The much-touted meet of Superstar Rajnikanth with his fans has been called off by the actor. He has explained the rationale in a statement issued today.

"All of you have been wanting to meet and take photograph with me for a long time, which is why we had planned for that on April 12-16th. Initially our plan was to meet all fans and take photographs with them and organise a feast. It was planned as a get-together. Later on, we realised it's difficult to take individual pictures and so, we planned for group photographs consisting of eight members. However, the fans expressed disappointment over this. I think it is fair too. No one will want a group picture. But, it is practically impossible to take individual pictures with fans. There are going to be atleast over 2000 of them," Rajinikanth said.

But fans needn't be totally disappointed. "We have decided to cancel this meeting. Sometime in future, we will plan to have a meeting in every district (of Tamil Nadu) seperatly so that fans can take individual photographs. I am sure all of you understand. Thank you so much," Rajini says, signing off.