweet of Selva and the reactions it is receiving !!