I aim to plant 1 crore saplings: Vivekh

Actor Vivekh, who has been shooting in Pollachi for the last one week for his upcoming film Appa Takkar, recently dropped in to namma Coimbatore for a noble cause. The Yennai Arindhaal actor, was in the city to carry out a tree plantation programme, a cause close to his heart. ���Under the guidance of the former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam, I have been doing this green initiative.My aim is to plant 1 crore sapling in Tamil Nadu. I started the drive in 2010 and I have already planted 25 lakh saplings. It could take two or five years to achieve the target. So, I am getting involved in the process whenever I find time. I am primarily including students from schools and colleges for the cause. In Tirunelveli and Tuticorin, however, I have planted 5.5 lakh saplings with the help of the villagers.���
Since there is a lot of emphasis on planting indigenous fruit trees of late, is Vivekh also following the same strategy? ���Not really! I am concentrating on trees that provide shadow and aid in global warming reduction, but at the same time, require less maintenance. For instance, vembu, jack fruit and vaagai.���
As the conversation veers towards his role in director Suraj���s Appa Takkar, Vivekh says, ���I play a special character called Vettaiyan as the one I did in Padikkathavan. I appear in the second half of the film. I can���t disclose anything further but I can assure that my character will create a lot of expectations among the audience. I shot for a week in Pollachi along with Jayam Ravi and Trisha at a palatial house in the Singanallur village. It was a great experience. I have also wrapped up the shoot for Vai Raja Vai and Kashmore.���