“She hugged me tightly and gave me a kiss. I kept my composition notebook next to me. I showed her, ‘See I got first prize in the essay competition.'”
The essay was titled “What mummy means to me.”
Jayalalithaa was a skilled Bharat Natyam dancer. She had her arangetram (on-stage debut) in May 1960 when she was 12. Personalities from the film industry came for the performance. Shivaji Ganesan, mega-star, was the guest of honour.
Jayalalithaa recalled, “When Shivaji gave the speech, he said ‘this girl is really beautiful like a golden idol, and one day in the future she will come into the film industry and will get a great welcome. I wish that for her.'”
“I’m certain he wouldn’t have even dreamt that in some years, I would work alongside him as a heroine,” she wrote.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
