Director Vignesh Shivan pens post on directing MS Dhoni for a CSK video
Director Vignesh Shivan has shared a heartfelt note on the experience of directing Captain Cool MS Dhoni for a small video for Chennai Super Kings.
Taking to Instagram, the director, who is a big fan of the cricketer, wrote a detailed post that was titled โMy favourite Story of myself!โ
The post read: โSo 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. Iโve 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 โ MSD! Iโve followed him all my life. Always been an ardent fan and a far away student!
โThere 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 Iโve always followed my Idol!
โComing back to the mom story I used to stand for long hours and when he walks and gets into the house, Iโve always wished why canโt the bus be parked somewhere longer!
โOne day, my mom had a chance to get a pic with MS Dhoni but I wasnโt able to !!! Even she couldnโt help me get one even though she had access! So itโs always been a dream for me to meet him. Take a picture at least once in my lifetime!
โThen comes life, the work we do. And the blessings and prayers of our loved ones!
โThrough 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!
โI said โactionโ 36 times! Like a little boy counting with his fingers, every time I said โactionโ and thanked God and the universe for making me direct the video! Lucky me.
โAnd during a short break, I showed him the picture that my mom took. Thatโs the first picture Iโve posted. And then later, brought my mom and made her meet him. In my shooting. My set. For close to 10 mins at least. Manifestation, perseverance definitely works! Surreal, I felt then.
