Tollywood megastar, Rajinikanth recently attended the audio launch of his upcoming film, 'Jailer'. He also revealed unheard anecdotes about his struggle with alcoholism.
Rajinikanth, who is fondly called the ‘Thalaiva’ of the Tamil film industry, is one of the most renowned, legendary actors in his generation. He enjoys a worldwide fanbase, who are totally obsessed with his fantastic acting skills and jaw-dropping action sequences. Fast forward to now, Rajinikanth is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film, Jailer. And recently, he was spotted attending the music launch of the same, where he opened up on some unheard facets of his life.
At the audio launch of his upcoming film, Jailer, Rajinikanth spoke about his long years of struggle with alcohol addiction. Calling it out as the biggest mistake of his life, he also emphasised his desire to serve the society, if he hadn’t been caught up with alcoholism. Moreover, he also advised his fans not to consume alcohol regularly like him, since he ended up spoiling all his health and happiness due to it. In his words:
“Alcoholism is the biggest mistake I have made in life. I am not saying to avoid it totally. Have alcohol when you have fun. Don’t drink regularly. It will spoil the health and happiness. Then your whole life will be a problem. Your parents, your family and everyone will suffer because of it."
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During a previous media interaction, Rajinikanth had once opened up about the earnest efforts and help done by his wife, Latha in order to cure him out of alcoholism. He recalled how he landed up consuming alcohol due to his friendship with the wrong people, way back when he worked as a bus conductor. He added he was totally engrossed with consuming alcohol, mutton and cigarettes daily, that took a toll on his health. He mentioned:
“I am 73 years old now, and the reason for my health is my wife. When I was a bus conductor, due to the friendship of some wrong guys, I had many bad habits. I used to eat mutton twice a day. I used to drink daily, and I don’t know how many cigarettes I smoked. Daily morning I wanted to eat mutton paya, appam, and chicken. I used to look down upon vegetarians. She (Latha) was the one who changed me with her love. With love and the right doctors, she changed me.”
Rajinikanth's upcoming film, Jailer will be his first movie after a long break. However, a few months earlier, there were reports that Rajinikanth will be wrapping up his 170th film soon and retire from the world of cinema. This rumour had obviously disheartened many of his fans who could not come to terms with his disappearance from the silver screen. Nevertheless, Rajinikanth's spokesperson rubbished all such rumours and clarified that the actor hadn't yet taken any call on it.
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Despite frequent link-up rumours and affairs, Rajinikanth is happily married to the love of his life, Latha Rangachari. They tied the knot on February 26, 1981, in a traditional South Indian style at the famous Lord Balaji temple in Tirupati. They are blessed with two beautiful daughters, Aishwarya Rajinikanth and Soundarya Rajinikanth.
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