Chennai
Stalin has greeted actor Rajinikanth by twitting “My hearty birthday greetings to my dear friend superstar Rajinikanth who turns 70. I wish him prosperity, long life and good heath in mind and body.”
Unsurprisingly, the greeting message did not go unnoticed. Twitterati took exception to the DMK president wishing the actor good mental health. Political commentator Sumanth Raman was among the netizens who read between the lines of Stalin.
A good number of the Twitterati felt the greeting message was loaded with sarcasm, especially the word wishing good mental health. “Mananalathudan” (sound mental health). In Tamil it sounds fine but in English we don’t usually wish people sound Mental Health on their Birthday, do we?” tweeted Raman. While DMK supporters responded to the jibe of the curious Twitterati by appreciating the alleged sarcasm of their leader, die-hard fans of Rajini were disappointed with it.
Meanwhile, the fans celebrated the occasion in a gala manner across the state by holding special screenings of his yesteryear hits, cutting cakes and distributing various welfare measures.His family members, film personalities,including his long-time friend and actor-politician Kamal Haasan, took to the social media to extend their greetings to the actor on the occasion.The sweetest wishes came from his daughters Aishwaryaa and Soundarya, who took to Instagram. Soundarya posted a series of pictures of the actor. Sharing the pictures, she wrote, “Happy birthday my life. my father... My everything!!”Aishwaryaa, who is married to actor Dhanush, also shared a picture of Rajnikanth with an endearing note. In the photo, she can be seen in the background following her father. “Will follow forever ... just to see that smile .. happy birthday Appa,” she wrote.
The actor had an advanced birthday celebrations in a traditional way with special poojas on Monday, which happened to be his star birthday. Some photos from the pooja ceremony surfaced on social media, showing the Petta star with priests and his wife Latha.As a large number of his fans gathered in front of his Poes Garden residence, Rajini’s wife Latha thanked everyone for extending their greetings to him as the actor was not in the city.Among politicians who greeted Rajinikanth on the occasion included Congress leader Sanjay Dutt, former union minister MK Alagiri and former Chennai deputy mayor ‘Karate’ Thiagarajan.
Rajini is ‘Thalaiva’ in every ‘Darbar:’ Sachin’s punch greetings
Ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday greeted Superstar Rajinikanth on his 69th birthday and said his onscreen style and off screen humility make him the ‘Thalaiva’ in every ‘Darbar.’ Sachin in a tweet in Tamil said “happy birthday@rajinikanth Sir.” In a tweet in English, he said, “Wishing the ‘SUPERSTAR’, a very happy birthday! Your onscreen style and off screen humility make you the ‘Thalaiva’ in every ‘Darbar.’ Rajini’s latest film was ‘Darbar’ and it was expected to be released during Pongal in January 2020.
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