India, Nov. 22 -- Tamil star Dhanush recently attended the Dubai Watch Week, where he spoke about the piece that inspired his love for watches. Unlike what most people expect, it was not a fancy Rolex, Omega, or Audemars Piguet that did it for him, but a watch costing less than $1 ( Rs.89.64) that his mother bought for him in his childhood. Here's what he said.

Dhanush was asked what his first love was when it came to watches, and he replied, "The first watch I fell in love with was a watch my mom got me when I was in school. It's less than a dollar, no name on it, it's plastic, it's digital and will show just the time. There is a light, and it runs out of battery; you have a tiny battery behind it."

Describing just how much he loved th...