Rajini Kanth's standing ovation for Ajith.

February 8, 2010

Tamil hero Ajith, during his speech during the felicitation function held for the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi, said that he attended the function to salute the great leader for his untiring efforts to uplift the downtrodden. He added that he attended the event out of his free will to laud the efforts of the CM in allocating land for those in the film industry.

The actor, however, appealed to the CM to advise the film personalities not to interfere in sensitive and political issues. He remarked when issues like Cauvery or Sri Lankan Tamils are brought to fore, the film industry people join the stir. But this should be out of their free will. When an actor or actress is not able to make it to such events they are immediately branded as traitors who do not have any feeling for their language. Ajith said that such issues are for the politicians and only they can handle it deftly.

This speech of Ajith got him a standing ovation from none other than the Superstar Rajinikanth. Rajini, who was seated beside the CM, stood up to applaud Ajith’s speech.