Is Rajinikanth a fake philanthropist. Recently Rajinikanth met sanitary worker Padma and honored her at his house gifting her gold chain. It is known that Padma returned back the pouch containing 45 sovereigns of gold ornaments which she found while cleaning and informed her higher authorities and returned back at the Pondy Bazaar police station.
In the midst of all this, director Lenin Bharathi made shocking accusations on Rajinikanth. He said Posting the picture, the filmmaker wrote in Tamil, “Where were you, @rajinikanth, all those times when the sanitation workers were protesting for their rights at the entrance of the Ripon Building? Will you identify them only by their uniforms to showcase your so-called generosity, you fake philanthropist?” The Ripon Building is the seat and headquarters of the Greater Chennai Corporation in Chennai.
Fans however came in support of Rajinikanth. They reacted in the following way.
An X user wrote, “Trying too hard to find mistakes on others, is not a great habit sir.” Another defended, “That should be done by the government or politicians. It's not his job.” One Redditor criticised, “As always, we are expecting a movie star to be a saviour and beacon of hope.”
Others, however, seemed to side with Lenin, with a Redditor writing, “Bro Lenin is not asking Rajini to call out the government. He's just exposing his fakeness as a philanthropist.” Another wrote, “Bro made a photoshoot with the context of showing his generosity to a sanitary worker, where actual sanitary workers rights are at question.” One X user even called it a “very valid take.”