New Delhi: A day before the release of ‘Jailer’, superstar Rajnikanth, on Wednesday, left for the Himalayas. He spoke to the media briefly early in the morning, where he mentioned that he was going on that trip after four years, as he couldn’t travel earlier due to COVID.
With Jailer, Rajnikanth is coming back on the big screen after the Diwali release of his Annaatthe two years ago. The action film, written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, is trending well at the advance booking, having already earned more than Rs 8.2 crore across India, as reported by industry tracker Sacnilk.
In Jailer, the superstar portrays the role of a retired police officer, marking his first collaboration with Nelson, known for helming films like Doctor and Vijay-starrer Beast. Jailer also features Tamannaah Bhatia, Sunil, Yogi Babu, Vasanth Ravi, and Mirnaa Menon with Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff in a negative role.
During the film’s audio launch, Rajinikanth recounted how he came across the script of Jailer and said post the release of Annaatthe, he heard many scripts but “didn’t like any”, promoting him to stop the process altogether.
“Then I was told by Kannan of Sun Pictures, who is a friend of Nelson, that he (Nelson) has a story for me. By then, Nelson was shooting for Beast in North India. So, I waited till he returned. When he finally came back, I asked to set a time and asked if 10 am would be fine. Kannan said Nelson gets up pretty late as he sleeps late. I was like what’s this behaviour even before the start of the film. Then he finally set a time around 11:3o,” the actor was quoted as saying, The Indian Express reported.
