How R Madhavan made a champion of his son

Brut India

Vedaant Madhavan just won a battery of medals in the Khelo India Youth Games. This is when his proud father told Brut about his son's secret to success...

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00:00As a parent we have as many insecurities and done as many things wrong or right as any other parent

00:30We have been praising you and your wife on the success that your son has got in the international scene

00:52I think as a parent we have as many insecurities and done as many things wrong or right as any other parent

01:12It's just that we sometimes have the freedom to take decisions that other normal middle class family might not have

01:18For example, having to opt and just go to Dubai so that his training continues during his growth spurt

01:23That was a privilege that I as a non-middle class guy can afford, not everybody else can

01:30But as a parent I think the insecurities are as much as any parent in whichever strata of society they belong to

01:39The future of the child, what they should pursue, how good is education, how important is academics

01:44What makes a person successful in the world that seems to constantly change even before you make that statement

01:51So far we haven't made any huge mistakes that we regret, that's all I can tell you

02:00How many of them proved right and how right and for how long is at the hand of the almighty and providence

02:07The only thing that Sarit and I have got right and so far is that we make sure that the boy was engaged completely during his teenage times

02:15And didn't have too much free time to himself and doing things that he liked, things that we could control

02:21So he hasn't got into too much trouble, but I'm not saying he won't, like I did, everybody will get into trouble

02:28I just hope he has the wisdom to come to us and hopefully solve it before it becomes too big

02:32I'm really jealous right now because thanks to your videos, every time I meet people on the road in Mumbai

02:39And I think that they're coming up to me with a smile because they're saying congratulations, they're talking about rocketry

02:45But then they say not only you got the silver, you got the gold

02:49My assistants have a good laugh at my expense

02:52So I'm trying to win this competition by shutting off and keeping off the press while I can

03:02So I'm trying to win this competition by shutting off and keeping off the press while I can

03:07So I'm trying to win this competition by shutting off and keeping off the press while I can

03:12So I'm trying to win this competition by shutting off and keeping off the press while I can

03:17So I'm trying to win this competition by shutting off and keeping off the press while I can

03:22So I'm trying to win this competition by shutting off and keeping off the press while I can

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