Twitterati divided over Rajinikanth winning Dadasaheb Phalke award

Megastar Rajinikanth will be conferred with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution in 2019 to Indian cinema announced Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on ThursdayReally happy that the jury unanimously chose the legendary rajinikanth ji for the DadaSahebPhalke award My alltime favourite movie of Thalaiva is the 1992 Tamil classic Annamalai pictwittercomLOVDm9K6qsmdash Prakash Javadekar PrakashJavdekar April 1 2021After the announcement congratulations galore for the superstar including from Prime Minister Narendra ModiPopular across generations a body of work few can boast of diverse roles and an endearing personalitythatrsquos Shri rajinikanth Ji for you It is a matter of immense joy that Thalaiva has been conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award Congratulations to himmdash Narendra Modi narendramodi April 1 2021Twitter users also lauded the superstar for the feat Congratulations Respected Rajnikanth sir on being conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award You should deserve that sic posted one U deserve it lots of congratulations sic wrote anotherMuch Appreciative Our Shri Rajnikanth JiHearty Congrats to youour Shri Rajnikanth Ji on being conferred Dadasaheb Phalke awardSalute to Our PM Shri Narendra Modi Jis multifaceted charismatic leadership that endorses amp encourages best works at various domainsmdash Venkatesapalani Thangavelu Ven070670 April 1 2021Congratulations to legendary actor Thiru Rajnikanth who has been conferred with the Dada Saheb Phalke awards India cherishes his work and adores him for making many wonderful films for the cinematic world His contribution to films has been exceptional and truly remarkable pictwittercomGsPrltJZX3mdash Gurdev Sharma Debi DebiGurdev April 1 2021Congratulations Rajnikanth The one and only Thalaivaa for prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award AjayKadu10 suhassatwadhar AdvUmeshYadav DeepaliPatil85 AdvUmeshYadav ankushchavan pictwittercom7YmtvJBleXmdash avindra aut ravindrapraut April 1 2021The superstar also posted on the microblogging website and thanked the Government of India for conferring this award to himMy heartfelt thanks to the government of india respected amp dearest narendramodi ji PrakashJavdekar ji and the jury for conferring upon me the prestigious DadasahebPhalkeAward I sincerely dedicate it to all those who have been a part of my journey Thanks to the almighty mdash Rajinikanth rajinikanth April 1 2021Some Twitter users however expressed their doubts over the timing of the moveTiming of Rajnikanth sir being confirmed DadasahebPhalkeAward by BJP led GOI just before TamilNaduElections is interesting ECISVEEPmdash HappeningHyderabad TelanganaBest1 April 1 2021ldquoIn politics nothing happens by accident If it happens you can bet it was planned that wayrdquo Franklin D Roosevelt Award Rajnikanth SuperstarGetsPhalkeAwardmdash Shanmugha Sundaram J shanmughamsjTOI April 1 2021This was predicted yesterday even before the announcement Rajnikanth httpstco3QOBuvpQf9mdash Yogesh YogeshKD2228 April 1 2021Rajnikanth to be awarded Dadasaheb Phalke awardWonrsquot be surprised if they give him Bharat Ratna just to win this electionPS ECISVEEP is this okaymdash Deeksha Nitin Raut DeekshaNRaut April 1 2021Thinking of pleasing him and his fans giving away a prestigious award just before election in anticipation of lsquosomethingrsquo is nothing but an insult to Rajnikanth If you truly wanted to recognise him this should have been planned at a different timeDadasahebPhalkeAwardmdash Diwakar ikamalfan April 1 2021