A young gentleman, in his late 20s, had come to me for help. He's a dentist who is looking forward to do his post graduation shortly. Well mannered and with the right values imbibed from his home, he's poised to do well in life for sure.
He hails from Chandrapur in Maharashtra and his parents are still in the government service. He's all set to marry his friend of four years by the next year. After having got what he'd wanted he was expansive and in a mood to interact. And that was the time a curious me had asked him about his name. To be named after the Tamil movie world's superstar is no ordinary stuff and a strong affinity of someone from among his close relatives must have been the guiding factor, so I surmised!
And sure enough, it was his dad's weakness for the star that was the prime mover for him to be named after the celluloid hero. It appears that his dad was so impressed by the actor - there are many who fall in this category not to talk of the 'Fan's Associations' in the star's name - that he used to find time even during the working hours to see a film that starred his favourite! Such blind craze is to be seen to be believed.
And further, the dad boasts of having seen all films of the actor that have been released thus far.
The young man is proud of his dad and doesn't mind the occasional ribs by his friends on his dad's fetish. He's gonna be with his parents for a month or so, on a break.
Tailpiece.
Years back, I was watching an 'MGR' movie in one of the cinemas at Thiruvananthapuram. During one of the fight sequences, between MGR and the villain, the latter manages to knock off the knife from the hero making him totally vulnerable to his diktats. A worked up and distraught viewer sitting among the front rows howled out a loud, "Inna anna kathi"(Here, big brother have this knife) and had chucked his own possession at the screen.
He hails from Chandrapur in Maharashtra and his parents are still in the government service. He's all set to marry his friend of four years by the next year. After having got what he'd wanted he was expansive and in a mood to interact. And that was the time a curious me had asked him about his name. To be named after the Tamil movie world's superstar is no ordinary stuff and a strong affinity of someone from among his close relatives must have been the guiding factor, so I surmised!
And sure enough, it was his dad's weakness for the star that was the prime mover for him to be named after the celluloid hero. It appears that his dad was so impressed by the actor - there are many who fall in this category not to talk of the 'Fan's Associations' in the star's name - that he used to find time even during the working hours to see a film that starred his favourite! Such blind craze is to be seen to be believed.
And further, the dad boasts of having seen all films of the actor that have been released thus far.
The young man is proud of his dad and doesn't mind the occasional ribs by his friends on his dad's fetish. He's gonna be with his parents for a month or so, on a break.
Tailpiece.
Years back, I was watching an 'MGR' movie in one of the cinemas at Thiruvananthapuram. During one of the fight sequences, between MGR and the villain, the latter manages to knock off the knife from the hero making him totally vulnerable to his diktats. A worked up and distraught viewer sitting among the front rows howled out a loud, "Inna anna kathi"(Here, big brother have this knife) and had chucked his own possession at the screen.
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