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The other day I was shooting at the Ramoji Film City for my new film and there was a surprise visitor on the sets. It was B Ramaliga Raju, chairman of Satyam Computers. Raju, who was holding a meeting with software professionals and other important people of his company, learnt that I was shooting there and came to meet me with his staff. When we decided to have a photo shoot, the group of nearly 50 people stood around me. When I looked out for Ramalinga Raju garu, I saw that the only place he managed to find himself was a corner! We all called him towards the middle where I was standing but when he stood beside me, he realized he was blocking somebody else. To my surprise, Ramalinga Raju, without any hesitation knelt down, like sportspersons do for a picture. He did not find it inconvenient to kneel like some of the others, even if it was for a photograph.

This incident floored me completely. In fact, it was a humbling experience for me when a person of that stature came to take a picture with me and the way he did it was a lesion. It showed he had absolutely no ego. Ramalinga Raju garus humility will always remind me the virtue of humbleness. At times ego may show up in me then I will be reminded of Raju garus humility.

PS: Chiranjeevi wrote this article for Times of India on 20th Feb 2003.

Courtesy : Times of India

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