For the past few years, ever since the phenomenal rise of Tamil star Thalapathy Vijay as the demigod of the masses, there have been numerous online and offline wars between the fans of Vijay and Superstar Rajinikanth. While Vijay is often hailed as the next Rajinikanth by many, the Leo actor’s fans go a step higher and proudly claim that Vijay’s stardom has surpassed Rajinikanth’s long time ago.
Now, during his speech at the pre-release event of his upcoming film, Lal Salaam, in Chennai, Rajinikanth’ has touched the hearts of all the fans of Vijay with his straightforward statements. “Vijay grew up in front of my eyes. He used to observe me during Tharmathin Thalaivan’s shoot. He was just 13 years old. After the shoot, director SA Chandrasekhar (Vijay’s dad) introduced Vijay to me and requested me to advise Vijay to concentrate on his studies, as Vijay was more keen to become an actor. Vijay later entered movies and reached the pinnacle with his discipline, hardwork and talent,” said the veteran stalwart.
Rajini went on to reveal that Vijay is entering politics next, and that he is pained by the people drawing comparisons between him and Vijay. “Vijay had once said that he is competing with himself and even I had earlier said that I am my own competition. So, I request my fans and Vijay fans not to compare us,” urged the Superstar. Well, whether or not Rajini and Vijay fans will oblige Rajini’s request will be known in the future.