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365th day celebrations at Shanthi Theatre!! |
April
09, 2006 |
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There can be only one Superstar and he has proved
himself again and again that in terms of mass
appeal, he has no peer. When his detractors
wrote him off after Baba, he rose like the proverbial
Phoenix and challenged that Chandramukhi would
erase all the bad memories. He kept his word
and Chandramukhi became the thumping success
which galvanized Tamil cinema back to good health.
In this era of DVDs, when family outings to
movie theatres have almost vanished, the film
has been grossing record collections well past
the silver jubilee. To express their happiness
over the outcome, the LIC unit of Rajini fans’
club organized a function at Shanthi Theatre.
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The
event had been entirely got up by the fans themselves
after consulting Sathyanarayana, Secretary of
the All India Association and Rajini’s man
Friday who conveyed the green signal. They also
sought permission from Ramkumar of Sivaji Productions.
He agreed but could not attend the function as
he is abroad. In his place, the managing partner
of Sivaji Productions, Giri. Shanmugam attended.
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Mr.
Sridhar of LIC Unit Rajini Fans Club and
Gurusrinivasan of Vaaniyambadi had taken
the initiative and and the event was the
result of their untiring efforts. The whole
show was simple but striking. It was a spontaneous
outpouring of affection for the star. Usually,
the heroes prop up the events organized
by their fan clubs in order to get mileage,
but Rajini always insists that his fan clubs
should contribute to social causes and does
not like too much attention on himself.
Yet, with a modest budget, this event celebrating
the 365-day non-stop run of Chandramukhi
had several aspects of a typical Rajini
fan celebration. |
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The
main guest was the young hero, Chithiram Pesuthadi
Narain. He was quite awed by the fan frenzy for
the Superstar. He was presented with a shield
with the Superstar in a stylish pose with the
caption – One year. Narain said, ”Rajini
is an inspiration to many of the younger generation
like me. We have to learn a lot from him. My fervent
wish is to meet him and seek his blessings. I
am very thankful to the fans for inviting me to
this joyous occasion”. Giri. Shanmugam was
obviously pleased and said,” Chandramukhi
has created a new benchmark for Tamil films which
can be bettered only by another Rajini film. I
am sure, Sivaji, will have a run for not just
365 but 730 days”. There was thunderous
applause when he told this. Narain also felicitated
Venugopal, the manager of Shanthi theatre.
The function was headed by N.Ramdas of All India
Rajini Fans Association and other guests included
D.Gurusrinivasan and Bhoominathan. The latter,
who is the Secretary of Sivaji Fans Club proposed
the vote of thanks. |
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There
were plenty of festivities in the form of
kolattam and other folk dances at the venue.
A huge 10,000 wala was set off before the
function started. Every time Rajini’s
name was mentioned by a speaker there were
whistles and claps which brought the roof
down. Chosen songs from Rajini’s earlier
films were played at the theatre and a special
screening of the Chandramukhi with “Repeat”
songs has been planned for the day as well.
Earlier, five fans from Trichy had completed
their journey by cycle from Trichy to Chennai
for attending the function while 70 others
from Trichy had come by a special bus. They
were received by local fans with jubilation.
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the whole the event which lasted for about 100
minutes was a tribute not only to the enduring
charisma of the man but also reinforced the belief
that come what may, Rajini fans will always have
a unique style of showing their respect and anbu
for their thalaivar. May God give them many more
opportunities to do this. |
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