That Sunday when I stepped out, there was only one discussion everywhere. It was regarding the Saamy function. I had to visit many people on official work that night till almost 12.30am. Believe it or not as a surprise everyone with whomever I met was discussing about Vikram as the Next superstar. Everywhere just one topic. I had nothing to say, as I knew, the audience is that fickle lover who writes your name in the sand and watches it being erased with each coming waves. But still it looked like a sign that harked the triumph of a star. The one that has hysterical college kids, profiting black ticket sellers, moviemakers appending the prefix ‘ Super’ to him, hosting hope in an industry that’s been hitting the through lately. I was not fancy about his stardom as stardom is short-lived experience but the thing I noticed about him was his modesty.
Excuse me. How could I judge a person as modest without meting him? It could also be acting.
Come on. If you’re really not nice, it would eventually show but I could not see any such signs in his face. Till today I can remember the Filmfare function –2002 where he was sitting at the front row, wearing a scarf on his head like commando with blue jeans and white full sleeve shirt. When Ajit received award the best actor award for the year 2002, Vikram was so happy and clapping a lot. That day I really liked his sportsmanship. I’ve seen many stars at award functions who behave like they have arrived from the heaven or demi gods. But alas! Those so called demi gods have feet of clay. In such situation he looked like someone who is very down to earth in his attitude. One could easily find modesty even in his laughter. Trust me that day I thought, ‘I am gut sure. Next year it’s none other than this guy who’s gonna bag the award and he will stay here.’
I don’t know why I felt so on that day when I was not even a admirer of him.
Excuse me. Wasn’t I? May be not for his movies but as a person he touched my heart that day itself I feel. That day Nagraj who is big fan of Vijay told me about Ajit and Vikram have acted together long back in ‘Ullasam’ movie.
‘Ullasam’! Gosh! I have heard about that movie long back and the song ‘Veesum Katru’ was one among my favourite song but that time I never knew that there is one more hero in the movie. And Nagraj told that the song was for Vikram in the movie.
Really? I just could not believe it at all.
Many time I was wondering that whether Nagraj is fan of Vijay or Vikram? Once I asked about this matter. He replied, ‘I like Vijay a lot more than Vikram but yeah, I enjoy Vikram’s acting too. The thing I don’t like in Vikram is his leg. He cannot run properly. If you notice there is something wrong in his leg. I think it’s due to accident at the time of ‘Dhool’. Vijay dances superb.
‘Yeah, I agree. I’ve noticed that fact in few scenes but it did not make any difference to his acting I guess.’, I said.
After few months of that conversation I saw him at the Saamy function. Vikram looked the same. Mr. Nice but the thing , which left an unforgettable impression in my mind was the tears of purely unadulterated joy, which were rolling down on his cheeks when Rajni was praising him. The unforgettable moment was when Vikram wanted to garland Rajni, instead of accepting it Rajni himself put that huge bays to Vikram, saying, ‘you deserve this’, there was tears in Vikram’s eyes. A tear that moved me completely. Why? I could not understand at all. One the other hand Rajni’s words, ‘Vikram has become a star after striving a lot. I had Balachandar for me the beginning so I was made a super star without challenges. Vikram has strived for 10 to 11 years.’ completely convulsed me.
If someone else were at Vikram’s place that day, I would have surely able to see horns on their head but in Vikram I saw only those tears, which had something to say. What was that? May be his struggle of those days or his dreams of those previous days.
I wanted to clutch those tears.
If you keep a drop of tear below the microscope it has so many things to say, only if you have that inner eye to view it. Each drop of tear would say hundreds of stories but who has the time to listen?
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