R Madhavan recalls time his father was “driven to tears”

Actor R Madhavan recently reminisced about the time his parents were distraught when he informed them that he was not cut out for a conventional job. He said his father was “driven to tears” and questioned if he fell short in raising him well.
In an appearance on YouTube channel ‘Curly Tales’, Madhavan was asked if his family was happy about his decision to pursue acting as a career. He said, “Oh, no, the scene from ‘3 Idiots’ is right out of my life. My mom and dad really want me to be an engineer and work for the Tatas and settle down there (Jamshedpur, where he was born). But I knew early on in my life that… I did not know what I was going to be but I did know that I didn’t want to live a routine life in Jamshedpur and do the same thing for 30 years in a row, which my dad did with a great amount of ease. That was not me.”
“They were disappointed, they were distraught, they were, in fact, dismayed. My dad was driven to tears. I remember a line he said, ‘I wonder what I have done wrong with you’. I will never forget that. I remember telling him, ‘I don’t know what I want to be, appa, but I do know that I don’t want to be an engineer, doing the same job.’ He was stunned but I think that day, he knew that I will take care of myself, that I am a survivor,” he added.
Madhavan started his career with television shows like ‘Banegi Apni Baat’ and ‘Aarohan’. He went on to gain recognition in 2000 when he debuted with Mani Rattan’s Tamil hit ‘Alaipayuthey’. On the work front, Madhavan is busy with the promotions of Netflix romantic comedy ‘Decoupled’.