Veteran actor Rajinikanth, who’s gearing up for his much-awaited motion thriller, Coolie, began his performing profession with the 1975 Tamil movie, Apoorva Raagangal. His die-hard followers are conscious of the truth that he used to work as a bus conductor in Bengaluru earlier than getting into movies. However have you learnt that Rajinikanth additionally took up the job of a coolie?
Rajinikanth was as soon as mocked by his school mate when he used to work as a porter.
Rajinikanth remembers his coolie days throughout movie’s trailer launch
In the course of the trailer launch of Coolie, Rajinikanth just lately recalled his preliminary days when individuals would yell at him throughout his porter job. The megastar shared a painful reminiscence of assembly his school mate whom he used to mock earlier. The person requested Rajinikanth to hold his baggage and gave him Rs 2 for the job whereas mocking the latter.
“At that second, he ridiculed me and stated, ‘How smug you had been in these days’, mocking my job. That was the primary time I broke down crying in my life,” the 74-year-old megastar stated.
Rajinikanth calls Coolie director Lokesh Kanagaraj the ‘actual hero’
In the identical occasion, Rajinikanth referred to his Coolie director, Lokesh Kanagaraj, as a ‘actual hero’ of the upcoming movie. The veteran actor referred to as him “probably the most profitable business administrators” who has created a storm with a tremendous star solid.
Extra about Coolie
Produced by Kalanithi Maran underneath the banner of Solar Footage, Coolie is scheduled to be launched on August 14, 2025, coinciding with the Independence Day weekend. It’s clashing with Hrithik Roshan, Kiara Advani and Jr NTR’s upcoming motion drama, Conflict 2, within the Hindi markets.
Other than Rajinikanth, the upcoming Tamil motion thriller additionally options Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soubin Shahir, Upendra, Shruti Haasan, and Sathyaraj. Bollywood famous person Aamir Khan can also be part of the star solid. Tentatively titled Thalaivar 171, it’s Rajinikanth’s 171st movie as a lead actor.
After Coolie, Rajinikanth additionally has Jailer 2 within the pipeline. The movie marks the sequel to his 2023 launch, Jailer. He was final seen within the Tamil motion drama, Vettaiyan, in 2024.
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