Rajinikanth to undergo medical checkup in US

It looks like Superstar Rajinikanth has left for the US for a medical checkup, soon after he completed the Mumbai schedule of his upcoming film Kaala. "Rajini sir left to the US with his daughter Aishwarya last night (Wednesday). He has gone for a regular medical checkup. They will be back in mid-July," a source close to the actor told IANS. The source clarified that Rajinikanth is absolutely fine and that it's just a regular checkup.

The Superstar has completed the first schedule shooting of his upcoming Tamil film Kaala. The 67-year-old will return to the sets in which he plays a slum-lord-turned-gangster, in July. Kaala" reunites Rajinikanth and Kabali director Pa. Ranjith. The film, which also stars Nana Patekar, Huma Qureshi, Anjali Patil, Pankaj Tripathi, Samuthirakani and Sakshi Aggarwal, is being bankrolled by actor-producer Dhanush.

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