Director S P Muthuraman was instrumental in shaping the career of Rajnikanth. The ace -director of Tamil cinema in 1980s, Muthuraman directed several films featuring Rajnikanth in the role of an angry youngster.

All his movies were successful in making a huge collection at the box office and won Rajnikanth huge fan following.

Rajnikanth's latest release Sivaji, which is running to packed houses, is produced by AVM. S P Muthuraman, who has been of part of several hit films in the production house, was accommodated as co-producer.

As a token of gratitude Rajnikanth called on S P Muthuraman at his residence on Sunday and thanked him. In a brief chat with the director, Rajnikanth shared his memories working in his films and about the huge hit of Sivaji.