Chiyaan Vikram feels that the actor within him would've still been dormant but for director Bala.

"I didn't know that the real actor within me was sleeping until I worked with Bala. After having worked with him in 'Sethu' during 1999, I realized my potential as an actor.
If I'd not been for him, I'm sure I wouldn't have ever found the actor in me", said Vikram to reporters on Sunday, speaking at the audio launch of Bala's upcoming period-drama 'Paradesi'.

As KollyInsider reported viewers earlier, Atharva, Vedhika and Dhansika starrer Paradesi audio was launched yesterday, on November 25. B Studios producing Paradesi is based on the Paul Harris Daniel's English novel 'Red Tea'.

The film is set in pre-independence era and the story of the film narrates the affliction of plantation workers in southern India that is slated for a Telugu/Tamil release on December 21.

Meanwhile, Vikram is shooting for the Tamil romantic-thriller 'I' and Tamil/Hindi bilingual 'David'.