Superstar Rajinikanth on Saturday thanked the Central government for announcing that he will be honoured with the 50th International Film Festival of India's special Icon of Golden Jubilee Award.
"I thank the government of India for this prestigious honour bestowed upon me on the golden jubilee of the International film festival of India," the 68-year-old actor said on his twitter handle.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar announced earlier in the day that IFFI would honour the top star with the jubilee award.
Javadekar posted on his twitter,"in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, during the past several decades, I am happy to announce that the award for the icon of golden jubilee of #IFFI2019 is being conferred on cine star Shri S Rajnikant.IFFIGoa50."