Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth visited Karnataka's Bandipur Tiger Reserve to shoot an episode for Discovery channel's popular program Man vs Wild with host Bear Grylls, an official said on Tuesday.

"We gave permission for 6-8 hours to Discovery Channel to shoot in Bandipur Tiger Reserve," T. Balachandra, the reserve's director and conservator of forests, told IANS. He said the one-day shoot began at 11 a.m. on Tuesday and ended by 4 p.m.