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Vijay Sethupathi has established himself as one of the most talented actors in Indian cinema and has always managed to impress the audience with his stellar performances. The actor is currently busy promoting his upcoming thriller 'Merry Christmas'. During the promotions, he was asked about his 2019 film 'Super Deluxe' not being chosen as India's submission for the Oscars. Vijay Sethupathi played the role of a transgender woman in the movie, who is trying to reconnect with his son.

While expressing his disappointment over 'Super Deluxe' not being India’s official entry for the Oscars, Vijay Sethpathi told Bollywood Hungama, "It was heartbreaking for us also. Politics, something happened. It was not because I starred in the film. Even if I was not in that film, I wanted that film to go there. Something happened in between and I don’t want to talk about it. It’s unnecessary.”

 
 
 
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In an earlier interview with Film Companion, Vijay talked about how much he liked the script. He said, "When he (Kumararaja) narrated the script, I liked it so much. The way it was written was so awesome. In one scene, my kid asks me why I was not born as a female. That scene was written so well that I decided that I don’t want to miss this film. I begged him (the director), told him that you don’t need to pay me any money. On the first day, I think it took 50-60 takes. Then finally, I realised the female inside me. I got the confidence.”

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On the work front, Vijay will be seen in Sriram Raghavan's directorial 'Merry Christmas' along with Katrina Kaif in the lead role. The movie will release in Hindi and Tamil and will have different supporting actors in both languages. The Hindi version will also star Sanjay Kapoor, Vinay Pathak Pratima Kannan and Tinnu Anand. The Tamil version will star Radhika Sarathkumar, Shanmugaraja, Kevin Jay Babu and Rajesh Williams in the same roles.