[Saturday, May 24, 2008]
Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay attended a special screening of his new film 'Kuruvi' in the Bay area of California, USA on Friday 8.30 pm local time along with hundreds of his fans in the ultra modern Century Cinemas.
Within a few hours after the news leaked out that the Kollywood star will be coming for the screening, the turn out of his fans were in a scale that was unexpected. The online booking facility also got house full in a short time.
The actor arrived in style in an 18 seater brand new Hummer limousine as per the time informed earlier.
The hundreds of exited fans who till then were waiting patiently in the theatre lobby broke all the rules of security of the cinema hall and ran towards Vijay. The security personnel deployed there for the megastar's security also was not able to control the crowd who were just eager to somehow get near their favourite actor.
Americans who had come to watch 'Indiana jones' and 'Iron Man' in the other theaters in the big complex stood watching at the ongoing commotion caused by the die hard supporters show of affection
The distributor of 'Kuruvi' in USA Jayavel Murugan said that just within a day's advertisement, a crowd of this scale turning up to the theatre was totally unexpected as normally it takes months of advertisement to attract people in USA.
The distributor also praised Ilaya Thalapathi on the dedication shown by the him towards his work, his time management skills and the intimacy shown towards his fans.
At last Vijay was escorted inside the big theatre and his fans were requested to come in an orderly fashion to have his autograph and pose for photographs.
In the middle of the meeting session with Vijay, the organizers reminded the star of the screening time of 'Kuruvi'.
But the people's star wanted to meet in person every one of his loyal fans and asked the persons in chare to delay the screening until he completes it.
After satisfying each of this admirer's wish of spending a few seconds with their megastar, Vijay spoke to his gathered fans in the auditorium where the movie was to be screened.
He thanked all his fans for the patience shown by them in waiting for him and also expressed his affection towards all of the people who love him. He also gave a promise to do a show for the thousands of his fans all over from USA very soon.
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