Rajinikanth to undergo medical checkup in US

Chennai June 29 (IANS) Superstar Rajinikanth has left for the US for a medical checkup a source said.

Rajini sir left to the US with his daughter Aishwarya last night (Wednesday). He has gone for a regular medical checkup. They will be back in mid-July a source close to the actor told IANS.

The source clarified that Rajinikanth is absolutely fine.

He has completed the first schedule shooting of his upcoming Tamil film Kaala. The 67-year-old will return to the sets of Kaala in which he plays a slum-lord-turned-gangster in July.

Kaala reunites Rajinikanth and Kabali director Pa. Ranjith.

The film which also stars Nana Patekar Huma Qureshi Anjali Patil Pankaj Tripathi Samuthirakani and Sakshi Aggarwal is being bankrolled by actor-producer Dhanush.

--IANS
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