Ganesh Venkatram On How Bigg Boss Has Been Life-Changing
Actor Ganesh
Venkatram admits that life has completely changed post his participation in
Vijay TV’s reality show, Bigg Boss, in Tamil, this year. “Where ever I go, I get mobbed! The love
the people are showing for me has left me speechless and humbled. I never
expected this kind of a reaction. Even after Thani Oruvan I have been mobbed.
But the scale of the adulation after Bigg Boss is overwhelming !” says the tall
and handsome actor. Citing an example of how life has changed, he says, “Just 2 days
after I got home from the show, Nisha and I went to the Forum Mall in Chennai
for some shopping. Within minutes I was mobbed! I was surrounded by people pulling my cheeks,
kissing me, complimenting me and showering me with their love. This went on for around an hour. The crowd got
so big that ultimately the security had to be called to help us move out.”
Photo courtesy : Ganesh Venkatram
Calls
complimenting him about his successful stint on the reality show have been
pouring in from industry friends like Jayam Raja, Karthik Subbaraj, Arivazhagan
and many others. “Everyone tells me how happy they are that my true self was
revealed on the show. Though I have been a part of the industry for 8 years and
living in Chennai for several years now, this sort of acceptance has never
happened. People somehow always had this notion that having grown up in Mumbai,
I was a sort of outsider. Even in films, I felt I was getting typecast somehow.
The beauty of Bigg Boss is that people have seen how I really am in actual life
and they have come to accept me for what I really am. It has bridged the gap between the pubic and
myself. Having seen me for what I am on TV for so many days, the audiences tell
me that they feel like they know me, like I am a house member now. Bigg Boss
has been life-changing for me.”
So what is it that the people have liked so
much about him? “From the feedback I’ve got it seems like they observed that I
was patient, kind, forgiving and dignified. They seem to appreciate my problem
solving skills,” he elaborates.
Not only is
he getting adulation and affection, he’s also getting film and advertisement offers in abundance. “Lots
of ad films have come my way after Bigg Boss, and people want me to inaugurate
stores and attend functions. The film offers for different kind of roles are
also coming in.” One of his latest projects post the show, is his second
Malayalam film after Kandahar. “Director Roshni Dinakar called me up with this amazing script which has 3 grey
characters. I play one of them along with Prithviraj and Parvathi. We are
currently shooting for the film titled My Story, in Mysore but will later go on to shoot
in Portugal.”
Photoscourtesy : Ganesh Venkatram
At an all ladies function that he attended recently in Chennai,
Ganesh says he was mobbed by the women as soon as he entered the hall, “From
kids to grand-moms, everybody wanted to talk to me. Some of them even wanted me
to dance with them! All this love I am getting is completely overwhelming.”
Fans on social media have been pouring their adulation on his timeline and
recent photos of his latest shoot have received a barrage of compliments.
He is all
praise for the audiences of Tamil cinema, “The wonderful part of the audience
here is that no matter who you are and where you come from, when they like you, they accept you and embrace you whole-heartedly.”
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