Superstar Rajinikanth rejected an offer to star in the Tamil remake of Malayalam blockbuster ‘Drishyam’ because he feared two particular scenes in the film would not have gone down too well with his fans.
According to a source, ‘Drishyam’ director Jeethu Joseph also agreed with Rajinikanth.
“Rajinikanth sir really liked the story when he heard it. Jeethu felt he could add a different dimension to the film with his presence. But Rajini sir had issues with two scenes,” a source told IANS.
“The first scene is when the lead characters get brutally beaten up by the police. And, the second scene is the climax sequence. Rajini sir was unsure if his fans will like seeing him getting beaten up. Jeethu too felt the same when it was discussed with him,” the source added.
Jeethu had apparently told Rajinikanth that he will meet him again with a fresh script.
The remake was eventually made with Kamal Haasan, and is currently running in cinemas as ‘Papanasam’.
IANS
dumb fans
Best of luck… for ajay’s drishyam…
That’s ridiculous. If they’re his fans they should be able to accept him in all types of roles.
Similar case with Salman whose fans only accept him mainly in masala films considering all his other films flopped.
King Salman rejected chak de india because he don’t like hockey and don’t want to be a women’s team coach… which is more suitable for actor… with lady style
Hahaha wow!!
its right
its called star
in bollywood salman fan also not like it
King Bhaijaan rejected anand L rai’s film becoz some scenes will not go well with his huge fan base
bhaijaan is in immense pressure to make his fan base happy
King salman rejected baazigar to help a struggling non actor to earn something for living
how many srk fan watching
srk fight with sunny in daar
but daar is movie every one remeber i like it more than ddlj
South films have novel concepts
but are ruined by remakes n remakes
kamal hassan is a far better actor than rajnikanth. also in bollywood he has gt more success than rajni.i luv his chachi420 sadma a film with rishi kapoor and also ek duje k liye.
kamal hassan true legend
meanwhile kamal hasan made most of the opportinity wen he gt chance of drishaym remake. .
bad decision by rajni…
looking forward to see hindi collections of baahubali…
He is afraid of being beaten up…For cinemalovers,It is not really necessary to get beaten up..What really matter is content…If content is good and the hero gets beaten by goons…Audience doesn’t much care about it..They always have respect towards cinema if the movie is good..
Even Hrithik in Fiza,Aamir in Rang de basanti,Lagaan,SRK in Swades beaten by goons..It does’nt matter..In the end what matters is content…
kamal hassan can do more justice to this kind of role… waiting to watch ajay’s performance in drishyam
Hahaha shame on rajnikanth
Why rajnikanth has so many fan. I don’t understand.
Yeah..!
I get never beaten.
That’s wat we call a pure superstardom ….he rejected as he know that his fans will break the chairs of hall out of anger if they see him beaten up …..
The same case is with salman khan also…he also do the roles he best suited in and his fans want to watch in…that’s y it is wrong to critise the script selection of the superstar…..he always does in which his fans want to watch….#bhai…and rajni sir #rocckkk
with rajnikath it would have been bigger than that with kamal hassan
@Rajinikanth = Salman Khan
@Kamal Haasan = Aamir Khan
Ajay Devgan fans will also beat ajay for doing C grade movies like Himmatwala,AJ etc.
Drishyam will be big disaster..
Is dis a joke or what?? Lolz
@Aaj ki party ki taraf se selfie le le re – CDI was offered to SRK first but SRK couldn’t do bec of dates they offered to Salman he rejected & they offered it to SRK again & waited for almost many years bec of his dates… but leave that let me tell you Bhojpuri Salman rejected Chak De India as he thought his Pakistani Fans will be hurted, he rejected it as he had a problem with the name ‘India’ in the title… He rejected it for his friend & India’s Most wanted Criminal Dawood Ibrahim’s country’s people… he rejected it as he was afraid to do such type of roles as he can only do south copy craps & bhojpuri Movies… same like he rejected anand L rai’s movie & signed Dabangg 3 instead because his fans wouldn’t like seeing him beaten up on Boxoffice as he doesn’t know acting… which proves Bhojpuri Salman & his fans are more dumb and idiots than Rajini’s fans…..!
I like Rajni Sir he has temple of his name , he also give food to poor people truly legend .
If it right, than I don’t think an actor can try some good films, it slightly limited his capabilities.
Similar situation is with Salman in India too.
@vivek what? Where was any goon in swadesh and lagaan? Have you even watched lagaan and swadesh? Aamir and srk weren’t beaten up in a single scene.
Rajnikant is the worst superstar for me. His ego is higher than the Eiffel Tower. His twitter account is @SuperstarRajnikant.
A superstar who calls himself superstar is no real superstar. This is the reason Amitabh is the greatest ever!
Rajnikant plays characters half his age and romances actresses the age of his grand-daughter. Shame!
@Sky yeah, you are right. That’s why salman khan doesn’t do good films. He just makes craps one after another as his fans are happy watching craps.