India, Sept. 2 -- Tamil actor Sivakarthikeyan spoke about his wife Aarthy at a promotional event in Hyderabad for his upcoming film, Madharaasi, directed by AR Murugadoss. When asked if he had people in his life who supported him before he was successful, the actor got candid about his college friends and his wife standing by him through it all.

Sivakarthikeyan spoke about how his college friends were the first ones to notice he was talented and encouraged him to perform on stage. He said, "My college friends encouraged me to do mimicry and take the stage, saying that I'll do really well."

He then stated that Aarthy said yes to marrying him before he even became an actor, stating he'll always be grateful to her. "And my wife Aarthy, she...