Rajinikanth meets UP CM Yogi Adityanath, calls experience of visiting Lucknow 'excellent'
Rajinkanth, who is currently basking in the success of Jailer, met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Saturday.
Legendary actor Rajinikanth has delivered a true blockbuster after many years with his latest release Jailer, which hit theatres on August 10. Directed by Nelson, the action-comedy has earned Rs 245 crore net in India and Rs 452 crore gross worldwide within nine days of its release.
The superstar recently visited Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh where he met several political leaders and offered prayers at the Hanuman Gahri Temple in Ayodhya. On Monday afternoon the Robot actor was snapped at the airport where he shared his experience of visiting Uttar Pradesh.
“Excellent. Superb. Magnificent," he said when asked about his visit to the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.Talking about his meeting with several political leaders in the state, he said, “It was very good.”The actor`s sacred visit comes at a time when his film Jailer is performing well at the box office.
Earlier, Rajinikanth met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his residence in Lucknow.The actor arrived in the city on Friday night for the screening of his film Jailer, which was attended by UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
Rajinikanth also expressed his excitement about the kind of positive response his film is getting from the audience and its success. Talking about Jailer, Rajinikanth portrays the father of a police officer in the film. The trailer also demonstrated how a regular individual uses swords and firearms to take out evil men. While Jackie Shroff is very briefly seen in the teaser. Jackie’s look portrays a bad character and emanates power and authority. He has a daring and dramatic appearance in the teaser that has the viewers in awe.Interestingly, Jackie shared the screen with Rajnikanth 36 years ago in the film Uttar Dakshin.
Apart from Rajinikanth, Jailer stars Vinayakan, Ramya Krishnan, Yogi Babu, Vasanth Ravi, Mirnaa Menon, and Sunil among others in pivotal roles. The Nelson directorial also features a pan-India star cast of Tamannaah Bhatia, Mohanlal, Jackie Shroff, and Shiva Rajkumar in cameo appearances. Jailer is now the third-highest-grossing Tamil film of all time behind Mani Ratnam's Ponnyin Selvan 1 and the superstar's own science-fiction actioner 2.0.
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