Rajinikanth hospitalised in Chennai, wife says it’s a routine check-up

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth on Thursday was admitted to a private hospital for a routine check up. According to his publicist, the superstar has been admitted to Kauvery Hospital in Chennai for routine checkup on Thursday evening.

The actor’s wife Latha Rajinikanth told a Tamil news channel that the 70-year-old veteran actor was admitted for a day for routine checkup.

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Rajinikanth was recently awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.  He received India’s highest film honour from Vice President Venkaiah Naidu at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan. The actor attended the ceremony with his son-in-law Dhanush, who won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Asuran.

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Rajinikanth’s wife Latha and their daughter Aishwarya, who is married to Dhanush, were also present at the event. A jury made up of singers Asha Bhosle and Shankar Mahadevan, actors Mohanlal and Biswajeet Chatterjee and filmmaker Subhash Ghai had selected Rajinikanth for the honour earlier this year.

At the National Film Awards today, actor Biswajit Chatterjee said they selected Rajinikanth for the honour because he is a “talented” person and very “down to earth.”

Earlier, Rajinikanth shared a statement on Twitter about receiving the award and called it one of the “two special landmarks” – the other one being his daughter Soundarya Vishagan’s new app named Hoote, which is to be launched this evening.

In his statement, Rajinikanth wrote: “Tomorrow is an important occasion for me with two special landmarks. One, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, being conferred upon me by the Government of India because of the love and support of the people.”

He also tweeted that he had watched his yet-to-be-released movie Annatthe with his grandson on Wednesday.