As an aside, I saw Justin Langer warming up to the kids at the Chinnaswamy stadium yesterday. He shook the hands of every child, who were lined up to accompany the players for the national anthems to be played. What perhaps got him the loudest cheer ( which he never would have managed in his playing days) was his gesture towards a three year old kid. He first waved hands at him, then suddenly realised he had a season ball in his hand. He then bent over the protective railings and gifted the kid the ball. The crowd went ballistic with this gesture of his and hooted their approval. Who says Aussies can't be nice guys
There was a time , when I was a Chiranjeevi fan, to an extent that I even defended his flop movies such as Rickshavodu, Big Boss and others of the same ilk. For me he was was the ultimate star- the superstar. And hearing tales of Amitabh Bachchan from my father did nothing to alter my views on Chiranjeevi's superstardom Towards the end of my graduation, that is circa 2005 in April, two movies released- Mumbai Express and Chandramukhi. I went to Mumbai Express for the first day first show and was not impressed. Rajnikanth, coming off a colossal flop called Baba and Chandramukhi was touted to be his comeback vehicle. Since we had nothing to do, we dragged ourselves to Chandramukhi and I was impressed with the fact that as a superstar, he allowed the female protagonist to run away with the credit Well when Sivaji released, I got to see Rajni mania first hand and what a sight it was! I was in Bangalore and there was a serpentine queue to procure the tickets. The sheer magnitude
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