‘Forgive them, Appa’ Dhanush told us, says Kasthuri Raja

It’s a happy moment for Dhanush’s father Kasthuri Raja’s family. Much to the respite of Dhanush and his family, the Madras High Court, yesterday, quashed the case filed against the actor by an elderly couple (Kathiresan and

Meenakshi

), who claimed Dhanush as their son. The court dismissed the petition filed by them demanding maintenance from the actor.

Sounding palpably relieved, Kasthuri Raja tells us, “From the beginning we were not disturbed by the case as we knew it was completely baseless. We maintained a dignified silence as we knew that the law would take its course. The world knows the truth and now the judgment is an evidence of the same. Also, we had all the records, including the gazette notification, of his name change from Vengadesha Prabhu to Dhanush. There is a limit to wish for somebody else’s property. Their claim was beyond limits.”

Kasthuri Raja says that it was Dhanush who helped maintain calm and peace at home during this time of adversity. He says, “It was sad to see Dhanush standing in the court. I was upset that he had to undergo such tribulations for no fault of his. Whenever I told him about that, he used to pacify me, ‘Forgive them, (the couple),

appa

’. Even now he says the same, ‘forgive them’. Our kids are our pillars of strength and Dhanush is one.”
Now, with the petitioners planning to approach the Supreme Court, Kasthuri Raja says, “Wherever they go, they will not win. While they claimed that their son was missing from June 2002, we had the censor certificate of Thulluvatho Ilamai, starring Dhanush, which got censored in March 2002. In fact, the film was released in May that year and soon he went on to become a popular actor.”