Superstar Rajinikanth had joined hands with director Shankar for the second time after Sivaji for the 2010 movie Enthiran, produced by Sun pictures. The sci-fi thriller became one of the biggest blockbusters in his career.

Starring Rajnikanth in dual roles as scientist Vaseegaran and Robot Chitti, the movie also had Aishwarya Rai as the female lead. Now, popular cinematographer Richard M Nathan has revealed a secret about superstar's dedication for the movie.

He has tweeted an unseen photo from the photoshoot of Enthiran and has revealed that Rajnikanth was painted completed for the photoshoot alone but people have been thinking it as CGI. Richard tweeted "This was a photoshoot I did for #enthiran in 2008.Ppl thot it was CGI, it's not. Thalaivar was pained for the shoot. Check the unreleased second photo. @shankarshanmugh #throwback #alwaysthalaivar #superstar".

This was a photoshoot I did for #enthiran in 2008.
Ppl thot it was CGI, it's not. Thalaivar was pained for the shoot. Check the unreleased second photo. @shankarshanmugh #throwback #alwaysthalaivar #superstar pic.twitter.com/UNkyNCNNIc

— Richard M Nathan (@Richardmnathan) June 24, 2020