When fans get a chance to meet their silver screen icons, joy and excitement fill the air. It couldn’t be any different when it was versatile actor Jiiva the handsome man from Neethane En Pon Vasantham, at an event conducted by Radio City, in Deccan Plaza on Saturday.
Radio City has initiated a concept christened ‘Rasigar Mandram’ (fan club), an attempt by the radio channel to act as a platform by bringing together Kollywood and its indispensable asset — cinema lovers.
Being an actor of this era, people would expect young girls and guys to be a part of an event like this. But, it took many by surprise to see people of different age groups, from toddlers to elderly people, in the gathering, with each one having words of praise for the Ko actor.
One could not miss seeing small kids singing his song, young girls gushing about his smile, young guys admiring his sense of humour and old people praising his genuine acting. Satisfying Tamil audience and scoring among all age groups is a feat that’s almost impossible for an actor in today’s generation. But it was evident from the crowd that the actor did it with style.
Sensing this deep connection and bonding, Radio City started this concept with actor Jiiva and called it ‘Jeeva Rasigar Mandram,’ and made people take an active part in it by conducting various SMS contests.
The finalists who were selected, were given the chance to meet him in person. It was a delight for everybody who turned up, especially Devi, a final-year student from MOP, who could not hide her excitement to meet him. “I completely fell for him the moment I saw him in Neethane En Pon Vasantham,” she said.
When everybody’s mind was rushing to question the long unanswered query about why Jiiva was made the first guest of the initiative, Radio City RJ Raja unveiled the mystery by sharing the channel’s long standing relationship with Jiiva and their valuable friendship.
The channel also took this as an opportunity to celebrate Jiiva’s successful 10 year-stint in the Tamil industry. Being the first of its kind, Radio City also promised to come up with various ‘Meet and Greet’ events like this with various other stars from the industry.
The event also had an interactive session with the actor, which elicited a wide range of questions from every corner. The actor handled it with ease and patiently responded to them, besides sharing his journey and transformation from a producer’s son to an established actor, thanking his directors for such opportunities.
“I am proud about my transformation in all these years from being identified as a producer’s son and now being a director’s actor. I am thankful to all directors, especially Ravi Mariya, who helped me overcome my reservations in my very first movie and director Ameer, who gave a very important film like Raam and many others, the list goes on,” said Jiiva.
The fans made the event a huge success by cheering him throughout the meet. An event like this is sure to succeed as films continues to keep the masses hooked.