Reel vs Real
This post is specially for s0ul :)
In my previous post Mushy Crushy most people had referred to their crushes to be the filmy heroes. So I thot I shall share my secret of who used to be my favourite film hero. Please remember I didnt have a crush on him....but thot he was just a gr8 super hero . And remember - laugh as much as u can cos I know it will be way tooooooooo funny but don't curse me!!! ;p
I used to be so damn crazy about M G Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR from about 3 years till I was 5! And I seriously used to believe that this man could actually do all the stunts / fights as in the films & had all the magical powers in real life too! Hmm how I used to take the reel life to be real!! Gosh! And to tell u how crazy I was about him.....here's what I did when I was about 3 yrs old!
I had to be operated for tonsils & so my parents wanted to take me to the hospital & when I asked them the reason I was going to the hospital, they told me that we were going to see MGR!!! And I believed them!! :D And gladly went to the hospital & eventually into the operation theatre!!!
And again I must have been around 4-5 years old & I heard that MGR was contesting for the TN elections I used to frantically pray for him to win!!! * How crazy could I have been?* I wanted to vote for him but was v.disappointed to note that I wasnt allowed to vote. I went to the polling booth & insisted to my grandparents that they should vote only for him!!!
How I used to adore his fights & other fancy things he used to do! And used to feel so thrilled when the movie finishes on a happy note with MGR emerging victorious,& successfully bashing up the villians!
Slowly but thankfully it dawned on me that this was all only in the movies and wasnt the case in the real life! *Phew! What a relief!* :)))
So have u had any such silly episodes in life, which u laff about now?
In my previous post Mushy Crushy most people had referred to their crushes to be the filmy heroes. So I thot I shall share my secret of who used to be my favourite film hero. Please remember I didnt have a crush on him....but thot he was just a gr8 super hero . And remember - laugh as much as u can cos I know it will be way tooooooooo funny but don't curse me!!! ;p
I used to be so damn crazy about M G Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR from about 3 years till I was 5! And I seriously used to believe that this man could actually do all the stunts / fights as in the films & had all the magical powers in real life too! Hmm how I used to take the reel life to be real!! Gosh! And to tell u how crazy I was about him.....here's what I did when I was about 3 yrs old!
I had to be operated for tonsils & so my parents wanted to take me to the hospital & when I asked them the reason I was going to the hospital, they told me that we were going to see MGR!!! And I believed them!! :D And gladly went to the hospital & eventually into the operation theatre!!!
And again I must have been around 4-5 years old & I heard that MGR was contesting for the TN elections I used to frantically pray for him to win!!! * How crazy could I have been?* I wanted to vote for him but was v.disappointed to note that I wasnt allowed to vote. I went to the polling booth & insisted to my grandparents that they should vote only for him!!!
How I used to adore his fights & other fancy things he used to do! And used to feel so thrilled when the movie finishes on a happy note with MGR emerging victorious,& successfully bashing up the villians!
Slowly but thankfully it dawned on me that this was all only in the movies and wasnt the case in the real life! *Phew! What a relief!* :)))
So have u had any such silly episodes in life, which u laff about now?
51 Comments:
At 9:55 AM, Shiv said…
u know who am crazy abt now!!!
At 10:00 AM, Aditi said…
Oh yes I had silly incidents like that but none came to mind
At 11:32 AM, Rebelzz said…
Well not your fault.. MGR had that effect on a looooooooooooot of ppl.. Well forget being a kid, when I was in my final yr of coll, I was seriously contemplating becoming a teacher after seeing Main Hoon Na (Well, in the movie, SRK s a student who falls in love with his teacher.. I was hoping for student like SRK) :-D
At 1:25 PM, Ganesh Ranganathan said…
Hehe...funny post...
Naan Aniyattal, Adhu Nandanthavittal, inga ezhaigal vedanai pada mattar...
I love that song...that was MGR wasn't it??
At 3:55 PM, Madhu said…
ha ha i can understand.....i used to think the same about Amitabh. Big B still fascinates me!I used to get so emotional whenever i heard khabhi khabhi and wondered if i would get a husband who had such a voice.
At 4:04 PM, Has to be me said…
Shiv,
Yes ofcourse!
Aditi,
Wish u cud share! ;)
REBEL,
Welcome here! Sure SRK is drool material!! ;)
At 4:06 PM, Has to be me said…
Ganesh,
V.much the same chap!
Raz,
Hmmm....thats surprising!
Madhu,
Ya I also just loveeeeeee kabhi kabhi! Love to hear it over & over again. BTW, is ur hubby any where close to it?! ;)
At 4:55 PM, Syam said…
Welcome back, hope you had a good time...
there are lot of people in some remote villages still believe MGR/NTR is alive :-)
At 5:41 PM, starry said…
Welcome back..did you have a fun time?
At 6:18 PM, s0ulasylum said…
aww.. how sweet of you !!! well one thing for sure.. your crush is anydayyyyyyyyyyyyy better than my choice when I was three!! hahaha.. at least MGR is someone the whole of TN adores.. but what was i thinking!!!! lol..
this was a realllllly sweet post.. and thnks for writing this for me!!!! :))
so how u been.. long time no see?
At 8:30 PM, Harish said…
"the reason I was going to the hospital, they told me that we were going to see MGR"...cldnt stop laughing thinknig this
Oh...well...i was in std 3..and was looking at marraige photo album of my parents and pointed someone and asked if it was me...
And asked why i didnt remember that i attend their wedding :-)
At 10:41 PM, KK said…
Welcome back!!
M.G.R???? hahahah.... I too used to like MGR's movie for his sword fights... When I was young I used to watch movies only for the fights...
Harish, While watching the marraige photo album of my parents, I too had a long argument with my sister that I attended my parents wedding and I was missing in the photos :)
At 11:55 PM, Scoot said…
hahah that is so sweet and I loved reading about this :)
At 2:20 AM, Jinguchakka said…
He made an entire generation rally around him. I've seen his photo in huts as a puja item.
At 2:23 AM, Jinguchakka said…
And remember! till he was alive, no other party could come to power.
At 3:16 AM, Keshi said…
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At 4:25 AM, Sree said…
good to see you back, missed you... LOL.. it happens.
At 5:21 AM, Butterflies said…
happy that u r back!!Die hard MGRfan?great!
At 7:54 AM, Itchingtowrite said…
welcome back. Ha ha crushes- i used to maintain a scrap book of aamir khan .. just threw them fewmonths ago when i went to mom's place (before my hubby cud see them & make fun fo me)
At 9:07 AM, Ram said…
I wasn't a big MGR fan, but one of my most powerful memories was watching his funeral procession on BBC when I was in London...I think I was 7 or 8 years old and was wondering at the power and draw of the man...
Ah, I digress...I remember when I was in New Delhi, my cousin sister was a big Suniel Shetty fan, and me and another cousin were Akshay Kumar fans, so we had fights and arguments whenever one or the other came on screen or their song came on the radio...hehehehe, still make fun of her to this day...
At 9:10 AM, Keshi said…
WB mwahhhhhhhh!
MGR is one of mum's favs LOL! But I do watch his movies with her even now and I just laugh n laugh. When it's not even a comedy. Cos he does real super-hero kinda stunts. In one movie he swings from a rope in some circus style and as he does that he sings a song with so many emotions showing on his face - all this while hanging on a rope that could break and kill him instantly.
Anyways ur story was cute :) They got u to the operation theatre cos of MGR - thats great :):)
When I was lil I used to be in love with this actor in Sri Lanka. He was very popular. And I was abt 5. I used to cry whenever he danced with some girl. LOL!
Keshi.
At 9:37 AM, Known Stranger said…
dont tell it aloud to aging 80 year old granys/..... they will say - he is god. dont you see on his anniversary day -? for many he is god.
by the way - i have a craze on him. mallai kallan, mandri kumari. oh my goodness.. any number of times you ask me to watch - i will watch him in silver screen or tv screen. not those movies after he entered serious politics - appuram athu prechara movie ayachu,,,,
crush on mgr ? i was thinking you were a guy ?!
At 10:11 AM, Has to be me said…
Syam
Yup thnx...had a good time. Oh ya how ppl literally worship MGR!
Starry
Thank u...had a lovely time.
s0ul,
Glad u liked it. But I DIDNT have a crush on him....just thot he was a gr8 superhero! I was away from blogsville & thats y u didnt c me. Hope I can be regular like b4 now!
At 10:13 AM, Has to be me said…
Harish,
LOL@ ur ? to parents. Now even my son gets angry when I say anything where he wasnt present & argues with me that he was there!!!
KK,
Right, MGR v,popular fr kathi sandai!
Maya,
Thnx. Glad 2 note the same.
At 10:14 AM, Has to be me said…
JC,
v.true. He carved a niche fr himself.
Sush,
Yes I missed u all too. Im glad 2 be back as well.
Shuba,
Not any more!
At 10:17 AM, Has to be me said…
I2W,
LOL @ ur scrapbook fr AK! but ya he;s a cutie! ;)
Ram,
Dunno what attraction this man had that so many ppl thot a world of him! Media power I guess! LOL @ Sunil Shetty!
Keshi,
muaah to u 2 dear! Im glad 2 b back as well. Betchya, those movies r funny indeed! LOL@what u did when 5. Hope u dont do the same with ur guy/bf/hubby!! ;)
At 10:20 AM, Has to be me said…
KS,
Surprised that u thot I was a guy! Anycse glad that u r clear now! Hmm so u r big fan of MGR, eh? and do u also like to try his stunts?! ;)
At 10:27 AM, Asmita said…
hi h2bme
hehe funny post,
i dont really recall now ne of mine
At 12:43 PM, Pavithra said…
Well there is one thing I still laugh about. I'm the eldest daughter and as soon as my sister was born she was entirely different than me. She was fairer than me. Then when I was 8, I had a brother who looked exactly like my sister. My mom's sister (Chithi) playfully said, "See you don't look like both of them. Ur mom exchanged you from someone else. You are not their original daughter". I beleived it and even asked my mom whether I'm their daughter or not. I had this doubt for quite sometime. Even today when I see my Chithi, I just smile to myself.
At 1:10 PM, prithz said…
Probably, i dutn belong to this generation at all..'coz i used to tease my mom n aunties whenever they talk abt MGR, or watch some songs, romantic scenes!!! So funny it used to be for me.. the extremely fair face, kaajal, lipstick!!! LOL!!! anyways, trends change... :P
And funny incidents in life - lots!! the best i can rememebr is when i used to cry for scorin a 9/10 in english dictation!!! LOL!!!
At 4:34 PM, golmaalgopal said…
welcome back...hope u had a gr8 time...MGR was a heart throb for many many ppl....he was like god....even now nadodi mannan's runnin in a local theatre near my house.... :)would u believe it???
At 6:57 PM, Has to be me said…
Asmita,
Welcome here & thanks fr commenting
PAvithra,
Gosh thats really funny! hope u got no doubts now!!
Prithz,
LOL! keep up the good work!
GM Gopal,
OMG! even now? unbelievable!
At 11:11 PM, Me too said…
Atleast you were so young. When Aamir appeared in the first Coke Ad, I sat with a coke trying to gulp it down for half an hour(I hate soda drinks!)!!
Oh, how I loved "Chandrodayam"!
Also, check out how similar Hollywood Actor Errol Flynn looks like MGR.
At 8:04 AM, Hip Grandma said…
i knew of a college mate who almost committed suicide when Jai shankar announced his marriage to Geeta (I think that was the name).Her friends kept a round the clock vigil on her.She came out of her madness to end her life but she never forgave the wife as long as she was in college.I was more impressed by Sivaji.
At 7:38 PM, KC! said…
kavalai padadheenga, you were just 5 then, there are so many who do the same thing at 35 too LOL
At 12:59 AM, Anonymous said…
Hahahaha! :o)
At 7:35 AM, The Kid said…
I think I had a crush on Vijayanthimala Bali...she did not act after I was born but still because of my dad. When I was 3 or so, he would bring all casettes of movies with Vijayanthimala and keep talking about her. What a case, huh?
Father and son having a crush on the same woman ! Funny! (I think my mom did something to end that! he he)
At 8:30 AM, Keshi said…
hell na I wont cry this time...if my husband/bf dances with another girl, I'd take that chance to dance with another hunk LOL!
Keshi.
At 8:37 AM, gayathri said…
hiiiiiii..
u r better, i kno ppl who literally worshipped this man!!! but i seriously have no idea if he was worth it.. well no politics here :p
At 1:40 PM, Artnavy said…
I find MGR very amusing in his song sequences- much like Rajesh Khanna. But as a kid, I loved Satyaraj - thought he was gorgeous & so amusing - so what can I say....
At 3:35 PM, Has to be me said…
Me too,
Gosh! Cant believe u actually tried somehting like that!!! will check out ur links soon.
HG,
LOL! Was jaishankar so popular those days? Never thot he was suicide material!
Usha,
Neega sonna seri! ;)
At 3:37 PM, Has to be me said…
JC,
:)
Kid,
LOL @ ur crush!! Pity ur mom! But guess she knew how to straighten it out! Smart lady!
Keshi,
Good way 2 capitalize!! ;)
At 3:39 PM, Has to be me said…
Gayathri,
Oh yes there r many ppl who were just so crazy abt him. Wonder what it is abt him that they went gaga on him!
Art navy,
Welcome here! Satyaraj! LOL! Didnt know kids cud like him! Am sure he wld be thrilled if he heard that!;)
At 11:38 AM, Artnavy said…
I did not miss a single movie of his- got video cassettes those days in mumbai from Matunga- - I particularly liked ( still like) the one where he is "Dass Dass - Chinnapa Dass dass"
At 11:41 AM, Has to be me said…
Artnavy,
Oh yes I remember the song - Das das chinappa das das, pass pass nee ippo pass pass!!! :)))
At 4:27 AM, Madhu said…
hmm my hubby is fine....atleast i got one who loves the song as much as i do. We both love old hindi songs and end up playing antakshari late into the night and wake up with a sore throat :) that's fine with me!!
At 11:40 AM, Shanthi said…
Long time since i visited any blog...
orey sirippu indha post padichu :D
i have been kamal crazy all these while (just bcos he was of my height when i was in those primary classes?!)... but now i just couldn't see him with jyothika or that kamalini...
one thing abt MGR is that all the while(till 5th std ?!) i thought that one who acts in the movies and the one with specs and that famous cap was different!
At 5:06 PM, gils said…
ooopss..romba nala intha pakkam varalanu ninakren :( neriya miss paniruken...KK..."me missing in fotos" ROTFL..chancela ponga...my mom dad even to this day likes his movies...n i simply luv the songs in his movies...wow..enna meaningful songs...and all is movies had happy endings..which made it more likeable as a kid :)
At 9:08 AM, Has to be me said…
Madhu,
Playing antakshari @ nite, sounds much fun!
Shanthi,
Glad that u enjoyed the same! :)
Gils,
Ya true his movies were all very likeable as a kid & the msgs were truth always triumphs sort of a thing!
At 11:10 AM, chitra said…
Well I use to enjoy his style of fighting but all I remember now is the legacy he left behid : jayalalitha and i am sure I do not like that much .
At 11:43 AM, Known Stranger said…
ya tried his stunts of sword fight with a big towel tighed to the neck - but in the sword fight i loved nambiyar who was better than mgr.
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