{"id":937450,"date":"2026-10-18T09:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T09:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937450\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T09:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T09:04:13","slug":"jailer-2-rajinikanth-recalls-devas-selfless-gesture-during-padayappa-jailer-2-actor-gets-emotional-over-composers-demise-god-called-him-away-when-he-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937450\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailer 2: Rajinikanth recalls Deva\u2019s selfless gesture during \u2018Padayappa\u2019; ‘Jailer 2’ actor gets emotional over composer\u2019s demise: \u2018God called him away when he was happy\u2019 | Tamil Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rajinikanth Superstar Rajinikanth<\/a> has made an emotional tribute to the music composer Deva. He remembered his friendship, their collaborations and the kindness of the deceased music composer. The actor made this video tribute after the sad news about the musician’s death. Rajinikanth<\/a> also extended his heartfelt condolences to Deva\u2019s family, remembering him as a genuinely good human being who achieved success through years of hard work.<\/p>\n

Rajinikanth remembers Deva\u2019s generous gesture during \u2018Padayappa\u2019<\/p>\n

Recalling their association, Rajini<\/a>kanth said Deva composed music for three of his films: ‘Annamalai,’ ‘Baashha,’ and ‘Arunachalam,’ all of which emerged as major successes. He then shared an incident from the making of ‘Padayappa,’ when his friends suggested bringing in AR Rahman for the film\u2019s music. \u201cWhen ‘Padayappa’ began, my friends suggested that we could appoint AR Rahman as the music composer. I approached Deva with a heavy heart and explained the situation. He immediately stood up, held my hand and said, \u2018Please go ahead, Rajini sir,\u2019\u201d the actor recalled. Rajinikanth said he assured Deva that he did not want him to misunderstand the decision. However, the composer responded graciously, saying that working on three films with the superstar was itself a great blessing. Rajinikanth described him as a person with a pure heart who never harboured ill feelings.<\/p>\n

Deva\u2019s struggles, family values and musical success recalled<\/p>\n

The superstar also spoke about Deva\u2019s difficult early years and his determination to support his family. As the eldest among five brothers, the composer performed at weddings and other events alongside his siblings before establishing himself in the film industry. Even after becoming a successful music director, he continued to keep his brothers close and provide them with opportunities. Rajinikanth praised him as a wonderful family man who never forgot his roots. He also recalled how Deva developed a distinct musical identity and achieved success during a period when Ilaiyaraaja dominated the industry.<\/p>\n

Rajinikanth recalls Deva\u2019s final meeting and concert success<\/p>\n

Rajinikanth said Deva had met him around two-and-a-half years ago to discuss organising a concert and requested him to inaugurate it. The actor happily agreed, and the event went on to become a major success. During their last meeting, about three months ago, Deva reportedly expressed happiness over the younger generation\u2019s response to his music. \u201cHe told me, \u2018Sir, I am very happy with the response from youngsters. I will live for another 10 to 15 years and then go,\u2019\u201d Rajinikanth recalled.Reflecting on the composer\u2019s sudden passing, he said, \u201cGod must have thought, \u2018You are such a good person. Come to me while you are happy,\u2019 and called him away.\u201d Ending his message with prayers for Deva\u2019s soul to rest in peace, the superstar offered his deepest condolences to the bereaved family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Superstar Rajinikanth has made an emotional tribute to the music composer Deva. He remembered his friendship, their collaborations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,321100,321097,75,158307,337,321102,321099,321103,41642,321101,321096,321098],"class_list":["post-937450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-deva-achievements","tag-deva-music-composer-death","tag-entertainment","tag-jailer-2","tag-movies","tag-padayappa","tag-padayappa-music-composer-story","tag-rajini","tag-rajinikanth","tag-rajinikanth-emotional-message","tag-rajinikanth-tribute-deva","tag-superstar-rajinikanth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}