a warning letter from sundar shaekhar who claims that he is an adopted son of the don has asked superstar rajinikanth not to depict haji mastan as a smuggler and an underworld don in the movie despite director ranjith denying that the film is about haji mastan sundar shaekhar has sent notice to rajnikanthpart of the notice read i further state that you are depicting my godfather and a well known national political leader as a smuggler and an underworld don which are highly unacceptable and i strongly oppose such misinterpretation of my godfatherit was also mentioned if you are really interested in making film on the lifestyle of late shri haji mastan mirza then i shall provide you his real life storyhaji mastan was a peoples leader but more like a don and lived between 1926 and 1994 he was a was n indian smuggler films financer and real estate businessman he was fluent in tamil lived in mumbai and was known for his unique traits of dressing completely in white clothes wearing white shoes smoking costly cigarrettes and driving a white mercedes made him a style icon among the poor it is to be noted that ajay devgns role in the 2010 bollywood film once upon a time in mumbaai was also based on haji mastan