Rajinikanth Wiki, Biography, Family, Age, Movies, Awards, Honours, Images

Rajinikanth born Shivaji Rao Gaekwad is an Indian actor who is popularly known by the name Superstar. He is one of the leading and most highly-paid actors in the Indian film industry, particularly in Kollywood. He is a versatile personality and apart from acting he is also a film producer, philanthropist, spiritualist & screenwriter who is best known for his work in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, English, and Bengali films. Rajinikanth started his career as a bus conductor in the Bangalore City Transport Service and his passion for acting made him act in plays. His performance in the Annaatthe film was appreciated by critics. His film Thalaivar 169 was directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. His Jailer film’s glimpse video was released as a celebration of his 72nd birthday.

This consecutive success drastically grew his fan base all over the country. Some of his well-spoken and acclaimed hits are Baasha, Muthu, Thalapathi, Annamalai, Chandramukhi, Padaiyappa, Thillu Mullu, Arunachalam, Shivaji, and Endhiran.

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Interesting Facts

• In 1973, he joined the Madras Film Institute to pursue a diploma in acting. The legendary director K. Balachander noted his acting skills and gave Rajinikanth a chance to act in his film Apoorva Raagangal which became his debut film.
• He has acquired Tamil Nadu State Film Awards six times. He was awarded by the Government of India the prestigious awards Padma Bhushan in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016.
• In 2007 Rajinikanth became the second highest-paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan, for the movie Shivaji for which he was paid ₹26 crores.
• Rajinikanth after completing his first movie began to appear in several movies with negative roles. He first appeared in a positive role in S.P Muthuraman’s Telugu movie Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri in the year 1977.
• After the success of the movie, the duo successfully delivered 20 movies until the 90s. In 1978, he made a strong male lead character for the movie Bairavi for which he earned the title Superstar.
• After completing 50 films Superstar Rajinikanth decided to quit acting, but his film Billa became his ever commercial hit which made him continue his acting career.
• Again he continued delivering super hit films continuously which made him act in the Bollywood film Andha Kanoon alongside Amithab Bachan, which was again a huge success.
• In the film Endhiran the Robot, he was well noted for his acting. The second part of the movie Endhiran 2.0 is set to screen very soon in 2018, as the movie has very high expectations for being the most expensive film using 3D animation technology which is the first-ever in Indian Cinema.
• His Instagram account has more than 884K followers (as of December 2022).

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Awards, Nominations, and Honours

• 2000 – Padma Bhushan (Government of India)
• 2016 – Padma Vibhushan (Government of India)
• 1984 – Kalaimamani (Contribution to the Tamil film industry)
• 2011 – M.G.R-Sivaji Award (Tamil Nadu State Government Award)
• 2012 – Rajiv Gandhi Award (Maharashtra State Film Award)
• 2014 – Centenary Award For Indian Film Personality of the Year (International Film Festival of India)
• 2016 – NTR National Award (Nandi Awards)
• 2021 – Dadasaheb Phalke Award (Directorate of Film Festivals)
• 2007 – Indian Entertainer of the Year (NDTV Awards)
• 2011 – Entertainer of the Decade (NDTV Awards)
• 2011 – Most Stylish Actor (NDTV Awards)
• 2013 – The 25 Greatest Global Living Legends (NDTV Awards)
• 1984 – Best Actor (Cinema Express Awards) for Nallavanuku Nallavan – Won
• 1985 – Best Actor (Cinema Express Awards) for Sri Raghavendra – Won
• 1988 – Best Achiever (Cinema Express Awards) for Bloodstone – Won
• 1991 – Best Actor (Cinema Express Awards) for Thalapathy – Won
• 1992 – Best Actor (Cinema Express Awards) for Annamalai – Won
• 1993 – Best Stroy Writer (Cinema Express Awards) for Valli – Won
• 1995 – Best Actor (Cinema Express Awards) for Baashha, Muthu – Won
• 1979 – Best Actor (Filmfans Association Awards) for Aarillirunthu Arubathu Varai – Won
• 1982 – Best Actor (Filmfans Association Awards) for Enkeyo Ketta Kural – Won
• 1984 – Best Actor (Filmfans Association Awards) for Nallavanuku Nallavan – Won
• 1985 – Best Actor (Filmfans Association Awards) for Sri Raghavendra – Won
• 1991 – Best Actor (Filmfans Association Awards) for Thalapathy – Won
• 1992 – Best Actor (Filmfans Association Awards) for Annamalai – Won
• 1993 – Best Story Writer (Filmfans Association Awards) for Valli – Won
• 1995 – Best Actor (Filmfans Association Awards) for Baashha, Muthu – Won
• 1977 – Best Actor – Telugu (Filmfare Award South) for Chilakamma Cheppindi – Nominated
• 1984 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Mullum Malarum – Nominated
• 1979 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Aariliruthu Arubathu Varai – Nominated
• 1980 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Johnny – Nominated
• 1981 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Thillu Mullu – Nominated
• 1982 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Moondru Mugam – Nominated
• 1984 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Nallavanulli Nallavan – Won
• 1987 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Velaikaran – Nominated
• 1990 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Panakkaran – Nominated
• 1991 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Thalapathi – Nominated
• 1992 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Annaamalai – Nominated
• 1993 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Uzhaippali – Nominated
• 1995 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Baashha – Nominated
• 1995 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Muthu – Nominated
• 1997 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Arunachalam – Nominated
• 1999 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Padayappa – Nominated
• 2007 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Sivaji – Nominated
• 2010 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Enthiran – Nominated
• 2016 – Best Actor – Tamil (Filmfare Award South) for Kabali – Nominated
• 1995 – Best Actor (South Screen Awards) for Peddarayudu – Won
• 1978 – Special Award (Tamil Nadu State Film Awards) for Mullum Malarum – Won
• 1982 – Special Award (Tamil Nadu State Film Awards) for Moondru Mugam – Won
• 1989 – Honorary Award – M.G.R. Award (Tamil Nadu State Film Awards) – Won
• 1995 – Best Actor (Tamil Nadu State Film Awards) for Muthu – Won
• 1999 – Best Actor (Tamil Nadu State Film Awards) for Padayappa – Won
• 2005 – Best Actor (Tamil Nadu State Film Awards) for Chandramukhi – Won
• 2007 – Best Actor (Tamil Nadu State Film Awards) for Sivaji – Won
• 2008 – Favourite Comedian (Vijay Awards) for Sivaji – Won
• 2011 – Musppathi Best Actor (Vijay Awards) – Won
• 2012 – Best Robo (Vijay Awards) for Enthiran – Won
• 2015 – Favourite Hero (Vijay Awards) for Lingaa – Won

Rajinikanth Philanthropy

The writer Naman Ramachandran has authored the book Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography, which speaks a lot about actor Rajinikanth and his life events. In 2011, Rajinikanth announced his support for the anti-corruption movement led by Gandhian Anna Hazare. He has a marriage hall, the Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam, in Chennai which he lends free of cost for philanthropic activities led by his fans. Rajinikanth fans regularly organize blood donation and eye donation camps and distribute food during his birthday.

Rajinikanth Politics

Rajinikanth had been into politics for a very long time. At first, Rajinikanth lends his support to the Congress party. So Congress joined and decided to hand with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) for the assembly election in Tamil Nadu in 1996. But Rajinikanth changed his mind and supported Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) – Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) alliance. And they had a huge victory. His support continued n the parliamentary election, held the same year. Later in 2004, Rajinikanth said he would personally vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but would not lend his support to any party during the upcoming Indian general election. Anyhow the party didn’t win any seats in Tamilnadu. His fans had continuous speculation about Rajinikanth entering into politics. Rajinikanth himself announced his entry into politics on 31 Dec 2017 and confirmed that his newly formed party will contest in the forthcoming assembly elections in 2021 from all 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu state. He also added that he and his party would resign when unable to fulfill its electoral promises within three years of coming into power.

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