In India,there was an Eklavya who gave his thumb to his guru. I have considered Michael Jackson as my guru and I want to give my body to him, said an emotional Leonard Victor on his move to have 21 surgeries to transform into Michael Jackson.
This was announced on August 29 at a press conference in Mumbai for the launch of the film This Was That!.
Stating that he loves Michael Jackson more than himself,Leon added,I always wanted to look into the mirror and see MJ. Making it a reality will be my tribute to him. My first aim after becoming MJ is to buy Neverland and gift it to Michaels children and my second aim is to pay off all the debts and loans of MJ so that his name becomes clean.
Producer Amarjeet Singh Kohli,who is backing Leon in his endeavour to turn MJ,said,I was amazed by the fact that a man is willing to lose his own identity to become his idol. I felt that this should be chronicled on celluloid. And what could be more exciting than a global film? We plan to make this in English and Hindi and are shortlisting the international crew and director for the same. The mounting will be huge.
The event was attended by Madhushree,Sahil Multy Khan,Ketan Mehta,Naved Aslam,Amitabh Dayal,Gary Richardson,Saurabh Sengupta,Varun Badola,Nitin Raikwar and others.