Updated On: 29 January, 2024 03:27 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
After Aishwarya Rajinikanth said that her father is not a `Sanghi` at the audio launch of her movie Lal Salaam, superstar Rajinikanth has defended his daughter`s statement

Rajinikanth with his daughter Aishwarya
Indian cinema superstar Rajinikanth recently defended his daughter Aishwarya Rajinikanth`s comment about him being branded as a `Sanghi ` byy on social media. At the audio launch of the upcoming directorial `Lal Salaam`, Aishwarya said that her father is not a `Sanghi` as branded by some on social media. She also said that she would not have done a film called `Lal Salaam` if her father was a `Sanghi`. Rajinikanth has a special appearance in the Tamil film whose title takes after a popular greeting used by communists.
In this politically charged environment, Aishwarya`s comment was also not liked by some. Defending his daughter, Rajinikanth said, "My daughter never said that Sanghi [the term] was a bad word. She questioned why her father was being branded that way when he is into spirituality."