Set aagadhu
That's the best word to describe incompatibility
Some Directors have excellent compatibility with their actors
Dhanush - Vetrimaaran
Vijay - Attlee
Sivaji - AP Nagarajan
Rajinikanth - SP Muthuraman
Nagesh - K Balachander
Aravind Swamy - Mani Ratnam
Suriya - Hari
Vikram - Shankar
Kamal & Simbu - Themselves 😁 (GVM is nearest to the director who can get Simbu to do stuff)
Some Actors like Karthi , SK are super flexible and gel with everyone
Others like Ajith are Notoriously tough to gel with any director
Shankar is a very taxing director
He demands things. He demands physique alteration, he demands fixed schedules, he demands ABSOLUTELY STAUNCH ADHERENCE TO TIMELINES
Prashanth had to sit at home for 22 days , day and night , day and night to be free for a single 3 day shoot at a location for a song in Jeans l
Ajith insists on flexibility
Time off during shoots for car races
Time off for vacation
Time off for some drone exhibition in Dubai
Time off to spend time with his brother who came from US for a month
Impossible for them to match their synergies
Shankar can't just allow Ajith to plan his own schedul and Ajith will never be micromanaged
Shankar of course IS NOW NOT THE SAME. He has not TASTED A SINGLE ROARING SUCCESS since Endhiran (2010), nearly 16 years ago
He has mellowed down considerably
Even so at his peak (1996–2010) even Rajinikanth and Kamal HAD TO DO WHAT THEY WERE TOLD
Ajith is a guy who stalked off when an Assistant criticized his acting a bit too much WHEN HE WAS A NEWBIE off a MANI RATNAM PRODUCTION (Nerukku Ner)
Imagine now when he is THALA 😁😁😁
It would have been sheer hara kiri to put them in the same set when Shankar was at his prime
Today - NEITHER ARE AT THEIR PRIME
Ajith is 90% retired now and Shankar should have retired 10 years ago after I failed to make an impression
Suriya and Shankar is just a mismatch
Shankar had no project for Suriya
Shankar prefered Vikram and his dedication
Vikram and Shankar - they have perfect wavelength
They did discuss a project whose name I forget now during Corona period
However after Indian 3 and Game Changer , that Project is unlikely now
Suriya has found a temporary lease of life after Karuppu. HE WONT DARE RISK IT BY WORKING WITH SHANKAR I HOPE