Rajnikanth as Aamir Khan's item boy? What Rubbish!!!

Stories that Rajnikanth is being roped in to perform a song and dance for the new Aamir Khan starrer Talaash has Rajnikanth’s camp completely flummoxed and angry. And Ranikanth’s associates tell us the mega-star is not amused. 


What is more, when this writer questioned the Talaash director Reema Kagti about the rumours that the iconic Rajnikanth is turning into an item boy for Aamir, Reema completely denied the rumour. “Not true, ” the beleaguered director responded. 

Says a source, “So then where did this preposterous rumour start? At the moment Rajniji is completely involved with every department of his new film Kochadaiyyan. 

He is not even looking at doing any other work. He spends all his time with the post-production team. He is helping his daughter (Soundarya) with the editing, mixing, background score. 

Most of all, Rajniji wants to make sure that the special effects for the action sequences come out perfectly. For that Rajniji insists on flying out with the technical team to London each time they need to work on the effects.” 

Rajnikant’s associate says, “At first Rajniji’s family took the rumours of an item song in their stride. But now the reports are getting increasingly inventive. 


We read somewhere that Mr Aamir Khan is keen to get Rajniji to do an appearance because Rajniji did the same for Ra.One. This is getting absurd. The special appearance in Ra.One was done as a very special favour to Shah Rukh. It doesn’t mean Rajniji would be play the item boy for every Khan in Bollywood.”

So who started this bizarre rumour anyway?

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Rajinikanth not willing to clash with Shah Rukh Khan

The release of Rajinikanth's next postponed to avert a showdown with Bollywood bigwigs on Diwali

Rajinikanth may be the boss of all, but it looks like the superstar is not willing to clash with Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan at the box office.

Buzz is that his next film, his first release in two years and also his comeback project post his illness, will now be delayed to avoid a showdown with Ajay’s magnum opus (directed by Ashwani Dheer) and Yash Chopra’s untitled that stars Shah Rukh Khan. All the films were earlier slated to have a Diwali release.

Word was that theatres all over Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and other parts of the South were already being booked in bulk for the film. However, the delay that was kept under wraps to avoid disappointing the superstar’s fans is now out in the open.

Says a source from the film, “Rajni sir’s South market is totally secure. In fact, when Kamal Haasan heard of Rajni ji’s Diwali plans, he postponed the release date of his Hindi-Tamil-Telugu tri-lingual film.

But then the news of the Ajay Devgn-starrer being released during Diwali surfaced. Though, it in no way affects Rajni ji’s Southern and overseas market, the Hindi version is bound to get affected.”

Our source adds, “Incidentally, Yash Chopra had already announced that he would be releasing his film during Diwali. Initially, Rajni’s team was ready and willing to take on Ajay’s film even in the Hindi belt.

But now with Sonakshi Sinha’s soaring popularity after Rowdy Rathore, it was felt that a Diwali release was just not practical.”

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