Indian fans carry hoardings of India movie star Rajinikanth in front of a movie theatre, ahead of the release of his Tamil movie Kabali, in Chennai on July 21, 2016.As a tradition, fans perform a ritual called ‘paal abhishekam’, in which life-size posters of superstar Rajnikanth are bathed in milk before the launch of each of his films. / AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKAR
ON the weekend the much talked-about movie Kabali was released, I was on a short vacation in Kerala, India. Being a Rajinikanth (Rajini) fan, I didn’t want to miss the movie and wanted my own assessment of it.
It was a typical scene at the cinema in Kochi where the audience brought the roof down, whistling and clapping every time Rajini appeared. Thereafter, every signature gesture of his met with some form of cacophonic reaction from the floor.
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