India, Nov. 15 -- Recently, it was announced that filmmaker-actor Sundar C has been roped in to direct a film with Rajinikanth as the lead, with Kamal Haasan producing it. A couple of days after the announcement, Sundar released a press note stating that he had withdrawn from the project. Sundar's wife, Khushbu Sundar, responded to rumours about why he walked out of the film, tentatively titled Thalaivar 173.

An X (formerly Twitter) user claimed that Sundar narrated a subpar story to Rajinikanth, calling his press note 'disrespectful and arrogant'. They wrote, "#Thalaivar173 started with big expectations, news states that there was no proper story which lead to the problem. Whatever it was, #SundarC should've spoken to production. Instea...