“It was a great privilege to be a part of Mani Ratnam’s film. I was accustomed to acting on a set of only 60 people back then. I came to a set of 300 people. The shoot went on every day. No, he would always say, “Shobhana, I’m going to go tomorrow. It’s been months since I last saw my parents.
Shobhana shared her memories of the movie after seeing the beautiful dance performed by Chembarathi serial star Amala Dalapati to the song ‘Sundari Kannal Oru Sethi’ from the movie. The actor also shared his memories of going to the shooting at 4 in the morning to film this song.
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“Rajinikanth did not come for any shooting that morning. He was a superstar then. He was still like that. The shooting time was 4 pm. Mani Sir replied, ‘If 300 people can reach that time, then Rajini may be the 301st. The production team said,’ He’s not coming. We can back up and shoot. When he saw us, he replied, “Didn’t you think I would not come? Now I’m here. Come on, let’s shoot,” said Shobhana.
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