Writer, director, actor S J Suryah was in for a shock when the producer of his Tamil film Vil quietly shelved the film.

Three days of shooting was done for the film in which Suryah was playing a temple priest. Shireen was his heroine.

According to Kodambakkam grapevine, the producer shelved the movie as there were no distributors willing to advance money for the project.

The producer is also said to have got a lucrative offer for the title of the film from a big production company making a film with a superstar.

Meanwhile Suryah unperturbed with this set back is going to take a temporary break from Tamil films.

He is directing a Telugu film Puli which has Power Star Pawan Kalyan in the lead, for producer Ramesh Babu of Kanakaratna films.