Legendary poet, visionary of social equality and women’s emancipation, Subramania Bharathi remains one of the most inspirational personalities in the history of Tamil culture and literature. There were very few men who could rally people with words that flowed from their pen, Bharathiar’s pen had that rare inspirational quality which he used to great effect. One would have thought that to play such a cult figure it would take an actor well versed maybe even accomplished in Tamil. But, the role was destined to Sayaji Shinde and it came out exceedingly well. Greatness indeed has no barriers.