{"id":552651,"date":"2025-11-06T10:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T10:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/552651\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T10:02:13","slug":"vishnu-vishal-opens-up-about-his-career-altering-friendship-with-aamir-khan-reveals-how-aamirs-advice-changed-his-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/552651\/","title":{"rendered":"Vishnu Vishal opens up about his \u2018career-altering\u2019 friendship with Aamir Khan, reveals how Aamir\u2019s advice changed his outlook |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vishnu Over the years, Vishnu Vishal<\/a> has carved a niche in Tamil cinema with his thoughtful film choices and refusal to conform to formulas. From Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu and Mundasupatti to Ratsasan, the actor has steadily built a career rooted in content rather than convention. In recent times, his friendship with Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan<\/a> has further deepened his belief in storytelling and self-discovery that continue to define his artistic path.<\/p>\n

\u2018I start from scratch every time my film releases\u2019<\/p>\n

Opening up about why he feels like he\u2019s constantly starting over, Vishnu<\/a> said in a recent interview with Galatta, \u201cI think there are two reasons for that. One is the delay that every time my films take to come to screens. By the time my films come out, 500 films have released in Tamil. The kind of success I see is not huge initially. My films become successful when they come to TV. So the audience\u2019s memory is always two years behind by the time my films release.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aamir Khan surprises everyone with heartfelt singing\u2014shines in duet at live event<\/p>\n

The actor believes his choice of unconventional stories is another reason for this recurring challenge. \u201cI have been doing different content from way back \u2014 films like Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, Mundasupatti and Ratsasan. But when you do different cinema, the audience\u2019s taste has to get adapted to that kind of storytelling,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Balancing mass appeal with meaningful cinema<\/p>\n

Vishnu also reflected on his experiments with commercial comedies before transitioning toward action. \u201cFor me, the start to the mass films was not action, but comedies. That\u2019s why I tried Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran, Katha Nayagan and Silukkuvarupatti Singam. From there, I wanted to transition into an action star. But only one film out of these three did really well. My hit ratio with content-oriented films is higher,\u201d he said.He continued, \u201cI love mass films and mass heroes. But the content I connect with and appreciate is different content. So I realized I should not miss my core. Now I\u2019m trying to bring my core \u2014 different ideas \u2014 and blend them with commercial elements. I\u2019m an MBA graduate, so I analyse these things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aamir Khan\u2019s advice changed his outlook<\/p>\n

The actor spoke warmly about his \u201ccareer-altering\u201d friendship with Aamir Khan. \u201cI have been close to Aamir sir for the last two and a half years. I asked him where he got the courage to do such different films. He said he believes in the story and the characters. I said I believe the same. That\u2019s why I\u2019m a huge Aamir Khan fan,\u201d Vishnu shared.However, it was one powerful question from Aamir that changed his outlook. \u201cHe asked me, \u2018Why can\u2019t you be the first one, Vishnu?\u2019 That question hit me really hard. He told me, \u2018Why are you trying to follow what others have done? Analysis is good, but find your own path.\u2019 He also told me to believe in myself so convincingly that the universe aligns with me. This is what I learned from Aamir sir,\u201d Vishnu said. Directed by Praveen K, Aaryan is a serial killer mystery following a police officer investigating the death of a crime novelist who unveils a sinister game on live television before taking his own life. The film stars Vishnu Vishal alongside Selvaraghavan, Shraddha Srinath, and Manasa Chaudhary in pivotal roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the years, Vishnu Vishal has carved a niche in Tamil cinema with his thoughtful film choices and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[130176,29175,176905,13168,4080,77,103302,16,15,176907,176906,176903,176904],"class_list":{"0":"post-552651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-aamir","9":"tag-aamir-khan","10":"tag-aamir-khan-filmmaking","11":"tag-ajith-kumar","12":"tag-celebrities","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-tamil-cinema","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-vishnu","18":"tag-vishnu-vishal","19":"tag-vishnu-vishal-aamir-khan-friendship","20":"tag-vishnu-vishal-interview-galatta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115502183956958145","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}