Throwback! Rajinikanth & Kamal Haasan’s Interesting Incidents With Sivaji Ganesan

Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan both, have immense love and respect for the legendary actor Sivaji Ganesan. In this article, we bring to you two interesting incidents that happened between them.

By Mayur Javali

Tamil cinema's epitome of acting, Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan was loved and respected by the entire industry and he had two hardcore fanatics who were his staunch admirers within the industry in the form of Superstar Rajinikanth and Ulaga Nayagan Kamal Haasan.

Both Rajini and Kamal had held Sivaji in the highest regard and were said to have treated the legendary actor as their Godfather. The present generation legends too were seen as the family by the yesteryear legend and the former have had their own share of interesting incidents separately with the latter.

The year 1992 witnessed one of the all-time classics of Tamil cinema, Thevar Magan. The movie boasted of the proudest Tamil actors, Sivaji Ganesan and Kamal Haasan together on-screen. The on-screen competition they posed to each other in terms of acting was phenomenal and Sivaji played the role of a village chieftain.

Naturally, the king needs to sit on a majestic throne and Kamal Haasan, the producer of the movie had got a custom made chair built for the character of a village chieftain. Sivaji, who was said to be impressed with the chair heaped praises on Kamal Haasan for its build and design.

However, post the completion of movie and screening of the premiere show, the thespian actor was said to have cursed Kamal on a lighter note, as the former noticed that the character played by him dies during the pre-interval block and that it was Kamal Haasan who occupies the custom made throne from the second half.

Sivaji exclaimed that he was under the assumption that the chair was designed especially out of love and affection Kamal had on him but later turned out to be the affection which the latter had on himself. The duo was said to have a good laughter over the incident.

Cut the scene and enter 1999, it was time to witness a class and mass combo which resulted in an industry hit, Padayappa. Rajini shared screen space with Sivaji Ganesan after a long time and this was the last movie of the Chevalier award-winning actor.

KS Ravikumar, the director of the movie, was a frequent smoker back then but lacked the courage to smoke on sets in the presence of the highly disciplined actor, Sivaji Ayya (as he was fondly called in the industry circles).

This prompted Ravikumar to sneak into a dark room in the production unit for a quick fag and he had to escape from the eyes of the senior actor. Though the director successfully managed to stealthily enter a dark room, he was taken by surprise when he spotted another person smoking a cigarette in the same room.

To his astonishment, it was none other than Superstar Rajinikanth. Superstar, upon noticing Ravikumar exclaimed, "Ayya irukaar illa, veliye eppdidi dhum adikirthu" (Got in here as I cannot gather the courage to smoke in front of Ayya). Ravikumar then lit his cigarette peacefully when he had Thalaiva himself as a companion.

These two incidents showcase the love, affection and admiration the trio shared through the lifetime.

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