A leaked clip featuring Samuthirakani speaking angrily about Vijay at a recent private function went viral online, making netizens speculate about whether he was referring to the superstar's alleged affair with Trisha. At the time, many reports said that Samuthirakani was criticising Vijay for his recent public appearance with Trisha at a marriage function. "If something like this happens, it should remain within four walls," the actor-director reportedly said about the superstar's alleged relationship with his longtime co-star. The actor-filmmaker was recently asked about the veracity of the clip, and he confirmed it without mentioning Vijay or Trisha.

Speaking to Galatta Tamil, Samuthirakani was asked if he feels conscious as a celebrity as people record and leak private conversations, without actors such as him not even knowing about it. In his response, the filmmaker-actor said that he was aware that a person was recording his private conversation. He acknowledged that it was leaked online and said that he only spoke from a place of pain and concern.

He added that the one who recorded his conversation only shot the end of it and not its beginning. The actor-filmmaker also said that he would stand by his words, because he could not feel one thing inside his heart and say the complete opposite outside.

Samuthirakani also said that he was warned by a stunt master about the conversation being recorded and leaked online, but he told the latter not to panic as he said what was in his heart and did not regret it. The filmmaker-actor suggested that those online added some extra spice to the conversation as well. "I do not think I committed a crime. I have not said something that I would regret while in solitude," he added.

On the work front, the actor's upcoming films include, but are not limited to, Carmeni Selvam with Gautham Vasudev Menon and Arasan with Vetri Maaran.