Actor and political leader aspirant Rajinikanth has featured in Discovery's "Into the Wild" show hosted by Bear Grylls. The show was shot in Karnataka's Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Reportedly it is the first TV venture for Rajinikanth after 43 years in cinema.
"I agreed to finally make my debut on TV after more than four decades of Cinema," Rajinikanth was quoted as saying by IANS. Reports also say that Rajinikanth spoke about raising water awareness in the programme.
Meanwhile, Rajinikanth fans stormed Twitter with the hashtag 'ThalaivaOnDiscovery'. Several tweets flooded with videos, facts and pictures of Rajinikanth. Some of them are given below.
The video of Rajinikanth's early film was shared by one fan which he used as a metaphor to link it with Rajini's Bear Grylls programme.
FooTaGE LeaKeD...😉#ThalaivaOnDiscovery pic.twitter.com/20kMSO6Qak
— Danger Side ᴰᴬᴿᴮᴬᴿ (@Dangerside2) January 29, 2020
Another Twitter account registered the fact that 'Bandipur National park is India Biggest biosphere reserve' and tagged Rajinikanth for doing the program highlighting 'Water conservation'.
Bandipur National park is India Biggest biosphere reserve. @rajinikanth doing this program to create awareness for "Water Conservation" 👌#IntoTheWildWithBearGrylls @DiscoveryIN @BearGrylls pic.twitter.com/VRQErexDJg
— Arun Kumar (@Arunk_2) January 29, 2020
One fan got excited to learn that Rajinikanth is the first Indian celebrity to feature in ManvsWild.
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All eyes on THALAIVAR 🕶️🕶️
First Indian celebrity to feature in MANvsWILD pic.twitter.com/fAMZFrBtaV
— அமிர்தராஜ்-THALAIVAR fan (@ThalaivarFanz) January 29, 2020