Rajinikanth's 'Darbar' story was inspired from THIS police officer?

The highly anticipated Rajinikanth starrer 'Darbar' finally hit the screens yesterday in around 7000 screens worldwide and has opened to a positive response. After a long gap of 27 years, Rajinikanth returns as a police officer and the fans are excited to watch him play the bad cop on the big screen. The latest buzz on social media is that the story of Rajinikanth's 'Darbar' matches the real story of a Mumbai police officer YC Pawar, who fought against Vardha Bhai.

A fan, who watched 'Darbar' has shared the similarities between Rajinikanth's Aditya Arunachalam and YC Pawar.He also criticised director AR Murugadoss for stealing the story of YC Pawar. Fans of Rajinikanth are shocked by the information shared by a fellow follower of Rajinikanth and have expressed their disappointment towards the filmmakers.


Rajinikanth plays bad-cop Aditya Arunachalam, who is the Commissioner of Police Mumbai, in 'Darbar'. Actor Suniel Shetty plays the role of the antagonist. 'Darbar' marks Rajinikanth's first collaboration with director AR Murugadoss. The film also stars Nayanthara, Nivetha Thomas, Prateik Babbar, Yogi Babu, Thambi Ramaiah, Dalip Tahil, and others. ‘Darbar’ is produced by Lyca Productions, and it has music composed by Anirudh Ravichander.