Superstar Rajinikanth paid tribute to his guru, Director K Balachander who died on Tuesday. He spent more than an hour with the family of K Balachander. An emotionally disturbed Rajinikanth said " Balachender was my friend, philosopher and guide. I've no words. I feel like I've lost myself. I pray God to rest his soul in peace."

"KB sir was not just my guru. He was my father as well. He also never saw me as an actor and treated me like his own son. He was like a god in human form and I feel lost in his absence," Rajinikanth added in his statement.