I would prefer to act with Rajinikant than Daniel Craig (James Bond) - Says Priyanka Chopra

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This is what Priyanka Chopra has said in one of her interviews.

What would you do if you get an offer to act with James Bond and Rajinikant at the same time?
Priyanka:- I will definitely would prefer Rajinikant over James Bond thats for sure, I have acted just in 1 movie in tamil.

Today in bollywood Priyanka Chopra is equal to Aishwarya Rai in terms of popularity, Recently priyanka was in chennai for a function and this is what one of the press guys had asked her.

I will act with Superstar Rajini than Daniel Craig without thinking twice. That doesnt mean Daniel is not a good actor but Rajini is someone special she adds.

Already the other Miss World Ash had praised Supertar in every opportunity she got, now its the turn of this Miss world.


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Endhiran shooting extremely confidential !

Endhiran’s shooting is currently taking place in Chennai, confirms our sources. It is said that Shankar is filming a few important scenes in the northern parts of Chennai and the locations are kept so secret that the crew are not aware of the shooting spot even a day prior.

Interestingly, Rajini is also trying to mask himself in anonymity and is adopting various new techniques to get away from the fans and bystanders. It is well known in film circles that the Superstar prefers and uses either an Ambassador or Fiat car. In an attempt to conceal his identity, Rajini is off late spotted seen using a Toyota Qualis.

Rajini pera ketaale….! Superstar's biography all set to release in tamil

Superstar Rajinikanth's biography, authored by Gayathri Srikanth, is ready to be released in Tamil. Gayathri's Tamil version of the book, titled Rajini Pera Ketaale, will be launched on November 30 in an event in Chennai.

Representatives of the author mention that the Tamil version will have many interesting additions as opposed to the English version. The book will be released by Kanimozhi M P and first copy will be presented to entrepreneur Meena Reddy. Soundarya Rajinikanth and director Muthuraman are also expected to take part in the event.

Endhiran - 3rd schedule begins smoothly

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After some baseless rumours doing the rounds (global crisis will Endhiran continue shoot, marmayogi shelved etc) the shooting proceeds as per plan and there are no changes.

There had been a few jitters in the Endhiran camp following the global economic meltdown and its concomitant effect on Ayngaran. There had been doubts as to when the third schedule, slated to begin on the 16th of the month would actually take off. Now, new developments suggest that damage control has effectively set in and there might not be much to fear.

The management of Ayngaran has reportedly asked Shankar about the exact requirements of the schedule. This is being done as a measure to tighten purse strings to ensure that no problems are encountered during later stages of shooting. So, the third schedule, set in the pristine snow clad valleys of Kulu Manali is expected to take of this month, after a four day delay. Looking at how big the problems being faced by the industry in general are (Marmayogi being all but shelved being an indicator of the magnitude) this four day delay is not much.

Shankar plans to shoot a duet featuring Superstar and Aishwarya Rai in some never before tried locations in Kulu Manali, trust Shankar to surprise us. The visuals will definitely have the rich and grand stamp of the master director.

Infosys says Rajini is the biggest star of India

Infosys conducts polls in their intra web site among employees to get to know their pulse in several issues and subjects. Though every branch of Infosys has provisions to conduct polls, normally it is conducted by the “Mangalore” people and people in all other Indian cities will be able to vote !

Yesterday, the title of the poll was “Who is the real Superstar of Indian cinema?“

And of course ‘No prize’ for guessing the poll result(please find attached pic), but I feel this carries more importance for the following reasons.

The poll is not constrained within southindia and more than 50% people are northindians and tamil people might be max 20%.

Each person can give only one vote. So around 6800 people across india have voted for the same, 6800 individual votes(the biggest turn out for a poll so far)
Also, one has to remember that this poll has come after so many bad controversies about thalaivar- courtesy : hogenakkal, kuselan, ill media works coz of vijayakanth’s tactics etc

So indeed this is a great news to cheer and ofcourse to share with all fans !!!


Already NDTV,CNN IBN,Times Now and Headlines Today Surveys revealed that more than 85% of their viewers favoured Rajini as the Biggest Superstar ever of Indian Cinema.So this is another jewel in Superstar’s Crown.

'Sultan -The Warrior' will release on April 14th 2009

Rajinikanth's much-awaited animation movie 'Sultan -The Warrior' will hit the screens on 14th April, 2009.

Directed by Rajnikanth's daughter Soundarya, the movie features Rajnikanth as a charming warrior and is loaded with his characteristic punch lines and mannerisms. Soundarya, managing director of Ocher Studios, has teamed up with Adlabs to bring out this animated project.

The film boasts of some big names like music composer A R Rahman, lyricist Vairamuthu and art director Thota Tharani.

Soundarya Rajnikanth, said, 'we are the first in India to venture into a feature length 3D film at this scale on par with any other Pixar or Dreamworks' movies'.

The character modeling, texturing, visual effects, lighting, animation are all being done in-house. It will be released in 12 different languages including Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and English to name a few.

'I am a great fan of Rajinikanth and I love all his films. Sultan The Warrior would appease all his fans. The movie is a dedication to my father for all his contribution to cinema,' she said and added, 'my father initially had apprehensions about my directorial skills. I convinced him thoroughly and he is now happy to be a part of the project'.

Rajinikanth proved he is lord and master of Kollywood

The most eagerly awaited Diwali day (Oct 27) Tamil Television Ratings (TRP) are out.
Remember the fireworks when Rajinikanth’s Chandramukhi on Sun TV clashed with Ajit’s Billa telecast by Kalaignar TV in the evening 6 pm prime time Diwali day slot?

The winner by a mile is Rajinikanth’s Chandramukhi, which got a whopping TRP of 20.82, while Billa was way behind with 4.28, according to TAM, the authentic Mumbai based television rating agency. The surprise element was that nobody expected Billa to perform so badly when pitched against Chandramukhi.

As per the ratings on Diwali day, at number two was Kamal Hassan classic Vettaiyadu Vilayadu a re-telecast on Sun TV in the 11am slot which got a TRP rating of 11.29. Meanwhile at the same time on Kalaignar TV, Arjun’s Marudhamalai got an impressive 7.74, and came in the third position.

Like in theatres, on television nobody can come near Rajinikanth. He is clearly ahead of all others put together. No wonder nobody dares to release their film along with the superstar. After Chandramukhi’s outstanding ratings on television, Rajinikanth has once again proved he is lord and master of Kollywood.

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Advani meets Rajnikanth, talks politics,state affairs etc

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When Mr.Advani met Superstar at his residence there was a buzz in the country, the entire media english and tamil went crazy flashing news about this.

Senior BJP leader L K Advani met Tamil filmstar Rajnikanth at the actor’s residence in Chennai, on Wednesday.
BJP sources said both of them discussed the latest political situation in the country.

State BJP president L Ganesan accompanied him, the sources added.

Advani is in Chennai in connection with the release of the Tamil version of his autobiography.

The meeting assumes significance in the wake of the demand by Rajnikanth’s fans asking him to enter politics. Superstar has politely said he is currently concentrating on the mega budget Endhiran The Robot.

However, he had been resisting such demands but recently announced that he would undertake a tour of the state to meet his fans. He had also promised that he would be frequently meeting them.

Rajnikanth’s office was tight lipped about what transpired at his meeting with Advani.

Another BJP leader and a actor-friend of Rajnikanth, Shatrughan Sinha, had recently met him after which he stated that the actor would announce his plans for the future.

After the meeting when superstar came out the press were desperate to know what was this meeting all about, Superstar said "this was just a respectful meeting there was no politics involved in this" with a smile and walked past.

Rajini is a Phenomenon! – Kamal Hassan

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Here are some excerpts of Kamal Hassan’s interview to a movie portal owned by a North Indian Newspaper some time ago in which Kamal says his views on the ‘One and only’ superstar of India.

Over to Kamal..

How many films have you actually done with your ‘onscreen arch rival’ Rajinikanth?

I think…10, most of them were super hits, though we did have failures. We’ve done three films for our mentor K. Balachander. What’s more, I’ve done guest roles in Rajini’s films. I’d do anything he asks me to, no question of refusing him. And please correct your question some thing about our onscreen rivalry... Rajini is always my close friend.

Do the two of you have mutually exclusive fan clubs?

The war between the two fan clubs stopped only about few years ago. We both told them to stop after there were stray incidents of violence on both sides. Considering fans have killed each other for our distinguished predecessors MGR and Shivaji Ganesan our fans would be considered pacifists (laughs). I went ahead and set a new precedent. I turned my fan club into a social service organization.

There’s a marked element of Shivaji Ganesan in your performance as there’s MGR in Rajnikanth?

In fact we both incorporate elements of both the towering personalities. I’ve done what you’d call MGR kind of films. Shivaji Saab felt squeamish about doing out-and-out masala films. Rajni too has changed his image to play the Shivaji kind of roles. In one film he played a character that age from 6 to 60. That way we’ve crisscrossed paths on screen.

What do you think about Rajnikanth as an actor?

When we were still in our 20s I asked him why he has to be so stylish on screen. He told me that’s the secret of his future success. I assured him my style would also be a winner. He turned around to say, ‘Fair enough man. You do your thing and I’ll do my own.’ Rajni is a phenomenon too!

You mean phenomenon no. 2?

No… seriously, both of us were young actors who started from scratch. He was the bus conductor with acting aspirations. I was the clapper boy who got the clap in my very film (Kamal Hassan played a character with venereal disease in his first adult role). We didn’t have fathers to make movies for us. But we had the same godfather K.Balachander. It’s quite strange, but our paths as actors were always intertwined. Initially we were both typecast as villains. I got fed up of doing those and went away to Kerala to do Malayalam films. Then his career as a villain took off, and I returned to Chennai to pursue a career in Tamil cinema. We made our way up together. At the Tenali function Rajni pointed out that though he’s four years my senior I’m his senior professionally and that he would take my advice about doing a film with me, if there’s occasion for us to star together.

Are you keen on doing a film with Rajnikanth?

It depends. He said if we do a film together he won’t direct it. It has to be either me or someone else. It would be quite interesting to do a film with him. At the Thenali silver jubilee function Rajni recalled an incident early in our careers when he was riding pillion on a motorbike with me. He never forgot his past and friends. When I sort of took a skid Rajni asked if I knew how to ride a motorbike. I assured him even If I fell I wouldn’t let him fall. I was so touched when at the Tenali function Rajni said, ‘That’s what happened in our career. He never let me fall. In 1983 when I wanted to leave everything behind it was Kamal who cajoled me back to the material world.’ I guess we’ll do a film together. We’ve been talking about it for five years. We’re worried about the expectations.

Source: indiafm

Superstar will enter politics at the age of 60 says Chiru

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Published on Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 15:42, Updated on Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 16:29 in Nation section

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth must enter politics, and he should decide about it now. That message comes from Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi, who formed his own political party this year.

“I think he (Rajinikanth) should have joined politics. I think he should have come (into politics). He has got some much charisma—people expect him,” said Chiranjeevi in an interview to CNN-IBN’s Veeraraghav.

Asked whether he had discussed the issue with Rajinikanth, he said: “Yes, oh yes! Several times—we discussed it. We discussed it many times. He said when I enter 60 years it would be the right time.”

Chiranjeevi wanted the Tamil actor to decide about joining politics now. “Yes. You are right—something like that,” he said when asked if Rajinikanth should make a decision now.

Rajinikanth has refused to accept his fans’ plea to enter politics at least thrice since 1996. Last month, his fans formed a ‘political party’ but he scolded them and warned no one can “force” him to enter politics.

He also warned of legal action against people using his name for political gains.

“While no one can stop me from entering the political arena, nobody can force me to do so as well. Legal action will be initiated against those who use my name for political ends,” the actor said on October in a statement to media organisations.

Chiranjeevi, who for years had been under similar fan pressure, jumped into politics when he formed the Prajarajyam party in Tirupati on August 26.

Chiranjeevi has promised that his party will work for the poor and the landless but is yet to sketch out a clear political ideology.

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Superstar pours his heart out to fans !

It was a day to cherish for Rajinikanth fans. Over a thousand of them from 32 districts of Tamilnadu finally had a tête-à-tête with their 'favorite hero' at Sri Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam in Chennai.

Despite emotions overflowing and tempers flaring at the meeting, a patient Rajinikanth answered all the queries. A majority of the questions literally implored as to 'when and whether' Rajinikanth would make his entry to politics.

An enthusiastic Rajinikanth patiently replied to all the queries besides posing for photographs with his fans.

Fans of Rajinikanth have been urging their hero to enter politics for some time now. They even stuck posters and issued statements urging him to take a plunge into politics. They had wanted a meeting with the 'super star' for a long time now. Eventually the D-day arrived on Monday.

Fans gathered right from the morning to meet the matinee idol. At a dais specially erected at the Kalyana Mandapam, Rajinikanth appeared in a black pyjama kurtha and a huge portrait of Swami Babaji adorned the vicinity.

Fans erupted in cheers and applauded when Rajinikanth said, 'I would never leave my fans. I will enter politics if it is the wish of Almighty'.

Urging his fans to take care of their families first, Rajinikanth answered a whole range of questions ranging from politics to his films.

On being referred to as a confused man by the media following his recent speeches and acts, Rajinikanth said, 'If I think what I do is right, I will never hesitate to do it. People may call me a confused man or a selfish human being. Had I not spoken or reacted in such a way under difficult circumstances, our country would have faced much confusion'.

Queried about his apology to Kannadigas in the Hogenakkal issue, a patient Rajinikanth said, 'it is a cinema affair. Whenever they have any issue with Tamilnadu, they first attack cinema theatres that screen Tamil films in Karnataka. Had I stressed that those denying water to Tamilnadu should be beaten up, the issue would have become very serious. When 'Kuselan' got released, it was bound to face troubles. I decided to seek an apology for the safety and betterment of others'.

When fans queried as to what Rajinikanth had done for them so far, he said, ' after I became an actor, I was keen on doing classic kind of movies. You wanted me to fight on screen, I did. You wanted me to sing and dance, I obliged. You wanted me to combine everything and I am doing it. I think I am blessed to entertain my fans'.

'I am personally doing many welfare things without the knowledge of others. You too should do your bit to society, he urged his fans.

When queried as to why 'Kuselan' bombed at the box office, Rajini said, 'I don't find any mistake of mine as far as 'Kuselan' is concerned. I even wanted to release it on my own. But the film's rights were sold for a hefty sum before I made the move. Where is my mistake in it? And I did not get Rs 25 Crores as my salary for the film.'


DO YOUR DUTY, EXPECT RESULTS WAS THE THEME OF SUPERSTAR FANS MEET.

Superstar meets fans

The anticipated meeting between Rajinikanth and his fans took place as planned earlier at the Ragavendra Thirumana Mandapam at 10 am this morning. The superstar was thrown a volley of questions to which he answered with full zeal. The two prominent questions were: whether he would enter politics and what was the reason behind Kuselan's debacle.

For the first question Rajini said that those who had forayed into politics have been striving to do so since the very early stages. "But I am not trained for it," the star said. Rajini added that he is a staunch believer of fate. "And if fate intends me to enter politics, so be it," he said philosophically.

Reacting to the second question, his answer was: Watch out for Endhiran. It will make heads turn! True Rajini style, this!

Rajnikanth to go on state-wide tour to meet fans

Chennai, Nov 3 (PTI) In what could be seen as a prelude to his possible entry into politics, a demand increasingly being voiced by his fans, superstar Rajnikanth today said he would undertake a state-wide tour to meet them. Meeting his fan club members at Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam here after a long time, the actor, however, remained non-comittal to a volley of questions about his possible entry into politics, saying, "it all depends on destiny and time.

" Only circumstances would decide the fate of one's success in politics, he said, but did not elaborate. Rajnikanth said he would soon come out with many welfare measures for his fans, besides looking to increase membership of his fan clubs.

"At present, I am totally focussed on my upcoming movie, Endiran (initially Robot).

The whole nation will talk about it once it is released as it is the biggest movie (produced so far)," he said. The multi-million budget film, being directed by "Sivaji-The Boss" fame Shankar and starring Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai, is expected to be a sci-fi thriller.

Seeking to clear the air behind his "regret-turned-apology" to Kannada people over some strong remarks on the Hogenakkal issue, Rajnikanth said he had only expressed regret and not an apology.


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Superstar's speech at the fast

On a day marked by speeches by almost all leading names of Kollywood, the major demand was for ceasefire followed by peaceful talks. Speaking at the event, Rajinikanth too upheld the common sentiment and reiterated that ceasefire was the only way out. In a very charged speech, he said that the blood of innocent people should never be spilt and a place where

such things happen can never prosper. He added that the atrocities being inflicted on people would haunt the country forever. He pointed out that the war situation in Sri Lanka had been prevailing for over 35 years now. If military mite was the answer to the problem, then the solution should have been reached long back. What these 35 years has shown is that the people who are struggling are not going to give up and that there was something seriously wrong with the way military force was being used in Sri Lanka. He added that the protest was aimed at making the world aware of what really was happening and that the big nations of the world had a responsibility to ensure that such things do not happen.

Earlier, Kamal had said that problems were bound to occur when contentious issues were touched upon and that is what happened in the case of Ameer and Seeman. However, the right side prevailed when both of them walked free to a great welcome. He also said that seeing this as just an Indo-Sri Lanka issue was not enough. There should be no place in the world where innocent people have to struggle for existence.

As expected, the evening had a bit of a political flavor when Vijayakanth and Sarath Kumar took stage. Vijayakanth later spoke to reporters off the dais and said that the TN government was raising this issue at this time in order to cover up for its other inadequacies. Viduthalai Siruthaikal leader Thol Thirumavalavan was another prominent speaker at the event.

The fast came to an end at 4 P.M. after veteran actor S.S. Rajendran handed fruit juice to the participants. The members made a collective donation of Rs. 45 lakhs towards the welfare of the Lankan Tamils. Later, Ajith met the Chief Minister and donated Rs. 5 lakhs towards the relief of the Tamils.

Superstar in Fast