But its not that SS cannot perform in roles other than 'larger than life' types .. Also when we say older directors, we have KSR, Shanker, Vasu mainly. He has tried KSR recently with mixed results. Shankar will take much longer time like a year. Vasu - not sure where that'll lead to .. So there's nothing wrong in trying out Ranjith .. I havent seen any of his movies but I have confidence in Rajini to do a role with scope for acting .. He has done several of them before he donned SS type roles. Of course if this materializes, it may be a combo of both types of roles.