Accordingly Tamilnadu woke up to speculation of actor Rajinikanth floating a channel after VM Sudhakar, the convener of the Rajini Makkal Mandram, initiated the process of registering trademarks in the name of “Superstar TV”, “Rajini TV” and “Thalaivar TV”. Meanwhile so is Rajini, who announced his decision to take the political plunge last December, planning to launch a channel? Not yet, says one source in the Rajini camp.
Furthermore when speaking to TNM, a source in Rajini Makkal Mandram said that while the trademark registration had indeed been initiated, the move was not aimed at starting a television channel. Accordingly "A man named Bose had started a YouTube channel called Rajini TV. They said that they had plans to launch a satellite TV channel as well so we felt that Thalaivar's name should not be misused for any purpose. So we thought we will just register it and keep. There are no plans to start a television channel right now."
Moreover documents accessed by reporters reveal the logos behind each channel name. The logo for “Superstar TV” has Rajinikanth’s face as the Registrar of Trademark in Chennai had objected to four out of the six applications. The main image with the words ‘SUPERSTAR TV’ in blue font embossed below and it also has five blue and red stars around the actor’s face.
