When the great actor was mistook for a begger

This is a real life story which I’m sure will touch your heart.

Visiting that Ragavendra temple in Bangalore is more than a routine for her.

Yet she had not seen him ever before in the temple.

He was sitting on the floor with his eyes closed, legs folded and fingers locked in ‘Gnana Mudra’. He looked strange and different with a turban on his head and very long flowing beard. Some thing was there in his face that attracted her. She could not understand what that was.

She finished her ‘darshan’ and came out; and saw the man was walking in the corridor. Again something was happening in her, she could not understand what it was. She was telling herself, "a poor old man. I have to help him".

She ran to him, gave ten rupees in his hand and forced him to accept. He smiled, expressed a reverence like a ‘prasadam’ by keeping it in the forehead and thanked her by keeping the hand in prayer position.

As she came out, she saw the man was getting into his Mercedes Benz, she was perplexed, shivered and ran to him and said, "Ayya!, Please forgive me, I did not do this to insult you. By seeing your dress and appearance, I thought you are struggling in life and offered you the money. It was a blunder. I am sorry. Please forgive me. Please give me back that money. I am sorry".

The man with the fake beard and turban laughed and replied politely, "Ammaa, This is no mistake of yours. It is the other way. The creator is again and again reminding me through some body, "You are nothing. You are not special. Everybody is equal in front of me". He keeps on sending this message again and again and today you happened to be a medium. That’s it. Thanks a ton". His hand again went to prayer position, expressed gratitude to the lady and he went into his car.

When the lady realized that the man was none other than

Super star Rajini Kanth – Asia‘s number one paid actor, he had left the place.

She did not know what to do. With tears in her eyes, she was staring in the direction in which the car went.

This is not the script of another block buster movie from Rajnikanth, but his biography ‘Name Is Rajini Kanth – A biography’ penned by Dr. Gayathri Srikanth, which gives us an insight into the great actor’s humble life. I read in one of the magazine that Kamal Hassan has already read the book and have appreciated the author for her unique and truthful approach.

Though I haven’t read the book I read this excerpt from one magazine and I thought I would share it with you because it really touched my heart.