Ardent fan to exhibit 27,000 pictures of the legend at industry's platinum jubilee celebrations
Ardent fan to exhibit 27,000 pictures of the legend at industry's platinum jubilee celebrations
A fan of Dr Rajkumar has a record collection of photos relating to the late star and the Kannada film industry.
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Mahesh with his vast collection of Dr Rajkumar's photographs |
He plans to exhibit it during the on-going platinum jubilee celebrations of the Kannada film industry.u00a0
Mahesh N D (33) an employee with IndusInd, is also known as junior Shankar Nag for his ability to mimic the actor.
He has been collecting pictures of Rajkumar since five years. Besides this he has been painting the star's images since the 1990s.
So far his collection of photographs has crossed the 27000-mark, the highest-ever by any Raj fan.
"Each and every photo is special," said Mahesh."Some very rare, some unusual."
Hardcore fanMahesh, who hails from a family of Raj fans, also has posters, calendars and drawings that throw light on the actor's life from his early years to his last journey.
He even has some pictures that Dr Ra's family doesn't have - like Raj with stars like Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan and Amitabh Bachchan.
"I plan to present these to Anna's family," said Mahesh, adding, "I'm sure they would like to see these."
Of course he also plans to make it into the Limca Book of Records for his collection.
This huge fan of the actor says, "Dr Raj is omnipresent. In addition to his acting, he is held in high esteem for the values he practised."u00a0u00a0
Filmmakers are only too happy to support Mahesh.
"We will certainly help him out," said Maya Chandra, a filmmaker. "We are working on filming Dr Raj's life and will certainly help anybody working on this."
