At the press meet of Merry Christmas in Chennai, Vijay Sethupathi was asked about Tamil Nadu government forcing people not to learn Hindi. Sethupathi lashed out at a reporter saying that wasn't true.
Vijay Sethupathi-starrer Tamil hyperlink film Super Deluxe was shortlisted among India's Oscar entries in 2019 but Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt's Gully Boy was eventually sent as a consideration for the 92nd Academy Awards.