MUMBAI: Rajinikanth is one of the most popular and loved film stars. He has a crazy fan following.

Actor Akshay Kumar has earlier called himself a fan of Rajinikanth. He once revealed that Rajinikanth once returned his distributor's money after his film failed commercially. Yes, you read that right.

ALSO READ: Superb! Rajinikanth's new film announced

For the uninitiated, Rajini and Akshay worked together in 2018 film 2.0. And at the film’s trailer launch, Akshay Kumar told the reporters, “Rajini sir is not a superstar, he is an entire galaxy. If anybody has got swag, be it (lighting) cigarette or putting on a coat or anything, it’s him. There is no one who doesn’t want to learn his style." He added, “I remember his one film Baba had come and it had not done well. And he had called distributors and returned their money. This is the biggest sign of being a superstar."

Produced by Rajinikanth's banner Lotus International and directed by Suresh Krissna, the film Baba was released in 2002. The film starred Rajinikanth, Manisha Koirala, Sujatha, Ashish Vidyarthi, Vijayakumar, Nambiar, and Sayaji Shinde. As per reports, it was sold to distributors for Rs 17 crore but yielded returns of only 3 crore.

Rajinikanth was recently seen in the Tamil film Annaatthe, which also starred Keerthy Suresh, Nayanthara, Khushbhu Sundar, Meena and Jagapathi Babu. He will be seen next in filmmaker Nelson Dilipkumar's Jailer.

Keep reading this space for more updates.

ALSO READ: Superb! Rajinikanth's new film announced

CREDIT:  HINDUSTAN TIMES