It is a well known fact that Ajith's next after Viswasam is the Tamil remake of Pink with director H. Vinoth and producer Boney Kapoor, husband of the late actress Sridevi. While the movie began shooting recently, Boney Kapoor in a recent print interview has spoken about how this film came about being and in the process revealed that the remake idea was that of Thala Ajith's!
Kapoor was quoted to have said, "We (Ajith and him) met post English Vinglish (Ajith had done a cameo in its Tamil, Telugu versions) and a few ideas were thrown around. I met some directors he suggested, but nothing worked out till about a year-and-a-half ago, when he asked, ‘Why not do Pink?’ Sri (Sridevi, Boney kapoor's late actress wife) was delighted because she felt the content was appropriate for today’s time. She also felt that Ajith could bring in whatever is required to make the film work in Tamil."
Kapoor in this interview also spoke about how both Vinoth and Ajith made his job easy by zeroing in on all the technicians and concluded, "I found it quite amazing that an actor whom I have met on a few occasions..has developed this kind of bond and respect..I can see it in the kind of respect Ajith is indirectly showing Sri..He is fulfilling her wishes.."