I have had the golden opportunity of watching Dr. Raj Kumar from my age of 10 years due to my father’s close association with the veteran superstar. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to supervise his Physiotherapy sessions at HOSMAT Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Hospital in Bengaluru during 1995, when he had developed severe ankle pain in one of his feet. He used to recollect his interactions with my father and how he missed his native place Gajanur. Parvathamma had also narrated me an interesting episode (which took place 5-6 years before they got married) when Raj Kumar gifted her a pair of ear rings (lolaks) since her mother had removed her golden ear rings,” recalls Dr.Veena Bharathi in this article on the occasion of Annavru’s 15th death anniversary held on Apr. 12 and 93rd birth anniversary which is on Apr.24. —Ed
By Dr. Veena Bharathi
