His much awaited Sivaji Ganesan – Mohanlal starrer Swarnachamaram was dropped after the almost completion of the film due to script changes.
[1][4] In 2006, he planned a biopic of Mother Teresa and reportedly considered socialite Paris Hilton for the lead role.
[6] The news created a furore prompting him to clarify that Hilton won't be playing Mother Teresa.
In 2007, he announced his plan to make a film titled Ezham Mudra (The Seventh Seal), starring Suresh Gopi and Mandira Bedi as a tribute to the romantic classic Casablanca (1942) in the backdrop of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
This news too was extensively covered by foreign press, many reports wrongly referring to him as a "Bollywood director".