Superstar Rajinikanth gets second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAY 13

Superstar Rajinikanth was on Thursday administered the second dose of Covishield vaccine at a hospital here, his publicist said. The top star, who arrived here on Wednesday from Hyderabad after taking part in the shoot for the under-production Tamil film, ”Annaatthe,” received the jab at a hospital, Riaz K Ahmed said.

Soundarya Rajinikanth, the actor’s daughter, tweeted, “Our Thalaivar gets his vaccine, Let us fight and win this war against Coronavirus together #ThalaivarVaccinated  #TogetherWeCan #MaskOn #StayHomeStaySafe.” Sun Pictures, the producers of ”Annaatthe” (Elder Brother), a Siva directorial, had said that the movie would be released on November 4 (Diwali) this year.

Rajinikanth had left for Hyderabad on April 7 to participate in the ”Annaatthe” shoot. The shoot for the movie was deferred December last after some crew members tested positive for coronavirus.