'Sanghi' is not a bad word, my daughter never said that; Rajinikanth defends daughter

Recently, Superstar Rajinikanth's daughter and director Aishwarya Rajinikanth was in the news when she said that her father was not a 'Sanghi'. The statement paved the way for a lot of discussions. Now, Rajinikanth has come out defending his daughter.

Rajinikanth said that his daughter didn’t use the word ‘Sanghi’ in the wrong sense. He said that Aishwarya never said that Sanghi is a bad word.

"My daughter never said that Sanghi [the term] was a bad word. She questioned why her father was being branded that way when he is into spirituality,” Rajinikanth said.

Aishwarya made the statement during the audio launch of her latest film 'Lal Salaam'. She said that her father was not a Sanghi and that he would not have done a film like 'Lal Salaam' if he was a Sanghi.

"I generally stay away from social media, but my team often tells me what's happening and keeps showing some posts. I used to get angry seeing them. We're human beings too. In recent times, many people call my father a Sanghi. I didn't know what it meant. I then asked someone what the meaning of Sanghi was, and they said that people who support a particular political party are called Sanghi. I'd like to make it clear here that Rajinikanth is not a Sanghi. If he was, he wouldn't have done a film like 'Lal Salaam',” Aishwarya said at the function.