Superstar Rajinikanth's speech at the Jailer audio launch event on June 28, 2023 was nothing short of chaotic, not for its nature but for the reactions it unleashed on social media. The audio launch event of Jailer that releases in theaters on August 10, 2023, was an invite/pass-only affair, and Sun Pictures, organizers of the event decided to air it on TV only after 9 days of the event taking place.
What transpired in those 9 days was Rajinikanth's speech being purposely misinterpreted, misinformation peddled and fan-wars instigated as a result. Sun TV/Sun Pictures have a strict copyright policy; So any fan-taken picture or video from the event did not stay up long enough to bust the online campaign that was being run against Rajinikanth. MovieCrow was among the few that made this attempt with a English transcript of a fan-shot video of Rajinikanth's full speech from the event.
Nevertheless, the Jailer audio launch finally aired on Sun TV on August 6, 2023 clearing the many misconceptions people had about Rajinikanth's speech. Heeding to the growing demand from Rajinikanth's fans to clear the star's name, Sun TV aired the actor's 1-hour long speech with no ads in-between. This speech is now out on YouTube and here is an updated English translation of Rajinikanth's aired speech from the Jailer audio launch:
Rajinikanth's Full Speech From Jailer Audio Launch - YouTube Version
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"This film's producer who has come to this event - Honourable Sun Pictures owner MR. Kalanithi Maran. Whatever he spoke has rendered me thoughtless and motionless. I bow my head to the kindness and affection he has on me. After a long time my elder brother, (who is also like) my father, my mother, God, everything to me, my living Mr. God Sathyanarayanan Rao Gaikwad has come to this event. That is a very joyous thing for me.
Jackie Shroff who has come here (/graced this event), who has acted in this film is my very close friend. I've worked with him in Uttar Dakshin (1987). I will talk about him more later. Then Shivarajkumar, Ramya Krishnan, other artists alike, friends in the media, Nelson Sir. Anirudh - if I have to keep naming (everyone) then it will never end. So to everyone who has come here, and to those Tamil people worldwide who will be watching this show on Sun TV, and to these fans who are the Gods that make me live - My affectionate hello. We are meeting now after 3 years. After COVID had come, we couldn't meet. We couldn't keep an audio function for Annaatthe (2021). Now, it has almost been 2 year. I'm extremely happy about meeting you all now with this Jailer function.