Stars... and Schools...

June 20, 2013 - 09:08 AM IST


Victory Venkatesh and Young Rebel star Prabhas should have come to school at the same time…

They would have had their lunch at the same time…

Tollywood macho Rana and the maverick composer Rahman (A.R. Rahman) should have sported at the same ground…

Superstar Mahesh Babu and Tamil Actor Suriya should have been punished by the same teacher…

Is this some kind of fantasy? Well of course “NO” or not even any multi-starrer socio fantasy story we are knitting. On top of it, worry not, all our nuts and bolts are tight enough.

All the above are believable facts. Our beloved Victory Venkatesh and Prabhas should have cried at the same school gate, should have stood in the same morning assembly and have done the same Morning Prayer as they have studied at the same school. Yes, they both have attended the same school – the Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School located at Egmore, Chennai and of course, Venkatesh is a super super senior to Prabhas. Not only Venkatesh alone, his brother Suresh Babu has also attended the same school. When their legendary father Rama Naidu saab was busy making blockbusters, our nanhe munne Venky and Suresh were busy tussling with books and studies at the same school. And guess what, the yesteryear heartthrob Aravind Swamy was a super sub-junior to our Daggubati brothers at the Donbosco. Tamil actor Vishal Krishna Reddy [the Pandemkodi fame Vishal] should have been the junior to our Prabhas and Tamil actor Simbu [Manmadha fame] in the same school.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Chennai, in a different time horizon, there is our Mozart of Madras, the maven composer A.R. Rahman actually scuffling to get his notes [not music notes but some boring Math notes] right in spite of the fast approaching lunch bell and the rats sprinting faster than Ussain bolt in his chota belly at the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan. Guess who is lucky to have shared the same campus… it is our Rana, Ram Charan, Allu Arjun and Naga Chaitanya. You know pretty well that Rana and Ram Charan were jaan jigiris right from their schooling. They should definitely have a great schooling and some meaty cherishing memories about each other at school.

Now on the other plane and in a different timeline, our Superstar Mahesh Babu was busy indulging in petty tangles with Tamil actor Suriya at St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Santhome High Road Chennai. And actors Karthi, Jeeva [Rangam fame], Yuvan Shankar Raja were in their sub-junior army to follow.

All our stars are stars from the recent past but only if we had a time machine like the one in Adithya 369 [or any machine in working condition as a matter of fact] and can travel back to their timelines, we would have definitely caught their petty fights, cute snores in the classroom, spunky acts and naughty plays! We tried our best to present the best authentic view of their schoolings but unfortunately due to the unavailability of the best resource persons in their respective schools, we deliver you the first installment of this feature. For more, watch this space and until then, Eat this!