Chennai: This is not the first time rumours of superstar Rajinikanth’s death are being circulated on the internet. When he took ill in 2011, news of his death spread like wild fire and Rajini fans who browsed online forums headed to his residence to find out the truth.
On Thursday, the rumours spread even quicker as websites of newspapers and news channels out of Sri Lanka carried the news prominently, adding spice to it by the hour.
The rumour was put to rest by Rajinikanth’s publicist who tweeted later in the day, @superstarrajini is hale & hearty on vacation in USA. Kindly ignore rumours connecting thalaivar's health. Rajini has been away in the US on a family vacation, but it is also likely that he has been undergoing a check-up and routine medical tests in the course of his stay and which may have triggered such rumours.
