Fans of Rajinikanth were disturbed and mighty upset to learn that the megastar had recently collapsed on the sets of his film Lingaa. The news however was a hoax and was based on false reports. The rumors suggested that the Robot actor had fainted amidst the shooting in Hyderabad and was rushed to a nearby hospital. A popular entertainment portal reported the hoax, showcasing the messages posted by Lingaa director KS Ravikumar on social networking site Facebook, claiming that the rumors were gibberish and shouldn’t be paid mind to. His messages read, “ Superstar #Rajinikanth is hale and hearty! Early in the day, rumors started making rounds in the famous tamil news daily that Super star #Rajinikanth had fallen sick while shooting for his upcoming film #Lingaa.” “The news is false & Baseless. Mr.#Rajinikanth is hale and hearty ; very much happily active in the shooting and the news published are absolutely false ones,” he further added. Well it’s a relief to know that the Kochadaiiyan star is fit and fine. The South legend is currently shooting for Lingaa which stars Sonakshi Sinha.