Aishwaryaa the daughter of Legend Rajini says that her father has given them everything. He even took her to a disco.
Growing up in the public gaze now is twice as hard, she admitted, what with cameras and flashbulbs everywhere. However, there is an upside of mobile phones and GPS tracking – “I can keep a watch on my children,” she said.
Aishwaryaa R Dhanush had a sheltered upbringing – her father was her date to the disco when she turned 18. “It was December 31 and my birthday falls on January 1 and I wanted to see a disco, and Appa said ‘fine, I will take you.’ It was New Year’s Eve.
We went in and he says ‘now you have seen what it looks like, let’s leave.’ He had anticipated rightly, a crowd broke out seeing him in their midst but he also wanted to keep my heart and not deny me what I wanted,” Aishwaryaa said.
About her book and its unusual title, the girl who grew up among stars admitted that the apple box has special relevance. Often used while filming to station cameras and equipment, Aishwaryaa said the apple box was what she perched herself on in film studios to watch shoots.
Rajinikanth takes his stardom seriously, she said. “You will never see him joke about it or mock it or do something that will reflect badly. He takes it very seriously. He is someone who regards every film as his first.
You never know what will work with the audience and what will not. The beauty of cinema is it’s unpredictability,” Aishwaryaa R Dhanush said. Rajinikanth starred in this year’s blockbuster Kabali and will next be seen in 2.0, sequel to his 2010 hit Enthiran.
