What Vijay said during Leo success meet
The success meet of Leo, which took place at Nehru Stadium in Chennai with the cast and crew of the film in attendance, witnessed the much-awaited speech by Vijay, which brought the house down.
Vijay began his speech by saying, “En nenjil kudiyirukum anbana Nanba and Nanbigal. I thought you all were living in my heart. Realised I am living in yours too. Those are temples I am living in. I don’t know what I can do for this love that doesn’t expect anything back. Lately, I am noticing there’s a lot of anger on social media. Why? We have a lot of work to do. What will a kid do at home if the dad beats him? Forgive it all like that. Like Gandhi said, ‘Non-violence is powerful than violence.’”
Vijay then shared a ‘kutti story’. He said, “Two guys went hunting in a forest. One guy had a bow and arrows, and the other had a spear. The guy with a bow and arrow killed a rabbit. The guy with the spear, on the other hand, took aim at an elephant. But he misses it. The two walked back to the village. One with the rabbit and the other with his spear. But if you ask me who is the achiever among the two, I would say it is the guy who came back with nothing. Because it is easy to hunt easy targets. Winning over something easy is not success, nanba (friend)! We are at least trying to win a hard game, right? Always aim big.Like Bharathi said, “Perhinum perithu kel (Ask the biggest of the biggest). That’s how your dreams, thoughts, and work should be. Everyone has a place here, nanba. No one else can take it away.”
The actor added, “A small boy at home would take his father’s shirt and wear it. His watch too. He will also sit on his dad’s chair. The shirt will not fit him well. The watch will not fit. He wouldn’t know if he could sit on the chair–whether it belonged to him and all that. It is his dream. Dream big, nanba. No one can do anything about it. Always have a great aim, like (Abdul) Kalam sir said.”