Rajinikanth pays surprise visit to bus depot where he worked as a bus conductor

Rajinikanth pays surprise visit to Bengaluru's BMTC and went down memory lane. His film Jailer released earlier this month and is a certified hit.

Superstar Rajinikanth on Tuesday walked down the memory lane as he visited the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus stand, in the city where he once worked as a bus conductor.

Rajinikanth went back to the bus depot where he began his work life.

The 72-year-old top actor took everyone by surprise and spent a few minutes with overjoyed BMTC drivers, conductors and other staff at the bus stand at Jayanagar.

Shivaji Rao Gaikwad was once working as bus conductor in this city, before the legendary Tamil director, the late K Balachander spotted him, christened him Rajinikanth and gave the actor his first break in the hit flick 'Aboorva Ragangal' in 1975. The film also starred Kamal Haasan among others. The moment the actor, who is said to have turned nostalgic, made an appearance, the Traffic Transit Management Center (TTMC) staff of the BMTC greeted him and milled around him.

Prior to that, he worked as a conductor in the erstwhile Bangalore Transport Services (BTS), which is now known as BMTC.

Rajinikanth had returned to the silver screen after almost two years with the Nelson Dilipkumar directorial Jailer, released earlier this month and said to be a box office grosser.