Actor Rajinikanth spoke about alcoholism, his negative response to Vijay’s ‘Beast’ and how once the thought of removing the superstar title crossed his mind during the audio launch of his upcoming action drama 'Jailer.’ The event took place in Chennai’s Nehru Indoor Stadium over the weekend as fans thronged in to see their favourite actor.
According to Twitter user @VenkatRamanan_, Rajinikanth opened up about his alcoholism. He said, "If there was no alcohol, I would have served the society. Alcoholism is the biggest mistake I have made in life. I am not saying to avoid it totally. Have alcohol when you have fun. Don’t drink regularly. It will spoil the health and happiness.”
Talking about the film industry, he said, “We should bring our industry bigger. Only if big heroes film run, theatres will earn, and everyone will earn. Everyone is our brother. We should make every film run.”
Rajinikanth said several distributors called him and advised him to replace Nelson in ‘Jailer’ after his film ‘Beast,’ starring Vijay, opened to negative reviews. “We had shot a promo and announced the film. Beast released after the promo launch and it received negative reviews. I received a lot of calls from distributors to replace director Nelson. We then had a meeting with the Sun Pictures team. They had informed me that Beast, even though received poor reviews, didn’t cause any losses for its distributors," he said as quoted by a report.
Helmed by Nelson Dilipkumar, Rajinikanth plays the role of Jailer Muthuvel Pandian in the film. It is touted to be an action-packed entertainer and has a stellar star cast that includes Priyanka Mohan, Shiva Rajkumar, Jackie Shroff, Ramya Krishnan, Yogi Babu, Vasanth Ravi, Vinayakan in prominent roles. The makers have roped in actor Mohanlal for an extended cameo in the film. ‘Jailer’ is set to release on August 10 this year.