For people who didn't know that celebrities are looked upon as demi-gods,the incident that took place on Dickenson Road yesterday is proof enough.The launch of a jewellery store saw Kollywood superstar IllayathalapathyVijay visiting the city on Saturday morning. If you think that only starslike Amitabh Bachchan or Rajinikanth can witness such fan frenzy, this oneseemed to have challenged them all!Picture this: Fans hanging from the trees, buildings and almost everythingelse to catch a glimpse of the star; the entire road which had hosts ofpeople trying to take pictures of him on their mobile phones; young ladscalling out slogans and holding placards for the star; kids gleaming withjoy when the star lifted his hand to wave to his fans - this is pretty muchthe scene in India when the local people gets to witness their favouritestar.With fans being overjoyed at one side, one could witness an action-packedscene going on the other side. With fans climbing on top of the cars andtrying to fall on the superstar himself, the police force had a tough timehandling fan frenzy. Impatient with their attempt, some police personnelused lathis to control the situation. With security guards banging the gateson the faces of the people, the injuries that people suffered definitelyneed a mention.You have kids holding on to their mothers, crying to take a picture withhim; along with chairs and boards falling down - the scene was quitepathetic, we must add. It was a tough task for mediapersons to enter thestore. With security guards and the police questioning why we didn't come at7.30am, it came as a quite shocker for us.With Vijay's upcoming film Velayudham releasing this Diwali and hispolitical ambitions being the hot topic, all this worked to his advantage.With this kind of chaos and confusion, it looks like the new superstar hasarrived. However, all this fan fare is undoubtedly overwhelming and it'ssurprising to witness such frenzy even at this era.
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