Acto
R
Madhava
has
ofte
spoke
about
aisi g
his
so
Vedaa t
Madhava
with
st o g
values
a d
discipli e,
despite
his
p ivileged
backg ou d.
Vedaa t,
20,
who
is
a
i te atio al
f eestyle
swimme ,
has
ep ese ted
I dia
i
ma y
champio ships.
I
a
ece t
i te view,
Madhava
spoke
about
his
pa e ti g
style
fo
his
so .
The
acto
also
admitted
that
while
Vedaa t
is
a
good
swimme ,
the e
a e
ma y
othe s
a ou d
him
who
a e
bette
a d
dese ve
mo e
atte tio .He
was
asked
about
that
o e
lesso
that
he
keeps
emi di g
Vedaa t
about.
He
said,
“I
am
a
celeb ity,
he
is
a
celeb ity
child.
He
has
also
do e
his
bit
of
achieveme ts
that
make
him
popula ,
a d
it
gets
e ha ced
th ough
the
fact
that
he’s
my
so .
The
most
pa t
I
tell
him
is
that
he
has
fa
mo e
oppo tu ities
tha
a
o mal
child,
because
people
k ow
about
him
a d
he
ca
become
ews
ve y
quickly,
if
he
does ’t
k ow
how
to
keep
his
ducks
i
a
ow.”Madhava
co ti ued,
“So,
I
keep
emi di g
him
that
it’s
eflected
glo y.
Sometimes,
you
do
get
used
to
the
atte tio .
He
gets
t eated
like
a
celeb ity
at
times.
I
said,
‘That’s
goi g
to
be
ve y
sho t
lived’.
Sometimes,
you
do
stupid
thi gs
while
t yi g
to
ecove
it
back,
make
it
come
back.”
The
acto
sha ed
that
Vedaa t
goes
to
bed
ea ly
a d
wakes
up
timely
i
the
mo i g.
Howeve ,
the e
a e
ma y
othe
swimme s
who
should
get
mo e
atte tio
tha
him.
“He’s
tha kfully
a
spo tsma .
So,
he
goes
to
sleep
at
8:00
pm
a d
gets
up
at
4:00
am
i
the
mo i g.
I
betwee
that
time
is
all
whe e
all
the
thi gs
go
w o g.
So
that
is
take
ca e
of.
He
is
doi g
well.
He
is
still
swimmi g
fo
the
cou t y.
The e
a e
a
lot
bette
swimme s
tha
him
who
eed
to
get
mo e
atte tio ,
but
we
a e
doi g
ou
best
to
see
how
that
ca
happe
as
well,”
he
said.Havi g
said
that,
R
Madhava
e su es
to
d aw
a
li e
betwee
p ivilege
a d
pa e ti g.
“As
a
fathe ,
I
am
as
e vous
a d
p o e
to
maki g
mistakes
as
a y
othe
pa e t.
We
always
wa t
the
best
fo
ou
child.
We
always
go
to
g eat
le gths
to
make
that
happe ,
but
we
also
wa t
to
k ow
whe e
to
d aw
the
li e.
Whe e
does
pa e ti g
e d
a d
p ivilege
sta t?”“It’s
a
impo ta t
li e
fo
me
to
ide tify
eve y
time.
Sometimes,
that
wo ies
me
the
most.
Do
I
allow
him
to
e joy
the
p ivilege
o
let
him
go
a d
ea
his
medals
o
his
ow ?
If
I’m
pushi g
him
ha d,
am
I
putti g
him
i
da ge
o
am
I
actually
doi g
what
is
ight
by?
So,
questio s
a d
doubts,
that’s
all
pa t
of
bei g
a
pa e t,”
he
exp essed.Whe
asked
about
his
so ’s
exposu e
as
a
adult,
i to
the
eal
wo ld,
Madhava
eplied,
“He
is
20
yea s
old,
so
he
is
p etty
much
a
adult.
I
have
always
t eated
him
as
a
adult
f om
whe
he
was
5
yea s
old.
He
was ’t
p o e
to
childish
cajoli g
at
all.
We
would
take
his
opi io
a d
the
tell
him
why
we
we e
ot
taki g
his
suggestio .
He
would
u de sta d.”“Right
ow,
ha dli g
him
is
ot
as
much
impo ta t
as
how
we
both
t y
to
face
the
challe ges
that
a e
ahead
of
him.
The
Olympics
is
comi g,
so
he
is
doi g
his
ve y
best,
but
he
is
ve y
fa
off
the
ma k
ight
ow.
So,
what
do
we
eed
to
do
special
to
make
su e
that
he’s
able
to
catch
up
with
the
wo ld
sta da ds
a d
see
if
he
ca
get
a
medal
fo
I dia.
Those
a e
the
co ve satio s
we
have.
We
a e
looki g
at
scie ce,
othe
tech ologies,
that
help
swimme s
i
what
has
to
be
do e,
what
we
ca
possibly
do
which
is
withi
ou
limits.
That’s
la gely
whe e
the
co ve satio
is,”
the
acto
co cluded.R
Madhava
got
ma ied
to
Sa ita
Bi je
i
1999,
a d
the
couple
welcomed
Vedaa t
i
2005.O
the
wo k
f o t,
Madhava
was
most
ece tly
see
i
the
biog aphical
d ama,
GDN,
playi g
the
lege da y
i ve to
G.D.
Naidu.
Di ected
by
K ish akuma
Ramakuma ,
the
film
also
sta s
P iyama i,
Jaya am,
Sathya aj,
Dusha a
Vijaya ,
Vi ay
Rai,
a d
Aditi
Bala .