He also directed Anil Kapoor in Mr Bechara, a remake of his very own Veetla Visheshanga (1994). These were rare occurrences, as Bhagyaraj was very content directing films in which he was the lead. In fact, the first time he didn’t direct himself in a Tamil film was his landmark 25th film, Chokka Thangam (2003), headlined by Vijayakanth. His films were also consistently remade in various languages, including Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada.