i didnt know that i would be such a big voice when i started justasking i did not know that i was so courageous and that the courage would be appreciated and would propel me into electoral politics seeing this small guy from bengaluru who walked on its streets i never knew this would be my journey deconstructing prakash raji have always been an aggressive and intense guy i tried to enter theatre and force my way into cinema because i dont come from a lineage that allows me that for me it was always a fight to enter anywhere you have to prove yourself there is a system that wants to test and stop you when you have fought your way up everywhere i have always been aggressive and everyone knows that i talk straight and do not take mediocrity or nonsense this quality has always been in me i am gogetter and thats how i have always been someone asked me if i wasnt an actor what would i be i replied that if i was a sweeper i would be a national awardwinning sweeper or if i was a driver i would still get the national award from the president saying that i am the best that and not just talent is what drives me i am good at my work and whatever that i am up against i would like to be the best in that i always believe in adding value to what i get into it could be anything this is probably because i never had the opportunity when i started out so i told to myself that i have the right to seek my identity and believe in myself i have never compromised i have never sold myself so i never let others sell me too i dont like losing before the loss or winning before the win i have been clear with that i dont feel good when someone says i am not good at something so i empower myself to be the best there is in everything i do for me getting into theatre was a means to run away from college being in scouts was running away from classrooms it is in me to get away from where i am not comfortable with and seek a space that is better where i can be more meaningful and find a purpose i dont sit around talking about my achievementslike father like daughteri have seen to it that pooja my elder daughter is independent when she was in class 10 i told her that she should not be in chennai and i sent her to kodaikanal when she finished studies there she said that she didnt know what she wanted to do so i told her that it is good she doesnt know what she wants and advised her to take off for a year she found an eightmonthlong course in ar rahmans academy she then wanted to pursue arts and