
Kollywood sources have stated that Thalapathy Vijay is known has portrayed cop characters in an exemplary manner in his blockbuster films like 'Pokkiri' and 'Theri'. Even sometimes the role of an actor reaches beyond the veil of the silver screen to inspire real life achievements. One such endearing case is the story of the 21 year old Stephen, a mentally challenged youngster who aspired to become a police officer after watching his favorite heroes Vijay and Suresh Gopi in their cop movies.
Meanwhile when Stephen’s family recently visited Chennai from Quatar, his father Rajeevan had requested the Commissioner of Police, Chennai to help actualize his son's dream of becoming a police officer for a day. Moreover following the Commissioner’s permission, Stephen was dressed up to the nines in a cop’s uniform studded with two stars.
Moreover Assistant Commissioner of Police Vincent
Raj and Inspector Suriyalingam received Stephen from his residence and seated
him in the Sub-Inspector’s chair for a while in the Ashok Nagar police station,
following which he was also made to participate in the routine patrol for the
day in an official police vehicle. Accordingly Rajeevan's family conveyed
their gratitude to the police officials for actualizing Stephen's dreams of
being a police officer.