Some
film
memo ies
stay
with
you,
eve
whe
a
p oject
is
lo g
ove .
Fo
Sh iya
Sa a ,
wo ki g
with
Raji ika th
i
‘Sivaji:
The
Boss’
emai s
o e
such
memo y.
The
act ess
talked
about
he
jou ey
i
the
South
I dia
film
i dust y
a d
evealed
that
she
was
e vous
befo e
meeti g
the
supe sta
fo
the
fi st
time.
He
memo ies
also
eveal
the
wa mth
a d
simplicity
she
felt
wo ki g
with
him.
Sh iya
Sa a
ecalls
meeti g
Raji ika th
fo
the
fi st
time
Speaki g
to
Pi kvilla,
Sh iya
Sa a
evealed
that
she
was
ext emely
e vous
about
meeti g
Raji ika th
befo e
thei
fi st
ehea sal.
She
ecalled
aski g
di ecto
Sha ka
to
i t oduce
them
befo eha d
because
she
fea ed
she
would
f eeze
i
f o t
of
the
supe sta .
“I
was
ve y
sta st uck.
I
o ce
told
Sha ka ,
si ,
ke
ek
baa
mujhe
ehea sal
se
pehle
milwa
le a,
because
pehli
baa
u ke
saath
kaam
ka u gi
toh
I
will
be
f oze ;
(please
i t oduce
me
to
him
o ce
befo e
the
ehea sal
because
it
will
be
my
fi st
time
wo ki g
with
him)
he
was
just
laughi g,”
she
said.
Sh iya
also
emembe ed
how
sec etive
the
film’s
a ou ceme t
was
a d
how
she
t avelled
to
Che ai
fo
the
mahu at
afte
Sha ka
offe ed
he
the
ole.
Sh iya
Sa a
says
Raji ika th
made
he
feel
comfo table
o
‘Sivaji’
set
Sh iya
Sa a
said
the
scale
of
‘Sivaji:
The
Boss’
became
clea
whe
she
a ived
a d
saw
pe so alities
such
as
AR
Rahma
a d
Raji ika th.
She
was
su p ised
whe
Sha ka
i t oduced
he
to
he
co-sta .
“Jab
mai
gayi
waha
pa
bade
bade
log
aa
ahe
like
AR
Rahma
si
au
Raji ika th
si .
Mujhe
laga
ke
it i
badi
film
ho
aha
hai,
a d
I
tha ked
Sha ka
si
fo
maki g
me
pa t
of
it,”
she
ecalled.
Talki g
about
the
‘Vaaji
Vaaji’
so g
shoot,
she
added,
“Raji i
si
makes
you
feel
ve y
comfo table
a d
ve y
special,
eve
maki g
you
feel
like
he’s
you
best
f ie d.”
Sh iya
Sa a
also
p aised
his
humble
atu e,
sayi g,
“Raji i
si
bahut
hi
dow
to
ea th
au
simple
hai ,
bahut
hi
zyaada.”
Raji ika th’s
life
sto y
left
a
deep
imp essio
o
Sh iya
Sa a
The
act ess
also
ecalled
co ve satio s
with
Raji ika th
du i g
the
shoot
a d
said
his
advice
stayed
with
he .
“Woh
humesha
mujhse
batate
ki
ap e
kaam
se
pyaa
ka e
au
seekhte
ahe,”
she
said.
Sh iya
emembe ed
Raji ika th
telli g
he
about
his
ea ly
days,
whe
he
had
limited
mo ey
but
still
fou d
ways
to
atte d
film
school
a d
watch
films.
Fo
he ,
his
jou ey
f om
st uggli g
to
becomi g
o e
of
I dia
ci ema’s
biggest
sta s
was
deeply
i spi i g.
“Ek
i saa
kuch
aa
hoke
it a
bada
supe sta
ba
jaata
hai
a d
he
is
so
ooted,”
she
said.
Sh iya
fu the
desc ibed
him
as
someo e
with
a
g eat
se se
of
humou
who
ofte
b ought
fu
a d
d ama
to
the
sets.
Sh iya
Sa a
a d
Raji ika th’s
‘Sivaji:
The
Boss’
emai s
a
special
film
‘Sivaji’
was
eleased
i
2007.
Raji ika th
a d
Sh iya
Sa a
came
togethe
fo
a
comme cial
e te tai e
helmed
by
Sha ka ,
‘The
Boss’.
Raji ika th
sta ed
as
Sivaji,
a
e gi ee
etu i g
to
I dia
with
pla s
to
imp ove
society
but
e cou te i g
st o g
oppositio .
Sh iya
was
his
c ush,
Tamizhselvi.
The
film
also
featu ed
Vivek,
Suma
a d
Ma iva a
i
suppo ti g
oles.
AR
Rahma
was
the
music
di ecto .
Sh iya
Sa a ’s
memo ies
of
he
fi st
meeti g
with
Raji ika th,
looki g
back,
suggest
it
was ’t
just
about
meeti g
a
supe sta
but
discove i g
the
dow -to-ea th
pe so ality
behi d
the
la ge -tha -life
image.
