Left: The real Rajnikanth. Right: Rajnikanth in superhit Sivaji (movie)LOL.
The real megastar of the week is, no, its not Amitabh Bachchan, but a 58 year old man who acts in Tamil films. For the last couple of days, all the TV channels have been running full stories about the amazing Rajnikanth- whose latest film opened in theatres on Friday.
Stories of the astounding advance booking, the fan frenzy (see the picture above, only Gods in India are worshipped with milk, that in not with this much quantity, remember this is only a sample, Rajni’s craze go well beyond that, people throw money on screen and what not, try to pick up sunglass like him, light cigarette, see video) the staggering of amount of money involved etc. etc.
TV Today has carried a story on Rajnikanth vs Amithabh Bachchan (Amithabh’s Jhoom Barabar Jhoom also opened this Friday with mixed trade repsonses) and served us some mouth opening news, that Rajnikanth is paid Rs. 35 crore for this movie. Amithabh on the contrary gets only 3 crore.
The critics may call him a scrawny dark-skinned actor who lacks in dialogue delivery, but for Rajnikanth the craziness knows no bounds. Sivaji-The Boss is truly creating hysteria among masses. Delirious fans of Rajni have lined up outside halls before dawn to catch the first show of the movie. Reports say tickets for the film, are sold out for the next three weeks in advance at theatres in Chennai.
The movie has not only released in Southern part of India but also in Delhi (North) and Mumbai (West) and Malyasia and other parts of South Asia and doing superb business. In Malaysia the film has released in 52 theatres and already been advance booked for next couple of weeks.
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