Cricket Legend meets Superstar: "An honour and privilege to be..." - Kapil Dev's high praise for Rajinikanth! Photo takes social media by storm!

Rajinikanth is one of the top-tier actors in India and his upcoming film is titled Jailer. The actor is also playing an important role in the film Lal Salaam directed by his daughter Aishwarya Rajinikanth. The film is set around the sport cricket and has Vikranth and Vishnu Vishal in important roles. A new photo of the actor has gone viral on social media. The picture shared by former cricketer and captain of the Indian team who lead the Indian team to win World Cup in 1983. It was shared by the cricketer on his Instagram story and shows the two of them in casual attire in what looks like a break room. The cricket legend shared the picture with the caption “An honour and privilege to be with the great man”.

This photo has become viral on social media. There were reports that Rajinikanth travelled to Mumbai today after spending a few days in Chennai and he could have met Kapil Dev there. The two legends have met before during several events. There was also speculation that he is in Mumbai for the filming of the film Lal Salaam. The first look of the actor from the movie as released recently by the makers shows he will be playing the role of Moideen Bhai in the film. As 'Superstar' Rajinikanth, recently met the KKR player Varun Chakaravarthy and Venkatesh Iyer in Chennai.

The upcoming film of 'Superstar' Rajinikanth Jailer has created huge excitement as it's directed by Nelson Dilipkumar and a short teaser of the film was released recently, that revealed the film will be released in theatres on August 10 in multiple languages. Fans are very much interested in the film as it has leading Talents from the industry including Tamannaah, Ramya Krishnan and Yogi Babu and others and stars from other film industries are also roped in for the project.