Vijay’s son Jason recalls father’s advice, his equation with mother

Vijay’s
so
Jaso
Sa jay
eveals
fathe
gave
him
f eedom
to
choose
filmmaki g,
ope s
up
o
equatio
with
mothe
Sa geetha

Jaso
Sa jay,
who
has
g ow
up
a ou d
the
film
i dust y,
evealed
that
his
fathe
Vijay
always
e cou aged
him
to
explo e
his
ow
i te ests
athe
tha
pushi g
him
towa ds
a
pa ticula
ca ee .
He
also
ecalled
how
Vijay
suppo ted
his
decisio
to
study
filmmaki g
ove seas.“I
have
bee
to
sets
f om
a
you g
age,
so
I
was
able
to
o malise
that
feeli g.
A
lot
of
my
f ie ds
saw
ci ema
as
pu e
e te tai me t
f om
a
audie ce
poi t
of
view,
but
because
I
have
bee
i volved
i
that
a d
I
have
see
my
fathe
i
that
p ofessio
fo
so
ma y
yea s,
I
always
had
that
i te est
f om
a
you g
age,”
Jaso
said
while
speaki g
to
Telugu
a cho
Suma
o
he
YouTube
cha el,He
fu the
ecalled
telli g
his
fathe
that
he
wa ted
to
go
ab oad,
become
i depe de t
a d
pu sue
filmmaki g
as
a
cou se.
Acco di g
to
Jaso ,
Vijay
immediately
suppo ted
the
decisio .“But
the ,
whe
I
told
him
I
wa ted
to
go
ove seas,
be
i depe de t
a d
pu sue
filmmaki g
as
a
cou se,
he
did ’t
hesitate.
He
was
the
fi st
o e
to
give
me
a
g ee
sig al
because
he
has
bee
i
the
i dust y
fo
so
lo g.
Mo e
tha
my
mothe
a d
my
siste ,
he
actually
u de stood
the
impo ta ce
of
it,”
he
said.

Vijay
told
Jaso
to
discove
whethe
filmmaki g
was
ight
fo
him

Jaso
said
Vijay
e cou aged
him
to
pu sue
a
fo mal
cou se
i
filmmaki g
so
that
he
could
u de sta d
his
ow
i te ests
a d
assess
whethe
he
ge ui ely
wa ted
to
make
a
ca ee
out
of
ci ema.

“He
said,
‘You
go
do
the
cou se,
the
o ly
you
will
u de sta d
what
you
like,
what
is
wo ki g
fo
you,
a d
whethe
you
eve
like
this
p ofessio .
So
you
get
a
u de sta di g
of
you self.’
So
he’s
ve y
suppo tive
of
that,”
Jaso
ecalled.Jaso
is
ow
taki g
his
fi st
majo
step
behi d
the
came a
with
Sigma,
which
sta s
Su deep
Kisha
i
the
lead.
The
film
is
scheduled
fo
a
August
elease
a d
Jaso
has
bee
actively
p omoti g
the
p oject.

Jaso
Sa jay
ecalls
his
childhood
appea a ce
i
Vettaikaa a

Befo e
steppi g
i to
filmmaki g,
Jaso
had
a
b ief
acti g
sti t
as
a
child
a tist.
He
appea ed
alo gside
his
fathe
i
the
2009
Tamil
film
Vettaikaa a .
Howeve ,
Jaso
ow
looks
back
at
the
expe ie ce
with
a
se se
of
amuseme t
a d
questio s
whethe
his
appea a ce
was
ecessa y.“I
thi k
I
was
eight
o
i e
yea s
old.
We
shot
i
Rajahmu d y.
A d
I
emembe
my
fathe
came
a d
told
me
he
had
a
idea,
he
wa ted
me
to
be
a
pa t
of
it.
I
said
okay,”
Jaso
said.He
added
that
his
familia ity
with
film
sets
made
the
expe ie ce
comfo table
fo
him.“The
co fide ce
came
f om
the
fact
that
I
was
used
to
sets
a d
had
bee
comfo table
with
c ew
membe s.
It
was
a
ve y
o mal
feeli g.
Now,
whe
I
am
all
g ow
up,
I
look
back
a d
thi k,
what
was
the
eed
fo
me
i
the
movie?
It
has
o
co ectio
to
it,”
he
added.

Jaso
calls
mothe
Sa geetha
his
biggest
chee leade

Jaso
also
ope ed
up
about
his
equatio
with
his
mothe
Sa geetha.
He
desc ibed
he
as
someo e
who
co ti ues
to
t eat
him
like
a
child
despite
his
g owi g
p ofessio al
espo sibilities.“Till
date,
she
t eats
me
like
a
kid.
Afte
I
sta ted
to
wo k,
I
have ’t
bee
able
to
spe d
time
with
he .
But
she
co sta tly
keeps
a
check
o
me
a d
always
has
bee
my
biggest
chee leade ,
motivati g
me
at
all
times,”
Jaso
said.He
also
evealed
that
he
is
looki g
fo wa d
to
his
mothe
watchi g
Sigma
a d
sha i g
he
thoughts.“I
am
waiti g
fo
he
to
watch
the
film
a d
give
me
feedback.
She
is
ve y
t a spa e t
a d
ho est
with
he
opi io s,”
he
said.

Jaso
Sa jay
o
his
bo d
with
siste

Talki g
about
his
siste ,
Jaso
admitted
that
the
sibli gs
we e
ot
always
close
while
g owi g
up.
Howeve ,
thei
elatio ship
evolved
as
they
got
olde .“We
we e
like
cat
a d
mouse
g owi g
up,
but
afte
we
g ew
up,
we
became
close .
The
lo g
dista ce
has
st e gthe ed
ou
bo d,”
he
said.

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