India, Sept. 12 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamil superstar C Joseph Vijay will wave the ceremonial green flag at the Le Mans race in Silverstone, England, on Saturday. Another superstar, Ajith Kumar, will be competing in the race with his team. Talking to the press ahead of the race, he spoke about his colleague of 34 years with nothing but fondness, despite their rumoured rivalry.

Ajith was asked about Vijay attending the race by the press, and he said, "I am extremely thankful to the Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, C Joseph Vijay, to have taken time off from his busy schedule to come and visit us at Silverstone. We've been colleagues in the film industry for the last 34 years, and I'm very happy for him that he's now the...