A photo of Actor Vijay Sethupathi cutting cake with a sword has led to a massive debate on social media, with several people criticising him for setting a poor example. Now, the actor who is celebrating his 43rd birthday has put up a statement on the same, and expressed his regret. Vijay Sethupathi explained that the photo was taken three days back at a shooting spot of his upcoming film with director Ponram, in which the sword "plays an important role."
"According to the story of the film, a sword plays an important part. So I used it to cut the cake with the crew. Several people have told me that this is setting a bad example. In future, I would be more careful with these things."
— VijaySethupathi (@VijaySethuOffl) January 16, 2021
The criticism against actor Vijay Sethupathi stemmed from the fact that police across Tamil Nadu have arrested anyone who publicises the pictures and videos of them cutting cakes using billhooks, swords and machetes. The trend of cutting cakes with swords caught on after gangster Choolaimedu Binny celebrated his birthday in 2018 by cutting a cake with a machete.
Vijay Sethupathi played the antagonist in the recently released Vijay film 'Master'. It was also recently announced that he will star in the Hindi remake of Maanagaram, which will be directed by Santosh Sivan.
In Tamil, Vijay Sethupathi has teamed up with Vetrimaaran for the first time for an upcoming project with Soori in the lead. Apparently, the actor has already joined the sets and he’s believed to be playing a very pivotal role. He also has Tamil projects like Tughlaq Darbar and Vignesh Shivn’s Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kadhal, which also stars Samantha Akkineni and Nayanthara.
Vijay Sethupathi also has SP Jananathan’s Laabam, which also stars Shruti Haasan. Bankrolled by Vijay Sethupathi Productions in association with Arumuga Kumar, who had produced Sethupathi’s Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren, It will be a fresh pairing to see Sethupathi and Shruti coming together on screen.