India, April 9 -- In the Tamil film world, the story of superstar Rajinikanth and producer and politician RM Veerappan's friendship and bond is well known. Numerous hit films of Rajinikanth's were, in fact, produced by RM Veerappan under Sathya Movies. In a recent documentary titled RMV: The Kingmaker to commemorate RM Veerappan, Rajinikanth finally opened up about what happened during the 100th day celebration of Baasha (produced by Sathya Movies) and why he spoke out against then Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.

At the Baasha event in Chennai in 1995, RM Veerappan, who was an AIADMK minister in the Tamil Nadu government, was on stage with Rajinikanth. When the Coolie star made his speech, he spoke about 'Varigala aatchi' (here...