India, Sept. 15 -- Actor Dhanush spoke about his childhood at the audio launch event of his upcoming film, Idli Kadai, which he directed and stars in. At the event, which took place in Chennai on Sunday evening, the actor stated that he used to collect and sell flowers to afford idlis as a child, but the internet doubts him.

Dhanush stated at the event that he was so fond of idlis as a child that he wanted to eat them every day, but his family couldn't afford them. So, he says, he would sell flowers to pay for the idlis. He said, "As a kid, I always craved idlis every single day, but I couldn't afford them. Hence, we started collecting flowers from the neighbourhood. The money we get will be based on the amount of flowers we collect ever...