Gangster action thriller Leo starring Vijay in the lead released in theaters on October 19, 2023. On day 14 of its theatrical run, team Leo celebrated the box-office success of the movie by conducting a 'Leo Success Meet' at Nehru Indoor Stadium at Chennai on November 1, 2023 [Wednesday]. Notably, Leo cast and crew members who were absent from the event were music composer Anirudh Ravichander, and actors Sanjay Dutt and Priya Anand among others.

Vijay during his speech at the 'Leo Success Meet' spoke highly of Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt and even had a message for his Hindi film senior. Vijay said,

"And if I have to talk about him, You would have seen a lot of people who've won in life cross hurdles and only then achieve something. But the difficulties this person faced, him crossing it alone is an achievement in itself. He regained the place he lost, went back to being a successful hero, and just so people could take inspiration from his life, he made his own story into a film titled Sanju (Hindi movie) and released it. In that way, Sanjay Dutt joining our film is a matter of pride for Leo (team) Sir." 

'Leo Success Meet' event will be aired to the public on November 5, 2023 [Sunday] at 6: 30 PM on the Sun TV Tamil channel. Full transcript of Vijay's speech in English here.