Amitabh Bachchan calls Rajinikanth 'gracious'

Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth are all set to share screen space together in the upcoming

Lyca

’s

Thalaivar

170, directed by

T.J Gnanavel

. Earlier in the day, Rajinikanth had expressed his excitement of working with mentor again after 33 years and mentioned that his heart is thumping with joy. Big B has now responded to Rajinikanth's heartfelt post.
Calling the Thalaivar gracious, Amitabh Bachchan said that he cannot compare himself with him while expressing his joy of working with him again.

"@rajinikanth ... sirrrrr .. 🙏 .. you are too gracious to me , but just see the Title of the Film , its THALAIVAR 170 .. Thalaivar means Leader, Head, Chief .. You are the head, the Leader and the Chief .. ANY DOUBT people .. ?? I cannot compare myself with you ! My great honour to be working with you again .. !!" he tweeted.

Rajinikanth had shared a picture of the two acting behemoths standing alongside one another. Captioning the picture, he wrote, “After 33 years, I am working again with my mentor, the phenomenon,

Shri Amitabh Bachchan

in the upcoming Lyca’s ‘Thalaivar 170’ directed by T.J Gnanavel. My heart is thumping with joy!”

In the picture, Rajinikanth can be seen wearing white shirt and a black wig, all the while smiling with great happiness. Amitabh on the other hand was equally thrilled to be working once again with the Tamil megastar. He donned a colourful patterned bandana on his head. Wearing a grey shirt, the actor was wearing glasses and wore a pink and blue jacket atop his shirt. The jacket was detailed with various animal figures.

Prior to the upcoming film, Big B and Thalaivar last worked together in the Hindi film Hum, directed by Mukul Anand which was released in 1991. Hum was a massive rage in the 1990s and a huge success, receiving great acclaim from critics, viewers, as well as a big box office.
Since the announcement of the new mystery project, immense excitement is raging across India as audiences from Mumbai to Chennai are frantic to see the two legends come together on the big-screen.
Apart from these two legends, the film will also star

Fahadh Faasil

, Rana Daggubati, Manju Warrier, Ritika Singh and Dushara Vijayan. With music by

Anirudh Ravichander

, the film will hit theatres in 2024.