India, May 27 -- Filmmaker RJ Balaji and Suriya's latest release, Karuppu, has emerged as a massive box-office success. The film crossed Rs.250 crore worldwide within just eight days of release and became the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2026. Amid the film's success, Balaji revealed in an interview with Hollywood Reporter India that Karuppu was originally intended to be Vijay's final film before his full-time political entry.

Balaji shared that the film was initially written for actor-turned-politician Vijay. He said, "This was supposed to be his last film, so we had two or three meetings over a period of time, discussing his political entry and deciding which film he should do as his final project."

However, Vijay eventually opted o...