“Vishnuvardhan advised me to act in Tamil,” Rajinikanth
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oi-Staff
Tamil
Superstar
Rajinikanth
has
said
that
late
Kannada
actor
Dr.
Vishnuvardhan,
who
died
of
heart
attack
in
Mysore
on
30th
December
2009,
was
the
source
of
inspiration
for
him
to
act
in
Tamil
films.
He
says
that
he
still
can
not
believe
that
Vishnu
is
dead.
The
Tamil
actor
visited
Vishnu"s
wife
Bharathi
at
her
Jayanagar
residence
in
Bangalore
to
offer
his
condolences
on
Wednesday
(January
06).
Later
speaking
to
the
media,
Rajini
recalled
his
close
association
with
Vishnu.
He
said,
"My
friendship
with
Vishnu
was
32-years
old
and
it
can't
be
explained
in
words
how
I
enjoyed
those
moments
with
him.
Now,
I'm
still
struggling
to
digest
his
death
news."
Rajini
added,
"I've
acted
with
Dr.
Vishnu
in
Kannada
movies
like
Sahodarara
Sawal
and
Galate
Samsara.
I
was
a
newcomer
to
films
when
he
was
a
superstar
in
Kannada.
Once,
I
had
got
two
offers
from
Tamil
and
Kannada
at
a
time
and
I
was
confused
as
which
one
to
choose.
It
was
Vishnu,
who
suggested
and
encouraged
me
to
take
up
Tamil
film."
The
Endhiran
star
feels
that
Dr.
Vishnu
had
grown
to
a
great
heights
in
spirituality.
He
had
met
him
two
months
back.
Vishnu
had
told
him,
"Aaptha
Rakshaka
is
a
good
movie
and
we
should
watch
it
together." Now,
Rajini
feels
that
Vishnuvardhan"s
death
is
personally
a
great
loss
for
him.
He
said,
"I've
no
words
to
convey
the
sense
of
loss."
However,
Rajinikanth
arrived
at
Vishnu's
Jayanagar
residence
in
the
evening
around
6.40
pm.
He
offered
his
deep
felt
regrets
on
the
demise
of
Dr
Vishnuvardhana,
while
Sandalwood
celebs
like
Ambarish,
Rockline
Venkatesh,
Anirudh,
Keeerthi
Vardhana
were
also
present
there.