"If we have both these, it will be enough," Rajini recalls Siva as telling him. "One, you must be in a film with a good story and two, you must play a village character as it has been a long time since you have done such a role." To this, Rajini says Siva pointed out two factors. Rajinikanth then says he asked Siva how he was so confident about delivering a hit. People usually tell me, 'We can make it a hit sir or we can try sir.' There has never been a director who has told me that giving me a hit is easy." To this, Rajini says Siva told him, "Giving you a hit is easy sir."Īdmitting that Siva's reply took him by surprise completely, Rajini says, "Nobody has said that to me so far. When the topic of doing a film together came up, Rajini says he pointed out that doing a film was not important but delivering a hit was. He was like a child as there was truth in every word that he said," the superstar recalls. "Siva came home to meet me and I really liked him. Stating that he was mighty impressed with Siva's earlier film 'Viswasam', which released on the same day that his 'Petta' released, Rajini says he expressed a desire to meet and congratulate director Siva to 'Viswasam' producer Thyagarajan. The actor put out two voice messages on Hoote, an app launched by his daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth, in which he spoke at length about how the decision to make 'Annaatthe' was taken. Chennai, Nov 15 (IANS) Stating that his recently released 'Annaatthe' was a film that he could not forget in his life, megastar Rajinikanth on Monday showered praises on the film's director Siva, saying he had delivered a hit just as he promised he would.