Discovery channel's Bear Grylls on Thursday shared the first teaser of Tamil superstar Rajinikanth's debut on the small screen in his programme Into the Wild with Bear Grylls, after 43 years in cinema.
"Gear up to venture into the wilderness of India with survival expert @BearGrylls and the ultimate superstar @Rajinikanth in an action packed adventure. Premieres 23 March at 8 PM, only on Discovery #ThalaivaOnDiscovery," tweeted Discovery Channel. The teaser gives us a glimpse of Rajinikanth and well, his entry is sure larger than life.
Gear up to venture into the wilderness of India with survival expert @BearGrylls and the ultimate superstar @Rajinikanth in an action packed adventure. Premieres 23 March at 8 PM, only on Discovery #ThalaivaOnDiscovery pic.twitter.com/zSS4GsSCL4
— Discovery Channel IN (@DiscoveryIN) February 27, 2020
In January, Rajinikanth visited Karnataka's Bandipur Tiger Reserve to shoot for the Discovery channel's new programme. Discovery channel took permission from the Karnataka forest department to shoot in the Bandipur tiger reserve. Bandipur Tiger Reserve, an 874 sq km national park, was formed by integrating most of the forest areas of erstwhile Venugopala Wildlife Park established in 1941, and later enlarged to its current state in Chamarajanagar district, about 220 km southwest of Bengaluru.
The tiger reserve lists 28 species of mammals to be thriving in the forest, including royal Bengal tiger, Asian elephant, common leopard, bonnet macaque, Indian pipistrelle and barking deer, among others. In August 2019, Grylls had hosted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the show, which was shot at the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand in February last year. In 'Man vs Wild', former British serviceman Grylls showcased survival strategies in extreme challenging conditions in the most remote locations around the world.
Other international icons who featured in the highly popular show include former US President Barack Obama, Titanic star Kate Winslet, Tennis virtuoso Roger Federer and Hollywood great Julia Roberts and others. Rajinikanth, 69, also used the Discovery platform to appeal for water conservation. British adventurer Grylls hosts a handful of shows on the Discovery channel.
(Source: Twitter)
