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’.
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It’s not even abt fan base it’s actually abt ppl taste in movies in recent yrs once an actor does masala films stupid audience get so attracted to it that they don’t even let their fav actor do other type of films… Like eg jai ho amazing film was semi hit could have got blockbuster status but stupid audience gave it a skip than another nice films like sp26 and baby same thing semi-hit could have gottn clean hit status… So folks blame yourself for wasting ur money on these useless masala films don’t blame rajni sir, sallu bhai or any other actor