lucknow tamil actor rajinikanth on sunday expressed his happiness after meeting with samajwadi party chief akhilesh yadav at his residence in lucknow and said that they have been friends for nine yearstalking to the reporters after meeting the sp chief rajinikanth said i met akhilesh yadav around nine years ago at a function in mumbai and we have been friends since then we talk on the phone 5 years ago i had come here for a shoot but couldnt meet him now he is here so i met himsharing a photo of their meet akhilesh yadav on his social media platform x formerly twitter posted when hearts meet people embrace during my engineering studies in mysore the happiness i used to feel seeing rajinikanth ji on the screen is still intact we met in person 9 years back and have been friends ever sincerajinikanth also met uttar pradesh chief minister yogi adityanath at his residence in lucknow on saturdaythe actor arrived in the city on friday night for the screening of his film jailer which was attended by up deputy chief minister keshav prasad mauryameanwhile rajinikanth expressed his excitement about the kind of positive response his film is getting from the audience and its success its gods blessing that the movie is becoming a hit he told aniearlier rajinikanth was in ranchi jharkhand he also visited the famous chhinnamasta temple in the state on friday and offered prayers he spent an hour meditating at yagoda ashram in ranchi this was followed by his meeting with jharkhand governor c p radhakrishnan at the raj bhavanup deputy cm keshav prasad maurya praised the actor for his acting skills and said i also got a chance to watch a film titled jailer i had watched rajinikanths many films and he is such a talented actor that even though there is not much content in the movie still he with his performance he increases the importance of the filmjailer which was released in theatres on august 10 has grabbed the box office by storm in india the films eightday total collection stood at rs 23565 crore as of august 17 the film was released in several languages including tamil telugu and hindirajinikanth plays a man seeking to avenge the death of his cop son in jailer mohanlal shivarajkumar and jackie shroff are in important cameos