Rajinikanth turns 70, greetings pour in

As superstar Rajinikanth turned 70 on Saturday, scores of celebrities from southern cinema took to their social media to wish the Thalaiva on his birthday.

Hyderabad:Tamil superstar Rajinikanth turned 70 years old on Saturday and wishes have been pouring in from friends and fans on social media.

Extending birthday wishes to Rajini, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote, "Dear @rajinikanth Ji, wishing you a Happy Birthday! May you lead a long and healthy life."

Legendary music composer A.R Rahman dedicated a special poster to the Thalaiva on his birthday.

Actor Venkatesh hopped onto Twitter to extend best wishes to Thalaiva and wrote, "Happy birthday dear @rajinikanth gaaru! Sending my heartfelt wishes to you and hoping that you have an exciting year ahead Partying face Nazar amulet #HBDSuperstarRajinikanth,"

Actor-Producer Radikaa Sarathkumar also wished Rajinikanth a happy birthday on her Twitter handle. “Wishing you the best of peace and health on your milestone birthday,” she wrote.

"Happy birthday my dearest Thalaivaaaa!! May God bless you with long and healthy life.. And You bless us with your able Leadership & Miracles Very Very soon Love you Thalaiva..And this pic was taken by me.. #Petta Velan #HBDSuperstarRajinikanth," tweeted director Karthik Subbaraj, who helmed Rajinikanth’s Petta.

Actor Hansika Motwani tweeted, "#HBDSuperstarRajinikanth sir the epitome of Indian Cinema. Wishing you ⁦@rajinikanth all success and good health this year. Keep inspiring us as you always do. Cherry blossom Smiling face."

"Wish U a very Happy Birthday @rajinikanth sir. truly blessed to have known you in this life time. wishing all the success health and prosperity," tweeted actor Arya.

Extend birthday greetings, actor Nivin Pauly wrote, "Happy birthday Superstar @rajinikanth sir! Thank you for inspiring all of us! Wishing you a phenomenal year with great health and joy. #HBDSuperstarRajinikanth"

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Actor Harish Kalyan wished Rajinikanth a happy birthday and tweeted that the actor was a miracle himself.

Actor Prasanna also tweeted his wishes for Rajinikanth’s birthday.

Music composer D Imman also posted on his official Twitter account and wished Rajinikanth on his birthday.

Director Venkat Prabhu called the actor 'Tamil Nadu' and posted birthday wishes for him on Twitter.

"For near about 50 years, an artist having this much attention, success, following and respect is very rare in world cinema. Rajini Sir is such a gem and we are proud that he belongs to our industry. Happy birthday @rajinikanth Sir," posted lyricist Vivek.

Meanwhile, the actor recently sounded his poll bugle against the ruling AIADMK government as well as against the major opposition party DMK. Rajinikanth said he would float his political party in January 2021 and an announcement in that regard will be made on December 31, 2020.