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Rajinikanth was born on December 12 1949 in Karnataka, India. He was the fourth child to his parents Ramabai and Ramoji Rao Gaekwad. His original name was Shivaji Rao Gaekwad. He lost his mother at the age of five. He had his schooling at the Acharya Patasala in Bangalore and then at the Vivekananda Balak Sangh, a unit of the Ramakrishna Mission. His mother tongue is Marathi, though he has not done any movie in it.
Before starting his career in the film industry, he had to take up all sorts of odd jobs. He served as a bus conductor for Karnataka state transport corporation in Bangalore. It was during this time that he nurtured his acting interests by performing in various stage plays.
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16 Vayathinile – Parattai
Mullum Malarum – Kali
Murattu Kalai – Kalaiyan
Thillu Mullu – Indiran, Chandran
It takes great directors to get great performances, even out of great actors. The happy thing is that Mani Rathnam and Rajini have worked together, the sad thing is that it has not happened again. Thalapathi is another movie (after Mullum Malarum) which brought out the serious and highly skilled actor in Rajini.
Baasha – Manick Baasha
Chandramukhi – Dr. Saravanan
Rajini's dual role, one of which has a touch of effeminate behavior, and the super stylist action sequences made Billa immortal. And, not to forget, the foot thumping number 'my name is Billa'. Billa charm was proved again recently when it was remade after decades.
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He is on top… Here he is, reigning supreme in Tamil cinema with his commendable presence. With over 160 movies to his credit in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, and Bengali, Rajini is much known in the industry circles as a better human being – which he never fails to prove time and again. Rumored to be highest paid actor in India and the second highest paid actor in Asia only next to Jackie Chan, Rajini was once chosen as one of the most influential persons in South Asia by Asiaweek magazine. To acknowledge his contributions to the industry, the central government conferred the Padma Bhushan on him in the year 2000. | |
Awards and recognitions… While expressing warm wishes to the superstar on his birthday, here I present the complete list of Rajinikanth' |
| Movies | Date | Language | ||
| Sivaji: The Boss | 15.06.2007 | Tamil | ||
| Chandramukhi | 14.04.2005 | Tamil | ||
| Baba | 15.08.2002 | Tamil | ||
| Padayappa | 10.04.1999 | Tamil | ||
| Arunachalam | 10.04.1997 | Tamil | ||
| Bhagyadevta | 23.12.1995 | Bengalil | ||
| Muthu | 23.10.1995 | Tamil | ||
| Aatank Hi Aatank | 04.08.1995 | Hindi | ||
| Peddarayudu | 15.06.1995 | Telugu | ||
| Baasha | 12.01.1995 | Tamil | ||
| Veera | 14.04.1994 | Tamil | ||
| Valli | 24.06.1993 | Tamil | ||
| Uzhaippali | 24.06.1993 | Tamil | ||
| Yejaman | 18.02.1993 | Tamil | ||
| Insaniyat Ke Devta | 12.02.1993 | Hindi | ||
| Pandiyan | 25.10.1992 | Tamil | ||
| Annamalai | 27.06.1992 | Tamil | ||
| Tyagi | 29.05.1992 | Hindi | ||
| Mannan | 14.01.1992 | Tamil | ||
| Dalapathi | 05.11.1991 | Tamil | ||
| Nattukku Oru Nallavan | 02.10.1991 | Tamil | ||
| Phool Bane Angaray | 12.07.1991 | Hindi | ||
| Khoon Ka Karz | 01.03.1991 | Hindi | ||
| Farishtay | 22.02.1991 | Hindi | ||
| Hum | 01.02.1991 | Hindi | ||
| Dharmadorai | 14.01.1991 | Tamil | ||
| Athisaya Piravi | 15.06.1990 | Tamil | ||
| Panakkaran | 14.01.1990 | Tamil | ||
| Chaalbaaz | 08.12.1989 | Hindi | ||
| Bhrashtachar | 01.12.1989 | Hindi | ||
| Mappillai | 28.10.1989 | Tamil | ||
| Raja Chinna Roja | 20.07.1989 | Tamil | ||
| Siva | 05.05.1989 | Tamil | ||
| Rajathi Raja | 04.03.1989 | Tamil | ||
| Kodi Parakuthu | 08.11.1988 | Tamil | ||
| BloodStone | 07.10.1988 | English | ||
| Dharmathin Thalaivan | 24.09.1988 | Tamil | ||
| Guru Sishyan | 13.04.1988 | Tamil | ||
| Tamacha | 26.02.1988 | Hindi | ||
| Uttar Dakshan | 13.11.1987 | Hindi | ||
| Manithan | 21.10.1987 | Tamil | ||
| Oorkavalan | 04.09.1987 | Tamil | ||
| Insaff Kaun Karega | 19.06.1987 | Hindi | ||
| Velaikaran | 07.03.1987 | Tamil | ||
| Maaveeran | 01.11.1986 | Tamil | ||
| Dosti Dhushman | 31.10.1986 | Hindi | ||
| Asli Naqli | 17.10.1986 | Hindi | ||
| Bhagawann Dada | 25.04.1986 | Hindi | ||
| Viduthalai | 11.04.1986 | Tamil | ||
| Jeevana Poratam | 10.04.1986 | Telugu | ||
| Mr.Bharath | 10.01.1986 | Tamil | ||
| Nann Adimai Illai | 01.03.1986 | Tamil | ||
| Padikkadavan | 11.11.1985 | Tamil | ||
| Bewafai | 20.09.1986 | Hindi | ||
| Sri Raghavendra | 01.09.1985 | Tamil | ||
| Wafadaar | 01.09.1985 | Hindi | ||
| Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal | 20.06.1985 | Tamil | ||
| Mahaguru | 26.04.1985 | Hindi | ||
| Naan Sikappu Manithan | 12.04.1985 | Tamil | ||
| John Jani Janardhan | 26.10.1984 | Hindi | ||
| Nallavanuku Nallavan | 22.10.1984 | Tamil | ||
| Gangvaa | 14.09.1984 | Hindi | ||
| Anbulla Rajinikanth | 02.08.1984 | Tamil | ||
| Ethe Naasaval | 15.06.1984 | Telugu | ||
| Kai Kodukkum Kai | 15.06.1984 | Tamil | ||
| Thambikku Entha Ooru | 20.04.1984 | Tamil | ||
| Naan Mahaan Alla | 14.01.1984 | Tamil | ||
| Meri Adaalat | 13.01.1984 | Hindi | ||
| Thanga Magan | 04.11.1983 | Tamil | ||
| Adutha Varisu | 07.07.1983 | Tamil | ||
| Jeet Hamaari | 17.06.1983 | Hindi | ||
| Sivappu Sooriyan | 27.05.1983 | Tamil | ||
| Thai Veedu | 14.04.1983 | Tamil | ||
| Andha Kanoon | 07.04.1983 | Hindi | ||
| Thudikkum Karangal | 04.03.1983 | Tamil | ||
| Paayum Puli | 14.01.1983 | Tamil | ||
| Moondru Mugam | 01.10.1982 | Tamil | ||
| Enkeyo Ketta Kural | 14.08.1982 | Tamil | ||
| Puthukavithai | 11.06.1982 | Tamil | ||
| Ranga | 14.04.1982 | Tamil | ||
| Thanikattu Raja | 12.03.1982 | Tamil | ||
| Pokkiri Raja | 26.10.1981 | Tamil | ||
| Ranuva Veeran | 26.10.1981 | Tamil | ||
| Garjane | 23.10.1981 | Kannada | ||
| Netrikan | 15.08.1981 | Tamil | ||
| Garjanam | 14.08.1981 | Malayalam | ||
| Garjanai | 06.08.1981 | Tamil | ||
| Thillu Mullu | 01.05.1981 | Tamil | ||
| Kazhugu | 06.03.1981 | Tamil | ||
| Thee | 26.01.1981 | Tamil | ||
| Murattu Kalai | 20.12.1980 | Tamil | ||
| Pollathavan | 06.11.1980 | Tamil | ||
| Ellam Un Kairasi | 09.10.1980 | Tamil | ||
| Kaali | 19.09.1980 | Telugu | ||
| Johnny | 15.08.1980 | Tamil | ||
| Naan Potta Saval | 07.08.1980 | Tamil | ||
| Mayadari Krishnudu | 19.07.1980 | Telugu | ||
| Kali | 03.07.1980 | Tamil | ||
| Anbukku Naan Adimai | 04.06.1980 | Tamil | ||
| Ram Robert Rahim | 31.05.1980 | Telugu | ||
| Billa | 26.01.1980 | Tamil | ||
| Amma Evarikkaina Amma | 08.11.1979 | Telugu | ||
| Annai | 19.10.1979 | Tamil | ||
| Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai | 14.09.1979 | Tamil | ||
| Tiger | 05.09.1979 | Telugu | ||
| Naan Vazhavaippen | 10.08.1979 | Tamil | ||
| Dharma Yuddam | 29.06.1979 | Tamil | ||
| Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum | 08.06.1979 | Tamil | ||
| Andhamaina Anubhavam | 19.04.1979 | Telugu | ||
| Ninaithale Inikkum | 14.04.1979 | Tamil | ||
| Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum | 14.04.1979 | Malayalam | ||
| Iddaru Asadhyule | 20.04.1984 | Telugu | ||
| Kuppathu Raja | 12.01.1979 | Tamil | ||
| Priya | 12.01.1979 | Kannada | ||
| Priya | 22.12.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Justice Gopinath | 16.12.1978 | Tamil | ||
| En Kelvikku Enna Bathil | 09.12.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Thai Meethu Sathiyam | 30.10.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Aval Appadithan | 30.10.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Thappu Thalangal | 30.10.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Thappida Thala | 06.10.1978 | Kannada | ||
| Iraivan Kodutha Varam | 22.09.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Mullum Malarum | 15.08.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Vayasu Pilichindi | 04.08.1978 | Telugu | ||
| Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye | 14.07.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Sadurangam | 30.06.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Ilamai Oonjaladukirathu | 09.06.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Bairavi | 02.06.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Mangudi Minor | 02.06.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Maathu Tappada maga | 06.03.1981 | Kannada | ||
| Aayiram Janmangal | 10.03.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Annadammula Savaal | 03.03.1978 | Telugu | ||
| Kiladi Kittu | 03.03.1978 | Kannada | ||
| Shankar Salim Simon | 10.02.1978 | Tamil | ||
| Galate Samsara | 19.09.1980 | Kannada | ||
| Aame Katha | 15.08.1980 | Telugu | ||
| Tholireyi Gadichindi | 17.11.1977 | Telugu | ||
| Aarupushpangal | 10.11.1977 | Tamil | ||
| Kumkuma Rakshe | 14.10.1977 | Kannada | ||
| Gaayathri | 07.10.1977 | Tamil | ||
| Aadu Puli Attam | 30.09.1977 | Tamil | ||
| Sahodara Saval | 26.01.1980 | Kannada | ||
| 16 Vayathinile | 15.09.1977 | Tamil | ||
| Ondu Premada Kathe | 02.09.1977 | Kannada | ||
| Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri | 02.09.1977 | Tamil | ||
| Chilakamma Cheppindi | 13.08.1977 | Telugu | ||
| Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram | 12.08.1977 | Tamil | ||
| Kavikkuyil | 29.07.1977 | Tamil | ||
| Avargal | 25.02.1977 | Tamil | ||
| Baalu Jenu | 10.12.1976 | Kannada | ||
| Moondru Mudichu | 22.10.1976 | Tamil | ||
| Anthuleni Katha | 27.02.1976 | Telugu | ||
| Katha Sangama | 23.01.1976 | Kannada | ||
| Apoorva Raagangal | 18.08.1975 | Tamil | ||
Some Details about Super Star and his family
Rajini, the real mantra of Tamil Nadu. Rajinikanth, the carpenter-turned-
A bit of a recluse, Rajni may be. But everyone who's had the privelege of a darshan with the thalaivar has come away with a spring in his step and a warm glow in the heart. Warm, friendly and affable, he's the sort who deserves all the superstardom he's earned. Such men, indeed, are rare...
The evergreen unique actor and the Superstar of Tamil industry, Rajinikanth was introduced by the renowned director, K.Balachandar in the movie Aboorva raagangal as a co-artist. It's been 25 years, believe it or not, since the Super Star made his debut with an inconsequential role in a Tamil film. From villain and antihero to blockbuster supernova, the gifted actor has made the most of every outing. And he's deserved every bit of the success. SCREEN analyses why...
It's a wide angle shot. A man is seen opening a gate, dressed in rags and smoking a beedi. A terminally ill disease writ large on his face. Precisely on that frame appears the Sanskrit term shruthi bedham, coupled with an off screen voice, an undoubtedly inauspicious start to any debutante's first screen appearance, especially in the maiden frame.
The film was Apoorva Raagangal (1975). The film itself was thick in controversy, and nobody took notice of the young newcomer, who was on screen barely for fifteen minutes, muttered a few apologetic words to the wronged woman and ultimately died an unsung, unheroic death.
No one in the audience, even in his wildest imagination, would have thought this nondescript man, who had won the least attention in the film would ever win over millions of hearts in Tamil Nadu. Or ride the state like a colossus. Or even that his sway over the masses would be so intense that he could rewrite the fate of Tamil Nadu politics, exactly two decades after the release of his first film.
K Balachander, the director who has an uncanny knack of creating stars, first met Rajnikant at the film institute, where he was a student. Balachander glanced at the dark young man and crisply asked him to meet him in his office the next day. When Rajnikant walked into his office gingerly, Balachander informed him he was going to act in his next film. Overwhelmed by the sudden offer from a big director, Rajnikant just could not believe his ears. It's a feeling Rajni still recounts whenever in the mood of reminiscence.
Later, Balachander confided in his close friend and associate Ananthu, Watch out! There is a fire in the young man's eyes. One day he will take Tamil Nadu by storm. How true the prediction turned out!
Producers went all out to capitalise on this new wonder called Rajnikant, and a string of films projecting him as an anti-hero, with all his stylish mannerisms in full swing, were released in quick succession. Gayathri had him shooting blue films of his wife without her knowledge, Bhairavi, Shankar Salim Simon and the like. Rajni had, by now, become an indisputable star in his own right, a force to reckon with.
Though Rajnikant persistently refers to K. Balachander as his guru, it was director SP Muthuraman who actually revamped Rajni's image entirely. Muthuraman first experimented with him in a positive role in Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri, as a villain in the first half and a refined man in the second, accepting a woman with a child ditched by her lover. The success of Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri prompted SPM to make a mushy melodrama with Rajni as a hero sacrificing everything for his siblings, a role ideally tailormade for Sivaji Ganesan! That film was Arulirunthu Arupathu Varai, in which Rajni's mannerisms were totally missing and he even appeared as an old man in the last few frames. Even while the film was in the making, Rajni had misgivings about whether the audience would accept him in tear jerkers of this kind. But the film got made and its box-office success made Rajni popular among women audiences, too. These two films were a turning point in Rajni's career he changed from an actor who merely enthralled the audiences, to one who also made them weep. The acceptance of Rajni sans his mannerisms proved he'd at last become an actor from a star. Around this time came Mullum Malarum, directed by J Mahendran, which established Rajni as a hero with a slight tinge of the negative.
Rajnikant's entry may have been humble, in an insignificant role but the success he achieved in a very short span was unimaginable. A popular Tamil magazine brought out a special supplement at a time when his still on the make, and, he presto, the magazine's sales doubled with that issue alone.
Such mass adulation, the thunderous rain of applause when Rajni delivered his lines, all put together, made him a phenomenon. It was at this point that Rajni realised the onus had been thrust on him. The fate of producers hinged on him alone. This sudden exposure to the glare of the media and the popularity and money he never imagined would be his, created a lot of stress in his mind. At that crucial time in his career when his market price had just begun to zoom, he decided to opt out of films completely, sending shock waves to his fans. Balachander, Kamalhaasan and his other well-wishers somehow, coaxed him into staying on.
The second phase of his life started with K Balaji's Billa, a superhit disproving the canard spread by detractors that Rajnikant was finished. He was accepted as a full-fledged hero. Billa was followed by a row of hits like Pokkiri Raja, Thanikkattu Raja, Naan Mahaan Alla and the all-important Moondru Mugham, in which Rajni essayed a triple role. Even two decades after its release, the last continues to be a box-office draw and Rajni's fans can never tire of the thalaivar's verbal clash with villain Senthamarai.
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An analysis of Rajni's career graph shows a remarkable absence of fits and starts. It has been a slow and steady rise to the very top. As Rajni sings in a hit song from Badshah, a man's life may be divided into eight divisions. Rajni's own career may be divided into three segments. The first as a villain, the second as a hero with negative traits, and the third and present phase, as the reigning czar of Tamil filmdom. With Rajni's films fetching crores and his market price skyrocketing, the costs of production of his films became unmanageable. And Rajni has since had to stick to a one film per year formula, sometimes, he could do a film once in two years.
The new trend where his films' collections exceed normal regional film expectations started off with Badshah, followed by Annamalai, Arunachalam, Ejaman, Muthu and Padayappa. It's now an accepted fact that only a Rajnikant film can break records set by his own films.
As an actor, Rajnikant's greatest asset, apart from his style is his sense of humour and comic timing. Like Amitabh Bachchan is popular for his drunken soliloquies, Rajnikant is famous for his comic encounters with snakes, repeated umpteen times.
In the early 80s, Rajnikant made a foray into Bollywood with Andhaa Kanoon, a superhit. But Rajnikant could not concentrate on Hindi films because he was already safely ensconced down South. He still made a few films in Hindi, to mention specially Chaalbaaz which had Sridevi in a dual role. Rajni also enjoys a special kind of popularity in Telugu films and his Peddarayudu (remake of Tamil hit Nattammai) seems to have broken all previous records. The Telugu version of Padayappa has been a money-spinner, too. Rajnikant became a trendsetter recently with his Muthu and its songs becoming a rage in Japan and now, Padayappa running to packed houses in the UK and USA.
Basically a religious person, Rajnikant has always owned up his faith. "I was brought up by the Ramakrishna Mission and it's from there that I have inherited this religious frame of mind," he keeps saying. Even his films have him openly sharing his faith. In Arunachalam he mouths that famous line, "God decides and Arunachalam executes it." His public meetings are always spiced with humour and embellished with anecdotes from mythology.
Married to Lata, an English literature graduate, hailing from an elite Iyengar family in 1980, Rajni has two daughters who are carefully kept away from the limelight. Lata herself a versatile singer, now runs a school called The Ashram. The couple indulges in a lot of charity, the latest being converting his Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam into a charitable trust to help the poor and needy.
Ego and starry airs are unknown to Rajnikant. During breaks he hardly ever rushes to his air-conditioned makeup room. Instead, he prefers to sleep on the sets, even without a pillow, merely covering his eyes with a wet cloth. He never comes to functions with a retinue behind him and even prefers to drive his own car.
Rajnikant's phenomenal success and his sway over the masses make people speculate whether he will follow the footsteps of the late MGR and enter politics. Though there has been a lot of pressure on him to enter politics by the likes of actor turned journalist, Cho Ramaswamy ("Rajnikant is the best choice for chief ministership because he has a basic integrity and simplicity, a quality which is very rare these days") Rajnikant has persistently maintained a diplomatic silence, except for the fact that he openly supported the ruling DMK in the last assembly elections and discreetly in the recent Lok Sabha elections. When pressed, Rajnikant answers in his own inimitable style, "Yesterday I was a conductor, today I'm a star, tomorrow what I'll be only He knows!"
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