Director SS Rajamouli with actors Ram Charan and N.T. Rama Rao Jr. visited the ghats of the Ganga to promote his magnum opus "RRR" in Varanasi.
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00:00My story is not with Varanasi. My story is with Gangamaji. I'll tell you the story.
00:17So when I was 15-16 years old, maybe 17, my family is a very religious family.
00:24They do a lot of pujas and religious rituals.
00:27My father one day called me. He gave me 600 or 700 rupees and said,
00:34go to Allahabad, where the Ganga meets Yamuna, the Triveni Sangama,
00:42and get holy water of Ganga. Get 50 barrels of Ganga water from Allahabad to Chennai.
00:47We were living in Chennai then.
00:49At that point of time, I had never been north of Visakhapatnam.
00:53Forget anywhere in north of India, but my father said, I took the money and
00:58booked a ticket and got on the train, second class compartment.
01:03I think it was a 36 hour or 40 hour journey.
01:08I didn't know how to do it, but I just got on the train.
01:11As we were traveling, there was a gentleman sitting there and
01:16I remember he was telling the people about how Pandit Nehruji's
01:21socialistic approach was not right for the country, something he was telling.
01:26After some time, he noticed me and he asked me, who are you?
01:29What are you doing? Where are you going?
01:31So I said, I'm going to Allahabad to bring Ganga water, 50 barrels of Ganga water.
01:37So he said, why? I said, my family is a religious family.
01:42My brother is doing some kind of religious ritual.
01:44My father told me, so I'm going.
01:46I said, yes, sir. Okay, fine. How do you plan to get it?
01:56I said, I don't know. Do you know anyone in Allahabad?
01:59I said, I don't know. So how are you going to get it?
02:02I said, I don't know. My father said, I'm going.
02:04So he took a pen and paper. He wrote a letter to his son who lives in Allahabad.
02:09He said, go there. Give this letter to my son. He will help you.
02:14So I took the letter, went to Allahabad, went to his son's house.
02:17He read the letter and said, okay, my father says I need to help you.
02:20What help do you need? I said, I need to take Ganga water to Chennai.
02:26So I said, why? I told again the whole story.
02:29He said, okay. And he made some phone calls.
02:33Some blow blast industry who gave me the barrels.
02:36I took the barrels. Everywhere they're asking me, what are you going to do with it?
02:40I was telling the same story and everywhere the same sentences.
02:43Yes, sir. That was my standard question.
02:48So I went there. I took the barrels in the early morning, 5 o'clock.
02:52We went to the Ganga, the Ghats of Ganga, Triveni Sangam.
02:56And they were about to take the water from the Ganga water.
02:59I said, no, I have to go to the center of the river.
03:01Because my father said, you have to take the water from the confluence.
03:04From the Sangam. Okay. They put me on a boat.
03:07We went there. We took the water. We came back.
03:10And then we went to the train station.
03:13And the railway porters came and said, what is this?
03:16Same story again.
03:23So at the time I had just lost, finished all my money.
03:27500, 600 rupees was gone. I just had 20 rupees, I think.
03:30The porter said, okay, you need that money to go back to eat something.
03:34You get in. We will put the barrels in the goods wagon.
03:38So they put it. I came back.
03:41And finally we did it. I brought the water to Gangajal, to my home.
03:45But the point is, I never knew anyone.
03:49I don't know who the gentleman was.
03:51The son in Allahabad gave me food, gave me shelter.
03:55The blow-past industry man gave me this thing.
03:58The auto man held with the barrels.
04:00The railway porters helped me put the water into the train.
04:05What I realized subconsciously, at that time I didn't realize,
04:08but what I realize now is that,
04:11if you are sincere in your effort,
04:14if you are relentless in your pursuit,
04:16in this country, in this beautiful country,
04:19you will find people who will help you.
04:22Who will help you take the Ganga water from Prayag to Chennai.
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