He addressed trolling over his looks and criticism over his wife, Priya, wearing a choli with ‘Anant’s Brigade’ written on it to Anant Ambani’s wedding in 2024. Filmmaker Atlee recently celebrated the success of his Tamil production Baththa with a speech about his life and career. As the picture resurfaced and drew fresh criticism, the director called Anant his best friend, stating that the industrialist’s son has been supportive as he has struggled in Mumbai.
Atlee’s last directorial was the 2023 blockbuster Jawan , starring Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role. The film, which marked his Bollywood debut, grossed ₹ 1000 crore worldwide. Baby John is the Hindi remake of Atlee’s 2016 Vijay-starrer Theri. He debuted with Mugaputhagam in 2011, but found success with Raja Rani in 2013.
He is my closest friend. In Mumbai, when I was struggling, he stood by me. He has held my hand, so let people say a thousand things. He is my friend. Let them say whatever they want to say. We will prove with our work. My answer has always been my films. Ananya Panday, Khushi Kapoor and Shanaya Kapoor had also worn similar cholis to the wedding. He has since produced Baby John, starring Varun Dhawan , and Baththa, starring Vijay Sethupathi . Atlee had a successful career in Kollywood before he ventured into Bollywood. He worked mostly with Vijay after that for the films Theri, Mersal and Bigil before making Jawan. Atlee is currently shooting for a sci-fi film titled Raaka with Allu Arjun and Deepika Padukone. Just like that, I wish to take Baththa to the Oscars. I want to see what it feels like. I will do everything to stand on that stage and speak in Tamil. He also added, “Tamil people will feel really proud of Raaka. The Hollywood people working on it were stunned by it. I’m so happy about that.”
He then addressed Priya ’s ‘Anant’s Brigade’ choli at the Ambani wedding and said, “Anant Ambani is my best friend. The filmmaker spoke about Baththa and Raaka at the success meet and said, “People would’ve laughed at me in school if I had said I was going to do a film with SRK and Vijay anna, but I did it.
