On Sunday, Tamil actor Rajinikanth arrived at Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav’s residence in Lucknow as part of his trip to Uttar Pradesh. Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, was also met by him on Saturday at his residence in Lucknow. For the screening of his movie “Jailer,” which was attended by Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Keshav Prasad Maurya, the actor flew into the city on Friday evening.
Meanwhile, Rajinikanth expressed his excitement about the kind of positive response his film is getting from the audience and its success. “…It’s God’s blessing that the movie is becoming a hit,” he told .
Rajinikanth had previously been in Ranchi, Jharkhand. On Friday, he paid a visit to the state’s well-known Chhinnamasta Temple and offered prayers there. He went to Ranchi’s “Yagoda Ashram” and meditated for an hour. He then met with C P Radhakrishnan, the governor of Jharkhand, at the Raj Bhavan.
UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya praised the actor for his acting skills and said, “I also got a chance to watch a film titled ‘Jailer’. I had watched Rajinikanth’s many films and he is such a talented actor that even though there is not much content in the movie still he with his performance, he increases the importance of the film.”
‘Jailer,’ which was released in theatres on August 10, has grabbed the box office by storm. In India, the film’s eight-day total collection stood at Rs 235.65 crore (as of August 17). The film was released in several languages, including Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi.
Rajinikanth plays a man seeking to avenge the death of his cop son in ‘Jailer’. Mohanlal, Shivarajkumar, and Jackie Shroff are in important cameos.