Chennai, May 7 -- Superstar Rajinikanth paid an emotional tribute to veteran producer RB Choudary, who passed away in a road accident near Joontha village in Rajasthan's Bewar district on May 5.

The producer, known for backing films across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi cinema under the banner Super Good Films, was 76.

Speaking about his long association with the producer, Rajinikanth revealed that Choudary had recently approached him to star in his landmark 100th production.

"I have not acted in any of his films, but he was a very good friend of mine, and we met many times. A few months ago, during the shooting of Jailer at Adityaram Studios, he (RB Choudary) came and told me that he had completed 99 films. He asked me to act in h...