Vignesh Shivan pens heartfelt note on directing MS Dhoni for CSK, shares mom's moving story from IPL days

Acclaimed Tamil director, who is in a relationship with popular actress Nayanthara, has directed Mahendra Singh Dhoni for a small video for the IPL team Chennai Super Kings. Taking to his Instagram handle, the director penned down a heartfelt note on his experience of directing Captain Cool and shared a moving story that involved his mother too.

Giving the title as 'My favourite Story of myself !', Vignesh wrote, "So many years back, my mom used to be in-charge of the security for the IPL cricket players. She being an Inspector of police, she had access to all places. I`ve seen her talk in Tamil to Dwayne Bravo once! Lol. I used to ask her and somehow, stand in one corner of Park Sheraton hotel to get a glimpse of my Idol -- MSD! I`ve followed him all my life. Always been an ardent fan and a far away student!

Talking about how he has followed his idol Dhoni in his entire life, he continued, "There are times when I have handled situations during shooting, during failures, during success or many other situations. I would just imagine how MSD would react to such a situation and I would do the same while working with a team of 100 members everyday! You need leadership skills and I`ve always followed my Idol!".

The director then recalled how he missed a chance to get clicked alongside the former Indian captain in his younger days, as he wrote, "Coming back to the mom story I used to stand for long hours and when he walks and gets into the house, I've always wished why can`t the bus be parked somewhere longer! One day, my mom had a chance to get a pic with MS Dhoni but I wasn`t able to !!! Even she couldn`t help me get one even though she had access! So it`s always been a dream for me to meet him. Take a picture at least once in my lifetime!

 

 

 

 

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"Then comes life, the work we do. And the blessings and prayers of our loved ones! Through an angel, certain good things happened & eventually whatever I manifested was happening behind me only to get me an opportunity to direct a small video for CSK with my icon!", he further added.

Sharing how he made his mother meet Dhoni on his own sets, he continued, "I said 'action' 36 times! Like a little boy counting with his fingers, every time I said `action` and thanked God and the universe for making me direct the video! Lucky me. And during a short break, I showed him the picture that my mom took. That`s the first picture I`ve posted. And then later, brought my mom and made her meet him. In my shooting. My set. For close to 10 mins at least."

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He concluded his post by mentioning that one of the major dreams in his life has come true as he penned, "Manifestation, perseverance definitely works! Surreal, I felt then. This humble man was too sweet! Too down to earth and very endearing making every second around him count! One of the major dreams came true. Special thanks to the blessed angels in my life!"