Superstar Rajinikanth will not celebrate his birthday with much fanfare this year.

The celebration plans have been cancelled due to the catastrophic floods in Chennai.

Rajinikanth will turn 65 on December 12, and huge celebrations were planned by his family and friends.

Says a  source close to the actor, "We wanted this birthday of Rajniji to be very special as we couldn’t celebrate properly last year due to his ill health. Big events were planned all across the state. Now, unfortunately, nature’s fury has poured water on all our plans.”

Apparently, the family will now have a small get-together on Rajinikanth’s birthday.