Viral Video: Japanese Couple Travels To Chennai To Watch Rajinikanth's 'Jailer'

Superstar Rajinikanth has no dearth of fans not only in India but worldwide. He has a huge fan base in Japan and fans over there never miss his films. On August 10, Thalaivar returned to the silver screen with 'Jailer' after two years of break. Fans of the actor have gone berserk and they have flocked to the theatres to watch the movie of their favourite star on the first day. Videos from the theatres have gone viral where fans were seen pouring milk on Rajinikanth's posters, showering him with flower petals and garlands and whatnot. Today is a special day for them and it's no less than a festival. Amidst these, a video of a Japanese couple has been doing the rounds on social media. 

They are fans of Rajinikanth and have come all the way from Osaka, Japan to Chennai for the first-day-first-show of 'Jailer'.

News agency PTI shared the viral video on Twitter where the Japanese couple was seen sharing their excitement about watching 'Jailer' in the theatre with other fans. Yasuda Hidetoshi is one of Rajinikanth’s biggest fans and he was speaking in Tamil, “To see the Jailer movie, we have come from Japan to Chennai''.

For the unversed, in 1998, Rajinikanth’s film 'Muthu' was released in Japan and it got an overwhelming response from Japanese fans, and became a hit at the Japanese box office. It stayed in the theatre for more than 100 days. 

'Jailer' is directed by Nelson Dilipkumar and bankrolled by Kalanithi Maran under the Sun Pictures banner. It also stars Mohanlal, Jackie Shroff, Ramya Krishnan, Tamannaah Bhatia, Vinayakan and Yogi Babu in pivotal roles. The actioner has released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi across the world.