Rakhi Sawant says she's Abhishek Bachchan's fan since 'Guru' as she meets him at 'Raja Shivaji' screening, netizens call him a gentleman as he reacts

Riteish Deshmukh's directorial 'Raja Shivaji' has just hit the screens today, May 1 on the occasion of Maharashtra Day. The film also stars him in the titular role along with actors like Sanjay Dutt, Genelia Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Mahesh Manjrekar among others. A special screening of the film was organised in Mumbai on Thursday night and one saw the cast and crew attending it. Rakhi Sawant was also present at the screening and she dropped reels with actors from the film. She also dropped her review of 'Raja Shivaji'.

Rakhi was seen in a video with Abhishek Bachchan which has now gone viral on the internet. Rakhi tells the actor in this video, "Abhishek ji ne itna accha kiya hai na. Main Guru se aapki fan hu aur iss film mein, Raja Shivaji mein, aapka kaam number one. Amazing. You are amazing."



Reacting to it, Abhishek smiled and thanked her with folded hands. Rakhi shared this video on her Instagram page in collaboration with an account, called Papzrajan Pillai. Later, this video went viral. Here's how netizens reacted. A user said, "He's a very classy man @bachchan a gentleman." Another user said, "I’m his fan since Refugee �� unfortunately his talent is underrated!!"



Abhishek is currently shooting for Shah Rukh Khan's 'King' directed by Siddharth Anand, which also stars Deepika Padukone, Suhana Khan, Arshad Warsi, Rani Mukerji among others.

Meanwhile, 'Raja Shivaji' which has released today is already getting rave reviews and the film is also set to have a good opening day number at the box office, as per early trends.
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