Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss was all praise for 'Superstar' Rajinikanth for not smoking on screen in his last two films and hoped Bollywood biggies would follow the actor.

Ramadoss, facing an all-round attack from the film fraternity after he made an appeal to movie stars to avoid smoking and drinking on screen, said 'When Rajinikanth can do movies without smoking, why can't anybody else follow?'

Rajinikanth's latest movies 'Sivaji The Boss' and 'Chandramukhi' did not have any smoking scene, Ramadoss noted and said these were the biggest blockbusters in recent times.

The 'Superstar' quit smoking on screen after Ramadoss made an appeal to him to give up cigarette smoking mannerism on screen.

'There were no smoking scenes in Rajinikanth's last two movies and they were biggest grossers in the history of Indian films,' Ramadoss said.