As the countdown to the release of ‘Kabali’ on July 22 nears, the fans of the Superstar are indulging in goodwill gestures and special prayers to propel the movie to success.
Wednesday saw the distribution of 100 ‘Kabali bags’ to students of the Gavipuram Government Kannada Model Primary School in Kempe Gowda Nagar, where Rajnikanth studied from 1954 to 1959. “Each of the bags costs Rs 200. The school is under renovation and we will be giving a bag to all the students studying there now,” said Rajini Murugan of the Karnataka State Rajiniji Seva Samiti.
The Samiti had been organising a series of good will events since mid-June to ensure Kabali becomes a superhit. The group had distributed 200 colourful pots bearing ‘Kabali stickers’ to 110 women in the Gavipuram area on June 12, the day the Superstar’s birthday fell.
“After the distribution, 13 members of the group immediately headed to the ‘Annamalaiyar temple’ (in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu) to offer a ‘Special puja’ so that the movie becomes a grand success,” Murugan said. “We embarked on a ‘Rath Yatra’ trip from Bengaluru to Tiruvanamalai for it. Our tempo was plastered with the Superstar’s shots from the movie around it fully.”
The Rajiniji Samiti also provided a grand lunch for 200 boys and girls on June 18 at the Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind in J P Nagar. “We also made them pray for the success of the superstar’s movie since we believe that the prayers of children are immediately heard,” he added.
Fifty T-shirts bearing the actor’s face were manufactured and distributed to ardent Rajini fans in the City including his close friend Raja Bahadur, who was often the driver in the bus Rajinikanth served as a conductor.