MUMBAI: Veteran star Rajinikanth on Thursday termed the Pahalgam terror attack “barbaric and merciless” and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a fighter who would bring peace to Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing the inaugural WAVES Summit, the pan-India actor said many people had told him the government might postpone the four-day event because of “unnecessary criticism” as it focused on entertainment.

“But I was confident that this event will definitely happen because of my confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modiji,” he said