Vanitha Vijayakumar has been in the film industry for a long time now but her controversies never cease make it to the headlines. Be it a property dispute with her family or her estranged relationships, Vanitha’s professional and personal life always makes news. However, she has always been straight-forward and courageous about her opinions and that garnered her a lot of followers when she contested in the popular reality show Bigg Boss.

In a recent interview with TOI, Vanitha Vijayakumar opened up about her experience about acting with Vijay. The actor debuted in the industry in the film Naalaya Theerpu directed by his father SA Chandrasekhar. He later when on to do a film Chandralekha which had Vanitha play the female lead.

In a recent interview, Vanitha said, “During the shooting of ‘Allah Un Aanai’ song in the film ‘Chandralekha’, Vijay refused to come out of his room for the shooting since he didn’t like the costume given to him. Shobha aunty was litreally begging him to come out and shoot.”

She further added, “There weren’t any designer at that time and the artist would have to wear the costumes stitched and given by the costumers only. All of us were young at that time and it is understandable how he felt with the costumes.”

Vanitha is currently a judge of the popular comedy show Kalakka Povathu Yaaru.