After the old couple exhausted all their money on their daughter's marriage and had no place to go, he asked Vidyakar, 'Can I and my wife live in Udavum Karangal?'

"He gave me a helping hand and lifted me from the pits of depression. Even now, at 82, I try to help him by doing something for him. You do not know how I felt when he said, 'Thatha is an asset to us.' What will you call a man who gives you a helping hand? I don't know. He is our God, our saviour. At the same time, he is our son too. I have told him to do my last rites as a son would do. I have also asked him to take care of my wife if I die first like his own mother. He will do that. He is the son we never had."