As per news reports, Chennai police is currently conducting a search operation at the actor’s residence to verify the authenticity of the caller.
As per News 7 Tamil, an anonymous caller, on Thursday afternoon, dialed 108 and issued a bomb threat to Rajinikanth. The police are yet to confirm if it’s yet another hoax or not. Over the years, several bomb threats have been made to Rajinikanth and each time, turned out to be a prank calls.
On the career front, Rajinikanth will be next seen on screen in Annaatthe. The project, which will see Rajinikanth play a caring brother, marks his maiden collaboration with director Siva, best known for helming Veeram and Viswasam.
Tipped to be a rural drama, the film also stars Keerthy Suresh, Meena and Kushbhu in key roles. It was officially launched last December in Chennai in a low-key affair.
On being signed for Rajinikanth’s film, Keerthy had tweeted, “Extremely happy to announce this magical milestone in my journey. From being awestruck by Rajinikanth to sharing screen space with him will be my most cherished memory in my life. Thank you, director Siva and Sun Pictures.”
Rajinikanth will also be teaming up with director Lokesh Kanagaraj for a yet-untitled Tamil project, bankrolled by Kamal Haasan. The film is expected to be officially launched in a few months.
The actor was last seen playing an angry cop out to avenge his daughter’s death in Darbar, which was directed by AR Murugadoss. The film featured Prateik Babbar, Nivetha Thomas and Yogi Babu in crucial roles. Anirudh Ravichander had composed music, Santosh Sivan cranked the camera.
Despite grossing over INR200 crore worldwide, Darbar turned out to be a damp squib at the box-office. Following the failure, it is rumoured that Rajinikanth agreed to reduce his remuneration by half for Annaatthe. Darbar incurred losses of INR70 crore. It’s said to be one of the biggest disasters in the superstar’s career.
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