Today as actors they may be popular, but for their mothers, theywill always remain children. As part of Children's Day City Express askeda few mothers about the early days of their children.
Upendra's mother Anasuyadescribes her son as being very active even when he was a child."Initially he had an eye problem. He would rewrite letters on the sameline. He used to wear spectacles, but when he got rid off them, his handwriting got better. In the midst of difficulties, my two kids studied very well.Upendra started his drama craze when he was studying in eighth standard atBangalore High School. He used to write and stage dramas and street plays duringGanesha festivals. He was a member of the RSS group and always participated invarious activities through Sanghas. Whenever he wrote stories and staged a play,he used to record them and show it to senior actor Kashinath. That's how his filmjourney started," said Anasuya reminiscing her son's childhood days.
“As achild, everybody is quite mischievous and even I loved to see the naughtinessin my children," she added. According to Pooja Gandhi's mother, Jyothi, shewas a very naughty child. "She had the entire family from her grandmotherto the aunts pampering her with chocolates. If she did not get something, shewould cry and convince them. Since childhood, she was very much into dance andmusic and always wanted to wear different types of costumes. She never likedcompetition and always wanted to be a winner. She was the kind who said -'Thequeue begins where I stand.' She was very good in her studies. I was quitestrict with her as I believed in thodasa pyaar, thoda sa maar, whichhelped.”
Chandra Devaraj talks about her son Prajwal Devaraj, who is quite adisciplined actor today. She says, "I think I was blessed to have twosons, who never troubled me in their childhood. As a kid, he participated indance shows and learnt dance from master Imran Sardariya. He was also very goodwith the keyboard. Though his father, Devaraj was an actor, we never knew thathe wanted to get into films until his debut in Sixer. Onlythen did we realised that he wanted to pursue acting. My husband wanted him tobe an engineer and always pressed upon him to take up science as a subject. In factPrajwal wanted to run a hotel business and did business management too. Butdestiny took him to the cinema world.”