Chennai can hardly contain its excitement. Matinee idols Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth are making an evening of it at the city's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium where home team Chennaiyin FC are playing Kerala Blasters in the ongoing Indian Super League soccer tournament.
Amitabh Bachchan tweeted:
T 1651 - Landed Chennai to cheer Chennaiyan FC football team ... dear friend Rajnikanth coming to the Stadium too ... thank you Rajni ...
- Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) October 21, 2014T 1651 - GO CHENNAI GO CHENNAI .. GO GO GO ..!!!
- Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) October 21, 2014
T 1651 - @Chennaiyin FC .. GO CHENNAI .. dear friend Rajnikanth coming along with me to cheer home team in Stadium Marina Arena ..
- Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) October 21, 2014T 1651 -Our team for ISL Chennaiyan FC plays Kerala today .. going to cheer for them .. hope the weather holds out .. COME ON CHENNAIYAN FC
- Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) October 21, 2014Mr Bachchan and Rajini Sir are old friends and co-stars in films such as Hum.
Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar is also at the match, as co-owner of Kerala Blasters.
Mr Bachchan's actor-son Abhishek is a co-owner of Chennayin FC. Cricketer M S Dhoni is another. The Chennayin FC squad includes international veterans like Italian player Marco Materazzi and French footballer Mikael Silvestre in its line-up.
