‘Rajnikanth asked me why I was not eating, arranged food so I could break my roza’: Shagufta Ali calls superstar ‘kind-hearted, humble’

“On the first day, he met everyone, was extremely down to earth. We were three girls in the song, he met all of us. He was very respectful! During lunch break he asked why I was not having food, so I told him that I had roza. He knew a lot about roza, spoke a lot about Ramzan.

“In the evening during iftaar time, I had tears in my eyes when I learnt that he had decked an entire table with food for me. I was there for five-six days and the table would be full of a lavish food spread–from samosa to dosa, everything was there–during iftaari all evenings. I was so touched,” the actor told Rajshri Unplugged.

Shagufta Ali, who had come out with her financial troubles a years ago and revealed that she was broke, wished Rajinikanth knew about her state as she is certain he would have come forward to help.

“Few years ago when I was going through a low phase, I remembered him a lot. I didn’t have any contact of his–I still don’t–but if I did, I would love to meet him and share my problem with him. How Rohit Shetty, Johnny Lever, Ashoke Pandit, Ramesh Taurani ji came forward and helped me… At that time I missed him a lot because Rajni ji is so kindhearted and humble, I am sure he would have come forward and helped me,” she added.