Is
Rajini the target of ban on
smoking in films role?
October
4, 2005
The
recent announcement
by the government
banning smoking scenes
from films was widely
reported to be the
handiwork of a Central
minister who was jealous
about Rajinikanth’s
popularity
with his cigarette tricks.
Brushing aside such
political games, Dasari
Narayana Rao declared
at the Chandramukhi
celebrations that Rajini
did not smoke in any
scene in the film. Yet
it has been running
for 175 days. Therefore,
heroes should desist
from smoking on screen.
