By:
Settu
Shankar
Tuesday,
March
20,
2007
Rajini,
the
Super
Star
of
South
cinema
always
manages
to
prove
himself
different.
Not
only
in
the
acting
style,
his
taste
and
preferences
are
also
totally
different.
When
a
hero
gives
2
or
3
hit
films,
immediately
he
fancies
himself
as
the
next
Chief
Minister
of
Tamil
Nadu.
But
Rajinikanth,
the
one
and
only
real
Superstar,
would
rather
settle
in
The
Himalayas
and
keep
himself
far
away
from
the
'polluted'
metro.
But
he
has
some
unfulfilled
wishes
too.
While
he
was
still
young
in
the
film
industry,
Rajini
enjoyed
his
lonely
life
and
made
midnight
trips
on
his
Bullet
Motorcycle,
as
is
remembered
by
actress
Radhika.
Many
times
he
made
trips
to
Bangalore
or
to
the
North
in
a
train
as
an
anonymous
person
wearing
ordinary
clothes.
Two
years
ago,
he
paid
a
visit
to
the
holy
Baba
Caves
in
the
Himalayas,
and
preferred
to
travel
by
train.
Although
he
likes
to
travel
by
train,
his
superstar
image
does
not
allow
him
to
do
so
publicly.To
fulfill
his
wishes,
he
purchased
3
A/C
coaches
from
The
Indian
Railways
and
made
every
effort
to
run
the
same
inside
his
Kelambakkam
farmhouse!
Sources
say
that
Rajini
purchased
these
coaches
from
Trichy
Railway
Division
at
a
public
auction
sale.
One
of
the
coaches
has
already
arrived
in
a
container
to
his
farmhouse.
One
can
see
the
coach
just
before
the
main
entrance.
Since
there
is
no
possibility
of
seeing
a
train
in
and
around
the
East
Coast
area,
it
is
completely
a
different
spectacle
to
the
people
of
that
village.
The
nearest
Railway
Station
is
Chengalpattu,
which
is
very
far
from
the
coastal
area.
This
farmhouse
is
located
at
East
Coast
Road,
40
kms
from
Chennai.
It
is
spread
over
more
than
5
acres.
According
to
the
sources,
Rajini
purchased
this
land
in
the
early
nineties
at
a
cheaper
rate.
Now
the
cost
of
the
land
will
fetch
around
Rs.10
crores.
The
work
of
paving
platforms
is
going
on
inside
the
farmhouse,
and
a
'mini'
railway
station
is
also
being
built.
The
villagers
residing
nearby
are
passing
on
'information'
to
every
visitor,
with
the
surprise
story
about
the
'farmhouse
train'.