The
man never ceases to surprise us. One might
think that the Superstar has achieved everything
that an actor can in filmdom, yet he keeps
finding new ways of making things better,
for himself, for others and most of all,
for the viewers. We have heard a lot about
him, but we have certainly not heard everything
and definitely not heard the last about
him. This man still seems as enthusiastic
as a schoolchild while shooting for his
films.
No,
this is not an ode dedicated to the
superstar written by a fanatic; we
have solid facts to support our statements.
This is what happened on the sets
of Sivaji a few days back. A scene
was being shot which involved the
superstar and his nemesis (in the
movie) Suman. Though Suman is one
of the most experienced actors he
couldn’t come up to Shankar’s
expectation that day and the particular
scene was retaken and retaken and
retaken – for not less than
15 times till Shankar finally said
‘OK.’ All the while Rajni
was patiently redoing his part without
showing any signs of frustration whatsoever.
A complete professional!
Now,
here’s another one. During his earlier
movies Rajni was in the habit of standing
in front of the giant propeller, usually
found in shootings, and enjoying the breeze/gust
of wind, whatever you want to call it. The
sight of Rajni’s original hair fluttering
about in the wind would be marvelous. But
nowadays we couldn’t see that scene
since the wind would spoil the wig that
he is wearing. And what a full time assistant
has been recruited by Shankar to see to
it that the hairpiece meant for the movie
is properly in place.
