When Dhanush Ate 15 Chillies To Perfect A Scene In His 2005 Film Devathaiyai Kanden

Director Boopathy Pandian’s film Devathaiyai Kanden released in the year 2005. The movie marked his directorial debut and starred Dhanush and Sridevi Vijaykumar in the lead. It also featured Kunal and Karunas in supporting roles. Did you know that Dhanush ate 15 green chillies for a scene in this movie? Devathaiyai Kanden was released on January 14, 2005. The movie emerged to be a huge commercial success. It was also remade in Kannada as Jaaji Mallige. The movie was headlined by Dhanush. The actor was credited for his stellar performance in the movie. He is known for walking an extra mile to make a scene look authentic. One such incident happened on the sets of this movie as well.

Dhanush ate 15 green chillies for a scene so that his expressions look raw and authentic, instead of fake and forced. Dhanush worked hard to make the scene better and proved his acting mettle and his seriousness for his craft. The scene in question is where his co-star Sridevi Vijayakumar participates in the challenge on who can eat the most green chillies. Dhanush ate 15 real green chillies in one single shot.

Devathaiyai Kanden was released on the eve of Pongal along with other movies like Ayya, Iyer IPS and Thirupaachi. Critics loved the director’s debut movie and appreciated him for trying something different. Apart from direction, many lauded Dhanush and Sridevi’s performances. The light-hearted movie won the hearts of millions of fans.

Dhanush is gearing up for the release of his upcoming movie Captain Miller. It will hit the screens on January 12, 2024. He dropped a poster on his social media as well and sent his fans into a frenzy. The caption on X, formerly known as Twitter read, “Captain Miller trailer.”

Captain Miller is an upcoming Tamil language action movie helmed by Arun Matheswaran. It is produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. Apart from Dhanush, the movie also stars Priyanka Arul Mohan, Shiva Rajkumar, Sundeep Kishan, John Kokken, and Edward Sonnenblick in supporting roles.