Bollywood supestar Shah Rukh Khan said he is such a big fan of Rajinikanth that he decided to attend the audio launch of his film Kochadaiiyaan.
Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone romance onscreen for the first time in Kochadaiiyaan.
Rajinikanth plays the Pandyan king Kochadaiyaan Ranadhiran in Kochadaiiyaan.
“I came here for three reasons. Firstly, like all of you, I am a big Rajinikanth fan,” Shah Rukh told reporters at the launch.
Reminiscing his earlier days, SRK said that many years ago when he landed in Mumbai, he went to see the shooting of a Hindi film starring Rajinikanth and learned an important lesson after observing the southern superstar.
“I saw from far away that he was standing in front of a big mirror and practising throwing cigarette in his mouth.
The second main reason is friendship, said SRK.
“I was in need of a lot of help during the making of Ra. One, and I would like to thank Rajini sir, Soundarya and Lata ma’am for helping me out overnight. I have come as a friend because whenever I came to Chennai or Tamil Nadu, all of you have given me so much of love,” he added.
Talking about the third reason, SRK said: “I came here as a seeker of knowledge because the films made here actually make our country the proudest. The films by K. Balachander sir, Shankar sir and so many others have taught so much in cinema.”
Shah Rukh, who recently paid tribute to Rajinikanth through the song Lungi Dance in Chennai Express, crooned a few lines of the song on stage for the superstar.