Superstar Rajinikanth is one of the most celebrated and sought after actors in South cinema who every director wants to work with. However, he is also one of the humblest and down-to-earth stars. The actor recently talked about his latest film Annaatthe and how it came to life.  

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“When Siva met me, he said it was easy to make a hit film with me. It left me stunned, because nobody had said that to me before. He said that I should star in a story-based film and that it should be set in a village,” he said talking about his meeting with Annaatthe director Siva.

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He gave him 15 days to come up with a good script for him and Siva obliged. He said, “In 12 days, he came with the script. He told me he needs two and a half hours of my time and three bottles of water.” He further said that after hearing the script of Annaatthe, he cried and hugged Siva. “At the end of the narration, I started crying, and I hugged him,” he added.

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The actor was impressed with the director’s previous work in the film Viswasam which was released at the same time as his film Petta did. Both films did well and Rajinikanath expressed his interest in watching Viswasam.

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He said, “Petta showed me in a stylish avatar, and it was released alongside Viswasam. Both the films were super hits at the box-office. When I was keen on watching Viswasam, its producer arranged a special screening for me. I liked the film till the interval, but it still amazed me how it turned out to be a huge success. It was in the climax that I understood why it was so successful, and I started clapping.”

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It was then that Rajinikanth met Siva and Annaatthe was conceptualised keeping the tamil star in mind. In the film, Rajinikanth plays a village president who believes in doing good. The film also touches upon the brother-sister relationship between Rajinikanth’s character Kaalaiyan and his sister Meenakshi that is played by actress Keerthy Suresh.

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The film was released on Diwali, 4 November 2021 and has been doing well at the box office.  

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