Vadivelu: Highest paid comedian

Did anyone expect a Tamil film with comedian Vadivelu as the hero to rock at the box office? No, but it is doing so. It is. Imsai Arasan 23aam Pulikesi; Director: Simbu Devan - It is a laugh riot and audiences are rolling in their seats and aisles over the antics of comedy king Vadivelu.

The actor is working round the clock trying to finish work and is rumoured to be making Rs 2 Lakhs a day-making him the highest paid daily wage owner in India. Vadivel has emerged as Tamil cinema’s numero uno comedian. From Diwali to Pongal there were about 25 releases out which half of them featured Vadivel making him the ‘king of comedy”. He also has a team of people to write his comedy tracks which was a trend started by Vivek and hence producers are able to get ‘package deals’ from him.

And Vivek’s recent decision to turn hero with Solli Adippen has also helped Vadivelu to grab all his roles.Unlike Vivek , his biggest competitor Vadivelu does not insist on being cast as a city slicker and does not irritate the hero by trying to grab the punch line dialogues from him. Added to that the “king sized ego” of Vivek has also gone in favour of Vadivel as all major heroes like Rajnikanth, Vijay, Vijaykanth, Ajit, Prashanth and even Kamal Hassan prefer Vadivel in their films. Vadivel’s success is his Madurai style of dialogue delivery, which the audience love in B and C centres. Plus he has a great PR with his producers and directors and also the heroes.