'Not many know I am a Rajput from Jodhpur.' 'My ancestors shifted to Kolhapur as my great grandfather and grandfather were both engineers.' 'They were called by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj to build the city of Kolhapur.'
'He rose to be almost as big as the stars he worked with,' Haasan says.
Rediff.com reproduces the 1997 feature about Laxman, his passion for crows, and of course, his genius.