India, Aug. 3 -- Rajinikanth brought more than just star power to the Coolie's trailer launch event in Chennai; he also had raw emotion and real stories from his past. As fans cheered the action-packed trailer, the superstar took a moment to recall the time he worked as a coolie and shared a painful memory that moved many in the audience.

Rajinikanth spoke about the time he worked as a coolie and recalled the day he cried after being mocked. "I got yelled at many times when I was a coolie. One day, a man asked me to carry luggage into his tempo and gave me 2 rupees for it. His voice sounded familiar to me, and I soon realised he was my college mate whom I used to mock."

He added, "At that moment, he ridiculed me and said, 'How arrogant ...