Chennai: Comedy actor Soori due to his busy schedule with Ajith’s Thala 56, said no to Vijay 59 movie, it was later grabbed by Motta Rajendran.

Shankar’s Assistant Atlee directs the project Vijay 59. Samantha and Amy Jackson are the two female leads. G.V.Prakash is the music composer. Film makers’ team completed more than half of the shooting with last schedule at ECR.

News revealed yesterday that the team roped in ‘Motta’ Rajendran for a crucial role. It is also confirmed that he will be doing role of Jeep driver. Now we hear from sources that comedian Soori was initially given that role, but he denied it.

From sources we heard that Soori was the first choice. But when he was granted the chance, the actor was busy in shoot of ‘Thala 56’ and he politely denied to-do the movie. The makers immediately went to Rajendran and he grabbed the chance. Soori is joining with Ajith for the first time in ‘Thala 56’.

From inside sources, we also hear that Atlee is remaking Vijaykanth’s ‘Chatriyan’ for ‘Vijay 59’. Earlier he did the same for ‘Raja Rani’. He took ‘Mouna ragam’ script and remade it as ‘Raja Rani’. ‘V’ creations has bagged the rights for safety purposes.