Rajnikanth to return to Bollywood with Mallika Sherawat

When one heard of Rajnikanth returning to Hindi cinema one was skeptical. After all, the Tamil mega-star is yet to complete his first post-illness project the long in the pipeline Kochadaiyyan. Then was he in a position to start another film, and that too with K C Bokadia? Apparently Bokadia has approached Rajnikanth for a stellar role in his new film The Dirty Politics. Yes, the same project where Mallika Sherawat plays a character based on Bhanwari Devi, the nurse who was allegedly bumped off by a influential politician in Rajasthan. Rajnikanth, one hears, would be playing a role specially written for him. One got in touch with a source very close to Rajnikanth in Chennai who said, “Rajni Sir is indeed doing Bokadiaji’s film. They go back a long way. This film, we don’t know what it is called, requires just ten days of Rajniji’s dates. As soon as Kochadaiyyan releases Rajniji would take up this offer.” When we contacted Bokadia he said, “Rajnikanth is a very dear friend. He has worked in four of my Hindi films. But at the moment I wouldn’t like to say anything. I had spoken about Mallika playing a central role in The Dirty Politics, and she had expressed displeasure at the announcement coming prematurely and threatened to walk out. So until I am sure we can make an announcement I’d rather not comment.” In the meanwhile… we hear Mallika Sherawat who has earlier done a film with the other Tamil doyen Kamal Haasan, is mighty kicked at the prospect of sharing screen space with Rajnikanth.