Has Vadivelus real life become more tragedy than his reel lifes comedy?
It is quite probable that Vadivelu was really not careful and ‘believed’ his friend. His lawyer ought to have argued with some evidence which court could take cognizance of, rather than just giving ‘opinion’ about his client’s natural ‘innocence’. So what the Judge had told was the expected question only. One can not estimate someone with ref to his roles in the stage /film. Nambiyar was a villian in stage but a very pious and gentle person in real life. But the film world is a very mysterious place and the characters may be good by freak only. For, the greedy unprincipled and unethical elements are said to abound in the cut throat field. So it is difficult to judge people in the field. I recall an incidence oft discussed in my college days: Late Actor Nagesh had to face his excommunication from the industry, due to his fall out with MGR who was powerful: Nagesh was interviewed by a journalist who asked about the number of films acted by him with MGR and Sivaji. The popular comedian ha
