“I THINK THAT’S WHAT MAKES HIM THE SUPERSTAR”

Rajinikanth’s Kaala, as reported earlier, has an ensemble cast that includes Sampath too. He had recently shared his photo along with Superstar and we spoke to the Goa star to find more details.

“I have been shooting for Kaala for more than 17 days. When you have grown watching Rajinikanth on screen and rooted for him in theatres, yelled, whistled and fought to get tickets to see his films, you dream of becoming an actor and the dream comes true when you stand in front of him. Your mind runs into all these things when that moment comes. It is a journey.

I remember the time of watching his movies, from black and white days to color and his films like Muthu, Annamalai, Padayappa, Baasha etc. I go back 20-25 years of my life and then say, this is the journey that has brought me here. That’s how it was. I did tell him about this. I also told him about the ordeal we used to undergo to get tickets for his films. For two things I have really struggled hard, one is probably to get his movie tickets and next is trying to get question papers to write next day’s exams (Laughs). Both were very difficult.

I am happy to be working with him. It is very good. He is extremely down to earth. You go with an idea of him being the superstar, but he is so simple. I think that’s what makes him the superstar”.

Sampath is also working with Santhanam in Sakka Podu Podu Raja, Venkat Prabhu’s production venture RK Nagar and also Telugu films with Pawan Kalyan and Ravi Teja.