Mappillai
escapes from mandapam to watch Sivaji
shoot
Sep
01, 2006
People
are known to go crazy over their on screen
idols. Rajikanth, as we all know has a
demigod status all over Tamil Nadu. He
has fans who are ready to sacrifice anything
for his sake and are proud of that. We
had reported about a certain Veeramani
who was insistent that he would marry
only in the presence of the superstar
and had nearly wasted his good years trying
to realize this dream.
Well,
this news is about another such fan.
He did not insist that he would marry
only in the presence of the superstar.
He in fact agreed to get married and
the ceremony was planned and all relatives
and well-wishers called upon to grace
the function. What happened was bizarre,
to say the least.
This happened at Thirupporur near
Chennai on the 30th of Aug. The shooting
of Sivaji was scheduled to take place
in this suburb and Rajni was slated
to take part in the schedule along
with Vivek and a few other artistes.
We
all know how fast the news of a Rajnikanth
shooting can spread and soon a sizeable
crowd had gathered to see the shooting
(read Rajni). Among the people who had
gathered to see the shooting was a certain
Thangaraj.
The shooting went on into the night and
Thangaraj stayed on to watch.
The
scenes that were being canned include
one of Rajni and Vivek getting out
of a car together and interestingly
one that shows the superstar as a
coolie lifting gunny bags. After 10
p.m. at night a shot was taken in
a set erected specially for that purpose.
The set resembled a public phone booth
and Rajni was shown making a call
from the booth. Thangaraj waited to
see every bit of the shooting.
Meanwhile, not far away, relatives
and friends of Thangaraj were frantically
searching for him throughout the town,
some of them were quite disturbed.
The
reason as we said earlier was that Thangaraj’s
marriage had been scheduled, and that
too for the next day (31st Aug). All the
arrangements at a local marriage hall
had been completed and Thangaraj was wanted
for some customary rituals to be carried
out. But the bridegroom was busy enjoying
every shot of Sivaji and the mere presence
of the Superstar. Fortunately, someone
from Thangaraj’s family somehow
wandered into the sets of Sivaji and to
his great relief saw Thangaraj completely
engrossed in the shooting. What followed
is predictable. A relieved but visibly
angry family member dragged Thangaraj
away from the sets.
We have heard about many fans and the
crazy ways in which they display their
loyalty, but this must be a ‘first
of its kind’.
