Everybody is used to be in awe of Superstar Rajinikanth, but what if we said he found an actor stupendous? And the actor in question is Hrithik!

"The Superstar and filmmaker Rakesh Roshan go a long way. Their association was cemented with the 1986 film 'Bhagwaan Dada' that was directed by Hrithik Roshan's maternal grandfather J Om Prakash and produced by Rakesh Roshan," says a source.

Not many know that Rakesh and Rajini have since stayed in touch. For all these decades, Rakesh called on the latter to wish him on his birthday, and so also this year. Rajini thanked him for his good wishes. In turn, he also paid Hrithik a compliment. "I have watched the Tamil, Hindi and Telugu trailers of 'Kaabil' and I simply loved it. I also think Hrithik is stupendous. Please tell him that I am eagerly awaiting the film.'' Kaabil is titled Balam in Telugu and Tamil . Rajinikanth also praised Rajesh Roshan for the music after having watched the songs 'Kaabil Hoon' and 'Haseeno ka Deewana'.

Rakesh Roshan was overwhelmed with the compliment, as was Hrithik when he heard that the praise had come from the man himself. The second trailer of the film in which Hrithik teams up with Yami Gautam is out now. Kaabil is an incredible love story with immense emotion and mind boggling action in which Hrithik Roshan and his love interest Yami Gautam are playing a visually impaired (blind) couple.

Incidentally, it was in 'Bhagawaan Dada' in which Hrithik, who was 12 then, had his first speaking part!

Kaabil is directed by Sanjay Gupta and will release on Jan 25, 2017.