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{{Infobox person
| name = Rajinikanth
| image = Rajinikanth at the Inauguration of MGR Statue (cropped).jpg
| caption = Rajinikanth in 2018
| birth_name = Shivaji Rao Gaikwad
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|12|12|df=y}}<ref name=shivaji />
| birth_place = [[Bangalore|Bangalore (present-day Bengaluru)]], [[Mysore State]]
| other_names = Rajini, Rajni
| alma_mater = [[M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute|Adyar Film Institute]]
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1975–present
| works = [[Rajinikanth filmography|Full List]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Latha Rajinikanth]]|1981}}
| children = {{flatlist|
* [[Aishwarya R. Dhanush|Aishwarya]]
* [[Soundarya Rajinikanth|Soundarya]]}}
| relatives = See [[List of South Indian film families#Rajinikanth family|Rajinikanth family]]
| awards = [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] (2019)<ref name="DS">{{cite web |title=Rajinikanth honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke award: 'I dedicate this award to my fans across around the world' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanth-honoured-with-dadasaheb-phalke-award-7253877/#:~:text=Actor%20Rajinikanth%20has%20been%20honoured,of%20Indian%20cinema%20Rajnikant%20ji. |website=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=3 April 2021 |date=2 April 2021}}</ref><br />
[[Padma Vibhushan]] (2016)<ref name="pv">{{Cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanth-awarded-padma-vibhushan-padma-shri-for-priyanka-chopra-ajay-devgn/ |title=Rajinikanth gets Padma Vibhushan; Padma Shri for Priyanka, Ajay Devgn |date=26 January 2014 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=8 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025080029/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanth-awarded-padma-vibhushan-padma-shri-for-priyanka-chopra-ajay-devgn/ |archive-date=25 October 2016 |location=New Delhi}}</ref><br />[[NTR National Award]] (2016)<br />[[Padma Bhushan]] (2000)<br />[[Kalaimamani]] (1984)<br />([[List of awards and nominations received by Rajinikanth|See full list]])
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'''Shivaji Rao Gaikwad'''{{efn|There are numerous variant spellings of the name. These include ''Gaikwad'', ''Gaykwad'', ''Gaikawad'', and, ''Gaykawad''.}} (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as '''Rajinikanth''' ({{IPAc-en|r|ə|dʒ|ɪ|n|ɪ|k|ɑː|n|θ}}),{{efn|There are numerous variant spellings of the name. These include ''Rajanikant'', ''Rajni Kanth'', ''Rajanikanth'' and ''Rajanikant''.{{sfn|Ramachandran|2012|pp=160–161}}}} is an Indian actor who works mainly in [[Tamil cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rajinikanth Biography |url=https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/rajinikanth-71764.html}}</ref> In a career spanning over five decades, he has done more than 160 films that includes films in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Hindi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and [[Malayalam]]. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful and popular actors in the history of [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]].<ref>Ratda, Khushboo (24 August 2022) [https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/south/47-years-rajinikanth-inspiring-rags-riches-story-superstar-1177449 "47 Years of Rajinikanth: An Inspiring from Rags-to-Riches Story of a Superstar."] ''PinkVilla.com''. Retrieved 28 June 2023.</ref><ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanths-journey-from-being-a-conductor-to-becoming-demi-god/ Rajinikanth's Journey from Being a Conductor to Becoming Demi-God"] (23 May, 2014). ''[[The Indian Express]]''. Retrieved 6 July 2023.</ref> Known for his uniquely styled lines and idiosyncrasies in films, he has a huge fan base throughout India and has a [[cult following]]. The [[Government of India]] honoured him with [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2000, [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2016, India's third and second highest [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India|civilian honours]], and highest award in the field of cinema [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] in 2019 for his contributions to Indian cinema.<ref name="CivilIndiaAwards">{{Cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/awar2000.htm |title=Civilian Awards announced on 26 January 2000 |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India) |language=ta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302144232/http://mha.nic.in/awar2000.htm |archive-date=2 March 2007 |access-date=20 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/padma-awards-announced/article8151257.ece |title=Padma Vibhushan for Rajinikanth, Dhirubhai Ambani, Jagmohan |date=25 January 2016 |work=The Hindu |access-date=25 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125105210/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/padma-awards-announced/article8151257.ece |archive-date=25 January 2016}}</ref>
Following his debut in [[K. Balachander]]'s 1975 Tamil drama ''[[Apoorva Raagangal]]'', Rajinikanth's acting career commenced with a brief phase of portraying antagonistic characters in Tamil films. His major positive role as a scorned lover in [[S. P. Muthuraman]]'s ''[[Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri]]'' (1977), 1978's ''[[Mullum Malarum]]'' and ''[[Aval Appadithan]]'' received him critical acclaim; the former earned him a [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize]] for Best Actor.<ref name="IE1">{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/happy-birthday-rajinikanth-how-the-superstar-came-to-be/|title=Happy Birthday Rajinikanth: How the superstar came to be|date=12 December 2015|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=27 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107121907/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/happy-birthday-rajinikanth-how-the-superstar-came-to-be/|archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajitha |date=22 December 1999 |title=Rajini acts in front of the camera, never behind it |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/22muthu.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107121339/http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/22muthu.htm |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=6 June 2016 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref> By the end of the decade, he had worked in all [[Cinema of South India|South Indian film industries]] and established a career in Tamil cinema. He then played [[dual role]]s in the action thriller ''[[Billa (1980 film)|Billa]]'' (1980), a remake of the Hindi film ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'' (1978). It was his biggest commercial success to that point, earned him stardom and gave him the [[action hero]] image.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2006 |title=Ajit-The new 'Billa'! |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ajit-the-new-billa-news-tamil-kkfvgVcaegdsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107122518/http://www.sify.com/movies/ajit-the-new-billa-news-tamil-kkfvgVcaegdsi.html |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=27 May 2016 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> He starred in triple role in ''[[Moondru Mugam]]'' (1982), which earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards ceremony. The following year, he made his Bollywood debut with [[T. Rama Rao|T. Rama Rao's]] top grossing ''[[Andhaa Kaanoon]]'' (1983).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Earners 1980–1989 (Figures in Ind Rs) |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=125&catName=MTk4MC0xOTg5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014090332/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=125&catName=MTk4MC0xOTg5 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=22 February 2013 |website=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref> ''[[Nallavanukku Nallavan]]'' (1984) won him that year's [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil|Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor]].<ref name="Zee News">{{Cite web |last=Handoo |first=Ritika |date=12 December 2014 |title=Thalaiva Rajinikanth turns 64! |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/thalaiva-rajinikanth-turns-64_1513435.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107121814/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/thalaiva-rajinikanth-turns-64_1513435.html |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=24 December 2014 |website=[[Zee News]]}}</ref> In the latter half of the 1980s, he starred in several successful films in Tamil and Hindi, including ''[[Padikkadavan (1985 film)|Padikkadavan]]'' (1985), ''[[Mr. Bharath]]'' (1986), ''[[Bhagwaan Dada]]'' (1986), ''[[Velaikkaran (1987 film)|Velaikaran]]'' (1987), ''[[Dharmathin Thalaivan]]'' (1988) and ''[[Hum (film)|Hum]]'' (1991).<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 February 2012 |title=Return of Rajinikanth |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/return-of-rajinikanth/story-WwoOk94xxZ9e2qqym8kpGI.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107124131/http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/return-of-rajinikanth/story-WwoOk94xxZ9e2qqym8kpGI.html |archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>
In 1991, [[Mani Ratnam]]'s Tamil crime film ''[[Thalapathi]]'', earned him major critical acclaim for his performance.<ref name="TOI" /> He collaborated with [[Suresh Krissna]] for many films including ''[[Annaamalai]]'' (1992) and ''[[Baashha]]'' (1995); the latter was the biggest commercial success in his career yet as well as the highest grossing film in Tamil for many years.<ref name="IE2">{{Cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanths-journey-from-being-a-conductor-to-becoming-demi-god/ |title=Rajinikanth's journey from being a conductor to becoming demi-god |date=23 May 2014 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=5 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170107125028/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanths-journey-from-being-a-conductor-to-becoming-demi-god/ |archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref> His other success includes [[P. Vasu]]'s ''[[Mannan (film)|Mannan]]'' (1992), ''[[Uzhaippali]]'' (1993) and [[K. S. Ravikumar]]'s ''[[Muthu (film)|Muthu]]'' (1995) and ''[[Padayappa]]'' (1999); the latter which went on to become his and Tamil cinema's highest-grossing movie, exceeding Baashha.<ref name="tribune">{{Cite news |last=Chatterjee |first=Saibal |date=4 September 2005 |title=The Rajni phenomenon |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050904/spectrum/main5.htm |url-status=live |access-date=6 June 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170107125005/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050904/spectrum/main5.htm |archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>
After a few years of hiatus, he returned to acting with the [[comedy horror]] film ''[[Chandramukhi]]'' (2005); it went on to become again the highest-grossing Tamil film. His next, [[S. Shankar]]'s ''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'' (2007) was the third Indian film to enter the [[100 Crore Club]]. He played dual roles, as a scientist and an [[Android (robot)|andro-humanoid robot]], in the [[science fiction film]] ''[[Enthiran]]'' (2010) and its sequel [[2.0 (film)|''2.0'']] (2018), both being [[List of most expensive Indian films|India's most expensive productions at the time of their release]], and among the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing Indian films of all time]].{{efn|The film grossed {{INRConvert|2.89|b|lk=r|year=2016}} worldwide, surpassing ''Sivaji''{{'}}s collection of {{INRConvert|1.55|b|lk=r|year=2016}}. As of June 2016, it remains the highest-grossing Tamil film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/baahubali-beats-endhirans-lifetime-box-office-record-639747 |title=2nd Saturday Box Office Collection: Baahubali Beats Endhiran's Lifetime Record in 9 Days |last=H Hooli |first=Shekhar |date=19 July 2015 |website=[[International Business Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107130404/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/baahubali-beats-endhirans-lifetime-box-office-record-639747 |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=6 June 2016}}</ref>}}
He has won many awards, including a [[National Film Award]], seven [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award|Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]], a [[Nandi Award]] and a [[Filmfare Award South|Filmfare Award]]. Rajinikanth was also named one of the most influential persons in South Asia by ''[[Asiaweek]]''.<ref name="mass_popularity">{{Cite news |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/12/14/sunday-celebrity-rajini-simple-stylish-spiritual-explains-his-uniqueness |title=Rajini is simple, stylish, spiritual, that explains his uniqueness |last=Ethiraj |first=Gopal |date=14 December 2009 |work=[[Asian Tribune]] |access-date=14 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215034339/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/12/14/sunday-celebrity-rajini-simple-stylish-spiritual-explains-his-uniqueness |archive-date=15 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="i1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/meet-indias-biggest-film-star-2096273.html |title=Meet India's biggest film star |last=Buncombe |first=Andrew |date=3 October 2010 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=3 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122065142/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/meet-indias-biggest-film-star-2096273.html |archive-date=22 January 2015 |location=London}}</ref> He was also named by ''[[Forbes]] India'' as the most influential Indian of the year 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-04/news-interviews/29508246_1_rajinikanth-biopic-film |title=Now, a film on Rajinikanth's life |date=4 May 2011 |access-date=4 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910033430/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-04/news-interviews/29508246_1_rajinikanth-biopic-film |archive-date=10 September 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Early life and background==
Rajinikanth was born as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad on 12 December 1950 in a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] [[Hindus|Hindu]] family in [[Bangalore]], [[Mysore State]] (present day [[Karnataka]]).{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Introduction}}<ref name=shivaji /><ref name="birth">{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bangalore/Even_more_acclaim_will_come_his_way/articleshow/2178985.cms |title=Even more acclaim will come his way |last=Ruma Singh |date=6 July 2007 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=20 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216163710/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bangalore/Even_more_acclaim_will_come_his_way/articleshow/2178985.cms |archive-date=16 February 2012}}</ref> He was named after the [[Maratha Empire]] king [[Shivaji Maharaj]], and was brought up speaking [[Marathi language|Marathi]] at home and [[Kannada]] outside.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Introduction}} His mother was a homemaker,{{efn|While [[Naman Ramachandran]]'s 2012 biography of Rajinikanth identifies his mother's name as Ramabai,<ref name=shivaji/> journalist Ramachandra Rao, a childhood friend of the actor, said in 2012 that her name was Jijabai.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/tracing-kabalis-rajinikanth-his-link-to-shivaji/articleshow/53330949.cms |title=Tracing 'Kabali's' Rajinikanth & his link to Shivaji |date=22 July 2016 |website=[[The Economic Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411143021/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/tracing-kabalis-rajinikanth-his-link-to-shivaji/articleshow/53330949.cms |archive-date=11 April 2017 |access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref>}} and his father Ramoji Rao Gaekwad was a police constable.<ref name="shivaji">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-how-shivaji-became-rajanikanth/20130116.htm |title=How Shivaji became Rajinikanth |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006154556/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-how-shivaji-became-rajanikanth/20130116.htm |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref> His ancestors hailed from [[Mavadi Kadepathar]], [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-rajinikanth-invited-for-saswad-literary-meeting-1942995 |title=Rajinikanth invited for Saswad literary meeting |date=31 December 2013 |work=Daily News and Analysis |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123014805/http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-rajinikanth-invited-for-saswad-literary-meeting-1942995 |archive-date=23 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Rajini-creates-drinking-water-facility-in-his-parentsrsquo-memory/article16624915.ece |title=Rajini creates drinking water facility in his parents' memory |newspaper=The Hindu |date=28 April 2009 |via=www.thehindu.com |access-date=20 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602083354/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Rajini-creates-drinking-water-facility-in-his-parentsrsquo-memory/article16624915.ece |archive-date=2 June 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> He is the youngest of four siblings in a family consisting of two elder brothers (Satyanarayana Rao and Nageshwara Rao) and a sister (Aswath Balubhai).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tamilstar.com/news-id-rajinikanth-birthday-rajinikanth-life-history-12-12-111181.htm |title=Biographical article about Superstar Rajini Kanth |website=www.tamilstar.com |publisher=Tamil Star Inc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006121541/http://www.tamilstar.com/news-id-rajinikanth-birthday-rajinikanth-life-history-12-12-111181.htm |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref>{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Introduction}} After his father's retirement from work in 1956, the family moved to the suburb of [[Hanumanthanagar, Bengaluru|Hanumantha Nagar]] in Bangalore and built a house there.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Introduction}} He lost his mother at the age of nine.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/reel-to-real-image-a-tome/article4278597.ece |title=Reel to real image, a tome |last=S |first=Anandan |date=6 January 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=22 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628032143/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/reel-to-real-image-a-tome/article4278597.ece |archive-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>
Rajinikanth had his primary education at the Gavipuram Government Kannada Model Primary School in Bangalore.<ref name="Primary">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/rajini-s-friends-to-renovate-primary-school-news-kannada-kmnme1fbiff.html |title=Rajini's friends to renovate primary school |date=13 December 2010 |website=[[Sify]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205145727/http://www.sify.com/movies/rajini-s-friends-to-renovate-primary-school-news-kannada-kmnme1fbiff.html |archive-date=5 December 2013 |access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref> As a child, he was "studious and mischievous" with a great interest in cricket, football and basketball. During this time, his brother enrolled him at the [[Ramakrishna Math]], a Hindu monastery set up by the [[Ramakrishna Mission]]. In the ''math'', he was taught [[Vedas]], tradition and history, which eventually instilled a sense of spirituality in him.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 1}} In addition to spiritual lessons, he also began acting in plays at the ''math''. His aspiration towards theatre grew at the math and was once given an opportunity to enact the role of ''[[Ekalavya]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s friend from the Hindu epic [[Mahabharata]]. His performance in the play received praise from the Kannada poet [[D. R. Bendre]].{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Introduction}} After sixth grade, Rajinikanth was enrolled at the [[Acharya Pathasala Public School]] and studied there till completion of his [[pre-university course]].{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 1}} During his schooling at the ''Acharya Pathasala'', he spent a lot of time acting in plays.
Upon completion of his school education, Rajinikanth performed several jobs including that of a [[coolie]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-specials-9-life-lessons-to-learn-from-rajinikanth/20121212.htm#2 |title=1. Struggle is a stepping stone |date=12 December 2012 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204092600/http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-specials-9-life-lessons-to-learn-from-rajinikanth/20121212.htm |archive-date=4 February 2014 |access-date=5 February 2014}}</ref> before getting a job in the [[Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation|Bangalore Transport Service]] as a [[bus conductor]].<ref name="bmtc">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/22friend.htm |title=You can see God in him at times |last=M. D |first=Riti |date=22 December 1999 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006101320/http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/22friend.htm |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=14 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]|language=Ta|url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1983-06-05/page/n45/mode/2up|pages=46–48|date=5 June 1983|access-date=21 April 2023|title=சிவாஜிராவின் இளமைப்பருவம்}}</ref> He continued to take part in plays after the Kannada playwright Topi Muniappa offered him a chance to act in one of his mythological plays. He decided to take up an acting course in the newly formed [[Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu|Madras Film Institute]] after coming across an advertisement.<ref name="MM1">{{Cite news |date=2 February 2009 |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2009/02/02164256/Rajini05.html |title=திரைப்படக் கல்லூரியில் 2 ஆண்டு நடிப்பு பயிற்சி |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |access-date=6 February 2014 |language=ta |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140206101403/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2009/02/02164256/Rajini05.html |archive-date=6 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Though his family was not fully supportive of his decision to join the institute,<ref name=MM1 /> his friend and co-worker Raj Bahadur motivated him to join the institute and financially supported him during this phase.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/16/stories/2007061612510100.htm |title=He drove Rajnikant to stardom |last=K. V. Subramanya |date=16 June 2007 |access-date=4 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107065743/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/16/stories/2007061612510100.htm |archive-date=7 November 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/13ssraj.htm |title=Meet the bus driver Rajni worked with |date=13 June 2007 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106150541/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/13ssraj.htm |archive-date=6 November 2014 |access-date=9 September 2010}}</ref> During his stay at the institute, he was noticed by the Tamil film director [[K. Balachander]].<ref name="Rajini">{{Cite web |url=http://forbesindia.com/article/recliner/why-rajinikanth-rocks/17592/1?id=17592&pg=1 |title=Why Rajinikanth Rocks |last=Lakhe |first=Manisha |date=27 September 2010 |website=[[Forbes]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327154329/http://forbesindia.com/article/recliner/why-rajinikanth-rocks/17592/1?id=17592&pg=1 |archive-date=27 March 2015 |access-date=9 April 2011}}</ref> Balachander provided Rajinikanth with his stage name to avoid confusion with fellow actor [[Sivaji Ganesan]], having taken it from a character's name in his earlier film ''[[Major Chandrakanth (1966 film)|Major Chandrakanth]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vaasanthi |title=Rajinikanth: A Life |date=2021 |isbn=978-93-90652-10-5 |location=New Delhi |oclc=1268466867}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=8 December 2012 |title=It was a small role, but people would remember him |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/It-was-a-small-role-but-people-would-remember-him/article12190436.ece |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406055925/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/It-was-a-small-role-but-people-would-remember-him/article12190436.ece |archive-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> The [[K. Balachander|director]] advised him to learn to speak [[Tamil language|Tamil]], a recommendation that Rajinikanth quickly followed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://forbesindia.com/article/person-of-the-year-10/rajinikanth-who-really-is-the-super-star/20452/2?id=20452&pg=2 |access-date=22 February 2013 |title=Rajinikanth: Who Really Is the Super Star? |last1=N.S. |first1=Ramnath |last2=D'Souza |first2=Nilofer |date=22 December 2010 |website=[[Forbes]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418110323/http://forbesindia.com/article/person-of-the-year-10/rajinikanth-who-really-is-the-super-star/20452/2?id=20452&pg=2 |archive-date=18 April 2015}}</ref> Though he can read the language, he cannot write in it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Asokan |first=Mamtha |date=25 October 2021 |title=Does Rajinikanth know how to write in Tamil? Daughter Soundarya says he doesn't |website=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/does-rajinikanth-know-how-to-write-in-tamil-daughter-soundarya-says-he-doesnt/articleshow/87263200.cms |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
==Acting career==
=== 1975–1977: Early career ===
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Rajinikanth began his film career with the Tamil film ''[[Apoorva Raagangal]]'' (1975), directed by [[K. Balachander]].<ref name="firstbreak">{{Cite news |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/12/12/super-star-rajnikanth-turns-61-fans-celebrates-enthusiastically |title=Super Star Rajnikanth turns 61: Fans celebrates enthusiastically |last=Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan |date=13 December 2010 |work=Asian Tribune |access-date=18 June 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215013133/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/12/12/super-star-rajnikanth-turns-61-fans-celebrates-enthusiastically |archive-date=15 December 2010}}</ref> He was cast in a small role as the ex-husband of the female lead played by [[Srividya]].<ref name=firstbreak/><ref name="pioneer">{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/150th-anniversary-issue/the-other-rajinikanth.html |title=The other Rajinikanth |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=5 January 2014 |work=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418113701/http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/150th-anniversary-issue/the-other-rajinikanth.html |archive-date=18 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="express">{{Cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fans-celebrate-rajinikanths-61st-birthday/723665/ |title=Fans celebrate Rajinikanth's 61st birthday |last=C Raja Mohan |date=12 December 2010 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120060826/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fans-celebrate-rajinikanths-61st-birthday/723665 |archive-date=20 January 2011}}</ref> The film explored [[Age disparity in sexual relationships|relationships between people with wide age differences]] and was deemed controversial upon release.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/experiments-in-tamil-cinema/photostory/29651841.cms |title=Experiments in Tamil cinema — Apoorva Raagangal (1975) |work=The Times of India |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509033249/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/Experiments-in-Tamil-cinema/photostory/29651841.cms |archive-date=9 May 2015}}</ref> However, it received critical acclaim and won three [[National Film Awards]] including the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Award for the Best Tamil Feature]] at the [[23rd National Film Awards]] in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=23NFA.pdf |title=23rd National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526091043/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=23NFA.pdf |archive-date=26 May 2011 |access-date=23 April 2011}}</ref> A review from ''[[The Hindu]]'' noted that: "Newcomer Rajinikanth is dignified and impressive".{{Sfn|Hindu|2012|p=67}} His next release was [[Puttanna Kanagal]]'s Kannada [[anthology film]] ''[[Katha Sangama (1976 film)|Katha Sangama]]'' (1976).<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008101851261100.htm&date=2008/10/18/&prd=mp& |title=Blast from the past: Naagarahaavu- 1972 |date=18 October 2008 |work=The Hindu |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110055318/http://hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008101851261100.htm&date=2008%2F10%2F18%2F&prd=mp& |archive-date=10 November 2012}}</ref> Rajinikanth appeared in the last segment of the film; he played the role as a village ruffian who rapes a blind woman in the absence of her husband.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 3}} Balachander cast him in a pivotal role in ''[[Anthuleni Katha]]'' (1976), the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] remake of his own Tamil film ''[[Aval Oru Thodar Kathai]]'' (1974).{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 3}} In ''[[Moondru Mudichu]]''{{em dash}}the first Tamil film to feature him in a prominent role{{em dash}}he played a character that "blithely row[s] away" when his friend drowns accidentally in the lake only to fulfill his desire to marry the former's girlfriend.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 4}} His style of flipping the cigarette in the film made him popular among the audience.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-12-19/news/35912468_1_new-flavours-asin-rajinikanth |title=Mirinda advertisement: Can Asin match the charisma of Rajinikanth, Sridevi and Kamal Hassan |last=Chamikutty |first=Preethi |date=19 December 2012 |work=The Economic Times |access-date=7 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005011059/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-12-19/news/35912468_1_new-flavours-asin-rajinikanth |archive-date=5 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> In his final release of the year, ''[[Baalu Jenu]]'', he was cast as the main antagonist who troubles the female lead.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 3}} He played similar roles in Balachander's ''[[Avargal]]'' (1977),<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2011/04/10/stories/2011041050170800.htm |title=We will miss you, Sujatha |last=Malathi Rangarajan |date=10 April 2011 |access-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810024423/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2011/04/10/stories/2011041050170800.htm |archive-date=10 August 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> and [[Bharathiraja]]'s ''[[16 Vayathinile|16 Vayadhinile]]'' (1977).{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 3}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/815331.aspx |title=Return of Rajinikanth |date=22 February 2012 |work=The Hindustan Times |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140205182315/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/815331.aspx |archive-date=5 February 2014}}</ref> The same year, he made his first-ever appearance as a lead actor in the Telugu film ''[[Chilakamma Cheppindi]]'' (1977), which earned him his only nomination for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-specials-9-life-lessons-to-learn-from-rajinikanth/20121212.htm#3 |title=Success has humble beginnings |date=12 December 2012 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225021844/http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-specials-9-life-lessons-to-learn-from-rajinikanth/20121212.htm |archive-date=25 February 2013 |access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/04/stories/2010090464702000.htm |title=Fusion of culture at celebrity wedding |last=Srinivasan |first=Meera |date=4 September 2010 |access-date=22 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020140220/http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/04/stories/2010090464702000.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=20 October 2011}}</ref> [[S. P. Muthuraman]] experimented Rajinikanth in a positive role in ''[[Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri]]'' (1977).<ref name="rediff1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/22muthu.htm |title=Rajini acts in front of the camera, never behind it |last=Rajitha |date=22 December 1999 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107121339/http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/22muthu.htm |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=14 June 2011}}</ref> The success of the film brought the duo together for 24 more films till the 1990s.<ref name="rediff1" /> Rajinikanth played supporting and "villainous" roles in most of the films released during the year.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 4}} In ''[[Gaayathri]]'' he was cast as a pornographer who secretly films his relationship with his wife without her knowledge and in ''[[Galate Samsara]]'' he played the role of a married man who develops an affair with a [[Cabaret|cabaret dancer]].{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 5}} He had 15 of his films released during the year.{{Sfn|Sreekanth|2008|p=370}}
=== 1978–1989: Experimentation and breakthrough ===
In 1978, Rajinikanth had 20 releases across Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc=chpt. 6}}{{Sfn |Sreekanth |2008 |pp=369–370}} His first film of the year was [[P. Madhavan]]'s ''[[Shankar Salim Simon]]'', in which he was among the three leads. Following that, he co-starred alongside [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]] in the [[Kannada cinema|Kannada film]] ''[[Kiladi Kittu]]''. He played the second lead in ''[[Annadammula Savaal]]'', which starred [[Krishna Ghattamaneni|Krishna]]; Rajinikanth reprised his role from the [[Sahodarara Savaal|Kannada original]]. He then played an important role in the supernatural thriller ''[[Aayiram Jenmangal]]''. In ''[[Maathu Tappada Maga]]'', he was the main antagonist. ''[[Bairavi]]'', directed by [[M. Bhaskar|M.Bhaskar]], was the first Tamil film to cast Rajinikanth as a solo hero.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanth-top-films-19150.html |title=40 years of Superstar Rajinikanth: His top movies |date=19 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703200749/http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanth-top-films-19150.html |archive-date=3 July 2015 |publisher=[[India TV]]}}</ref>{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc=chap. 6}} It was for this film that he earned the sobriquet "Superstar".{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc=chap. 6}} [[S. Thanu]], one of the film's distributors, set up a {{convert|35|ft|m}} high cut-out of Rajinikanth.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2012/10/28231007/I-do-not-want-the-title-Super.html |title=சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் பட்டம் எனக்கு வேண்டாம்!: ஏற்க மறுத்தார், ரஜினிகாந்த்! |date=28 October 2012 |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |access-date=12 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318013621/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2012/10/28231007/I-do-not-want-the-title-Super.html |archive-date=18 March 2013 |language=ta}}</ref> His next appearance ''[[Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu]]'', a quadrangular love story written and directed by [[C. V. Sridhar]], saw him play the role of a man who sacrifices his love for his friend, played by [[Kamal Haasan]]. The film's success prompted Sridhar to remake the film in Telugu, ''[[Vayasu Pilichindi]]'', which retained the original cast of the Tamil film.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
His next film, ''[[Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye]]'', had an introductory song to mark his entry, a trend that would soon catch on in with his later films.{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc=chap. 6}} ''[[Mullum Malarum]]'', released during the same period, received critical acclaim, and earned him his first [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil]] nomination.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/13/stories/2009121356310700.htm |title=A phenomenon called Rajnikanth |last=D. Karthikeyan |date=13 December 2009 |access-date=22 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015162317/http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/13/stories/2009121356310700.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=15 October 2013}}</ref> The film marked the directional debut of [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]], with a screenplay adapted from a novel of the same name published in ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]''.{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc=chap. 6}} It won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film]] and a Special Prize (Best Actor) for Rajinikanth at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc= chap. 6}} Following this, he made a foray into [[Cinema of Kerala|Malayalam cinema]] with [[I. V. Sasi]]'s fantasy film ''[[Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum]]'', which was based on a story from the [[Arabian Nights]]. The same year, he acted in ''[[Dharma Yuddam]]'', in which he played a mentally-ill person avenging the death of his parents. He then co-starred with [[N. T. Rama Rao]] in ''[[Tiger (1979 film)|Tiger]]''. Upon completion of ''Tiger'', Rajinikanth had acted in 50 films over a period of four years, and in four languages. Some other popular films released during this period are the youthful entertainer ''[[Ninaithale Inikkum (1979 film)|Ninaithale Inikkum]]'', the Tamil–Kannada bilingual ''[[Priya (1978 film)|Priya]]'', the Telugu film ''[[Amma Evarikkaina Amma]]'' and the melodrama ''[[Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai]]''. ''Priya'', based on a detective novel by [[Sujatha (writer)|Sujatha]], had the distinction of being the first film of Rajinikanth to be shot mostly outside India, mainly in Southeast Asia.{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc=chap. 6}} A''arilirunthu Arubathu Varai'' earned him his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.
Raijinikanth, who credited [[Hindi film]] star [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as his inspiration,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Amitabh-is-my-inspiration-says-Rajini/article16133086.ece |title=Amitabh is my inspiration, says Rajini |date=15 August 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=24 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516093145/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Amitabh-is-my-inspiration-says-Rajini/article16133086.ece |archive-date=16 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> began playing Amitabh Bachchan's roles in Tamil remakes of his films.<ref name="indianexpress">{{Cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/revisiting-prakash-mehra-zanjeer-the-film-that-made-amitabh-bachchan-4714064/ |title=Revisiting Prakash Mehra's Zanjeer: The film that made Amitabh Bachchan |date=20 June 2017 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=24 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033352/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/revisiting-prakash-mehra-zanjeer-the-film-that-made-amitabh-bachchan-4714064/ |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> This began with ''Shankar Salim Simon'' (1978), a remake of ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]'' (1977), followed by ''[[Naan Vazhavaippen]]'' (1979), a remake of ''[[Majboor (1974 film)|Majboor]]'' (1974).<ref name="Mint">{{Cite news |url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/1zecmlLkbhchQlpXOOOsxN/10-Rajinikanth-films-that-were-remakes-of-Amitabh-Bachchan-s.html |title=10 Rajinikanth films that were remakes of Amitabh Bachchan starrers |last=Jha |first=Lata |date=18 July 2016 |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |access-date=19 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719141109/http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/1zecmlLkbhchQlpXOOOsxN/10-Rajinikanth-films-that-were-remakes-of-Amitabh-Bachchan-s.html |archive-date=19 July 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was subsequently cast in a series of roles modelled after Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil remakes of his films.<ref name="indianexpress" /> Rajinikanth starred in eleven Tamil remakes of Amitabh Bachchan films,<ref name="catchnews">{{Cite news |url=http://www.catchnews.com/bollywood-news/like-amitabh-bachchan-does-rajinikanth-owe-his-success-to-salim-khan-and-javed-akhtar-catch-flash-back-bollywood-news-1469260347.html |title=What do Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth have in common? |date=23 July 2016 |work=Catch News |access-date=29 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033736/http://www.catchnews.com/bollywood-news/like-amitabh-bachchan-does-rajinikanth-owe-his-success-to-salim-khan-and-javed-akhtar-catch-flash-back-bollywood-news-1469260347.html |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as a Telugu remake of ''Amar Akbar Anthony'', ''[[Ram Robert Rahim]]'' (1980), alongside [[Sridevi]].<ref name="Mint" /> The most successful of these were remakes of [[Salim–Javed]] films, such as ''[[Billa (1980 film)|Billa]]'' (1980), ''[[Thee (1981 film)|Thee]]'' (1981) and ''[[Mr. Bharath]]'' (1986).<ref name="catchnews" />
During this phase of his career, Rajinikanth abruptly chose to quit acting, but was coaxed to return<ref name="expressindia">{{Cite news |url=http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=88218 |title='Yesterday I was a conductor, today I'm a star' |last=Girija Jinnaa |date=15 June 2007 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=4 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617192827/http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=88218 |archive-date=17 June 2007}}</ref> with the Tamil film ''[[Billa (1980 film)|Billa]]'' (1980), a remake of the [[Bollywood]] blockbuster ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'' (1978), written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan. ''Billa'' had Rajinikanth playing dual roles and eventually became his first ever commercial success. His pairing with [[Sridevi]] continued in ''[[Johnny (1980 film)|Johnny]]'', where he was once again cast in a double role, earned him his third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. He also starred in ''[[Murattu Kaalai (1980 film)|Murattu Kaalai]]'' which was a commercial success.<ref name=rediff1/> The success of ''Billa'' was a turning point in Rajinikanth's career, disproving detractors that claimed Rajnikanth was "finished" and which saw him accepted as a full-fledged hero.<ref name="expressindia" /> The success of ''Billa'' established Rajinikanth as the top star of Tamil cinema, overtaking [[Kamal Haasan]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajanikant-his-name-spells-box-office-magic-in-the-south/1/329580.html |title=Rajanikant: His name spells box-office magic in the south |date=31 July 1988 |work=[[India Today]]}}</ref>
In 1981, he appeared in ''[[Garjanai (1981 film)|Garjanai]]'' which was shot simultaneously in [[Kannada]] and [[Malayalam]], making it his last film in those two languages to date.{{When|date=November 2016}} In K. Balachander's first home production, ''[[Netrikan]]'', he played dual roles as a womanising father and a responsible son.<ref name=rediff1/> His first full-length comedy was ''[[Thillu Mullu]]'', directed by K. Balachander. He agreed to it solely due to the strong suggestion by his mentor that he should do non-commercial roles, to break the stereotyped action-hero mould by which he was getting famous at the time. ''Thillu Mullu'' earned him his fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/regional/return-of-rajinikanth/article1-815331.aspx |title=Return of Rajinikanth |date=22 February 2012 |work=[[The Hindustan Times]] |access-date=10 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140210092421/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/regional/return-of-rajinikanth/article1-815331.aspx |archive-date=10 February 2014}}</ref> 1981 also saw the release of ''[[Thee (1981 film)|Thee]]'', a remake of the 1975 Bollywood blockbuster ''[[Deewaar]]'', also originally written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan; in ''Thee'', Rajinikanth reprised the role of Bachchan in the original.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/1zecmlLkbhchQlpXOOOsxN/10-Rajinikanth-films-that-were-remakes-of-Amitabh-Bachchan-s.html |title=10 Rajinikanth films that were remakes of Amitabh Bachchan starrers |date=18 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719141109/http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/1zecmlLkbhchQlpXOOOsxN/10-Rajinikanth-films-that-were-remakes-of-Amitabh-Bachchan-s.html |archive-date=19 July 2016}}</ref> In 1982, he starred in ''[[Pokkiri Raja (1982 film)|Pokkiri Raja]]'', ''[[Moondru Mugam]]'', ''[[Thanikattu Raja]]'', ''[[Puthukavithai]]'' and ''[[Enkeyo Ketta Kural]]''. ''Moondru Mugam'' which starred Rajinikanth playing three different roles for the first time, earned him his fifth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.<ref name="raana">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/29/stories/2011012959320200.htm |title=''Raana'' Rajini's next venture |last=Srinivasan |first=Meera |date=29 January 2011 |access-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110010958/http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/29/stories/2011012959320200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=10 November 2012}}</ref>
By 1983, he was a popular actor across [[South Indian cinema]], including Telugu and Kannada films.<ref name="southpopular">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/society/article2153059.ece |title=The Rajini mystique |date=2 July 2011 |work=The Hindu |access-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225031116/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/article2153059.ece |archive-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> In 1983, he starred in his first [[Bollywood]] film, ''[[Andha Kanoon]]'', alongside [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Hema Malini]]. The film went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of that time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=125&catName=MTk4MC0xOTg5 |title=Top Earners 1980–1989 (Figures in Ind Rs) |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014090332/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=125&catName=MTk4MC0xOTg5 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref> His 1984 film ''[[Naan Mahaan Alla (1984 film)|Naan Mahaan Alla]]'', was directed by Muturaman and produced by K. Balachander. He acted in his first cameo role in the film ''[[Anbulla Rajinikanth]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2220318.cms?prtpage=1 |title=Only Rajini can |date=10 December 2006 |work=The Economic Times |access-date=21 February 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019075317/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2220318.cms?prtpage=1 |archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> He played a triple role in ''[[John Jani Janardhan (1984 film)|John Jani Janardhan]]''. His performance in ''[[Nallavanuku Nallavan]]'' earned him his first and only [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil]].<ref name="filmfare">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ |title=Collections |publisher=Update Video Publication |year=1991 |pages=394 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203223423/http://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> In his 100th film ''[[Sri Raghavendra]]'' (1985), he played the Hindu saint [[Raghavendra Swami]].<ref name="rebel_image" /> His greatest success in Hindi films was his 101st film ''[[Bewafai]]''. Released in 1985 with Rajesh Khanna as the lead hero and Rajinikanth as villain, it became a success and grossed {{INRConvert|119.5|m|lk=r|year=1985}} at the box office that year.<ref name="indianexpress4">{{Cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/rajinikanths-tryst-with-bollywood-hum-andha-kanoon-chaalbaaz/#bewafaai |title=PHOTOS: Rajinikanth's tryst with Bollywood: Hum, Andha Kanoon, Chaalbaaz | The Indian Express |date=23 May 2014 |work=indianexpress |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627165031/http://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/rajinikanths-tryst-with-bollywood-hum-andha-kanoon-chaalbaaz/ |archive-date=27 June 2014 |access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref>
In the second half of the 1980s, Rajinikanth acted in commercially successful films such as ''[[Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985 film)|Naan Sigappu Manithan]]'' (1985), ''[[Padikkadavan (1985 film)|Padikkathavan]]'' (1985), ''[[Mr. Bharath]]'' (1986), ''[[Velaikkaran (1987 film)|Velaikaran]]'' (1987), ''[[Guru Sishyan (1988 film)|Guru Sishyan]]'' (1988) and ''[[Dharmathin Thalaivan]]'' (1988), with ''Velaikaran'' earning him his seventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. In 1988, he made his only American film appearance in ''[[Bloodstone (1988 film)|Bloodstone]]'', directed by [[Dwight Little]], in which he played an English-speaking Indian taxi driver.{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc= chap. The 1980s}}<ref name="Weldon1996">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrsbAQAAIAAJ |title=The Psychotronic Video Guide |last=Weldon |first=Michael |publisher=Titan Books |year=1996 |isbn=978-1-85286-770-6 |pages=66 |access-date=22 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203223429/http://books.google.com/books?id=HrsbAQAAIAAJ |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Rajinikanth finished the decade with films including ''[[Rajadhi Raja (1989 film)|Rajadhi Raja]]'', ''[[Siva (1989 Tamil film)|Siva]]'', ''[[Raja Chinna Roja]]'' and ''[[Mappillai (1989 film)|Mappillai]]'' while also starring in a few Bollywood productions. ''Raja Chinna Roja'' was the first Indian film to feature [[Films with live action and animation|live action and animation]].{{sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |p=127}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/05/14/stories/2004051401350100.htm |title=Finger on people's pulse |last=S.R. Ashok Kumar |date=14 May 2004 |access-date=28 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221163631/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/05/14/stories/2004051401350100.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>
=== 1990–2001: Commercial stardom ===
[[File:Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan at audio release of Shamitabh.jpg|thumb|right|alt=|Rajinikanth with Kamal Haasan]]
By the 1990s, Rajinikanth established himself as a commercial entertainer. Almost all the films released during this period were highly successful at the box office.
He began the decade with a blockbuster in ''[[Panakkaran]]'' (1990), which was a remake of [[Amitabh Bachchan]]'s 1981 film ''[[Laawaris (1981 film)|Laawaris]]''. The film earned him his eighth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. His next two Tamil films, the [[fantasy film|fantasy comedy]] ''[[Athisaya Piravi]]'', (a remake of [[Chiranjeevi]]'s 1988 film ''[[Yamudiki Mogudu (1988 film)|Yamudiki Mogudu]]'') which also released in 1990 and the family drama ''[[Dharma Durai (1991 film)|Dharmadorai]]'' (1991), did above-average business at the box office. His stint with Bollywood continued since the past decade as he went on to star in more Hindi films. ''[[Hum (1991 film)|Hum]]'' released in 1991 saw him doing the second main lead with Amitabh Bachchan became an inspiration for ''Baashha''.<ref name="IndiaJanDay">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/15/stories/2006121506571400.htm |title=It's India-Japan Friendship Year |date=15 December 2006 |access-date=20 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520065653/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/15/stories/2006121506571400.htm |archive-date=20 May 2007 |location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=ta}}</ref> In 1991, he worked with [[Mani Ratnam]] in ''[[Thalapathi]]'', which was heavily inspired by the ''[[Mahabharata]]''.<ref name="thalapathi">{{Cite web |url=http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/09/slide-show-1-looking-at-mani-ratnams-landmark-movies.htm |title=Looking at Mani Ratnam's landmark movies – Rediff.com Movies |date=9 June 2010 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006132648/http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/09/slide-show-1-looking-at-mani-ratnams-landmark-movies.htm |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/tamil-superstar-rajnikant-turns-60-fans-celebrate/553338/2 |title=Tamil superstar Rajnikant turns 60, fans celebrate |date=12 December 2009 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326003855/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/tamil-superstar-rajnikant-turns-60-fans-celebrate/553338/2 |archive-date=26 March 2010}}</ref> in which he co-starred with actor [[Mammooty]]; the film dealt with the friendship between two unknown characters based on [[Karna]] and [[Duryodhana]], respectively,<ref name="thalapathi" /> and was set in a more contemporary milieu and was both critically acclaimed and successful upon release.<ref name="rebel_image">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/10/24/stories/2010102450020100.htm |title=Magazine : He's back |last=K. Hariharan |date=24 October 2010 |access-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028131931/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/10/24/stories/2010102450020100.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=28 October 2010}}</ref> He received his ninth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the film. He went on to appear in remakes of films from other languages, mostly from Hindi and Telugu. ''[[Annamalai (film)|Annamalai]]'', which released in 1992, was yet another friendship-centric film and was loosely based on the 1987 Bollywood film ''[[Khudgarz]]''. The film was the first to have a Super Star Title Graphic Card. He received his tenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the film. ''[[Mannan (film)|Mannan]]'', directed by [[P. Vasu]], a remake of Kannada actor [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]]'s 1986 blockbuster ''[[Anuraga Aralithu]]'', also was released in 1992 and became a box office success. Rajinikanth wrote his first screenplay for the film ''[[Valli (film)|Valli]]'' (1993), in which he also made a special appearance. He also starred in the film ''[[Yajaman]]'', in which he played the role of Vaanavaraayan, a village chieftain. His romantic-comedy ''[[Veera (1994 film)|Veera]]'' (1994) was controversial for its climax but went on to become one of the highest-grossing films in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/38534/inspiration-remakes.html |title=Inspiration for remakes |last=Megha Shenoy |date=4 April 2011 |website=[[The Deccan Herald]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021111848/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/38534/inspiration-remakes.html |archive-date=21 October 2012 |access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref> That year, he earned his eleventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the action-drama ''[[Uzhaippali]]''.
He joined hands with [[Suresh Krishna (director)|Suresh Krishna]] for ''[[Baashha]]'' (1995), which emerged as an industry record,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-working-with-rajinikanth-baasha-director-tells-all/20121212.htm |title=Working with Rajinikanth: Baasha director tells all |date=12 December 2012 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208151126/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-working-with-rajinikanth-baasha-director-tells-all/20121212.htm |archive-date=8 February 2013 |access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref> and is routinely touted by fans and critics alike as a major-hit, as the film elevated him from being just another very popular actor to nearly demigod status among the masses.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Rajinikanth-Old-is-gold/articleshow/4138227.cms? |title=Rajinikanth: Old is gold |last=Pillai |first=Sreedhar |date=17 February 2009 |work=The Times of India |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114114139/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Rajinikanth-Old-is-gold/articleshow/4138227.cms |archive-date=14 January 2016}}</ref> He made a cameo in ''[[Peddarayudu]]'' for his friend [[Mohan Babu]] and also helped him in obtaining the remake rights. The same year, he acted in yet another gangster film, ''[[Aatank Hi Aatank]]'' with [[Aamir Khan]] which was also his last Hindi film in a major role till date. His film ''[[Muthu (film)|Muthu]]'', a remake of [[Mohanlal]]'s blockbuster Malayalam film ''[[Thenmavin Kombathu]]'', was another commercial success, directed by [[K. S. Ravikumar]] and produced by K. Balachander, and became the first Tamil film to be dubbed into Japanese, as ''Mutu: Odoru Maharaja''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/photos/b-town-specials/happy-birthdayrajinikanth/2/ |title=Happy birthday, Rajinikanth! |website=[[Mid-Day]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014211458/http://www.mid-day.com/photos/b-town-specials/happy-birthdayrajinikanth/2/ |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> The film grossed a record US$1.6 million in Japan in 1998 and was responsible for creating a large Japanese fan-base for the actor.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/brand-rajinikanth/895433/0 |title=Brand Rajinikanth |last=S Saroj Kumar |date=4 January 2012 |work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113614/http://www.financialexpress.com/news/brand-rajinikanth/895433/0 |archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> ''Muthu''{{'}}s success in Japan led American news magazine ''[[Newsweek]]'' to comment in a 1999 article that Rajinikanth had "supplanted [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] as Japan's trendiest heartthrob".<ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/1999/05/09/dancing-maharajas.html "Dancing Maharajas".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125150815/http://www.newsweek.com/1999/05/09/dancing-maharajas.html |date=25 November 2010 }} ''Newsweek''. 10 May 1999.</ref> During a visit to Japan in 2006, Indian Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] acknowledged the success of ''Muthu'' in the country during a speech, justifying the positive [[India-Japan relations|relationship between the two nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/dec/14prem.htm |title=When the PM wowed Japan's parliament |last=Prem Panicker |date=14 December 2006 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805172727/http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/dec/14prem.htm |archive-date=5 August 2012 |access-date=8 January 2012}}</ref> He received his twelfth and thirteenth nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performances in ''Baashha'' and ''Mushu''.
He also entered [[Bengali film industry|Bengali cinema]] through ''[[Bhagya Debata]]'', which was released at the end of 1995. 1997's ''[[Arunachalam (film)|Arunachalam]]'', another commercial success, earned him his fourteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. Rajinikanth released his last film of the millennium with ''[[Padayappa]]'' (1999), which went on to become a blockbuster success, and earned him his fifteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. It starred [[Ramya Krishnan]] and [[Soundarya]], the former critically acclaimed for her performance. It was also the last prominent role for veteran Tamil actor [[Sivaji Ganesan]].
=== 2002–2010: Struggles, resurgence and acclaim ===
After a brief pause, Rajinikanth starred in ''[[Baba (2002 film)|Baba]]'' in 2002, for which he had also written the screenplay.<ref name="baba">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/08/16/stories/2002081600960300.htm |title=Baba |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=16 August 2002 |access-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225032939/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/08/16/stories/2002081600960300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> Released with much fanfare and hype at the time, the film featured a story revolving around the reforming of a gangster, later revealed to be the reincarnation of the Hindu saint [[Mahavatar Babaji]], and fights against political corruption.<ref name=baba/> It fell short of market expectations and the high bids reportedly translated to heavy losses for the distributors. Rajinikanth himself repaid the losses incurred by the distributors.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/03gv.htm |title=Film producer GV commits suicide |last=N Sathiya Moorthy |date=3 May 2003 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170107125855/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/03gv.htm |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=17 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/05/12/stories/2004051200960100.htm |title=Superstar wannabes |last=Sudhish Kamath |date=12 May 2004 |access-date=17 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001064811/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/05/12/stories/2004051200960100.htm |archive-date=1 October 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> The film was received with comments such as "the bloom was off the rose" and that "the gold does not glitter any more".<ref name="Will Sivaji be Rajini">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/05msg.htm |title=Will Sivaji be Rajini's biggest hit?- History |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607142307/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/05msg.htm |archive-date=7 June 2007 |access-date=6 May 2007}}</ref> [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] (PMK) leader [[S. Ramadoss]] condemned him for smoking and posing with [[beedi]]s in the film. He was criticised for spoiling the Tamil youth by glorifying smoking and drinking. PMK volunteers attacked the theatres which screened the film and usurped film rolls and burned them.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Mar232004/n7.asp |title=Rajini keeps everyone guessing |date=23 March 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309043030/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Mar232004/n7.asp |archive-date=9 March 2007 |access-date=5 April 2007}}</ref>
Two years later, Rajinikanth signed up for P. Vasu's ''[[Chandramukhi]]'' (2005), a remake of the Malayalam film ''[[Manichitrathazhu]]''. Upon release the film was highly successful at the box office, and in 2007 it set the record of being the longest running Tamil film.<ref name="The Final Verdict">{{Cite web |url=http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13736924 |title=The Final Verdict – History |date=8 May 2005 |website=[[Sify]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224110012/http://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13736924 |archive-date=24 December 2014 |access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref> ''Chandramukhi'' was also dubbed in [[Turkish language|Turkish]] and in German as ''Der Geisterjäger'' and released in the respective nations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2006/04/02/rajnis-chandramukhi-in-turkish-and-german-1143979538.html |title=Rajni's 'Chandramukhi' in Turkish and German |date=2 April 2006 |publisher=[[Oneindia.in]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026145318/http://news.oneindia.in/2006/04/02/rajnis-chandramukhi-in-turkish-and-german-1143979538.html |archive-date=26 October 2014 |access-date=7 June 2011}}</ref> Following ''Chandramukhi''{{'}}s release, it was reported that [[AVM Productions]] was set to produce a film directed by [[S. Shankar|Shankar]] starring Rajinikanth – the largest collaboration yet for a Tamil film. The film was titled ''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'' and was released in the summer of 2007, following two years of filming and production. It became the first Tamil film to be charted as one of the "top-ten best films" of the United Kingdom and South Africa box offices upon release.<ref name="United Kingdom Box Office 15–17 June 2007">{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/uk/?yr=2007&wk=24&p=.htm |title=United Kingdom Box Office June 15–17, 2007 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626043750/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/uk/?yr=2007&wk=24&p=.htm |archive-date=26 June 2007 |access-date=18 June 2007}}</ref><ref name="South Africa Box Office 3–5 August 2007">{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/southafrica/?yr=2007&wk=31&p=.htm |title=South Africa Box Office August 3–5, 2007 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024011722/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/southafrica/?yr=2007&wk=31&p=.htm |archive-date=24 October 2007 |access-date=8 June 2007}}</ref> Rajinikanth received a salary of {{INRConvert|260|m|year=2007}}, for his role in the film highest in his film career at that time.<ref name="Neha">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Rapchik-Rajinikanth-mind-it/Article1-606098.aspx |title=Rapchik Rajinikanth, mind it! |last=Sharma |first=Neha |date=29 September 2010 |work=[[The Hindustan Times]] |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224090431/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Rapchik-Rajinikanth-mind-it/Article1-606098.aspx |archive-date=24 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-17/news-interviews/28228019_1_hero-worship-mgr-sivaji-ganesan |title=What makes Rajinikanth the Boss? |last=Varma |first=Anuradha |date=17 October 2010 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=13 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104110543/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-17/news-interviews/28228019_1_hero-worship-mgr-sivaji-ganesan |archive-date=4 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1062351/report-after-brangelina-its-rajinikanth |title=After Brangelina, it's Rajinikanth |last=Vilakudy |first=Rajaneesh |date=5 November 2006 |website=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014080020/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1062351/report-after-brangelina-its-rajinikanth |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> He received his sixteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. During the production of ''Sivaji'', [[Soundarya Rajinikanth]] announced her intention of producing a computer-generated imagery film starring an animated version of her father titled ''Sultan: The Warrior''. The film was set for release in 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2010/rajinikanth-sultan-rechristened-hara-251010.html |title=Rajinikanth's Sultan rechristened as Hara |date=25 October 2010 |work=OneIndia |access-date=27 March 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707231049/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2010/rajinikanth-sultan-rechristened-hara-251010.html |archive-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-12-13/news/27690498_1_soundarya-rajnikant-film-sultan-the-warrior |title=Animated film on Rajnikant to be released in December 2008 |date=13 December 2007 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=9 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015023424/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-12-13/news/27690498_1_soundarya-rajnikant-film-sultan-the-warrior |archive-date=15 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> however, it entered [[development hell]], and its development status would become unknown over the next few years.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-29/news-interviews/31475535_1_superstar-rajinikanth-rana-soundarya-rajinikanth |title=The day Rajini took ill |last=Ramanujam |first=Srinivas |date=29 April 2012 |access-date=9 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015111052/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-29/news-interviews/31475535_1_superstar-rajinikanth-rana-soundarya-rajinikanth |archive-date=15 October 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Rajinikanth 2010 - still 113555 crop.jpg|thumbnail|Rajinikanth at the [[Enthiran (soundtrack)|''Enthiran'' (2010) soundtrack]] release event in [[Mumbai]]|alt=|left]]
He worked with P. Vasu again for ''[[Kuselan]]'', a remake of the Malayalam film ''[[Kadha Parayumbol]]'', which was made simultaneously in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Kathanayakudu (2008 film)|Kathanayakudu]]'', in which Rajinikanth played an extended cameo role as Ashok Kumar, a film star in the Indian cinema, and as a best friend to the film's protagonist. According to Rajinikanth, the film somewhat narrated his early life.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/01ssk3.htm |title=Pasupathy, the real star of Kuselan |last=P |first=Krishnakumar |date=1 August 2008 |website=Rediff.com |publisher=Rediff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802201524/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/01ssk3.htm |archive-date=2 August 2011 |access-date=12 June 2011}}</ref> The film, however, performed poorly at box offices and led to many distributors incurring major losses.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/kuselan/featured/3 |title=Kollywood in a flap |last=Pillai |first=Sreedhar |date=20 August 2008 |access-date=24 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616205822/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/kuselan/featured/3 |archive-date=16 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> Rajinikanth also stated that he would work with [[Pyramid Saimira]] again to compensate for ''Kuselan''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?238204 |title=Hope Floats For SRK |last=Iyengar |first=Pushpa |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|The Outlook]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028041643/http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?238204 |archive-date=28 October 2011 |access-date=30 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=10&contentid=2008121620081216010601113f7794623 |title=Kuselan may spark Tamil film boycott |last=S |first=Shyam Prasad |date=16 December 2008 |work=[[Bangalore Mirror]] |access-date=24 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524180750/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=10&contentid=2008121620081216010601113f7794623 |archive-date=24 May 2013}}</ref>{{Quote box
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| source = —[[Rediff.com]] on Rajinikanth's performance in ''[[Enthiran]]'' (2010)<ref name="Rajini in Enthiran">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-best-tamil-actors-of-2010/20101214.htm |title=Rajinikanth in Endhiran |date=14 December 2010 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527010449/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-best-tamil-actors-of-2010/20101214.htm |archive-date=27 May 2011 |access-date=12 July 2011}}</ref>
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}}"Is there anything left to be said about a man who, at 61, still manages to star in one of the most successful films of the year, not just in the south, but across India? Superstar Rajni once again proved that he is the actor with the Midas touch with the sci-fi flick ''Enthiran'', where he played an ambitious scientist, a naive robot and an evil android bent on destroying the world [...] He did it with such aplomb that he's been the talk of the town for months. He might do one film in two years, but when he does, he pulls out all the stops."
Rajinikanth worked again with Shankar for the science fiction film ''[[Enthiran]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/chulbul-pandey-now-lives-in-chennai/729300/ |title=Chulbul Pandey Now Lives in Chennai |last=Gupta |first=Shubhra |date=26 December 2010 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=2 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211152620/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/chulbul-pandey-now-lives-in-chennai/729300/ |archive-date=11 February 2011}}</ref> The film was released worldwide in 2010 as the most expensive Indian film ever made, ultimately becoming the second highest-grossing film in India of its time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/youdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=2082&nCat=you_asked_it |title=Is It True That Endhiran Will Gross Than Three Idiots? |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006050841/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/youdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=2082&nCat=you_asked_it |archive-date=6 October 2010 |access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="162crores">{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/Ndtv-Show-Special-Story.aspx?from=bottomrelated&ID=538&StoryID=ENTEN20100154445 |title=Rajini's Endhiran: A sell out in Chennai |publisher=[[NDTV]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106150430/http://movies.ndtv.com/Ndtv-Show-Special-Story.aspx?from=bottomrelated&ID=538&StoryID=ENTEN20100154445 |archive-date=6 November 2012 |access-date=26 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=2171&nCat=box_office_news |title=Endhiran — The Robot Expected Lifetime Business |date=1 November 2010 |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216100921/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=2171&nCat=box_office_news |archive-date=16 February 2013 |access-date=4 January 2011}}</ref> Rajinikanth was paid a remuneration of {{INRConvert|450|m|year=2010}} for the film.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/avatar-technology-powers-rajnikant-in-enthir/673748/ |title=Avatar technology powers Rajnikant in Enthiran |date=28 August 2010 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124071605/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/avatar-technology-powers-rajnikant-in-enthir/673748 |archive-date=24 November 2010}}</ref> He received his seventeenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. The film's success lead to the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]] to use the film as a case study to analyse the business of cinema and its success story in a post-graduate elective management course called ''Contemporary Film Industry: A Business Perspective''. The course would also study ''Muthu''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-23/india/28227042_1_case-study-iim-rajinikanth |title=Rajinikanth's Enthiran – Case study in IIM A |date=23 December 2010 |access-date=9 April 2011 |location=India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122818/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-23/india/28227042_1_case-study-iim-rajinikanth |archive-date=25 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== 2011–2014: Hospitalisation and return ===
In January 2011, Rajinikanth was slated to appear in ''Rana'', a period film to be produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, who would work with the actor for a third time.<ref name=raana/> During the [[principal photography]] of the film on 29 April 2011, he suffered a mild [[foodborne illness]] on the sets, which led to vomiting, dehydration, and exhaustion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_rajinikanth-admitted-to-hospital_1537595 |title=Rajinikanth admitted to hospital – Entertainment – DNA |date=29 April 2011 |website=Daily News and Analysis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818115734/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_rajinikanth-admitted-to-hospital_1537595 |archive-date=18 August 2011 |access-date=14 July 2011}}</ref> He was treated at St. Isabel's Hospital for a day before being discharged.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/rajinikanth-hospitalised-news-news-le3q2ebeebh.html |title=Rajinikanth hospitalised |website=[[Sify]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811141240/http://www.sify.com/movies/rajinikanth-hospitalised-news-news-le3q2ebeebh.html |archive-date=11 August 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref> Five days later, he was rushed to the same hospital again after suffering from breathlessness and fever.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajinikanth-again-hospitalised/1/138159.html |title=Actor Rajinikanth hospitalised again |last=ITGD Bureau |date=14 May 2011 |website=[[India Today]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014172404/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajinikanth-again-hospitalised/1/138159.html |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref> He was diagnosed with [[bronchitis]] and was kept at the hospital for a week, while also spending a few days in an [[intensive care unit]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Rajini-writes-letter-to-fans-says-he-will-be-back-soon/Article1-710881.aspx |title=Rajini writes letter to fans, says he will be back soon |date=18 June 2011 |work=The Hindustan Times |access-date=1 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621070954/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Rajini-writes-letter-to-fans-says-he-will-be-back-soon/Article1-710881.aspx |archive-date=21 June 2011}}</ref> Several conflicting reports of discharge dates arose, as well as claims of Rajinikanth's health deteriorating.<ref name="ndtv" /> Two days after his last discharge, Rajinikanth was admitted to the [[Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute]] on 16 May 2011 for recurring respiratory and gastrointestinal problems.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/modi-to-visit-rajini-in-hospital-105754 |title=Modi To Visit Rajini in Hospital |publisher=NDTV |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216130427/http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/modi-to-visit-rajini-in-hospital-105754 |archive-date=16 December 2013 |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref> The hospital maintained that Rajinikanth was in stable condition and showed positive response to treatment.<ref name="ndtv">{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?id=ENTEN20110175793&keyword=regional§ion=Movies&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA |title=Rajinikanth's Condition Stable: Hospital |publisher=NDTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210090601/http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/rajinikanth-s-condition-stable-hospital-106385 |archive-date=10 February 2014 |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref> It was widely reported that he required a [[kidney transplantation]], which was later denied by [[Dhanush]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-01/chennai/29608004_1_dhanush-isabel-hospital-national-award |title=Rajini will soon be back to complete 'Raana': Dhanush |date=1 June 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905124113/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-01/chennai/29608004_1_dhanush-isabel-hospital-national-award |archive-date=5 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 21 May 2011, [[Aishwarya R. Dhanush|Aishwarya Rajinikanth]] released a photo of her and Rajinikanth in his hospital ward, both posing with a [[thumbs signal]], responding to fans' negative reaction to news reports.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-23/chennai/29573758_1_private-ward-icu-senior-doctor |title=Rajinikanth out of ICU, moved into private ward |date=23 May 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905124119/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-23/chennai/29573758_1_private-ward-icu-senior-doctor |archive-date=5 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> The hospital restricted unauthorised visitors.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-06/chennai/29516197_1_rajinikanth-triple-role-enthiran |title=Rajini getting better, say docs as fans pray for their superstar |date=6 May 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122809/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-06/chennai/29516197_1_rajinikanth-triple-role-enthiran |archive-date=25 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> Rajinikanth's brother, Sathyanarayana Rao Gaekwad, reported that the cause of the sudden illness was due to stress from rapid weight-loss and changes in diet, as well as [[alcohol withdrawal syndrome|withdrawal of alcohol consumption]] and [[smoking cessation]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rajini-suffering-from-lung-liver-ailment-brother-106258 |title=Rajini suffering from lung, liver ailment: Brother |date=17 May 2011 |publisher=NDTV |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520205352/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rajini-suffering-from-lung-liver-ailment-brother-106258 |archive-date=20 May 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref> After addressing fans in a 4-minute [[digital recording|digitally recorded]] [[voice message]] to the media, Rajinikanth, under the advice of Amitabh Bachchan, travelled from Chennai to Singapore with his family on 21 May 2011, where he was to undergo further treatment for [[nephropathy]] at [[Mount Elizabeth Hospital]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/international-news-of-the-week-111060400093_1.html |title=International news of the week |date=4 June 2011 |work=[[Business Standard]] |access-date=17 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620163528/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/international-news-of-the-week-111060400093_1.html |archive-date=20 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/rajini-in-singapore-hospital-on-big-b-s-advice_709858.html |title=Rajini in Singapore hospital on Big B's advice |date=30 May 2011 |publisher=[[Zee News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712183018/http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/rajini-in-singapore-hospital-on-big-b-s-advice_709858.html |archive-date=12 July 2011 |access-date=14 July 2011}}</ref> After spending over two weeks at the hospital, he was finally discharged on 15 June 2011 and continued to recuperate in Singapore, before returning to Chennai on 13 July 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/rajnikanth-fine-recovering-well-dhanush/article2065995.ece |title=Rajnikanth fine, recovering well: Dhanush |date=31 May 2011 |work=The Hindu |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015080939/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/rajnikanth-fine-recovering-well-dhanush/article2065995.ece |archive-date=15 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/rajinikanth-to-return-tonight-118777 |title=Rajinikanth to return tonight |date=14 July 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102184246/http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/rajinikanth-to-return-tonight-118777 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref>
Despite several failed attempts to restart ''Rana'' upon his return, Rajinikanth reprised his ''Enthiran'' character, Chitti, in the Bollywood science-fiction film ''[[Ra.One]]'' (2011) in a guest appearance alongside [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Kareena Kapoor]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-16/news-interviews/30164710_1_superhero-flick-raone-rajinikanth |title=Rajinikanth's cameo RA.One |last=Rudrappa |first=Chetan |date=16 September 2011 |access-date=2 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122823/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-16/news-interviews/30164710_1_superhero-flick-raone-rajinikanth |archive-date=25 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2011, it was decided that ''Rana'' would be shelved in favour of a new project, titled ''[[Kochadaiiyaan]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-29/news-interviews/28378236_1_rajinikanth-film-muthu-and-padayappa |title=Rana, a triple delight for Rajini fans |last=Bharti Dubey, TNN, 29 January 2011, 05.42 pm IST |date=29 January 2011 |access-date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524072144/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-29/news-interviews/28378236_1_rajinikanth-film-muthu-and-padayappa |archive-date=24 May 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film became a huge disaster at the box office.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/now-kochadaiyaan-producers-in-financial-tangle/article6729035.ece |title=Now Kochadaiyaan producers in financial tangle |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=18 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107130420/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/now-kochadaiyaan-producers-in-financial-tangle/article6729035.ece |archive-date=7 January 2017 |date=27 December 2014 |last1=Kandavel |first1=Sangeetha}}</ref> The [[motion capture]] film, which is the first of its kind in India, was released in 2014 to positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kochadaiiyaan-review-roundup-commendable-attempt-by-soundarya-worth-watching-600846 |title='Kochadaiiyaan' Review Roundup: Commendable Attempt by Soundarya; Worth Watching |date=23 May 2014 |work=[[International Business Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107130410/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kochadaiiyaan-review-roundup-commendable-attempt-by-soundarya-worth-watching-600846 |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=24 May 2014}}</ref> ''Kochadaiiyaan'', and the 3D release of ''Sivaji'' in 2012,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/movie-review-rajinikanth-s-sivaji-3d-303788 |title=Movie Review: Rajinikanth's Sivaji 3D |date=11 December 2012 |website=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |publisher=[[NDTV]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527015330/http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/movie-review-rajinikanth-s-sivaji-3d-303788 |archive-date=27 May 2014 |access-date=14 April 2014}}</ref> made Rajinikanth the first Indian actor to have appeared in four different forms of world cinema: [[black-and-white]], [[colour film|colour]], [[3D film|3D]] and [[motion capture]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130403/entertainment-kollywood/article/rajini-%E2%80%98cannes%E2%80%99 |title=Rajini 'Cannes' |date=3 April 2013 |work=Deccan Chronicle |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310063752/http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130403/entertainment-kollywood/article/rajini-%E2%80%98cannes%E2%80%99 |archive-date=10 March 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref> Following the completion of ''Kochadaiiyaan'', Rajinikanth began work in Ravikumar's next directorial venture, titled ''[[Lingaa]].'' <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Sona-presses-the-rewind-button/articleshow/34320366.cms |title=Sona presses the rewind button |date=28 April 2014 |work=Mumbai Mirror |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001062519/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Sona-presses-the-rewind-button/articleshow/34320366.cms |archive-date=1 October 2014 |access-date=2 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/superstar-rajinikanths-next-is-lingaa/article5960175.ece |title=Superstar Rajinikanth's next is Lingaa |date=29 April 2014 |newspaper=The Hindu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920045726/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/superstar-rajinikanths-next-is-lingaa/article5960175.ece |archive-date=20 September 2014 |access-date=2 May 2014 |last1=Subramanian |first1=Karthik}}</ref> The film was released on 12 December 2014, coinciding with his birthday,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/lingaa-stamped-u-rating-rajinikanth-starrer-confirmed-12-december-release-615162 |title='Lingaa' Stamped with 'U' Rating; Rajinikanth Starrer Confirmed for 12 December Release |date=26 November 2014 |work=International Business Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220031320/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/lingaa-stamped-u-rating-rajinikanth-starrer-confirmed-12-december-release-615162 |archive-date=20 February 2015 |access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref> and received mixed reviews from critics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/I-take-responsibility-flaws-in-Lingaa-KS-Ravikumar/articleshow/45585327.cms |title=I take responsibility for the book scene in Lingaa: KS Ravikumar |date=21 December 2014 |website=The Times of India |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225122829/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/I-take-responsibility-flaws-in-Lingaa-KS-Ravikumar/articleshow/45585327.cms |archive-date=25 December 2014 |access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref>
=== 2016–present: ''Kabali'' and beyond ===
After a two-year absence from big screen, Rajinikanth's next film was director [[Pa. Ranjith]]'s crime drama ''[[Kabali (film)|Kabali]]'', produced by [[S. Thanu]]. The film was released in July 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-kabali-review-round-up-this-is-what-critics-are-saying-about-the-rajinikanth-blockbuster-2236945 |title=Kabali review round-up: This is what critics are saying about the Rajinikanth blockbuster |date=22 July 2016 |work=Daily News and Analysis |access-date=25 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725052356/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-kabali-review-round-up-this-is-what-critics-are-saying-about-the-rajinikanth-blockbuster-2236945 |archive-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> The film became the [[List of Tamil films of 2016|highest grossing Tamil film]] of the year grossing over {{INRConvert|300|c|lk=c|year=2020}} and became the [[List of highest-grossing Tamil films|fifth highest-grossing Tamil film of all time]] before being surpassed by his another film ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]''.{{#tag:ref|Box office gross values of {{INR}}650 crore were reported for ''Kabali'' in the first 13 days by several organisations including ''Financial Express'' and ''Indian Express'',<ref name="Financial Express 650 crore 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/334390/kabali-box-office-collections-at-over-rs-650-cr-rajinikanth-starrer-is-now-no-1-movie-in-india/4/|title=Rajinikanth starrer Kabali box office collections rise to over Rs 650 crore, turns No. 1 movie in India – The Financial Express|date=1 August 2016|access-date=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Financial Express 650 crore 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/334390/kabali-box-office-collections-at-over-rs-650-cr-rajinikanth-starrer-is-now-no-1-movie-in-india/3/|title=Rajinikanth starrer Kabali box office collections rise to over Rs 650 crore, turns No. 1 movie in India – The Financial Express|date=1 August 2016|access-date=7 August 2016}}</ref> which were more than double the estimates made by other sources.<ref name="IBT 675 questioned">{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kabali-box-office-collection-reports-rajinikanth-starrer-raking-rs-675-crore-13-days-are-fake-688881|title='Kabali' box office collection: Reports of Rajinikanth-starrer raking in Rs. 675 crore in 13 days are fake|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805214307/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kabali-box-office-collection-reports-rajinikanth-starrer-raking-rs-675-crore-13-days-are-fake-688881|archive-date=5 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''International Business Times'' (IBT) and ''[[Firstpost]]'' criticized these estimates as inflated, explaining the discrepancy as due in part to the addition of "pre-release business" figures, such as music and satellite rights sales of {{INR}}200 crore,<ref name="Firstpost 600 questioned" /> being factored into the box office sales totals.<ref name="IBT 675 questioned" /> ''Firstpost'' wrote, "More conservative estimates put Kabali's collections at around Rs 300 crores from worldwide ticket sales."<ref name="Firstpost 600 questioned">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/rajinikanth-kabali-has-earned-rs-600-crore-at-the-global-box-office-or-has-it-2932578.html|title=Rajinikanth's Kabali has earned Rs 600 crore at the global box office. Or has it? – Firstpost|date=3 August 2016|access-date=7 August 2016}}</ref> IBT's analysts in August 2016 estimated the film's worldwide gross total of its first 13 days at around {{INR|350 crore}} (US${{To USD|3500|IND|year=2016}} million).<ref name="IBT 350 crore">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kabali-box-office-collection-rajinikanth-starrer-beats-7-big-records-baahubali-bahubali-688964 |title='Kabali' Box Office collection |work=International Business Times India|date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805071102/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kabali-box-office-collection-rajinikanth-starrer-beats-7-big-records-baahubali-bahubali-688964|archive-date=5 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> <br> Figures given in December 2016 by ''Financial Express'' indicated an estimated domestic gross of {{INR}}215 crore and an overseas gross of {{INR}}262 crore, which total {{INR}}477 crore.<ref name="IE Dec 2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/entertainment/rajinikanth-birthday-today-as-superstar-rajni-turns-65-wishes-pour-in/471636/|title=Rajinikanth birthday today; As superstar Rajni turns 65, wishes pour in|date=12 December 2016}}</ref> A figure of USD$77 million given by ''Forbes'' in May 2017 converted to approximately {{INR}}493–499 crore.<!--Method: {{INRConvert|493|c|year=2016}}
NOTE: Since the Forbes source doesn't mention a specific INR value, and is presumably using 2017 US dollars to talk about the gross of a 2016 Indian film, we're forced to extrapolate a range of INR values under 500, and the highest possible is 499. --><ref name="Forbes 77 mil USD">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/05/11/armies-of-ajith-fans-mobilize-to-blast-vivegam-teaser-to-record-views/#4d79d92716eb|title=Armies Of Ajith Fans Mobilize To Blast 'Vivegam' Teaser To Record Views|access-date=13 May 2017|work=Forbes|quote=Kabali, which starred blockbuster hero Rajinikanth, went on to gross nearly 5 billion rupees (US$77 million) worldwide, making it the 6th highest grossing Indian film in history at the time.}}</ref> According to ''International Business Times'' in October 2017, ''Kabali''{{'}}s final worldwide gross was around {{INRConvert|286|c}}.<ref name="IBT Oct 2017">{{cite news|last=Upadhyaya|first=Prakash|title=Mersal box office collection: A crowning-moment for Vijay as his film joins Rs 200-crore club|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/mersal-12-days-box-office-collection-crowning-vijay-film-joins-rs-200-crore-club-2nd-weekend-747432|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=30 October 2017}}</ref>|group=n|name=Kabali}} Also, at the [[Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards]], the film was nominated at five categories winning all of them,<ref>{{cite web |date=14 January 2017|last=Arul|title=Rajinikanth, Vijay, Sasikumar at Vikatan awards - Photos|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/photos/rajinikanth-vijay-sasikumar-vikatan-awards-9850-slide-57502|access-date=31 December 2020|website=IBTimes India|language=en}}</ref> and also won five awards, at the [[Edison Awards (India)|Edison Awards]], and two nominations at the [[6th South Indian International Movie Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SIIMA 2017 Nomination List – Tamil|url=http://siima.in/2017/nominations.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170531085328/http://siima.in/2017/nominations.html|archive-date=31 May 2017|access-date=31 May 2017|publisher=[[South Indian International Movie Awards]]}}</ref> He also received his eighteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film.
In August 2016, it was announced that Rajinikanth and director Ranjith would work together again for a film with Dhanush as producer, titled ''[[Kaala (2018 film)|Kaala]]'', in which Rajinikanth plays a [[Dharavi]]-dwelling gangster who fights against corporate takeover of the slum.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/rajinikanthranjith-combo-under-dhanushs-production-soon/article9046675.ece Rajinikanth-Ranjith combo under Dhanush's production soon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830160909/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/rajinikanthranjith-combo-under-dhanushs-production-soon/article9046675.ece |date=30 August 2016 }}. The Hindu (29 August 2016). Retrieved on 3 November 2016.</ref> The film was officially released on 7 June 2018 and received positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/tamil-movies-kaala-box-office-update-rajinikanths-latest-offering-starts-picking-up-at-the-ticket-windows-3101544/|title=Rajinikanth's Kaala Witnesses an Upward Trend at the Box Office - Read Details|last=Desk|first=India com Entertainment|date=9 June 2018|website=India.com|language=en|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> In 2018 he also appeared in [[S. Shankar]]'s ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]'' reprising the roles of Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti, alongside [[Akshay Kumar]] and [[Amy Jackson]].<ref name="TOI">{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Akshay-Kumar-plays-the-villain-in-Robot-2/articleshow/50203162.cms |title=Akshay Kumar plays the villain in 'Robot 2' |website=The Times of India |access-date=15 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613065129/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Akshay-Kumar-plays-the-villain-in-Robot-2/articleshow/50203162.cms |archive-date=13 June 2018 |url-status=live|last1=Iyer |first1=Meena }}</ref> The film was released on 29 November 2018 and was commercially successful at the box office. The film earned over {{INRConvert|117.34|c}} worldwide on its first day, which was the second-highest ever for an Indian film. The film crossed {{INRConvert|520|c|year=2018}} in its opening weekend to be the highest-grossing film worldwide for that week. The film also grossed over {{INRConvert|655.81|c}}{{Ndash}}{{INRConvert|800|c|lk=c}} at the box office became the [[List of Tamil films of 2018|highest-grossing Tamil film]] of the year and [[List of highest-grossing Tamil films|second highest grossing Tamil film of all time]].<ref>{{Cite news |title='2.0' final box office collection all format: The Rajinikanth starrer helmed by S. Shankar is the sixth highest grossing Indian film ever - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/2-0-final-box-office-collection-all-format-the-rajinikanth-starrer-helmed-by-s-shankar-is-the-sixth-highest-grossing-indian-film-ever/articleshow/67989955.cms |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> ''2.0'' is the [[List of highest-grossing films in India|fourth highest-grossing film in India]] and is the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films#Global gross figures|seventh highest-grossing Indian film worldwide]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4535|title=Top All Time India Grossers All Formats – 2.0 Second |website=Box Office India|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4533|title=2.0 All India Update – Crosses 400 Crore NETT|website= Box Office India|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref> In 2019, Rajinikanth starred in [[Karthik Subbaraj]]'s ''[[Petta (film)|Petta]]'', in which his performance received praise for his return to his vintage stereotypical style of acting and grossed over {{INRConvert|250|c}}, becoming the [[List of Tamil films of 2019|second highest-grossing Tamil film]] of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/box-office/article/rs-1000-crore-thats-how-much-rajinikanths-three-films-grossed-at-the-worldwide-box-office-in-a-span-of-7-months/358526|title=Rs 1000 crore! That's how much Rajinikanth's three films grossed at the box office in a span of 7 months|website=timesnownews|date=2 February 2019|access-date=4 November 2019}}</ref> The combined gross earnings of ''Kaala'', ''2.0'' and ''Petta'' by the end of January 2019 was determined to be over {{INR}} 1000 crore according to trade analysts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/box-office/article/rs-1000-crore-thats-how-much-rajinikanths-three-films-grossed-at-the-worldwide-box-office-in-a-span-of-7-months/358526 |title=Rs 1000 crore! That's how much Rajinikanth's three films grossed at the worldwide box office in a span of 7 months | Entertainment News |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212029/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/box-office/article/rs-1000-crore-thats-how-much-rajinikanths-three-films-grossed-at-the-worldwide-box-office-in-a-span-of-7-months/358526 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Rajinikanth worked with [[AR Murugadoss]] in the film ''[[Darbar (film)|Darbar]]'', alongside [[Nayanthara]] which released in 2020. He played the role of a police officer after 27 years since his last film as a police officer was the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Pandian (film)|Pandian]]''. Despite the film receiving mixed reviews, the film grossed {{INRConvert|250|c}} crore at the box office,<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2020 |title=Darbar box office: Film ends up as a colossal flop, distributors plan to approach Rajinikanth |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/darbar-box-office-film-ends-up-as-a-colossal-flop-distributors-plan-to-approach-rajinikanth/story-j7miLvAkLvmFHhqd59cuLM.html|access-date=28 August 2020 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 January 2020 |title=Rajinikanth's Darbar is AR Murugadoss' failure |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/opinion-entertainment/rajinikanth-darbar-is-ar-murugadoss-failure-6208719/|access-date=28 August 2020 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> making it one of Rajinikanth's highest-grossing films and the [[List of Tamil films of 2020|highest-grossing Tamil films of 2020]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-21|title=Darbar enters Rs 200 crore club, fifth Rajinikanth film to achieve feat|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/darbar-enters-rs-200-crore-club-fifth-rajinikanth-film-to-achieve-feat/story-nzjTEHMUkCqZVJgDk6DzQP.html|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> The next project of Rajinikanth was with director [[Siva (director)|Siva]], the film titled ''[[Annaatthe]]'' alongside Nayanthara and [[Keerthy Suresh]] and where he played role of a protective brother. The film was released on 4 November 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajinikanth's Annaatthe to hit screens on November 4 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/rajinikanths-annaatthe-to-hit-screens-on-november-4/articleshow/80450919.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126184148/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/rajinikanths-annaatthe-to-hit-screens-on-november-4/articleshow/80450919.cms |archive-date=26 January 2021 |access-date=25 January 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The film became a commercial success at the box office by grossing around {{INRConvert| 240|c|lk=c|year=2021}} beating the collections made by other Tamil films like ''[[Master (2021 film)|Master]]'' and ''[[Maanaadu]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/rajinikanth-pays-surprise-visit-to-annaatthe-director-siruthai-siva-carries-this-gift-4540088.html|title=Rajinikanth Pays Surprise Visit to Annaatthe Director Siruthai Siva, Carries This Gift|website=[[News18]]|date=10 December 2021 |access-date=10 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Annaatthe Box Office Rajinikanth Starrer Becomes One Of The Biggest Blockbuster of The Year Enters 200 Crore Club |url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/annaatthe-box-office-rajinikanth-starrer-becomes-biggest-blockbuster-of-the-year-enters-%e2%82%b9200-crore-club-5096002/ |access-date=2022-01-03 |website=www.india.com |date=15 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=K. |first=Janani |date=14 November 2021 |title=Annaatthe box office collection Day 10: Rajinikanth film is still going strong |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/annaatthe-box-office-collection-day-10-rajinikanth-film-is-still-going-strong-1876495-2021-11-14 |access-date=14 November 2021 |website=India Today |archive-date=14 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114040425/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/annaatthe-box-office-collection-day-10-rajinikanth-film-is-still-going-strong-1876495-2021-11-14 |url-status=live }}</ref>
His next 169th film is with director [[Nelson Dilipkumar|Nelson]] which was tentatively titled ''Thalaivar 169''. On 17 June 2022, the titled was announced to be ''[[Jailer (film)|Jailer]]'' and Rajinikanth will be playing an experienced jailer in the film.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 February 2022 |title=Rajinikanth teams up with Nelson for 'Thalaivar 169' |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/rajinikanth-teams-up-with-nelson-for-thalaivar-169/article38407701.ece |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210152043/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/rajinikanth-teams-up-with-nelson-for-thalaivar-169/article38407701.ece |archive-date=10 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 June 2022 |title=Nelson-Rajinikanth's Thalaivar 169 titled Jailer |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/news/2022/jun/17/nelson-rajinikanths-thalaivar-169-titled-jailer-32155.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619123732/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/news/2022/jun/17/nelson-rajinikanths-thalaivar-169-titled-jailer-32155.html |archive-date=19 June 2022 |access-date=8 July 2022 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 June 2022 |title=#Thalaivar169 by Nelson Dilipkumar titled Jailer |url=https://www.dtnext.in/cinema/2022/06/17/thalaivar169-by-nelson-dilipkumar-titled-jailer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617083037/https://www.dtnext.in/cinema/2022/06/17/thalaivar169-by-nelson-dilipkumar-titled-jailer |archive-date=17 June 2022 |access-date=17 June 2022 |website=[[DT Next]]}}</ref> The film will be released theatrically in August 2023. Rajinikanth will be doing an extended cameo in his daughter [[Aishwarya Rajinikanth]]'s directorial comeback titled ''Lal Salaam.'' His next 170th film is with director [[T. J. Gnanavel]] which is tentatively titled ''Thalaivar 170'' and he will be playing the role of Muslim cop. The film will be released in 2024. His next 171st film is with director [[Lokesh Kanagaraj]] which is tentatively titled ''Thalaivar 171.''
==Political career==
[[File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh presented the Entertainer of the Year Award to Shri Rajnikanth, at the 'NDTV Indian of the Year Awards Function', in New Delhi on January 17, 2008.jpg|thumb|right|alt=|Rajinikanth receiving the 2008 NDTV Entertainer of the Year Award from prime minister [[Manmohan Singh]]]]
Rajinikanth said: "Even God cannot save Tamil Nadu if AIADMK returns to power." Rajinikanth wholeheartedly supported the DMK and Tamil Mannila Congress alliance and asked the people of Tamil Nadu and his fans to vote for that alliance. This alliance had a complete victory in 1996. Rajinikanth also supported the DMK-Tamil Mannila Congress alliance in the [[1996 Indian general election]] and [[1998 Indian general election]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/highlights/01-01-99/yearhig2.htm |title=Tamil Cinema 1998-Year Highlights (Part-2) |date=21 January 1998 |access-date=23 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620181502/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/highlights/01-01-99/yearhig2.htm |archive-date=20 June 2008 |publisher=Dinakaran}}</ref>
Later in 2004, Rajinikanth said he would personally vote for the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) but would not extend his support to any front during the [[2004 Indian general election|upcoming Indian general election]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/28einter2.htm |title=Rajnikanth is a firm believer in Hindutva |date=28 April 2004 |publisher=Rediff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530202050/http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/28einter2.htm |archive-date=30 May 2013 |access-date=12 June 2013}}</ref> The party, however, failed to win any seats in Tamil Nadu in the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-05-17/news/27657995_1_aiadmk-mps-mdmk-lone-puducherry-seat |title=AIADMK entering Parliament after five years |date=17 May 2009 |work=The Times of India |access-date=8 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025061624/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-05-17/news/27657995_1_aiadmk-mps-mdmk-lone-puducherry-seat |archive-date=25 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Rajinikanth canceled his visit to Sri Lanka on March 2017 at the urging of Tamil Nadu politicians. Leaders of the BJP criticized this choice.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/bjp-subramanian-swamy-says-rajinikanth-and-other-tamil-film-actors-are-chickens--news-182095 | title=Swamy and other BJP leaders criticise Rajinikanth - News | date=25 March 2017 }}</ref> In June 2017, BJP leader [[Subramanian Swamy]] alleged that Rajinikanth was illiterate and unfit for politics. He also accused Rajinikanth of financial fraud, claiming that he has strong proof of financial irregularities by Rajinikanth that will bring down Rajinikanth's political aspirations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/swamy-vs-superstar-rajini-has-committed-financial-fraud-should-not-enter-politics-64137 | title=Swamy vs Superstar: 'Rajini has committed financial fraud, should not enter politics' | date=24 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/250617/subramanian-swamys-outbursts-on-rajinikanth-follows-speculations.html | title=Subramanian Swamy's outbursts on Rajinikanth follows speculations | date=25 June 2017 }}</ref>
However several political analysts state Rajinikanth has missed his chance and unlike 1996 when he was at his peak it will be very difficult for him to make a significant impact in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/opinion-entertainment/why-rajinikanth-hasnt-taken-the-plunge-it-is-not-1996-any-more-4658857/ |title=Why Rajinikanth hasn't taken the plunge: It is not 1996 anymore |work=The Indian Express |author=Kavitha Muralidharan |date=16 May 2017 |access-date=24 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709062901/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/opinion-entertainment/why-rajinikanth-hasnt-taken-the-plunge-it-is-not-1996-any-more-4658857/ |archive-date=9 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/the-political-opportunity-for-rajinikanth-has-come-and-gone/story-GyC5mlbQYuK1MaSpEXSu1L.html |title=The political opportunity for Rajinikanth has come and gone |work=Hindustan Times |author=Viju Cherian |date=12 December 2016 |access-date=24 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725170226/https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/the-political-opportunity-for-rajinikanth-has-come-and-gone/story-GyC5mlbQYuK1MaSpEXSu1L.html |archive-date=25 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/rajini-no-political-superstar-718935.html |title=Rajini no political superstar, may have missed his day |work=Deccan Herald |author=ETB Sivapriyan |date=17 February 2019 |access-date=24 November 2019 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011190649/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/rajini-no-political-superstar-718935.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
Rajinikanth announced entry into politics on 31 December 2017 and confirmed his intention to contest in the 2021 [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] elections in all 234 constituencies. He stated that his party would resign if it was unable to fulfill its electoral promises within three years of coming into power.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/rajinikanth-to-end-suspense-political-announcement-soon-10-points-1794019?pfrom=home-topscroll |title=Rajnimanth joins politics and announced a new party |date=31 December 2017 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=1 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231191010/https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/rajinikanth-to-end-suspense-political-announcement-soon-10-points-1794019?pfrom=home-topscroll |archive-date=31 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Rajinikanth dissolved his organisation Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM) on 12 July 2021 and also said that he has no plans to enter politics in the future.<ref>{{Cite web |author=D. Govardan|date=12 July 2021 |title=Rajinikanth decides to dissolve Rajini Makkal Mandram {{!}} Chennai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/rajinikanth-decides-to-dissolve-rajini-makkal-mandram/articleshow/84337959.cms |access-date=2021-07-13 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
== Public image ==
[[File:Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg|thumb|right|Rajinikanth at Premiere of the film [[Kochadaiiyaan]] (2014)]]
Rajinikanth is widely regarded as one of the most popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. His popularity has been attributed to "his uniquely styled {{sic|dialogues}} and idiosyncrasies in films, as well as his political statements and philanthropy".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/features/4300-who-rules-south-cinema-rajinikanth-or-kamal-haasan.html |title=Who rules South Cinema – Rajinikanth or Kamal Haasan? |date=28 September 2010 |publisher=Breakingnewsonline.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723032306/http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/features/4300-who-rules-south-cinema-rajinikanth-or-kamal-haasan.html |archive-date=23 July 2011 |access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref> Many also cite reasons for Rajinikanth's popularity as coming from his larger-than-life super-hero appearance in many films, supported by gravity-defying stunts and charismatic expressions, all while attempting to maintain modesty in real-life.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2267820/pagenum/all/#p2 |title=Superstar Rajinikanth!: The biggest movie star you've probably never heard of. – By Grady Hendrix – Slate Magazine |last=Hendrix |first=Grady |date=27 September 2010 |publisher=Slate.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315123608/http://www.slate.com/id/2267820/pagenum/all/ |archive-date=15 March 2011 |access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref> Almost every film of Rajinikanth has punchlines delivered by him in an inimitable style, and these punchlines often have a message or even warn the film's antagonists. These lines are usually fabricated to create new ones or even be taken in a comical way, but do not fail to create a sense of entertainment among viewers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesouthreports.com/profiles/blogs/rajini-delivers-a-punch |title=Rajini's Punch dialogues |publisher=thesouthreports.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325080027/http://www.thesouthreports.com/profiles/blogs/rajini-delivers-a-punch |archive-date=25 March 2011 |access-date=12 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-18/chennai/27783880_1_naan-oru-thadavu-sonna-nooru-thadava-sonna-mathiri-punch-lines |title=It doesn't get bigger than Rajinikanth |date=18 April 2008 |access-date=12 April 2011 |location=India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817082412/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-18/chennai/27783880_1_naan-oru-thadavu-sonna-nooru-thadava-sonna-mathiri-punch-lines |archive-date=17 August 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Rajinikanth is one of the highest-grossing actors in Tamil cinema history. After opening his first official Twitter account in 2014, Rajinikanth received over 210,000 followers within 24 hours, which according to ''[[The Economic Times]]'' was deemed by social media research firms as the fastest rate of followers for any Indian celebrity, as well as among the top-10 in the world.<ref name="rtwit">{{Cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/superstar-rajinikanth-proves-his-might-again-notches-over-2-4-lakh-followers-on-twitter-debut/articleshow/34744248.cms |title=Superstar Rajinikanth proves his might again, notches over 2.4 lakh followers on Twitter debut |last=Varuni |first=Khosla |date=7 May 2014 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=10 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510072930/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/superstar-rajinikanth-proves-his-might-again-notches-over-2-4-lakh-followers-on-twitter-debut/articleshow/34744248.cms |archive-date=10 May 2014}}</ref> In 2015, a film about his fandom, ''[[For the Love of a Man (film)|For the Love of a Man]]'', premiered at the [[71st Venice International Film Festival]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/venice-review-for-the-love-of-a-man-portrays-the-biggest-movie-star-youve-never-heard-of-20150905 |title=Venice Review: 'For the Love of a Man' Portrays the Biggest Movie Star You've Never Heard Of |date=5 September 2015 |publisher=Indiewire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204143900/http://www.indiewire.com/article/venice-review-for-the-love-of-a-man-portrays-the-biggest-movie-star-youve-never-heard-of-20150905 |archive-date=4 February 2016 |access-date=5 February 2016}}</ref>
===Comments on social issues===
[[File:Rajinikanth and Vijay at the Nadigar Sangam Protest.jpg|thumb|Rajinikanth with [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] at a [[2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing|Kaveri water sharing protest]] by the [[Nadigar Sangam]] in 2018]]
In 2002, Rajinikanth undertook a day-long fast to protest the [[Government of Karnataka]]'s [[Kaveri River water dispute|decision to not release Kaveri River water into Tamil Nadu]], and announced that he would contribute {{INRConvert|10|m}} toward a plan to interlink Indian rivers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/13cau2.htm |title=Rediff India News: Rajinikanth fasts for Kaveri waters |date=13 October 2002 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430054103/http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/13cau2.htm |archive-date=30 April 2009 |access-date=23 September 2009}}</ref> He met with Indian Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and many experts to canvass support for the project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/14cau.htm |title=Rediff India News:Rajinikanth to meet Indian PM |date=14 October 2002 |publisher=Rediff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430065605/http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/14cau.htm |archive-date=30 April 2009 |access-date=23 September 2009}}</ref> His hunger strike was independent of the [[Nadigar Sangam]], who organised their own solidarity protest for the same cause. Film director [[Bharathiraja|Bharathi Raja]] lashed out against Rajinikanth, alleging that he is dividing the film industry and saying that he was a "traitor who had a tacit understanding with the Karnataka government".<ref name="hinduonnet.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/10/13/stories/2002101304130100.htm |title=Rally exposes politicised film industry |date=12 October 2002 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102121317/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/10/13/stories/2002101304130100.htm |archive-date=2 November 2007 |access-date=5 April 2007}}</ref>
In 2008, Rajinikanth took part in a hunger strike organised by the Nadigar Sangam against Karnataka's stance on the [[Hogenakkal Falls water dispute]], during which he gave a speech against politicians in [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/rajnikanth-blasts-karnataka-over-water-project_10034510.html |title=Rajnikanth blasts Karnataka over water project – Thaindian News |publisher=Thaindian.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504194054/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/rajnikanth-blasts-karnataka-over-water-project_10034510.html |archive-date=4 May 2009 |access-date=23 September 2009}}</ref> It led to the state announcing a ban on him and his film ''[[Kuselan]]'' (2008). The ban was lifted after Rajinikanth appeared on [[TV9 Kannada]] and issued an apology for his speech. He later thanked the [[Government of Karnataka]] for lifting the ban and allowing the film's release in the state. The apology and subsequent gratitude towards Karnataka led to strong reactions from Nadigar Sangam members [[R. Sarathkumar]], [[Sathyaraj]] and [[Radha Ravi]], who called the apology a disgrace to Tamils and opined that his speech never provoked the sentiments of the [[Kannada people]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/aug-08-01/rajinikanth-01-08-08.html |title=Rajini earns the wrath of Tamil cinema |website=Behindwoods |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410002237/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/aug-08-01/rajinikanth-01-08-08.html |archive-date=10 April 2010 |access-date=9 September 2010}}</ref> Rajinikanth's support toward fellow actor [[Ajith Kumar]], who in 2010 condemned the forceful inclusion of Tamil cinema personae in political affairs, broke into a controversy.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/07/stories/2010020757030100.htm |title=Karunanidhi against bringing politics into film world |date=7 February 2010 |access-date=18 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616061152/http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/07/stories/2010020757030100.htm |archive-date=16 June 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
In May 2018, Rajinikanth received negative criticism and reactions after justifying police action during the [[Thoothukudi massacre]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44313804 |title=Rajinikanth: Anger after actor justifies deadly police firing |work=BBC News |date=31 May 2018 |access-date=3 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602013855/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44313804 |archive-date=2 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/rajinikanth-blames-anti-social-elements-for-sterlite-protest201805302030500001/|title=Rajinikanth blames anti-social elements for Sterlite protest|website=ANI News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-superstar-rajinikanth-apologises-for-losing-cool-at-media-interaction-2621031 |title=Superstar Rajinikanth apologises for losing cool at media interaction |date=June 2018 |access-date=3 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603174932/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-superstar-rajinikanth-apologises-for-losing-cool-at-media-interaction-2621031 |archive-date=3 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/rajinikanth-s-speech-earns-him-negative-image-on-social-media-news-tamil-sf5jD6fcigihb.html |title=Rajinikanth's speech earns him negative image on social media? |website=[[Sify]] |access-date=3 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603122229/http://www.sify.com/movies/rajinikanth-s-speech-earns-him-negative-image-on-social-media-news-tamil-sf5jD6fcigihb.html |archive-date=3 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2020, Rajinikanth quoted a 2017 article from [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|''Outlook'']], which reported that [[Dravidar Kazhagam]] founder [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy]] garlanded the idols of [[Hindus|Hindu]] deities [[Rama]] and [[Sita]] with footwear at an atheist rally in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Venkateswaran |first=Vikram |date=23 January 2020 |title=Rajinikanth Takes on Periyar – Foot-in-Mouth or Political Debut? |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/rajinikanth-periyar-thuglak-controversy-political-move-non-dravidian-identity |access-date=30 August 2020 |website=TheQuint |archive-date=24 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124134856/https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/rajinikanth-periyar-thuglak-controversy-political-move-non-dravidian-identity |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Rajinikanth Accused of Promoting Enmity, Warned With Protests After 'Slipper' Comment on Periyar |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/blatant-lie-dravidian-outfit-slams-rajinikanth-for-nude-photo-comment-on-periyar-2462085.html |access-date=30 August 2020 |website=News18 |date=17 January 2020 |archive-date=18 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118145651/https://www.news18.com/news/india/blatant-lie-dravidian-outfit-slams-rajinikanth-for-nude-photo-comment-on-periyar-2462085.html |url-status=live}}</ref> His remarks were criticized by supporters of Periyar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 January 2020 |title='Didn't say anything out of imagination, won't apologise': Rajinikanth on controversy around remarks against Periyar |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/didn-t-say-anything-out-of-imagination-won-t-apologise-rajinikanth-on-controversy-around-remarks-against-periyar/story-9CzkjERZ4i8pr3an5qcKbL.html |access-date=30 August 2020 |website=Hindustan Times |archive-date=15 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215053802/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/didn-t-say-anything-out-of-imagination-won-t-apologise-rajinikanth-on-controversy-around-remarks-against-periyar/story-9CzkjERZ4i8pr3an5qcKbL.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> In response to the backlash, Rajinikanth stated, "I did not speak on something that didn't happen. I've only spoken on what was reported. It was reported in ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' also. Sorry, I will not apologise".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/i-will-not-apologise-remarks-periyar-incident-rajinikanth-116513 |access-date=30 August 2020 |website=www.thenewsminute.com |title='I will not apologise for remarks on Periyar incident': Rajinikanth |date=21 January 2020 |archive-date=21 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121102238/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/i-will-not-apologise-remarks-periyar-incident-rajinikanth-116513 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-21 |title=Rajinikanth refuses to apologise for Periyar remark; 'think and speak', urges Stalin |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajinikanth-refuses-to-apologise-for-controversial-remark-on-periyar-6227644/ |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life==
===Relationships===
While he was working as a bus conductor in [[Bangalore]], Rajinikanth met a medical student named Nirmala and started a relationship. After seeing him perform in a stage play, she encouraged him to pursue an acting career and sent an application to the [[M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute|Adyar Film Institute]] on his behalf and unbeknownst to him. Although he took up the offer and proceeded with his acting career, Rajinikanth has since lost contact with her.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2019/10/17/When-Rajinikanth-spoke-about-his-first-love-and-what-she-did-to-make-him-a-star.html |title=When Rajinikanth spoke about his first love and what she did to make him a star |website=The Week |access-date=3 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023220959/https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2019/10/17/When-Rajinikanth-spoke-about-his-first-love-and-what-she-did-to-make-him-a-star.html |archive-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
===Family===
Rajinikanth married [[Latha Rajinikanth|Latha Rangachari]], a student of [[Ethiraj College for Women]] who interviewed him for her college magazine.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. The 1980s}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/at-62-rajinikanth-on-his-marriage-kamal-and-sivaji-553299.html |title=At 62: Rajinikanth on his marriage, Kamal and Sivaji |date=12 December 2012 |work=[[First Post (India)|First Post]] |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316074354/http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/at-62-rajinikanth-on-his-marriage-kamal-and-sivaji-553299.html |archive-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> The marriage took place on 26 February 1981, in [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]], Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rajinikanth.com/bio-data.htm |title=Rajini's personal life |publisher=weeksupdate.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715153332/http://www.rajinikanth.com/bio-data.htm |archive-date=15 July 2011 |access-date=28 March 2011}}</ref> The couple has two daughters named [[Aishwarya R. Dhanush|Aishwarya Rajinikanth]] and [[Soundarya Rajinikanth]]. Latha runs a school named ''"The Ashram".''
Aishwarya married actor [[Dhanush]] on 18 November 2004 and they have two sons, Yathra and Linga.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/58296.html |title=Dhanush's son named Linga – Tamil Movie News |website=IndiaGlitz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012005331/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/58296.html |archive-date=12 October 2010 |access-date=6 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/12/stories/2006101205680200.htm |title=Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Rajnikanth turns grandfather |date=12 October 2006 |access-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924101802/http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/12/stories/2006101205680200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=24 September 2009}}</ref> His younger daughter, Soundarya, works in the Tamil film industry as a director, producer and [[graphic designer]]. She married industrialist Ashwin Ramkumar on 3 September 2010 and have a son Ved Krishna.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-04/news-interviews/28254715_1_celeb-studded-wedding-kamal-haasan-mani-ratnam |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth's celeb-studded wedding |last=Gladwin Emanuel |date=4 September 2010 |access-date=9 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015111142/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-04/news-interviews/28254715_1_celeb-studded-wedding-kamal-haasan-mani-ratnam |archive-date=15 October 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> In September 2016, Soundarya revealed that she and her husband had filed for divorce by mutual consent due to irreconcilable differences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Soundarya-Rajinikanth-confirms-divorce/articleshow/54374709.cms |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth confirms divorce |work=The Times of India |date=17 September 2016 |access-date=17 September 2016 |archive-date=17 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917164529/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Soundarya-Rajinikanth-confirms-divorce/articleshow/54374709.cms |url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2017, the couple officially divorced.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goyal |first1=Divya |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth And Ashwin Are Officially Divorced |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/soundarya-rajinikanth-and-ashwin-are-officially-divorced-1720635 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=5 July 2017 |access-date=10 February 2020 |archive-date=11 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811153232/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/soundarya-rajinikanth-and-ashwin-are-officially-divorced-1720635 |url-status=live}}</ref> She has married Vishagan Vanangamudi, an actor and businessman, on 11 February 2019 at Leela Palace in Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/article/confirmed-soundarya-rajinikanth-to-wed-vishagan-vanangamudi-on-february-11-details-inside/352399 |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth wedding: CONFIRMED! Rajinikanth daughter Soundarya to wed Vishagan Vanangamudi on February 11 – details inside | Entertainment News |access-date=10 February 2020 |archive-date=3 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503074828/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/article/confirmed-soundarya-rajinikanth-to-wed-vishagan-vanangamudi-on-february-11-details-inside/352399 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/soundarya-rajinikanth-to-remarry-actor-vishagan/articleshow/66604921.cms |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth set for second marriage in January |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=16 November 2018 |archive-date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115010257/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/soundarya-rajinikanth-to-remarry-actor-vishagan/articleshow/66604921.cms |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/soundarya-rajinikanth-second-marriage-vishagan-vanangamudi-1387566-2018-11-13 |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth gears up for second wedding in January 2019 |publisher=India Today |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=16 November 2018 |archive-date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116131559/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/soundarya-rajinikanth-second-marriage-vishagan-vanangamudi-1387566-2018-11-13 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/141118/soundarya-rajinikanth-to-wed-again.html |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth to wed again |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |work=Anupama Subramanian |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=16 November 2018 |archive-date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085539/https://deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/141118/soundarya-rajinikanth-to-wed-again.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/movie-news/2019/02/11/soundarya-rajinikanth-vishagan-wedding-venue-a-glimpse-of-the-bride.html |title=സൗന്ദര്യ രജനീകാന്ത് വിവാഹിതയായി; ചിത്രങ്ങളും വിഡിയോയും |website=ManoramaOnline |language=ml |access-date=12 February 2019 |archive-date=3 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503080320/https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/movie-news/2019/02/11/soundarya-rajinikanth-vishagan-wedding-venue-a-glimpse-of-the-bride.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Views===
Rajinikanth is a practicing [[Hindu]] and is a strong believer of [[spirituality]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/28einter2.htm |title=Rajnikanth is a firm believer in Hindutva |date=28 April 2004 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530202050/http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/28einter2.htm |archive-date=30 May 2013 |access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref> He is also a practitioner of [[yoga]] and meditation. Rajinikanth has religiously visited major Hindu temples prior to the release of each of his films; for instance he visited the [[Tirumala Venkateswara Temple]] before the release of ''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'' in 2007 and visited [[Sathya Sai Baba]] at [[Prasanthi Nilayam]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] before the release of ''[[Kuselan]]'' the following year.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/14/stories/2008041450550200.htm |title=Andhra Pradesh / Anantapur News : Rajinikanth in Puttaparthi |date=14 April 2008 |access-date=9 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103145017/http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/14/stories/2008041450550200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=3 November 2010}}</ref> He also occasionally leaves for pilgrimage to the [[Himalayas]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-21/news-interviews/29909539_1_himalayas-vijay-tv-endhiran |title=Rajinikanth love Himalayas |last=Ramanujam |first=Srinivasa |date=21 August 2011 |access-date=24 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616165302/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-21/news-interviews/29909539_1_himalayas-vijay-tv-endhiran |archive-date=16 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
He has often referred to [[Ramakrishna Paramahamsa]],<ref name="spirituality">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinefundas.com/2011/06/01/why-does-rajini-dwell-in-the-hearts-of-millions |title=Why does Rajini dwell in the hearts of millions? |date=1 June 2011 |publisher=cinefundas.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604192455/http://www.cinefundas.com/2011/06/01/why-does-rajini-dwell-in-the-hearts-of-millions |archive-date=4 June 2011 |access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> [[Swami Satchidananda]], [[Ragavendra Swami]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60272.html |title=Rajini blesses "Mahaan" actor |date=22 September 2010 |website=IndiaGlitz.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118021226/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60272.html |archive-date=18 November 2010 |access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> [[Mahavatar Babaji]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/38458.html |title=Rajini's tribute to Babaji |date=10 May 2008 |website=IndiaGlitz.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023235030/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/38458.html |archive-date=23 October 2012 |access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> and [[Ramana Maharshi]]<ref name=spirituality/> as his favourite spiritual leaders.
===Philanthropy===
According to [[Naman Ramachandran]], the author of ''[[Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography]]'', most of Rajinikanth's philanthropic activities went unpublicised because he chose to keep them undisclosed. In the 1980s, when superstitious beliefs in Tamil Nadu created a stigma towards eye donation, Rajinikanth took the case of campaigning in support of [[corneal transplantation]] via television and public speeches.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHhyrIUXwxU |title=Rajnikanth in Eye Donation Campaign |date=23 October 2011 |last=Manoj Thulasi |publisher=YouTube |access-date=10 June 2014 |medium=Television production}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> In 2011, Rajinikanth announced his support for the [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|anti-corruption movement]] led by [[Anna Hazare]] and offered his commercial wedding venue, the Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam, in [[Chennai]] free of cost for the [[India Against Corruption]] members to hold their fast.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-23/india/29918051_1_anna-hazare-tamil-superstar-actor-rajinikanth |title=Actor Rajinikanth supports Anna Hazare |date=23 August 2011 |access-date=8 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122753/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-23/india/29918051_1_anna-hazare-tamil-superstar-actor-rajinikanth |archive-date=25 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rajinikanth-lends-wedding-hall-for-anti-corruption-fast-team-anna_1630389 |title=Rajinikanth lends wedding hall for anti-corruption fast: Team Anna |date=26 December 2011 |website=Daily News and Analysis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102200330/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rajinikanth-lends-wedding-hall-for-anti-corruption-fast-team-anna_1630389 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref> He also provided lodging in the venue for sanitary workers hired to clean up after the [[2015 South India floods]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajinikanth provides shelter to conservancy workers |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/rajinikanth-provides-shelter-to-conservancy-workers/article7993964.ece |access-date=5 March 2021 |agency=The HIndu |date=24 March 2016}}</ref> Rajinikanth's fan associations regularly organise blood donation and eye donation camps and distribute food during his birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rajinikanth-to-have-a-quiet-birthday-says-wife-latha/439181-8.html |title=Rajinikanth has a quiet birthday |date=12 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030139/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rajinikanth-to-have-a-quiet-birthday-says-wife-latha/439181-8.html |archive-date=8 May 2014 |access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref>
=== Money lending allegation ===
Rajinikanth declared {{INRConvert|6.11|m|year=2003}}, {{INRConvert|17|m|year=2004}} and {{INRConvert|3.39|m|year=2005}} as earnings for the years 2002–2003, 2003–2004 and 2004–2005, respectively. However, the [[Income Tax Department]] observed that he had claimed a considerable sum of professional expenses and thus carried out a survey in 2005 at his residence at Poes Garden. During the survey, the IT-Department found out that he had accounted for a lost of costs as his professional costs and it was also discovered that not even one-tenth of the residential property was allocated to professional purposes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=S |first=Mohamed Imranullah |date=29 January 2020 |title=I-T Dept. withdraws three cases against actor Rajinikanth |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/i-t-dept-withdraws-three-cases-against-actor-rajinikanth/article30678692.ece |url-status=live |issn=0971-751X |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301032121/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/i-t-dept-withdraws-three-cases-against-actor-rajinikanth/article30678692.ece}}</ref> Moreover, when Rajinikanth was questioned by the I-T department if he's in the money lending business, he initially denied it. Later, though, he admitted to the IT-Department that he was indeed a [[Money-lender|money lender]], and that he had loaned money as a source of profit at an interest rate of 18 percent. Later, for all three years in dispute, Rajinikanth was forced to submit revised reports, confessing he had earned more than what was reported in the initial report on 14 February 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |last=S |first=Mohamed Imranullah |date=30 January 2020 |title=Rajinikanth told Income Tax Department he was into 'money lending' |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/rajinikanth-told-income-tax-department-he-was-into-money-lending/article30687490.ece |url-status=live |issn=0971-751X |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=28 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228031418/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/rajinikanth-told-income-tax-department-he-was-into-money-lending/article30687490.ece}}</ref> But the I-T department penalized him {{INRConvert|6.6|m|year=2020}}, since he filed revised returns only after they surveyed him.<ref name="TNM18">{{Cite web |last=Shekar |first=Anjana |date=30 January 2020 |title=Why Rajinikanth became a 'money lender' in 2004: Experts take a guess |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/why-rajinikanth-became-money-lender-2004-experts-take-guess-117163 |url-status=live |website=The News Minute |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=11 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711151809/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/why-rajinikanth-became-money-lender-2004-experts-take-guess-117163}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lobo |first=Shalini |date=29 January 2020 |title=I-T dept withdraws tax appeal against actor Rajinikanth |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajinikanth-tax-it-department-cbdt-1641177-2020-01-29 |url-status=live |website=India Today |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=11 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711151359/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajinikanth-tax-it-department-cbdt-1641177-2020-01-29}}</ref>
This was challenged by Rajinikanth and his lawyers, and in January 2020 the I-T department wrote off the fine, due to its recent decision to withdraw from appeals in cases below {{INRConvert|10|m|year=2020}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I-T Dept withdraws appeal against Rajinikanth over penalty |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/i-t-dept-withdraws-appeal-against-rajinikanth-over-penalty/article30675436.ece |access-date=11 July 2020 |website=@businessline |date=28 January 2020 |archive-date=12 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712122117/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/i-t-dept-withdraws-appeal-against-rajinikanth-over-penalty/article30675436.ece |url-status=live}}</ref> The news that Rajinikanth told the Income Tax department that he was lending money at an 18 per cent interest rate has earned outrage and criticism for his high interest rate loans, which is a big problem in Tamil Nadu.<ref name="TNM18" />
== Filmography ==
{{Further|Rajinikanth filmography}}
Rajinikanth appeared in over 168 films, predominantly in [[Tamil cinema]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Menon |first=Sadanand |date=18 January 2013 |title=Power of the Dark Sun |work=[[India Today]] |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sadanand-menon-reviews-rajinikanth-the-definitive-biography-by-naman-ramachandran/1/242791.html |url-status=live |access-date=19 July 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170107120140/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sadanand-menon-reviews-rajinikanth-the-definitive-biography-by-naman-ramachandran/1/242791.html |archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref> He began his film career by playing antagonistic and supporting roles before graduating to a lead actor.<ref name="hindu1">{{Cite news |last=Kesavan |first=N. |date=14 April 2016 |title=Villains with heroic pasts |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/tamil-film-industry-villains-with-heroic-pasts/article8475517.ece |url-status=live |access-date=26 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107121324/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/tamil-film-industry-villains-with-heroic-pasts/article8475517.ece |archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref> He has also worked in other Indian film industries such as [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]], [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]], [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]], [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] and [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]].
== Awards, honours and recognition ==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Rajinikanth}}
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to Shri Rajinikanth, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 12, 2016.jpg|thumb|President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] presenting the [[Padma Vibhushan]] to Rajinikanth at [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]] on 12 April 2016]]
Rajinikanth has received numerous awards for many of his films, mostly in Tamil. He received his first and only [[Filmfare Award]] for [[Filmfare Best Actor Award (Tamil)|Best Tamil Actor]] in 1984 for ''[[Nallavanuku Nallavan]]''.<ref name=filmfare /> Later he received Filmfare Award nominations for his performances in ''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'' (2007) and ''[[Enthiran]]'' (2010). As of 2014, Rajinikanth has received six [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]] for his performances in various films.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Awards}} He also received numerous awards from [[Cinema Express Awards|Cinema Express]] and Filmfans' Association for his on-screen performances and off-screen contributions in writing and producing.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Awards}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/rajinikanth-conferred-dadasaheb-phalke-award-2020-11617257991776.html|title=Tamil actor Rajini gets Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2020|first=Lata|last=Jha|date=1 April 2021|website=mint}}</ref>
Rajinikanth received the [[Kalaimamani]] award in 1984 and the M. G. R. Award in 1989, both from the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]. In 1995, the [[South Indian Film Artistes' Association]] presented him with the Kalaichelvam Award. He was honoured with the [[Padma Bhushan]] (2000) and the [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2016) by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="CivilIndiaAwards">{{Cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/awar2000.htm |title=Civilian Awards announced on 26 January 2000 |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India) |language=ta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302144232/http://mha.nic.in/awar2000.htm |archive-date=2 March 2007 |access-date=20 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/padma-awards-announced/article8151257.ece |title=Padma Vibhushan for Rajinikanth, Dhirubhai Ambani, Jagmohan |date=25 January 2016 |work=The Hindu |access-date=25 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125105210/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/padma-awards-announced/article8151257.ece |archive-date=25 January 2016}}</ref> He was selected as the Indian Entertainer of the Year for 2007 by [[NDTV]], competing against the likes of [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.itimes.com/public/rajnikanth.rao/claim-to-fame/Indian-Entertainer-Of-The-Year |title=Indian Entertainer of the year |publisher=itimes.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007142000/http://www.itimes.com/public/rajnikanth.rao/claim-to-fame/Indian-Entertainer-Of-The-Year |archive-date=7 October 2011 |access-date=28 March 2011}}</ref> The Government of Maharashtra honoured him with the Raj Kapoor Award the same year. He received the [[Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema]] at the [[4th Vijay Awards]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2010/06/18/stories/2010061850251400.htm |title=Air supply |date=18 June 2010 |access-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015163203/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2010/06/18/stories/2010061850251400.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=15 October 2013}}</ref> Rajinikanth was also named one of the most influential persons in South Asia by ''[[Asiaweek]]''.<ref name="mass_popularity">{{Cite news |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/12/14/sunday-celebrity-rajini-simple-stylish-spiritual-explains-his-uniqueness |title=Rajini is simple, stylish, spiritual, that explains his uniqueness |last=Ethiraj |first=Gopal |date=14 December 2009 |work=[[Asian Tribune]] |access-date=14 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215034339/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/12/14/sunday-celebrity-rajini-simple-stylish-spiritual-explains-his-uniqueness |archive-date=15 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="i1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/meet-indias-biggest-film-star-2096273.html |title=Meet India's biggest film star |last=Buncombe |first=Andrew |date=3 October 2010 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=3 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122065142/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/meet-indias-biggest-film-star-2096273.html |archive-date=22 January 2015 |location=London}}</ref>
[[File:Rajinikanth being honored with Dadasaheb Phalke Award.jpg|thumb|Vice President [[Venkaiah Naidu]] presenting the [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] to Rajinikanth at the [[67th National Film Awards]], [[New Delhi]] on 25 October 2021.]]
He was named by ''[[Forbes]] India'' as the most influential Indian of the year 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-04/news-interviews/29508246_1_rajinikanth-biopic-film |title=Now, a film on Rajinikanth's life |date=4 May 2011 |access-date=4 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910033430/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-04/news-interviews/29508246_1_rajinikanth-biopic-film |archive-date=10 September 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, he was awarded the Entertainer of the Decade Award by NDTV for the year 2010 by the then Indian Minister for Home Affairs [[P. Chidambaram]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/rajinikanth-is-the-entertainer-of-the-decade-news-tamil-lcqjCadcfcf.html |title=Rajinikanth is the Entertainer of the decade |date=31 May 2010 |website=[[Sify]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219012520/http://www.sify.com/movies/rajinikanth-is-the-entertainer-of-the-decade-news-tamil-lcqjCadcfcf.html |archive-date=19 February 2011 |access-date=9 September 2010}}</ref> In December 2013, he was honoured by NDTV as one among the "25 Greatest Global Living Legends".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-13/superstar-rajini-has-been-honored-as-one-among-the-25-greatest-global-living-legends.html |title=''Without Tamil people's love and affection, I wouldn't be here'', Rajini |date=15 December 2013 |website=Behindwoods |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216075603/http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-13/superstar-rajini-has-been-honored-as-one-among-the-25-greatest-global-living-legends.html |archive-date=16 December 2013 |access-date=16 December 2013}}</ref> In 2014, he was presented with the [[IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award|Indian Film Personality of the Year Award]] at the [[45th International Film Festival of India|45th IFFI]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/rajinikanth-conferred-centenary-award-at-iffi/article6618815.ece |title=Rajinikanth conferred Centenary Award at IFFI |date=20 November 2014 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128094114/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/rajinikanth-conferred-centenary-award-at-iffi/article6618815.ece |archive-date=28 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-iffi-2014-stalwarts-amitabh-bachchan-rajinikanth-in-opening-act-2036962 |title=IFFI 2014: Stalwarts Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth in opening act |date=20 November 2014 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |access-date=20 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122224814/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-iffi-2014-stalwarts-amitabh-bachchan-rajinikanth-in-opening-act-2036962 |archive-date=22 November 2014}}</ref> Rajinikanth received [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] at the 67th National Film Awards presentation ceremony, at [[Vigyan Bhawan]] in New Delhi, Monday, 25 October 2021.
== Notes ==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |year=2012 |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin Books Limited]] |isbn=978-81-8475-796-5 |pages=244 |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography}}
* {{Cite book |last=Sreekanth |first=Gayathri |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2xIAQAAIAAJ&q=rajinikanth |title=The Name is Rajinikanth |publisher=Om Books International |year=2008 |isbn=978-81-291-1355-9 |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727115209/https://books.google.com/books?id=K2xIAQAAIAAJ&q=rajinikanth&dq=rajinikanth |url-status=live}}
*{{cite book |title=Rajinikanth 12.12.12: A Birthday Special |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YyFMAgAAQBAJ |year=2012 |work=[[The Hindu|Kasturi & Sons Ltd]] |id=GGKEY:A78L0XB1B0X |ref={{harvid|Hindu|2012}} |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=8 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108195742/https://books.google.com/books?id=YyFMAgAAQBAJ |url-status=live |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Naman}}
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==Further reading==
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*{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=A.N.Prahlada |url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6468602A/A._N%C4%81_Prahl%C4%81dar%C4%81v?sort=old |title=Nanna Daari Vibhinna Daari: Rajanikanth Kannada |publisher=Nava Bharat Publication |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-85286-770-6 |location=[[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]] |ol=25437576M}}
* {{cite book |last=Krishnamoorthy |first=Raja |title=Rajini's Punchtantra: Business and Life Management the Rajinikanth Way |year=2012 |publisher=Rupa & Co |isbn=9788129119995 |pages=124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2WSjaZBsCY4C&q=rajini%27s+punchtantra&pg=PT111 |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727115144/https://books.google.com/books?id=2WSjaZBsCY4C&pg=PT111&dq=rajini%27s+punchtantra |url-status=live}}
* {{cite book |last=Ramakrishnan |first=Ram N |title=Grand Brand Rajini: Brand Management the Rajinikanth Way |year=2012 |publisher=Rupa Publications India |isbn=9788129120595 |pages=149 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aH_QlgEACAAJ&q=Grand+Brand+Rajini |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011190650/https://books.google.com/books?id=aH_QlgEACAAJ&dq=Grand+Brand+Rajini |url-status=live}}
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| name = Loosubunda
| image = Kenabunda at the Inauguration of MGR Statue (cropped).jpg
| caption = Kirkukubunda in 2018
| birth_name = bunda Rao Gaikwad
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|12|12|df=y}}<ref name=shivaji />
| birth_place = [[Villupuram|Villupuram (present-day urine-place)]], [[Mysore State]],[[KGF bunda]]
| other_names = Rajini, Rajni
| alma_mater = [[M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute|Adyar Film Institute]]
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1975–present
| works = [[Rajinikanth filmography|Full List]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Latha Rajinikanth]]|1981}}
| children = {{flatlist|
* [[Aishwarya R. Dhanush|Aishwarya]]
* [[Soundarya Rajinikanth|Soundarya]]}}
| relatives = See [[List of South Indian film families#Rajinikanth family|Rajinikanth family]]
| awards = [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] (2019)<ref name="DS">{{cite web |title=Rajinikanth honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke award: 'I dedicate this award to my fans across around the world' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanth-honoured-with-dadasaheb-phalke-award-7253877/#:~:text=Actor%20Rajinikanth%20has%20been%20honoured,of%20Indian%20cinema%20Rajnikant%20ji. |website=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=3 April 2021 |date=2 April 2021}}</ref><br />
[[Padma Vibhushan]] (2016)<ref name="pv">{{Cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanth-awarded-padma-vibhushan-padma-shri-for-priyanka-chopra-ajay-devgn/ |title=Rajinikanth gets Padma Vibhushan; Padma Shri for Priyanka, Ajay Devgn |date=26 January 2014 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=8 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025080029/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanth-awarded-padma-vibhushan-padma-shri-for-priyanka-chopra-ajay-devgn/ |archive-date=25 October 2016 |location=New Delhi}}</ref><br />[[NTR National Award]] (2016)<br />[[Padma Bhushan]] (2000)<br />[[Kalaimamani]] (1984)<br />([[List of awards and nominations received by Rajinikanth|See full list]])
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'''Shivaji Rao Gaikwad'''{{efn|There are numerous variant spellings of the name. These include ''Gaikwad'', ''Gaykwad'', ''Gaikawad'', and, ''Gaykawad''.}} (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as '''Rajinikanth''' ({{IPAc-en|r|ə|dʒ|ɪ|n|ɪ|k|ɑː|n|θ}}),{{efn|There are numerous variant spellings of the name. These include ''Rajanikant'', ''Rajni Kanth'', ''Rajanikanth'' and ''Rajanikant''.{{sfn|Ramachandran|2012|pp=160–161}}}} is an Indian actor who works mainly in [[Tamil cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rajinikanth Biography |url=https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/rajinikanth-71764.html}}</ref> In a career spanning over five decades, he has done more than 160 films that includes films in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Hindi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and [[Malayalam]]. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful and popular actors in the history of [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]].<ref>Ratda, Khushboo (24 August 2022) [https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/south/47-years-rajinikanth-inspiring-rags-riches-story-superstar-1177449 "47 Years of Rajinikanth: An Inspiring from Rags-to-Riches Story of a Superstar."] ''PinkVilla.com''. Retrieved 28 June 2023.</ref><ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanths-journey-from-being-a-conductor-to-becoming-demi-god/ Rajinikanth's Journey from Being a Conductor to Becoming Demi-God"] (23 May, 2014). ''[[The Indian Express]]''. Retrieved 6 July 2023.</ref> Known for his uniquely styled lines and idiosyncrasies in films, he has a huge fan base throughout India and has a [[cult following]]. The [[Government of India]] honoured him with [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2000, [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2016, India's third and second highest [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India|civilian honours]], and highest award in the field of cinema [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] in 2019 for his contributions to Indian cinema.<ref name="CivilIndiaAwards">{{Cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/awar2000.htm |title=Civilian Awards announced on 26 January 2000 |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India) |language=ta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302144232/http://mha.nic.in/awar2000.htm |archive-date=2 March 2007 |access-date=20 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/padma-awards-announced/article8151257.ece |title=Padma Vibhushan for Rajinikanth, Dhirubhai Ambani, Jagmohan |date=25 January 2016 |work=The Hindu |access-date=25 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125105210/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/padma-awards-announced/article8151257.ece |archive-date=25 January 2016}}</ref>
Following his debut in [[K. Balachander]]'s 1975 Tamil drama ''[[Apoorva Raagangal]]'', Rajinikanth's acting career commenced with a brief phase of portraying antagonistic characters in Tamil films. His major positive role as a scorned lover in [[S. P. Muthuraman]]'s ''[[Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri]]'' (1977), 1978's ''[[Mullum Malarum]]'' and ''[[Aval Appadithan]]'' received him critical acclaim; the former earned him a [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize]] for Best Actor.<ref name="IE1">{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/happy-birthday-rajinikanth-how-the-superstar-came-to-be/|title=Happy Birthday Rajinikanth: How the superstar came to be|date=12 December 2015|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=27 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107121907/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/happy-birthday-rajinikanth-how-the-superstar-came-to-be/|archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajitha |date=22 December 1999 |title=Rajini acts in front of the camera, never behind it |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/22muthu.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107121339/http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/22muthu.htm |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=6 June 2016 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref> By the end of the decade, he had worked in all [[Cinema of South India|South Indian film industries]] and established a career in Tamil cinema. He then played [[dual role]]s in the action thriller ''[[Billa (1980 film)|Billa]]'' (1980), a remake of the Hindi film ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'' (1978). It was his biggest commercial success to that point, earned him stardom and gave him the [[action hero]] image.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2006 |title=Ajit-The new 'Billa'! |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ajit-the-new-billa-news-tamil-kkfvgVcaegdsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107122518/http://www.sify.com/movies/ajit-the-new-billa-news-tamil-kkfvgVcaegdsi.html |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=27 May 2016 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> He starred in triple role in ''[[Moondru Mugam]]'' (1982), which earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards ceremony. The following year, he made his Bollywood debut with [[T. Rama Rao|T. Rama Rao's]] top grossing ''[[Andhaa Kaanoon]]'' (1983).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Earners 1980–1989 (Figures in Ind Rs) |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=125&catName=MTk4MC0xOTg5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014090332/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=125&catName=MTk4MC0xOTg5 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=22 February 2013 |website=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref> ''[[Nallavanukku Nallavan]]'' (1984) won him that year's [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil|Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor]].<ref name="Zee News">{{Cite web |last=Handoo |first=Ritika |date=12 December 2014 |title=Thalaiva Rajinikanth turns 64! |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/thalaiva-rajinikanth-turns-64_1513435.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107121814/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/thalaiva-rajinikanth-turns-64_1513435.html |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=24 December 2014 |website=[[Zee News]]}}</ref> In the latter half of the 1980s, he starred in several successful films in Tamil and Hindi, including ''[[Padikkadavan (1985 film)|Padikkadavan]]'' (1985), ''[[Mr. Bharath]]'' (1986), ''[[Bhagwaan Dada]]'' (1986), ''[[Velaikkaran (1987 film)|Velaikaran]]'' (1987), ''[[Dharmathin Thalaivan]]'' (1988) and ''[[Hum (film)|Hum]]'' (1991).<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 February 2012 |title=Return of Rajinikanth |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/return-of-rajinikanth/story-WwoOk94xxZ9e2qqym8kpGI.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107124131/http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/return-of-rajinikanth/story-WwoOk94xxZ9e2qqym8kpGI.html |archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>
In 1991, [[Mani Ratnam]]'s Tamil crime film ''[[Thalapathi]]'', earned him major critical acclaim for his performance.<ref name="TOI" /> He collaborated with [[Suresh Krissna]] for many films including ''[[Annaamalai]]'' (1992) and ''[[Baashha]]'' (1995); the latter was the biggest commercial success in his career yet as well as the highest grossing film in Tamil for many years.<ref name="IE2">{{Cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanths-journey-from-being-a-conductor-to-becoming-demi-god/ |title=Rajinikanth's journey from being a conductor to becoming demi-god |date=23 May 2014 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=5 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170107125028/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanths-journey-from-being-a-conductor-to-becoming-demi-god/ |archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref> His other success includes [[P. Vasu]]'s ''[[Mannan (film)|Mannan]]'' (1992), ''[[Uzhaippali]]'' (1993) and [[K. S. Ravikumar]]'s ''[[Muthu (film)|Muthu]]'' (1995) and ''[[Padayappa]]'' (1999); the latter which went on to become his and Tamil cinema's highest-grossing movie, exceeding Baashha.<ref name="tribune">{{Cite news |last=Chatterjee |first=Saibal |date=4 September 2005 |title=The Rajni phenomenon |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050904/spectrum/main5.htm |url-status=live |access-date=6 June 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170107125005/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050904/spectrum/main5.htm |archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>
After a few years of hiatus, he returned to acting with the [[comedy horror]] film ''[[Chandramukhi]]'' (2005); it went on to become again the highest-grossing Tamil film. His next, [[S. Shankar]]'s ''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'' (2007) was the third Indian film to enter the [[100 Crore Club]]. He played dual roles, as a scientist and an [[Android (robot)|andro-humanoid robot]], in the [[science fiction film]] ''[[Enthiran]]'' (2010) and its sequel [[2.0 (film)|''2.0'']] (2018), both being [[List of most expensive Indian films|India's most expensive productions at the time of their release]], and among the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing Indian films of all time]].{{efn|The film grossed {{INRConvert|2.89|b|lk=r|year=2016}} worldwide, surpassing ''Sivaji''{{'}}s collection of {{INRConvert|1.55|b|lk=r|year=2016}}. As of June 2016, it remains the highest-grossing Tamil film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/baahubali-beats-endhirans-lifetime-box-office-record-639747 |title=2nd Saturday Box Office Collection: Baahubali Beats Endhiran's Lifetime Record in 9 Days |last=H Hooli |first=Shekhar |date=19 July 2015 |website=[[International Business Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107130404/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/baahubali-beats-endhirans-lifetime-box-office-record-639747 |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=6 June 2016}}</ref>}}
He has won many awards, including a [[National Film Award]], seven [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award|Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]], a [[Nandi Award]] and a [[Filmfare Award South|Filmfare Award]]. Rajinikanth was also named one of the most influential persons in South Asia by ''[[Asiaweek]]''.<ref name="mass_popularity">{{Cite news |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/12/14/sunday-celebrity-rajini-simple-stylish-spiritual-explains-his-uniqueness |title=Rajini is simple, stylish, spiritual, that explains his uniqueness |last=Ethiraj |first=Gopal |date=14 December 2009 |work=[[Asian Tribune]] |access-date=14 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215034339/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/12/14/sunday-celebrity-rajini-simple-stylish-spiritual-explains-his-uniqueness |archive-date=15 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="i1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/meet-indias-biggest-film-star-2096273.html |title=Meet India's biggest film star |last=Buncombe |first=Andrew |date=3 October 2010 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=3 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122065142/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/meet-indias-biggest-film-star-2096273.html |archive-date=22 January 2015 |location=London}}</ref> He was also named by ''[[Forbes]] India'' as the most influential Indian of the year 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-04/news-interviews/29508246_1_rajinikanth-biopic-film |title=Now, a film on Rajinikanth's life |date=4 May 2011 |access-date=4 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910033430/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-04/news-interviews/29508246_1_rajinikanth-biopic-film |archive-date=10 September 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Early life and background==
Rajinikanth was born as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad on 12 December 1950 in a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] [[Hindus|Hindu]] family in [[Bangalore]], [[Mysore State]] (present day [[Karnataka]]).{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Introduction}}<ref name=shivaji /><ref name="birth">{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bangalore/Even_more_acclaim_will_come_his_way/articleshow/2178985.cms |title=Even more acclaim will come his way |last=Ruma Singh |date=6 July 2007 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=20 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216163710/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bangalore/Even_more_acclaim_will_come_his_way/articleshow/2178985.cms |archive-date=16 February 2012}}</ref> He was named after the [[Maratha Empire]] king [[Shivaji Maharaj]], and was brought up speaking [[Marathi language|Marathi]] at home and [[Kannada]] outside.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Introduction}} His mother was a homemaker,{{efn|While [[Naman Ramachandran]]'s 2012 biography of Rajinikanth identifies his mother's name as Ramabai,<ref name=shivaji/> journalist Ramachandra Rao, a childhood friend of the actor, said in 2012 that her name was Jijabai.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/tracing-kabalis-rajinikanth-his-link-to-shivaji/articleshow/53330949.cms |title=Tracing 'Kabali's' Rajinikanth & his link to Shivaji |date=22 July 2016 |website=[[The Economic Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411143021/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/tracing-kabalis-rajinikanth-his-link-to-shivaji/articleshow/53330949.cms |archive-date=11 April 2017 |access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref>}} and his father Ramoji Rao Gaekwad was a police constable.<ref name="shivaji">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-how-shivaji-became-rajanikanth/20130116.htm |title=How Shivaji became Rajinikanth |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006154556/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-how-shivaji-became-rajanikanth/20130116.htm |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref> His ancestors hailed from [[Mavadi Kadepathar]], [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-rajinikanth-invited-for-saswad-literary-meeting-1942995 |title=Rajinikanth invited for Saswad literary meeting |date=31 December 2013 |work=Daily News and Analysis |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123014805/http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report-rajinikanth-invited-for-saswad-literary-meeting-1942995 |archive-date=23 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Rajini-creates-drinking-water-facility-in-his-parentsrsquo-memory/article16624915.ece |title=Rajini creates drinking water facility in his parents' memory |newspaper=The Hindu |date=28 April 2009 |via=www.thehindu.com |access-date=20 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602083354/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Rajini-creates-drinking-water-facility-in-his-parentsrsquo-memory/article16624915.ece |archive-date=2 June 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> He is the youngest of four siblings in a family consisting of two elder brothers (Satyanarayana Rao and Nageshwara Rao) and a sister (Aswath Balubhai).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tamilstar.com/news-id-rajinikanth-birthday-rajinikanth-life-history-12-12-111181.htm |title=Biographical article about Superstar Rajini Kanth |website=www.tamilstar.com |publisher=Tamil Star Inc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006121541/http://www.tamilstar.com/news-id-rajinikanth-birthday-rajinikanth-life-history-12-12-111181.htm |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref>{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Introduction}} After his father's retirement from work in 1956, the family moved to the suburb of [[Hanumanthanagar, Bengaluru|Hanumantha Nagar]] in Bangalore and built a house there.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Introduction}} He lost his mother at the age of nine.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/reel-to-real-image-a-tome/article4278597.ece |title=Reel to real image, a tome |last=S |first=Anandan |date=6 January 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=22 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628032143/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/reel-to-real-image-a-tome/article4278597.ece |archive-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>
Rajinikanth had his primary education at the Gavipuram Government Kannada Model Primary School in Bangalore.<ref name="Primary">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/rajini-s-friends-to-renovate-primary-school-news-kannada-kmnme1fbiff.html |title=Rajini's friends to renovate primary school |date=13 December 2010 |website=[[Sify]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205145727/http://www.sify.com/movies/rajini-s-friends-to-renovate-primary-school-news-kannada-kmnme1fbiff.html |archive-date=5 December 2013 |access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref> As a child, he was "studious and mischievous" with a great interest in cricket, football and basketball. During this time, his brother enrolled him at the [[Ramakrishna Math]], a Hindu monastery set up by the [[Ramakrishna Mission]]. In the ''math'', he was taught [[Vedas]], tradition and history, which eventually instilled a sense of spirituality in him.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 1}} In addition to spiritual lessons, he also began acting in plays at the ''math''. His aspiration towards theatre grew at the math and was once given an opportunity to enact the role of ''[[Ekalavya]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s friend from the Hindu epic [[Mahabharata]]. His performance in the play received praise from the Kannada poet [[D. R. Bendre]].{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Introduction}} After sixth grade, Rajinikanth was enrolled at the [[Acharya Pathasala Public School]] and studied there till completion of his [[pre-university course]].{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 1}} During his schooling at the ''Acharya Pathasala'', he spent a lot of time acting in plays.
Upon completion of his school education, Rajinikanth performed several jobs including that of a [[coolie]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-specials-9-life-lessons-to-learn-from-rajinikanth/20121212.htm#2 |title=1. Struggle is a stepping stone |date=12 December 2012 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204092600/http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-specials-9-life-lessons-to-learn-from-rajinikanth/20121212.htm |archive-date=4 February 2014 |access-date=5 February 2014}}</ref> before getting a job in the [[Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation|Bangalore Transport Service]] as a [[bus conductor]].<ref name="bmtc">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/22friend.htm |title=You can see God in him at times |last=M. D |first=Riti |date=22 December 1999 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006101320/http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/22friend.htm |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=14 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]|language=Ta|url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1983-06-05/page/n45/mode/2up|pages=46–48|date=5 June 1983|access-date=21 April 2023|title=சிவாஜிராவின் இளமைப்பருவம்}}</ref> He continued to take part in plays after the Kannada playwright Topi Muniappa offered him a chance to act in one of his mythological plays. He decided to take up an acting course in the newly formed [[Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu|Madras Film Institute]] after coming across an advertisement.<ref name="MM1">{{Cite news |date=2 February 2009 |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2009/02/02164256/Rajini05.html |title=திரைப்படக் கல்லூரியில் 2 ஆண்டு நடிப்பு பயிற்சி |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |access-date=6 February 2014 |language=ta |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140206101403/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2009/02/02164256/Rajini05.html |archive-date=6 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Though his family was not fully supportive of his decision to join the institute,<ref name=MM1 /> his friend and co-worker Raj Bahadur motivated him to join the institute and financially supported him during this phase.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/16/stories/2007061612510100.htm |title=He drove Rajnikant to stardom |last=K. V. Subramanya |date=16 June 2007 |access-date=4 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107065743/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/16/stories/2007061612510100.htm |archive-date=7 November 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/13ssraj.htm |title=Meet the bus driver Rajni worked with |date=13 June 2007 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106150541/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/13ssraj.htm |archive-date=6 November 2014 |access-date=9 September 2010}}</ref> During his stay at the institute, he was noticed by the Tamil film director [[K. Balachander]].<ref name="Rajini">{{Cite web |url=http://forbesindia.com/article/recliner/why-rajinikanth-rocks/17592/1?id=17592&pg=1 |title=Why Rajinikanth Rocks |last=Lakhe |first=Manisha |date=27 September 2010 |website=[[Forbes]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327154329/http://forbesindia.com/article/recliner/why-rajinikanth-rocks/17592/1?id=17592&pg=1 |archive-date=27 March 2015 |access-date=9 April 2011}}</ref> Balachander provided Rajinikanth with his stage name to avoid confusion with fellow actor [[Sivaji Ganesan]], having taken it from a character's name in his earlier film ''[[Major Chandrakanth (1966 film)|Major Chandrakanth]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vaasanthi |title=Rajinikanth: A Life |date=2021 |isbn=978-93-90652-10-5 |location=New Delhi |oclc=1268466867}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=8 December 2012 |title=It was a small role, but people would remember him |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/It-was-a-small-role-but-people-would-remember-him/article12190436.ece |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406055925/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/It-was-a-small-role-but-people-would-remember-him/article12190436.ece |archive-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> The [[K. Balachander|director]] advised him to learn to speak [[Tamil language|Tamil]], a recommendation that Rajinikanth quickly followed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://forbesindia.com/article/person-of-the-year-10/rajinikanth-who-really-is-the-super-star/20452/2?id=20452&pg=2 |access-date=22 February 2013 |title=Rajinikanth: Who Really Is the Super Star? |last1=N.S. |first1=Ramnath |last2=D'Souza |first2=Nilofer |date=22 December 2010 |website=[[Forbes]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418110323/http://forbesindia.com/article/person-of-the-year-10/rajinikanth-who-really-is-the-super-star/20452/2?id=20452&pg=2 |archive-date=18 April 2015}}</ref> Though he can read the language, he cannot write in it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Asokan |first=Mamtha |date=25 October 2021 |title=Does Rajinikanth know how to write in Tamil? Daughter Soundarya says he doesn't |website=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/does-rajinikanth-know-how-to-write-in-tamil-daughter-soundarya-says-he-doesnt/articleshow/87263200.cms |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
==Acting career==
=== 1975–1977: Early career ===
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Rajinikanth began his film career with the Tamil film ''[[Apoorva Raagangal]]'' (1975), directed by [[K. Balachander]].<ref name="firstbreak">{{Cite news |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/12/12/super-star-rajnikanth-turns-61-fans-celebrates-enthusiastically |title=Super Star Rajnikanth turns 61: Fans celebrates enthusiastically |last=Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan |date=13 December 2010 |work=Asian Tribune |access-date=18 June 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215013133/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/12/12/super-star-rajnikanth-turns-61-fans-celebrates-enthusiastically |archive-date=15 December 2010}}</ref> He was cast in a small role as the ex-husband of the female lead played by [[Srividya]].<ref name=firstbreak/><ref name="pioneer">{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/150th-anniversary-issue/the-other-rajinikanth.html |title=The other Rajinikanth |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=5 January 2014 |work=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418113701/http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/150th-anniversary-issue/the-other-rajinikanth.html |archive-date=18 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="express">{{Cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fans-celebrate-rajinikanths-61st-birthday/723665/ |title=Fans celebrate Rajinikanth's 61st birthday |last=C Raja Mohan |date=12 December 2010 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120060826/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fans-celebrate-rajinikanths-61st-birthday/723665 |archive-date=20 January 2011}}</ref> The film explored [[Age disparity in sexual relationships|relationships between people with wide age differences]] and was deemed controversial upon release.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/experiments-in-tamil-cinema/photostory/29651841.cms |title=Experiments in Tamil cinema — Apoorva Raagangal (1975) |work=The Times of India |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509033249/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/Experiments-in-Tamil-cinema/photostory/29651841.cms |archive-date=9 May 2015}}</ref> However, it received critical acclaim and won three [[National Film Awards]] including the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Award for the Best Tamil Feature]] at the [[23rd National Film Awards]] in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=23NFA.pdf |title=23rd National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526091043/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=23NFA.pdf |archive-date=26 May 2011 |access-date=23 April 2011}}</ref> A review from ''[[The Hindu]]'' noted that: "Newcomer Rajinikanth is dignified and impressive".{{Sfn|Hindu|2012|p=67}} His next release was [[Puttanna Kanagal]]'s Kannada [[anthology film]] ''[[Katha Sangama (1976 film)|Katha Sangama]]'' (1976).<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008101851261100.htm&date=2008/10/18/&prd=mp& |title=Blast from the past: Naagarahaavu- 1972 |date=18 October 2008 |work=The Hindu |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110055318/http://hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008101851261100.htm&date=2008%2F10%2F18%2F&prd=mp& |archive-date=10 November 2012}}</ref> Rajinikanth appeared in the last segment of the film; he played the role as a village ruffian who rapes a blind woman in the absence of her husband.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 3}} Balachander cast him in a pivotal role in ''[[Anthuleni Katha]]'' (1976), the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] remake of his own Tamil film ''[[Aval Oru Thodar Kathai]]'' (1974).{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 3}} In ''[[Moondru Mudichu]]''{{em dash}}the first Tamil film to feature him in a prominent role{{em dash}}he played a character that "blithely row[s] away" when his friend drowns accidentally in the lake only to fulfill his desire to marry the former's girlfriend.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 4}} His style of flipping the cigarette in the film made him popular among the audience.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-12-19/news/35912468_1_new-flavours-asin-rajinikanth |title=Mirinda advertisement: Can Asin match the charisma of Rajinikanth, Sridevi and Kamal Hassan |last=Chamikutty |first=Preethi |date=19 December 2012 |work=The Economic Times |access-date=7 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005011059/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-12-19/news/35912468_1_new-flavours-asin-rajinikanth |archive-date=5 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> In his final release of the year, ''[[Baalu Jenu]]'', he was cast as the main antagonist who troubles the female lead.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 3}} He played similar roles in Balachander's ''[[Avargal]]'' (1977),<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2011/04/10/stories/2011041050170800.htm |title=We will miss you, Sujatha |last=Malathi Rangarajan |date=10 April 2011 |access-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810024423/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2011/04/10/stories/2011041050170800.htm |archive-date=10 August 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> and [[Bharathiraja]]'s ''[[16 Vayathinile|16 Vayadhinile]]'' (1977).{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 3}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/815331.aspx |title=Return of Rajinikanth |date=22 February 2012 |work=The Hindustan Times |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140205182315/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/815331.aspx |archive-date=5 February 2014}}</ref> The same year, he made his first-ever appearance as a lead actor in the Telugu film ''[[Chilakamma Cheppindi]]'' (1977), which earned him his only nomination for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-specials-9-life-lessons-to-learn-from-rajinikanth/20121212.htm#3 |title=Success has humble beginnings |date=12 December 2012 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225021844/http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-specials-9-life-lessons-to-learn-from-rajinikanth/20121212.htm |archive-date=25 February 2013 |access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/04/stories/2010090464702000.htm |title=Fusion of culture at celebrity wedding |last=Srinivasan |first=Meera |date=4 September 2010 |access-date=22 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020140220/http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/04/stories/2010090464702000.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=20 October 2011}}</ref> [[S. P. Muthuraman]] experimented Rajinikanth in a positive role in ''[[Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri]]'' (1977).<ref name="rediff1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/22muthu.htm |title=Rajini acts in front of the camera, never behind it |last=Rajitha |date=22 December 1999 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107121339/http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/22muthu.htm |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=14 June 2011}}</ref> The success of the film brought the duo together for 24 more films till the 1990s.<ref name="rediff1" /> Rajinikanth played supporting and "villainous" roles in most of the films released during the year.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 4}} In ''[[Gaayathri]]'' he was cast as a pornographer who secretly films his relationship with his wife without her knowledge and in ''[[Galate Samsara]]'' he played the role of a married man who develops an affair with a [[Cabaret|cabaret dancer]].{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. 5}} He had 15 of his films released during the year.{{Sfn|Sreekanth|2008|p=370}}
=== 1978–1989: Experimentation and breakthrough ===
In 1978, Rajinikanth had 20 releases across Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc=chpt. 6}}{{Sfn |Sreekanth |2008 |pp=369–370}} His first film of the year was [[P. Madhavan]]'s ''[[Shankar Salim Simon]]'', in which he was among the three leads. Following that, he co-starred alongside [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]] in the [[Kannada cinema|Kannada film]] ''[[Kiladi Kittu]]''. He played the second lead in ''[[Annadammula Savaal]]'', which starred [[Krishna Ghattamaneni|Krishna]]; Rajinikanth reprised his role from the [[Sahodarara Savaal|Kannada original]]. He then played an important role in the supernatural thriller ''[[Aayiram Jenmangal]]''. In ''[[Maathu Tappada Maga]]'', he was the main antagonist. ''[[Bairavi]]'', directed by [[M. Bhaskar|M.Bhaskar]], was the first Tamil film to cast Rajinikanth as a solo hero.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanth-top-films-19150.html |title=40 years of Superstar Rajinikanth: His top movies |date=19 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703200749/http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/rajinikanth-top-films-19150.html |archive-date=3 July 2015 |publisher=[[India TV]]}}</ref>{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc=chap. 6}} It was for this film that he earned the sobriquet "Superstar".{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc=chap. 6}} [[S. Thanu]], one of the film's distributors, set up a {{convert|35|ft|m}} high cut-out of Rajinikanth.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2012/10/28231007/I-do-not-want-the-title-Super.html |title=சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் பட்டம் எனக்கு வேண்டாம்!: ஏற்க மறுத்தார், ரஜினிகாந்த்! |date=28 October 2012 |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |access-date=12 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318013621/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2012/10/28231007/I-do-not-want-the-title-Super.html |archive-date=18 March 2013 |language=ta}}</ref> His next appearance ''[[Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu]]'', a quadrangular love story written and directed by [[C. V. Sridhar]], saw him play the role of a man who sacrifices his love for his friend, played by [[Kamal Haasan]]. The film's success prompted Sridhar to remake the film in Telugu, ''[[Vayasu Pilichindi]]'', which retained the original cast of the Tamil film.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
His next film, ''[[Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye]]'', had an introductory song to mark his entry, a trend that would soon catch on in with his later films.{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc=chap. 6}} ''[[Mullum Malarum]]'', released during the same period, received critical acclaim, and earned him his first [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil]] nomination.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/13/stories/2009121356310700.htm |title=A phenomenon called Rajnikanth |last=D. Karthikeyan |date=13 December 2009 |access-date=22 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015162317/http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/13/stories/2009121356310700.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=15 October 2013}}</ref> The film marked the directional debut of [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]], with a screenplay adapted from a novel of the same name published in ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]''.{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc=chap. 6}} It won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film]] and a Special Prize (Best Actor) for Rajinikanth at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc= chap. 6}} Following this, he made a foray into [[Cinema of Kerala|Malayalam cinema]] with [[I. V. Sasi]]'s fantasy film ''[[Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum]]'', which was based on a story from the [[Arabian Nights]]. The same year, he acted in ''[[Dharma Yuddam]]'', in which he played a mentally-ill person avenging the death of his parents. He then co-starred with [[N. T. Rama Rao]] in ''[[Tiger (1979 film)|Tiger]]''. Upon completion of ''Tiger'', Rajinikanth had acted in 50 films over a period of four years, and in four languages. Some other popular films released during this period are the youthful entertainer ''[[Ninaithale Inikkum (1979 film)|Ninaithale Inikkum]]'', the Tamil–Kannada bilingual ''[[Priya (1978 film)|Priya]]'', the Telugu film ''[[Amma Evarikkaina Amma]]'' and the melodrama ''[[Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai]]''. ''Priya'', based on a detective novel by [[Sujatha (writer)|Sujatha]], had the distinction of being the first film of Rajinikanth to be shot mostly outside India, mainly in Southeast Asia.{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc=chap. 6}} A''arilirunthu Arubathu Varai'' earned him his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.
Raijinikanth, who credited [[Hindi film]] star [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as his inspiration,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Amitabh-is-my-inspiration-says-Rajini/article16133086.ece |title=Amitabh is my inspiration, says Rajini |date=15 August 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=24 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516093145/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Amitabh-is-my-inspiration-says-Rajini/article16133086.ece |archive-date=16 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> began playing Amitabh Bachchan's roles in Tamil remakes of his films.<ref name="indianexpress">{{Cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/revisiting-prakash-mehra-zanjeer-the-film-that-made-amitabh-bachchan-4714064/ |title=Revisiting Prakash Mehra's Zanjeer: The film that made Amitabh Bachchan |date=20 June 2017 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=24 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033352/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/revisiting-prakash-mehra-zanjeer-the-film-that-made-amitabh-bachchan-4714064/ |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> This began with ''Shankar Salim Simon'' (1978), a remake of ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]'' (1977), followed by ''[[Naan Vazhavaippen]]'' (1979), a remake of ''[[Majboor (1974 film)|Majboor]]'' (1974).<ref name="Mint">{{Cite news |url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/1zecmlLkbhchQlpXOOOsxN/10-Rajinikanth-films-that-were-remakes-of-Amitabh-Bachchan-s.html |title=10 Rajinikanth films that were remakes of Amitabh Bachchan starrers |last=Jha |first=Lata |date=18 July 2016 |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |access-date=19 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719141109/http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/1zecmlLkbhchQlpXOOOsxN/10-Rajinikanth-films-that-were-remakes-of-Amitabh-Bachchan-s.html |archive-date=19 July 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was subsequently cast in a series of roles modelled after Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil remakes of his films.<ref name="indianexpress" /> Rajinikanth starred in eleven Tamil remakes of Amitabh Bachchan films,<ref name="catchnews">{{Cite news |url=http://www.catchnews.com/bollywood-news/like-amitabh-bachchan-does-rajinikanth-owe-his-success-to-salim-khan-and-javed-akhtar-catch-flash-back-bollywood-news-1469260347.html |title=What do Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth have in common? |date=23 July 2016 |work=Catch News |access-date=29 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033736/http://www.catchnews.com/bollywood-news/like-amitabh-bachchan-does-rajinikanth-owe-his-success-to-salim-khan-and-javed-akhtar-catch-flash-back-bollywood-news-1469260347.html |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as a Telugu remake of ''Amar Akbar Anthony'', ''[[Ram Robert Rahim]]'' (1980), alongside [[Sridevi]].<ref name="Mint" /> The most successful of these were remakes of [[Salim–Javed]] films, such as ''[[Billa (1980 film)|Billa]]'' (1980), ''[[Thee (1981 film)|Thee]]'' (1981) and ''[[Mr. Bharath]]'' (1986).<ref name="catchnews" />
During this phase of his career, Rajinikanth abruptly chose to quit acting, but was coaxed to return<ref name="expressindia">{{Cite news |url=http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=88218 |title='Yesterday I was a conductor, today I'm a star' |last=Girija Jinnaa |date=15 June 2007 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=4 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617192827/http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=88218 |archive-date=17 June 2007}}</ref> with the Tamil film ''[[Billa (1980 film)|Billa]]'' (1980), a remake of the [[Bollywood]] blockbuster ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]'' (1978), written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan. ''Billa'' had Rajinikanth playing dual roles and eventually became his first ever commercial success. His pairing with [[Sridevi]] continued in ''[[Johnny (1980 film)|Johnny]]'', where he was once again cast in a double role, earned him his third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. He also starred in ''[[Murattu Kaalai (1980 film)|Murattu Kaalai]]'' which was a commercial success.<ref name=rediff1/> The success of ''Billa'' was a turning point in Rajinikanth's career, disproving detractors that claimed Rajnikanth was "finished" and which saw him accepted as a full-fledged hero.<ref name="expressindia" /> The success of ''Billa'' established Rajinikanth as the top star of Tamil cinema, overtaking [[Kamal Haasan]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajanikant-his-name-spells-box-office-magic-in-the-south/1/329580.html |title=Rajanikant: His name spells box-office magic in the south |date=31 July 1988 |work=[[India Today]]}}</ref>
In 1981, he appeared in ''[[Garjanai (1981 film)|Garjanai]]'' which was shot simultaneously in [[Kannada]] and [[Malayalam]], making it his last film in those two languages to date.{{When|date=November 2016}} In K. Balachander's first home production, ''[[Netrikan]]'', he played dual roles as a womanising father and a responsible son.<ref name=rediff1/> His first full-length comedy was ''[[Thillu Mullu]]'', directed by K. Balachander. He agreed to it solely due to the strong suggestion by his mentor that he should do non-commercial roles, to break the stereotyped action-hero mould by which he was getting famous at the time. ''Thillu Mullu'' earned him his fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/regional/return-of-rajinikanth/article1-815331.aspx |title=Return of Rajinikanth |date=22 February 2012 |work=[[The Hindustan Times]] |access-date=10 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140210092421/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/regional/return-of-rajinikanth/article1-815331.aspx |archive-date=10 February 2014}}</ref> 1981 also saw the release of ''[[Thee (1981 film)|Thee]]'', a remake of the 1975 Bollywood blockbuster ''[[Deewaar]]'', also originally written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan; in ''Thee'', Rajinikanth reprised the role of Bachchan in the original.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/1zecmlLkbhchQlpXOOOsxN/10-Rajinikanth-films-that-were-remakes-of-Amitabh-Bachchan-s.html |title=10 Rajinikanth films that were remakes of Amitabh Bachchan starrers |date=18 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719141109/http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/1zecmlLkbhchQlpXOOOsxN/10-Rajinikanth-films-that-were-remakes-of-Amitabh-Bachchan-s.html |archive-date=19 July 2016}}</ref> In 1982, he starred in ''[[Pokkiri Raja (1982 film)|Pokkiri Raja]]'', ''[[Moondru Mugam]]'', ''[[Thanikattu Raja]]'', ''[[Puthukavithai]]'' and ''[[Enkeyo Ketta Kural]]''. ''Moondru Mugam'' which starred Rajinikanth playing three different roles for the first time, earned him his fifth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.<ref name="raana">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/29/stories/2011012959320200.htm |title=''Raana'' Rajini's next venture |last=Srinivasan |first=Meera |date=29 January 2011 |access-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110010958/http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/29/stories/2011012959320200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=10 November 2012}}</ref>
By 1983, he was a popular actor across [[South Indian cinema]], including Telugu and Kannada films.<ref name="southpopular">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/society/article2153059.ece |title=The Rajini mystique |date=2 July 2011 |work=The Hindu |access-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225031116/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/article2153059.ece |archive-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> In 1983, he starred in his first [[Bollywood]] film, ''[[Andha Kanoon]]'', alongside [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Hema Malini]]. The film went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of that time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=125&catName=MTk4MC0xOTg5 |title=Top Earners 1980–1989 (Figures in Ind Rs) |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014090332/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=125&catName=MTk4MC0xOTg5 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref> His 1984 film ''[[Naan Mahaan Alla (1984 film)|Naan Mahaan Alla]]'', was directed by Muturaman and produced by K. Balachander. He acted in his first cameo role in the film ''[[Anbulla Rajinikanth]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2220318.cms?prtpage=1 |title=Only Rajini can |date=10 December 2006 |work=The Economic Times |access-date=21 February 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019075317/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2220318.cms?prtpage=1 |archive-date=19 October 2012}}</ref> He played a triple role in ''[[John Jani Janardhan (1984 film)|John Jani Janardhan]]''. His performance in ''[[Nallavanuku Nallavan]]'' earned him his first and only [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil]].<ref name="filmfare">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ |title=Collections |publisher=Update Video Publication |year=1991 |pages=394 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203223423/http://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> In his 100th film ''[[Sri Raghavendra]]'' (1985), he played the Hindu saint [[Raghavendra Swami]].<ref name="rebel_image" /> His greatest success in Hindi films was his 101st film ''[[Bewafai]]''. Released in 1985 with Rajesh Khanna as the lead hero and Rajinikanth as villain, it became a success and grossed {{INRConvert|119.5|m|lk=r|year=1985}} at the box office that year.<ref name="indianexpress4">{{Cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/rajinikanths-tryst-with-bollywood-hum-andha-kanoon-chaalbaaz/#bewafaai |title=PHOTOS: Rajinikanth's tryst with Bollywood: Hum, Andha Kanoon, Chaalbaaz | The Indian Express |date=23 May 2014 |work=indianexpress |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627165031/http://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/rajinikanths-tryst-with-bollywood-hum-andha-kanoon-chaalbaaz/ |archive-date=27 June 2014 |access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref>
In the second half of the 1980s, Rajinikanth acted in commercially successful films such as ''[[Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985 film)|Naan Sigappu Manithan]]'' (1985), ''[[Padikkadavan (1985 film)|Padikkathavan]]'' (1985), ''[[Mr. Bharath]]'' (1986), ''[[Velaikkaran (1987 film)|Velaikaran]]'' (1987), ''[[Guru Sishyan (1988 film)|Guru Sishyan]]'' (1988) and ''[[Dharmathin Thalaivan]]'' (1988), with ''Velaikaran'' earning him his seventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. In 1988, he made his only American film appearance in ''[[Bloodstone (1988 film)|Bloodstone]]'', directed by [[Dwight Little]], in which he played an English-speaking Indian taxi driver.{{Sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |loc= chap. The 1980s}}<ref name="Weldon1996">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrsbAQAAIAAJ |title=The Psychotronic Video Guide |last=Weldon |first=Michael |publisher=Titan Books |year=1996 |isbn=978-1-85286-770-6 |pages=66 |access-date=22 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203223429/http://books.google.com/books?id=HrsbAQAAIAAJ |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Rajinikanth finished the decade with films including ''[[Rajadhi Raja (1989 film)|Rajadhi Raja]]'', ''[[Siva (1989 Tamil film)|Siva]]'', ''[[Raja Chinna Roja]]'' and ''[[Mappillai (1989 film)|Mappillai]]'' while also starring in a few Bollywood productions. ''Raja Chinna Roja'' was the first Indian film to feature [[Films with live action and animation|live action and animation]].{{sfn |Ramachandran |2012 |p=127}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/05/14/stories/2004051401350100.htm |title=Finger on people's pulse |last=S.R. Ashok Kumar |date=14 May 2004 |access-date=28 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221163631/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/05/14/stories/2004051401350100.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>
=== 1990–2001: Commercial stardom ===
[[File:Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan at audio release of Shamitabh.jpg|thumb|right|alt=|Rajinikanth with Kamal Haasan]]
By the 1990s, Rajinikanth established himself as a commercial entertainer. Almost all the films released during this period were highly successful at the box office.
He began the decade with a blockbuster in ''[[Panakkaran]]'' (1990), which was a remake of [[Amitabh Bachchan]]'s 1981 film ''[[Laawaris (1981 film)|Laawaris]]''. The film earned him his eighth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. His next two Tamil films, the [[fantasy film|fantasy comedy]] ''[[Athisaya Piravi]]'', (a remake of [[Chiranjeevi]]'s 1988 film ''[[Yamudiki Mogudu (1988 film)|Yamudiki Mogudu]]'') which also released in 1990 and the family drama ''[[Dharma Durai (1991 film)|Dharmadorai]]'' (1991), did above-average business at the box office. His stint with Bollywood continued since the past decade as he went on to star in more Hindi films. ''[[Hum (1991 film)|Hum]]'' released in 1991 saw him doing the second main lead with Amitabh Bachchan became an inspiration for ''Baashha''.<ref name="IndiaJanDay">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/15/stories/2006121506571400.htm |title=It's India-Japan Friendship Year |date=15 December 2006 |access-date=20 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520065653/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/15/stories/2006121506571400.htm |archive-date=20 May 2007 |location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=ta}}</ref> In 1991, he worked with [[Mani Ratnam]] in ''[[Thalapathi]]'', which was heavily inspired by the ''[[Mahabharata]]''.<ref name="thalapathi">{{Cite web |url=http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/09/slide-show-1-looking-at-mani-ratnams-landmark-movies.htm |title=Looking at Mani Ratnam's landmark movies – Rediff.com Movies |date=9 June 2010 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006132648/http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/09/slide-show-1-looking-at-mani-ratnams-landmark-movies.htm |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/tamil-superstar-rajnikant-turns-60-fans-celebrate/553338/2 |title=Tamil superstar Rajnikant turns 60, fans celebrate |date=12 December 2009 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326003855/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/tamil-superstar-rajnikant-turns-60-fans-celebrate/553338/2 |archive-date=26 March 2010}}</ref> in which he co-starred with actor [[Mammooty]]; the film dealt with the friendship between two unknown characters based on [[Karna]] and [[Duryodhana]], respectively,<ref name="thalapathi" /> and was set in a more contemporary milieu and was both critically acclaimed and successful upon release.<ref name="rebel_image">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/10/24/stories/2010102450020100.htm |title=Magazine : He's back |last=K. Hariharan |date=24 October 2010 |access-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028131931/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/10/24/stories/2010102450020100.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=28 October 2010}}</ref> He received his ninth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the film. He went on to appear in remakes of films from other languages, mostly from Hindi and Telugu. ''[[Annamalai (film)|Annamalai]]'', which released in 1992, was yet another friendship-centric film and was loosely based on the 1987 Bollywood film ''[[Khudgarz]]''. The film was the first to have a Super Star Title Graphic Card. He received his tenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the film. ''[[Mannan (film)|Mannan]]'', directed by [[P. Vasu]], a remake of Kannada actor [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]]'s 1986 blockbuster ''[[Anuraga Aralithu]]'', also was released in 1992 and became a box office success. Rajinikanth wrote his first screenplay for the film ''[[Valli (film)|Valli]]'' (1993), in which he also made a special appearance. He also starred in the film ''[[Yajaman]]'', in which he played the role of Vaanavaraayan, a village chieftain. His romantic-comedy ''[[Veera (1994 film)|Veera]]'' (1994) was controversial for its climax but went on to become one of the highest-grossing films in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/38534/inspiration-remakes.html |title=Inspiration for remakes |last=Megha Shenoy |date=4 April 2011 |website=[[The Deccan Herald]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021111848/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/38534/inspiration-remakes.html |archive-date=21 October 2012 |access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref> That year, he earned his eleventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the action-drama ''[[Uzhaippali]]''.
He joined hands with [[Suresh Krishna (director)|Suresh Krishna]] for ''[[Baashha]]'' (1995), which emerged as an industry record,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-working-with-rajinikanth-baasha-director-tells-all/20121212.htm |title=Working with Rajinikanth: Baasha director tells all |date=12 December 2012 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208151126/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-working-with-rajinikanth-baasha-director-tells-all/20121212.htm |archive-date=8 February 2013 |access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref> and is routinely touted by fans and critics alike as a major-hit, as the film elevated him from being just another very popular actor to nearly demigod status among the masses.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Rajinikanth-Old-is-gold/articleshow/4138227.cms? |title=Rajinikanth: Old is gold |last=Pillai |first=Sreedhar |date=17 February 2009 |work=The Times of India |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114114139/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Rajinikanth-Old-is-gold/articleshow/4138227.cms |archive-date=14 January 2016}}</ref> He made a cameo in ''[[Peddarayudu]]'' for his friend [[Mohan Babu]] and also helped him in obtaining the remake rights. The same year, he acted in yet another gangster film, ''[[Aatank Hi Aatank]]'' with [[Aamir Khan]] which was also his last Hindi film in a major role till date. His film ''[[Muthu (film)|Muthu]]'', a remake of [[Mohanlal]]'s blockbuster Malayalam film ''[[Thenmavin Kombathu]]'', was another commercial success, directed by [[K. S. Ravikumar]] and produced by K. Balachander, and became the first Tamil film to be dubbed into Japanese, as ''Mutu: Odoru Maharaja''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/photos/b-town-specials/happy-birthdayrajinikanth/2/ |title=Happy birthday, Rajinikanth! |website=[[Mid-Day]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014211458/http://www.mid-day.com/photos/b-town-specials/happy-birthdayrajinikanth/2/ |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> The film grossed a record US$1.6 million in Japan in 1998 and was responsible for creating a large Japanese fan-base for the actor.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/brand-rajinikanth/895433/0 |title=Brand Rajinikanth |last=S Saroj Kumar |date=4 January 2012 |work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113614/http://www.financialexpress.com/news/brand-rajinikanth/895433/0 |archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> ''Muthu''{{'}}s success in Japan led American news magazine ''[[Newsweek]]'' to comment in a 1999 article that Rajinikanth had "supplanted [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] as Japan's trendiest heartthrob".<ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/1999/05/09/dancing-maharajas.html "Dancing Maharajas".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125150815/http://www.newsweek.com/1999/05/09/dancing-maharajas.html |date=25 November 2010 }} ''Newsweek''. 10 May 1999.</ref> During a visit to Japan in 2006, Indian Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] acknowledged the success of ''Muthu'' in the country during a speech, justifying the positive [[India-Japan relations|relationship between the two nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/dec/14prem.htm |title=When the PM wowed Japan's parliament |last=Prem Panicker |date=14 December 2006 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805172727/http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/dec/14prem.htm |archive-date=5 August 2012 |access-date=8 January 2012}}</ref> He received his twelfth and thirteenth nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performances in ''Baashha'' and ''Mushu''.
He also entered [[Bengali film industry|Bengali cinema]] through ''[[Bhagya Debata]]'', which was released at the end of 1995. 1997's ''[[Arunachalam (film)|Arunachalam]]'', another commercial success, earned him his fourteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. Rajinikanth released his last film of the millennium with ''[[Padayappa]]'' (1999), which went on to become a blockbuster success, and earned him his fifteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. It starred [[Ramya Krishnan]] and [[Soundarya]], the former critically acclaimed for her performance. It was also the last prominent role for veteran Tamil actor [[Sivaji Ganesan]].
=== 2002–2010: Struggles, resurgence and acclaim ===
After a brief pause, Rajinikanth starred in ''[[Baba (2002 film)|Baba]]'' in 2002, for which he had also written the screenplay.<ref name="baba">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/08/16/stories/2002081600960300.htm |title=Baba |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=16 August 2002 |access-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225032939/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/08/16/stories/2002081600960300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> Released with much fanfare and hype at the time, the film featured a story revolving around the reforming of a gangster, later revealed to be the reincarnation of the Hindu saint [[Mahavatar Babaji]], and fights against political corruption.<ref name=baba/> It fell short of market expectations and the high bids reportedly translated to heavy losses for the distributors. Rajinikanth himself repaid the losses incurred by the distributors.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/03gv.htm |title=Film producer GV commits suicide |last=N Sathiya Moorthy |date=3 May 2003 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170107125855/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/03gv.htm |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=17 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/05/12/stories/2004051200960100.htm |title=Superstar wannabes |last=Sudhish Kamath |date=12 May 2004 |access-date=17 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001064811/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/05/12/stories/2004051200960100.htm |archive-date=1 October 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> The film was received with comments such as "the bloom was off the rose" and that "the gold does not glitter any more".<ref name="Will Sivaji be Rajini">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/05msg.htm |title=Will Sivaji be Rajini's biggest hit?- History |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607142307/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/05msg.htm |archive-date=7 June 2007 |access-date=6 May 2007}}</ref> [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] (PMK) leader [[S. Ramadoss]] condemned him for smoking and posing with [[beedi]]s in the film. He was criticised for spoiling the Tamil youth by glorifying smoking and drinking. PMK volunteers attacked the theatres which screened the film and usurped film rolls and burned them.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Mar232004/n7.asp |title=Rajini keeps everyone guessing |date=23 March 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309043030/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Mar232004/n7.asp |archive-date=9 March 2007 |access-date=5 April 2007}}</ref>
Two years later, Rajinikanth signed up for P. Vasu's ''[[Chandramukhi]]'' (2005), a remake of the Malayalam film ''[[Manichitrathazhu]]''. Upon release the film was highly successful at the box office, and in 2007 it set the record of being the longest running Tamil film.<ref name="The Final Verdict">{{Cite web |url=http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13736924 |title=The Final Verdict – History |date=8 May 2005 |website=[[Sify]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224110012/http://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13736924 |archive-date=24 December 2014 |access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref> ''Chandramukhi'' was also dubbed in [[Turkish language|Turkish]] and in German as ''Der Geisterjäger'' and released in the respective nations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2006/04/02/rajnis-chandramukhi-in-turkish-and-german-1143979538.html |title=Rajni's 'Chandramukhi' in Turkish and German |date=2 April 2006 |publisher=[[Oneindia.in]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026145318/http://news.oneindia.in/2006/04/02/rajnis-chandramukhi-in-turkish-and-german-1143979538.html |archive-date=26 October 2014 |access-date=7 June 2011}}</ref> Following ''Chandramukhi''{{'}}s release, it was reported that [[AVM Productions]] was set to produce a film directed by [[S. Shankar|Shankar]] starring Rajinikanth – the largest collaboration yet for a Tamil film. The film was titled ''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'' and was released in the summer of 2007, following two years of filming and production. It became the first Tamil film to be charted as one of the "top-ten best films" of the United Kingdom and South Africa box offices upon release.<ref name="United Kingdom Box Office 15–17 June 2007">{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/uk/?yr=2007&wk=24&p=.htm |title=United Kingdom Box Office June 15–17, 2007 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626043750/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/uk/?yr=2007&wk=24&p=.htm |archive-date=26 June 2007 |access-date=18 June 2007}}</ref><ref name="South Africa Box Office 3–5 August 2007">{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/southafrica/?yr=2007&wk=31&p=.htm |title=South Africa Box Office August 3–5, 2007 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024011722/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/southafrica/?yr=2007&wk=31&p=.htm |archive-date=24 October 2007 |access-date=8 June 2007}}</ref> Rajinikanth received a salary of {{INRConvert|260|m|year=2007}}, for his role in the film highest in his film career at that time.<ref name="Neha">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Rapchik-Rajinikanth-mind-it/Article1-606098.aspx |title=Rapchik Rajinikanth, mind it! |last=Sharma |first=Neha |date=29 September 2010 |work=[[The Hindustan Times]] |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224090431/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Rapchik-Rajinikanth-mind-it/Article1-606098.aspx |archive-date=24 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-17/news-interviews/28228019_1_hero-worship-mgr-sivaji-ganesan |title=What makes Rajinikanth the Boss? |last=Varma |first=Anuradha |date=17 October 2010 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=13 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104110543/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-17/news-interviews/28228019_1_hero-worship-mgr-sivaji-ganesan |archive-date=4 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1062351/report-after-brangelina-its-rajinikanth |title=After Brangelina, it's Rajinikanth |last=Vilakudy |first=Rajaneesh |date=5 November 2006 |website=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014080020/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1062351/report-after-brangelina-its-rajinikanth |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> He received his sixteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. During the production of ''Sivaji'', [[Soundarya Rajinikanth]] announced her intention of producing a computer-generated imagery film starring an animated version of her father titled ''Sultan: The Warrior''. The film was set for release in 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2010/rajinikanth-sultan-rechristened-hara-251010.html |title=Rajinikanth's Sultan rechristened as Hara |date=25 October 2010 |work=OneIndia |access-date=27 March 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707231049/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2010/rajinikanth-sultan-rechristened-hara-251010.html |archive-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-12-13/news/27690498_1_soundarya-rajnikant-film-sultan-the-warrior |title=Animated film on Rajnikant to be released in December 2008 |date=13 December 2007 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=9 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015023424/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-12-13/news/27690498_1_soundarya-rajnikant-film-sultan-the-warrior |archive-date=15 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> however, it entered [[development hell]], and its development status would become unknown over the next few years.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-29/news-interviews/31475535_1_superstar-rajinikanth-rana-soundarya-rajinikanth |title=The day Rajini took ill |last=Ramanujam |first=Srinivas |date=29 April 2012 |access-date=9 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015111052/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-29/news-interviews/31475535_1_superstar-rajinikanth-rana-soundarya-rajinikanth |archive-date=15 October 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Rajinikanth 2010 - still 113555 crop.jpg|thumbnail|Rajinikanth at the [[Enthiran (soundtrack)|''Enthiran'' (2010) soundtrack]] release event in [[Mumbai]]|alt=|left]]
He worked with P. Vasu again for ''[[Kuselan]]'', a remake of the Malayalam film ''[[Kadha Parayumbol]]'', which was made simultaneously in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Kathanayakudu (2008 film)|Kathanayakudu]]'', in which Rajinikanth played an extended cameo role as Ashok Kumar, a film star in the Indian cinema, and as a best friend to the film's protagonist. According to Rajinikanth, the film somewhat narrated his early life.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/01ssk3.htm |title=Pasupathy, the real star of Kuselan |last=P |first=Krishnakumar |date=1 August 2008 |website=Rediff.com |publisher=Rediff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802201524/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/01ssk3.htm |archive-date=2 August 2011 |access-date=12 June 2011}}</ref> The film, however, performed poorly at box offices and led to many distributors incurring major losses.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/kuselan/featured/3 |title=Kollywood in a flap |last=Pillai |first=Sreedhar |date=20 August 2008 |access-date=24 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616205822/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/kuselan/featured/3 |archive-date=16 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> Rajinikanth also stated that he would work with [[Pyramid Saimira]] again to compensate for ''Kuselan''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?238204 |title=Hope Floats For SRK |last=Iyengar |first=Pushpa |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|The Outlook]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028041643/http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?238204 |archive-date=28 October 2011 |access-date=30 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=10&contentid=2008121620081216010601113f7794623 |title=Kuselan may spark Tamil film boycott |last=S |first=Shyam Prasad |date=16 December 2008 |work=[[Bangalore Mirror]] |access-date=24 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524180750/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=10&contentid=2008121620081216010601113f7794623 |archive-date=24 May 2013}}</ref>{{Quote box
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| source = —[[Rediff.com]] on Rajinikanth's performance in ''[[Enthiran]]'' (2010)<ref name="Rajini in Enthiran">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-best-tamil-actors-of-2010/20101214.htm |title=Rajinikanth in Endhiran |date=14 December 2010 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527010449/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-best-tamil-actors-of-2010/20101214.htm |archive-date=27 May 2011 |access-date=12 July 2011}}</ref>
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}}"Is there anything left to be said about a man who, at 61, still manages to star in one of the most successful films of the year, not just in the south, but across India? Superstar Rajni once again proved that he is the actor with the Midas touch with the sci-fi flick ''Enthiran'', where he played an ambitious scientist, a naive robot and an evil android bent on destroying the world [...] He did it with such aplomb that he's been the talk of the town for months. He might do one film in two years, but when he does, he pulls out all the stops."
Rajinikanth worked again with Shankar for the science fiction film ''[[Enthiran]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/chulbul-pandey-now-lives-in-chennai/729300/ |title=Chulbul Pandey Now Lives in Chennai |last=Gupta |first=Shubhra |date=26 December 2010 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=2 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211152620/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/chulbul-pandey-now-lives-in-chennai/729300/ |archive-date=11 February 2011}}</ref> The film was released worldwide in 2010 as the most expensive Indian film ever made, ultimately becoming the second highest-grossing film in India of its time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/youdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=2082&nCat=you_asked_it |title=Is It True That Endhiran Will Gross Than Three Idiots? |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006050841/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/youdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=2082&nCat=you_asked_it |archive-date=6 October 2010 |access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="162crores">{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/Ndtv-Show-Special-Story.aspx?from=bottomrelated&ID=538&StoryID=ENTEN20100154445 |title=Rajini's Endhiran: A sell out in Chennai |publisher=[[NDTV]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106150430/http://movies.ndtv.com/Ndtv-Show-Special-Story.aspx?from=bottomrelated&ID=538&StoryID=ENTEN20100154445 |archive-date=6 November 2012 |access-date=26 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=2171&nCat=box_office_news |title=Endhiran — The Robot Expected Lifetime Business |date=1 November 2010 |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216100921/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=2171&nCat=box_office_news |archive-date=16 February 2013 |access-date=4 January 2011}}</ref> Rajinikanth was paid a remuneration of {{INRConvert|450|m|year=2010}} for the film.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/avatar-technology-powers-rajnikant-in-enthir/673748/ |title=Avatar technology powers Rajnikant in Enthiran |date=28 August 2010 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124071605/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/avatar-technology-powers-rajnikant-in-enthir/673748 |archive-date=24 November 2010}}</ref> He received his seventeenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. The film's success lead to the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]] to use the film as a case study to analyse the business of cinema and its success story in a post-graduate elective management course called ''Contemporary Film Industry: A Business Perspective''. The course would also study ''Muthu''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-23/india/28227042_1_case-study-iim-rajinikanth |title=Rajinikanth's Enthiran – Case study in IIM A |date=23 December 2010 |access-date=9 April 2011 |location=India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122818/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-23/india/28227042_1_case-study-iim-rajinikanth |archive-date=25 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== 2011–2014: Hospitalisation and return ===
In January 2011, Rajinikanth was slated to appear in ''Rana'', a period film to be produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, who would work with the actor for a third time.<ref name=raana/> During the [[principal photography]] of the film on 29 April 2011, he suffered a mild [[foodborne illness]] on the sets, which led to vomiting, dehydration, and exhaustion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_rajinikanth-admitted-to-hospital_1537595 |title=Rajinikanth admitted to hospital – Entertainment – DNA |date=29 April 2011 |website=Daily News and Analysis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818115734/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_rajinikanth-admitted-to-hospital_1537595 |archive-date=18 August 2011 |access-date=14 July 2011}}</ref> He was treated at St. Isabel's Hospital for a day before being discharged.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/rajinikanth-hospitalised-news-news-le3q2ebeebh.html |title=Rajinikanth hospitalised |website=[[Sify]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811141240/http://www.sify.com/movies/rajinikanth-hospitalised-news-news-le3q2ebeebh.html |archive-date=11 August 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref> Five days later, he was rushed to the same hospital again after suffering from breathlessness and fever.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajinikanth-again-hospitalised/1/138159.html |title=Actor Rajinikanth hospitalised again |last=ITGD Bureau |date=14 May 2011 |website=[[India Today]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014172404/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajinikanth-again-hospitalised/1/138159.html |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref> He was diagnosed with [[bronchitis]] and was kept at the hospital for a week, while also spending a few days in an [[intensive care unit]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Rajini-writes-letter-to-fans-says-he-will-be-back-soon/Article1-710881.aspx |title=Rajini writes letter to fans, says he will be back soon |date=18 June 2011 |work=The Hindustan Times |access-date=1 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621070954/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Rajini-writes-letter-to-fans-says-he-will-be-back-soon/Article1-710881.aspx |archive-date=21 June 2011}}</ref> Several conflicting reports of discharge dates arose, as well as claims of Rajinikanth's health deteriorating.<ref name="ndtv" /> Two days after his last discharge, Rajinikanth was admitted to the [[Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute]] on 16 May 2011 for recurring respiratory and gastrointestinal problems.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/modi-to-visit-rajini-in-hospital-105754 |title=Modi To Visit Rajini in Hospital |publisher=NDTV |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216130427/http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/modi-to-visit-rajini-in-hospital-105754 |archive-date=16 December 2013 |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref> The hospital maintained that Rajinikanth was in stable condition and showed positive response to treatment.<ref name="ndtv">{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?id=ENTEN20110175793&keyword=regional§ion=Movies&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA |title=Rajinikanth's Condition Stable: Hospital |publisher=NDTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210090601/http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/rajinikanth-s-condition-stable-hospital-106385 |archive-date=10 February 2014 |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref> It was widely reported that he required a [[kidney transplantation]], which was later denied by [[Dhanush]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-01/chennai/29608004_1_dhanush-isabel-hospital-national-award |title=Rajini will soon be back to complete 'Raana': Dhanush |date=1 June 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905124113/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-01/chennai/29608004_1_dhanush-isabel-hospital-national-award |archive-date=5 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 21 May 2011, [[Aishwarya R. Dhanush|Aishwarya Rajinikanth]] released a photo of her and Rajinikanth in his hospital ward, both posing with a [[thumbs signal]], responding to fans' negative reaction to news reports.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-23/chennai/29573758_1_private-ward-icu-senior-doctor |title=Rajinikanth out of ICU, moved into private ward |date=23 May 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905124119/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-23/chennai/29573758_1_private-ward-icu-senior-doctor |archive-date=5 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> The hospital restricted unauthorised visitors.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-06/chennai/29516197_1_rajinikanth-triple-role-enthiran |title=Rajini getting better, say docs as fans pray for their superstar |date=6 May 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122809/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-06/chennai/29516197_1_rajinikanth-triple-role-enthiran |archive-date=25 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> Rajinikanth's brother, Sathyanarayana Rao Gaekwad, reported that the cause of the sudden illness was due to stress from rapid weight-loss and changes in diet, as well as [[alcohol withdrawal syndrome|withdrawal of alcohol consumption]] and [[smoking cessation]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rajini-suffering-from-lung-liver-ailment-brother-106258 |title=Rajini suffering from lung, liver ailment: Brother |date=17 May 2011 |publisher=NDTV |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520205352/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rajini-suffering-from-lung-liver-ailment-brother-106258 |archive-date=20 May 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011}}</ref> After addressing fans in a 4-minute [[digital recording|digitally recorded]] [[voice message]] to the media, Rajinikanth, under the advice of Amitabh Bachchan, travelled from Chennai to Singapore with his family on 21 May 2011, where he was to undergo further treatment for [[nephropathy]] at [[Mount Elizabeth Hospital]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/international-news-of-the-week-111060400093_1.html |title=International news of the week |date=4 June 2011 |work=[[Business Standard]] |access-date=17 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620163528/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/international-news-of-the-week-111060400093_1.html |archive-date=20 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/rajini-in-singapore-hospital-on-big-b-s-advice_709858.html |title=Rajini in Singapore hospital on Big B's advice |date=30 May 2011 |publisher=[[Zee News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712183018/http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/rajini-in-singapore-hospital-on-big-b-s-advice_709858.html |archive-date=12 July 2011 |access-date=14 July 2011}}</ref> After spending over two weeks at the hospital, he was finally discharged on 15 June 2011 and continued to recuperate in Singapore, before returning to Chennai on 13 July 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/rajnikanth-fine-recovering-well-dhanush/article2065995.ece |title=Rajnikanth fine, recovering well: Dhanush |date=31 May 2011 |work=The Hindu |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015080939/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/rajnikanth-fine-recovering-well-dhanush/article2065995.ece |archive-date=15 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/rajinikanth-to-return-tonight-118777 |title=Rajinikanth to return tonight |date=14 July 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102184246/http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/rajinikanth-to-return-tonight-118777 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref>
Despite several failed attempts to restart ''Rana'' upon his return, Rajinikanth reprised his ''Enthiran'' character, Chitti, in the Bollywood science-fiction film ''[[Ra.One]]'' (2011) in a guest appearance alongside [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Kareena Kapoor]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-16/news-interviews/30164710_1_superhero-flick-raone-rajinikanth |title=Rajinikanth's cameo RA.One |last=Rudrappa |first=Chetan |date=16 September 2011 |access-date=2 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122823/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-16/news-interviews/30164710_1_superhero-flick-raone-rajinikanth |archive-date=25 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2011, it was decided that ''Rana'' would be shelved in favour of a new project, titled ''[[Kochadaiiyaan]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-29/news-interviews/28378236_1_rajinikanth-film-muthu-and-padayappa |title=Rana, a triple delight for Rajini fans |last=Bharti Dubey, TNN, 29 January 2011, 05.42 pm IST |date=29 January 2011 |access-date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524072144/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-29/news-interviews/28378236_1_rajinikanth-film-muthu-and-padayappa |archive-date=24 May 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film became a huge disaster at the box office.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/now-kochadaiyaan-producers-in-financial-tangle/article6729035.ece |title=Now Kochadaiyaan producers in financial tangle |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=18 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107130420/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/now-kochadaiyaan-producers-in-financial-tangle/article6729035.ece |archive-date=7 January 2017 |date=27 December 2014 |last1=Kandavel |first1=Sangeetha}}</ref> The [[motion capture]] film, which is the first of its kind in India, was released in 2014 to positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kochadaiiyaan-review-roundup-commendable-attempt-by-soundarya-worth-watching-600846 |title='Kochadaiiyaan' Review Roundup: Commendable Attempt by Soundarya; Worth Watching |date=23 May 2014 |work=[[International Business Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107130410/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kochadaiiyaan-review-roundup-commendable-attempt-by-soundarya-worth-watching-600846 |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=24 May 2014}}</ref> ''Kochadaiiyaan'', and the 3D release of ''Sivaji'' in 2012,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/movie-review-rajinikanth-s-sivaji-3d-303788 |title=Movie Review: Rajinikanth's Sivaji 3D |date=11 December 2012 |website=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |publisher=[[NDTV]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527015330/http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/movie-review-rajinikanth-s-sivaji-3d-303788 |archive-date=27 May 2014 |access-date=14 April 2014}}</ref> made Rajinikanth the first Indian actor to have appeared in four different forms of world cinema: [[black-and-white]], [[colour film|colour]], [[3D film|3D]] and [[motion capture]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130403/entertainment-kollywood/article/rajini-%E2%80%98cannes%E2%80%99 |title=Rajini 'Cannes' |date=3 April 2013 |work=Deccan Chronicle |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310063752/http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130403/entertainment-kollywood/article/rajini-%E2%80%98cannes%E2%80%99 |archive-date=10 March 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref> Following the completion of ''Kochadaiiyaan'', Rajinikanth began work in Ravikumar's next directorial venture, titled ''[[Lingaa]].'' <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Sona-presses-the-rewind-button/articleshow/34320366.cms |title=Sona presses the rewind button |date=28 April 2014 |work=Mumbai Mirror |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001062519/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Sona-presses-the-rewind-button/articleshow/34320366.cms |archive-date=1 October 2014 |access-date=2 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/superstar-rajinikanths-next-is-lingaa/article5960175.ece |title=Superstar Rajinikanth's next is Lingaa |date=29 April 2014 |newspaper=The Hindu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920045726/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/superstar-rajinikanths-next-is-lingaa/article5960175.ece |archive-date=20 September 2014 |access-date=2 May 2014 |last1=Subramanian |first1=Karthik}}</ref> The film was released on 12 December 2014, coinciding with his birthday,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/lingaa-stamped-u-rating-rajinikanth-starrer-confirmed-12-december-release-615162 |title='Lingaa' Stamped with 'U' Rating; Rajinikanth Starrer Confirmed for 12 December Release |date=26 November 2014 |work=International Business Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220031320/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/lingaa-stamped-u-rating-rajinikanth-starrer-confirmed-12-december-release-615162 |archive-date=20 February 2015 |access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref> and received mixed reviews from critics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/I-take-responsibility-flaws-in-Lingaa-KS-Ravikumar/articleshow/45585327.cms |title=I take responsibility for the book scene in Lingaa: KS Ravikumar |date=21 December 2014 |website=The Times of India |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225122829/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/I-take-responsibility-flaws-in-Lingaa-KS-Ravikumar/articleshow/45585327.cms |archive-date=25 December 2014 |access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref>
=== 2016–present: ''Kabali'' and beyond ===
After a two-year absence from big screen, Rajinikanth's next film was director [[Pa. Ranjith]]'s crime drama ''[[Kabali (film)|Kabali]]'', produced by [[S. Thanu]]. The film was released in July 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-kabali-review-round-up-this-is-what-critics-are-saying-about-the-rajinikanth-blockbuster-2236945 |title=Kabali review round-up: This is what critics are saying about the Rajinikanth blockbuster |date=22 July 2016 |work=Daily News and Analysis |access-date=25 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725052356/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-kabali-review-round-up-this-is-what-critics-are-saying-about-the-rajinikanth-blockbuster-2236945 |archive-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> The film became the [[List of Tamil films of 2016|highest grossing Tamil film]] of the year grossing over {{INRConvert|300|c|lk=c|year=2020}} and became the [[List of highest-grossing Tamil films|fifth highest-grossing Tamil film of all time]] before being surpassed by his another film ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]''.{{#tag:ref|Box office gross values of {{INR}}650 crore were reported for ''Kabali'' in the first 13 days by several organisations including ''Financial Express'' and ''Indian Express'',<ref name="Financial Express 650 crore 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/334390/kabali-box-office-collections-at-over-rs-650-cr-rajinikanth-starrer-is-now-no-1-movie-in-india/4/|title=Rajinikanth starrer Kabali box office collections rise to over Rs 650 crore, turns No. 1 movie in India – The Financial Express|date=1 August 2016|access-date=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Financial Express 650 crore 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/334390/kabali-box-office-collections-at-over-rs-650-cr-rajinikanth-starrer-is-now-no-1-movie-in-india/3/|title=Rajinikanth starrer Kabali box office collections rise to over Rs 650 crore, turns No. 1 movie in India – The Financial Express|date=1 August 2016|access-date=7 August 2016}}</ref> which were more than double the estimates made by other sources.<ref name="IBT 675 questioned">{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kabali-box-office-collection-reports-rajinikanth-starrer-raking-rs-675-crore-13-days-are-fake-688881|title='Kabali' box office collection: Reports of Rajinikanth-starrer raking in Rs. 675 crore in 13 days are fake|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805214307/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kabali-box-office-collection-reports-rajinikanth-starrer-raking-rs-675-crore-13-days-are-fake-688881|archive-date=5 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''International Business Times'' (IBT) and ''[[Firstpost]]'' criticized these estimates as inflated, explaining the discrepancy as due in part to the addition of "pre-release business" figures, such as music and satellite rights sales of {{INR}}200 crore,<ref name="Firstpost 600 questioned" /> being factored into the box office sales totals.<ref name="IBT 675 questioned" /> ''Firstpost'' wrote, "More conservative estimates put Kabali's collections at around Rs 300 crores from worldwide ticket sales."<ref name="Firstpost 600 questioned">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/rajinikanth-kabali-has-earned-rs-600-crore-at-the-global-box-office-or-has-it-2932578.html|title=Rajinikanth's Kabali has earned Rs 600 crore at the global box office. Or has it? – Firstpost|date=3 August 2016|access-date=7 August 2016}}</ref> IBT's analysts in August 2016 estimated the film's worldwide gross total of its first 13 days at around {{INR|350 crore}} (US${{To USD|3500|IND|year=2016}} million).<ref name="IBT 350 crore">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kabali-box-office-collection-rajinikanth-starrer-beats-7-big-records-baahubali-bahubali-688964 |title='Kabali' Box Office collection |work=International Business Times India|date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805071102/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kabali-box-office-collection-rajinikanth-starrer-beats-7-big-records-baahubali-bahubali-688964|archive-date=5 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> <br> Figures given in December 2016 by ''Financial Express'' indicated an estimated domestic gross of {{INR}}215 crore and an overseas gross of {{INR}}262 crore, which total {{INR}}477 crore.<ref name="IE Dec 2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/entertainment/rajinikanth-birthday-today-as-superstar-rajni-turns-65-wishes-pour-in/471636/|title=Rajinikanth birthday today; As superstar Rajni turns 65, wishes pour in|date=12 December 2016}}</ref> A figure of USD$77 million given by ''Forbes'' in May 2017 converted to approximately {{INR}}493–499 crore.<!--Method: {{INRConvert|493|c|year=2016}}
NOTE: Since the Forbes source doesn't mention a specific INR value, and is presumably using 2017 US dollars to talk about the gross of a 2016 Indian film, we're forced to extrapolate a range of INR values under 500, and the highest possible is 499. --><ref name="Forbes 77 mil USD">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/05/11/armies-of-ajith-fans-mobilize-to-blast-vivegam-teaser-to-record-views/#4d79d92716eb|title=Armies Of Ajith Fans Mobilize To Blast 'Vivegam' Teaser To Record Views|access-date=13 May 2017|work=Forbes|quote=Kabali, which starred blockbuster hero Rajinikanth, went on to gross nearly 5 billion rupees (US$77 million) worldwide, making it the 6th highest grossing Indian film in history at the time.}}</ref> According to ''International Business Times'' in October 2017, ''Kabali''{{'}}s final worldwide gross was around {{INRConvert|286|c}}.<ref name="IBT Oct 2017">{{cite news|last=Upadhyaya|first=Prakash|title=Mersal box office collection: A crowning-moment for Vijay as his film joins Rs 200-crore club|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/mersal-12-days-box-office-collection-crowning-vijay-film-joins-rs-200-crore-club-2nd-weekend-747432|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=30 October 2017}}</ref>|group=n|name=Kabali}} Also, at the [[Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards]], the film was nominated at five categories winning all of them,<ref>{{cite web |date=14 January 2017|last=Arul|title=Rajinikanth, Vijay, Sasikumar at Vikatan awards - Photos|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/photos/rajinikanth-vijay-sasikumar-vikatan-awards-9850-slide-57502|access-date=31 December 2020|website=IBTimes India|language=en}}</ref> and also won five awards, at the [[Edison Awards (India)|Edison Awards]], and two nominations at the [[6th South Indian International Movie Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SIIMA 2017 Nomination List – Tamil|url=http://siima.in/2017/nominations.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170531085328/http://siima.in/2017/nominations.html|archive-date=31 May 2017|access-date=31 May 2017|publisher=[[South Indian International Movie Awards]]}}</ref> He also received his eighteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film.
In August 2016, it was announced that Rajinikanth and director Ranjith would work together again for a film with Dhanush as producer, titled ''[[Kaala (2018 film)|Kaala]]'', in which Rajinikanth plays a [[Dharavi]]-dwelling gangster who fights against corporate takeover of the slum.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/rajinikanthranjith-combo-under-dhanushs-production-soon/article9046675.ece Rajinikanth-Ranjith combo under Dhanush's production soon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830160909/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/rajinikanthranjith-combo-under-dhanushs-production-soon/article9046675.ece |date=30 August 2016 }}. The Hindu (29 August 2016). Retrieved on 3 November 2016.</ref> The film was officially released on 7 June 2018 and received positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/tamil-movies-kaala-box-office-update-rajinikanths-latest-offering-starts-picking-up-at-the-ticket-windows-3101544/|title=Rajinikanth's Kaala Witnesses an Upward Trend at the Box Office - Read Details|last=Desk|first=India com Entertainment|date=9 June 2018|website=India.com|language=en|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> In 2018 he also appeared in [[S. Shankar]]'s ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]'' reprising the roles of Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti, alongside [[Akshay Kumar]] and [[Amy Jackson]].<ref name="TOI">{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Akshay-Kumar-plays-the-villain-in-Robot-2/articleshow/50203162.cms |title=Akshay Kumar plays the villain in 'Robot 2' |website=The Times of India |access-date=15 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613065129/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Akshay-Kumar-plays-the-villain-in-Robot-2/articleshow/50203162.cms |archive-date=13 June 2018 |url-status=live|last1=Iyer |first1=Meena }}</ref> The film was released on 29 November 2018 and was commercially successful at the box office. The film earned over {{INRConvert|117.34|c}} worldwide on its first day, which was the second-highest ever for an Indian film. The film crossed {{INRConvert|520|c|year=2018}} in its opening weekend to be the highest-grossing film worldwide for that week. The film also grossed over {{INRConvert|655.81|c}}{{Ndash}}{{INRConvert|800|c|lk=c}} at the box office became the [[List of Tamil films of 2018|highest-grossing Tamil film]] of the year and [[List of highest-grossing Tamil films|second highest grossing Tamil film of all time]].<ref>{{Cite news |title='2.0' final box office collection all format: The Rajinikanth starrer helmed by S. Shankar is the sixth highest grossing Indian film ever - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/2-0-final-box-office-collection-all-format-the-rajinikanth-starrer-helmed-by-s-shankar-is-the-sixth-highest-grossing-indian-film-ever/articleshow/67989955.cms |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> ''2.0'' is the [[List of highest-grossing films in India|fourth highest-grossing film in India]] and is the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films#Global gross figures|seventh highest-grossing Indian film worldwide]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4535|title=Top All Time India Grossers All Formats – 2.0 Second |website=Box Office India|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4533|title=2.0 All India Update – Crosses 400 Crore NETT|website= Box Office India|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref> In 2019, Rajinikanth starred in [[Karthik Subbaraj]]'s ''[[Petta (film)|Petta]]'', in which his performance received praise for his return to his vintage stereotypical style of acting and grossed over {{INRConvert|250|c}}, becoming the [[List of Tamil films of 2019|second highest-grossing Tamil film]] of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/box-office/article/rs-1000-crore-thats-how-much-rajinikanths-three-films-grossed-at-the-worldwide-box-office-in-a-span-of-7-months/358526|title=Rs 1000 crore! That's how much Rajinikanth's three films grossed at the box office in a span of 7 months|website=timesnownews|date=2 February 2019|access-date=4 November 2019}}</ref> The combined gross earnings of ''Kaala'', ''2.0'' and ''Petta'' by the end of January 2019 was determined to be over {{INR}} 1000 crore according to trade analysts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/box-office/article/rs-1000-crore-thats-how-much-rajinikanths-three-films-grossed-at-the-worldwide-box-office-in-a-span-of-7-months/358526 |title=Rs 1000 crore! That's how much Rajinikanth's three films grossed at the worldwide box office in a span of 7 months | Entertainment News |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212029/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/box-office/article/rs-1000-crore-thats-how-much-rajinikanths-three-films-grossed-at-the-worldwide-box-office-in-a-span-of-7-months/358526 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Rajinikanth worked with [[AR Murugadoss]] in the film ''[[Darbar (film)|Darbar]]'', alongside [[Nayanthara]] which released in 2020. He played the role of a police officer after 27 years since his last film as a police officer was the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Pandian (film)|Pandian]]''. Despite the film receiving mixed reviews, the film grossed {{INRConvert|250|c}} crore at the box office,<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2020 |title=Darbar box office: Film ends up as a colossal flop, distributors plan to approach Rajinikanth |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/darbar-box-office-film-ends-up-as-a-colossal-flop-distributors-plan-to-approach-rajinikanth/story-j7miLvAkLvmFHhqd59cuLM.html|access-date=28 August 2020 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 January 2020 |title=Rajinikanth's Darbar is AR Murugadoss' failure |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/opinion-entertainment/rajinikanth-darbar-is-ar-murugadoss-failure-6208719/|access-date=28 August 2020 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> making it one of Rajinikanth's highest-grossing films and the [[List of Tamil films of 2020|highest-grossing Tamil films of 2020]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-21|title=Darbar enters Rs 200 crore club, fifth Rajinikanth film to achieve feat|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/darbar-enters-rs-200-crore-club-fifth-rajinikanth-film-to-achieve-feat/story-nzjTEHMUkCqZVJgDk6DzQP.html|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> The next project of Rajinikanth was with director [[Siva (director)|Siva]], the film titled ''[[Annaatthe]]'' alongside Nayanthara and [[Keerthy Suresh]] and where he played role of a protective brother. The film was released on 4 November 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajinikanth's Annaatthe to hit screens on November 4 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/rajinikanths-annaatthe-to-hit-screens-on-november-4/articleshow/80450919.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126184148/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/rajinikanths-annaatthe-to-hit-screens-on-november-4/articleshow/80450919.cms |archive-date=26 January 2021 |access-date=25 January 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The film became a commercial success at the box office by grossing around {{INRConvert| 240|c|lk=c|year=2021}} beating the collections made by other Tamil films like ''[[Master (2021 film)|Master]]'' and ''[[Maanaadu]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/rajinikanth-pays-surprise-visit-to-annaatthe-director-siruthai-siva-carries-this-gift-4540088.html|title=Rajinikanth Pays Surprise Visit to Annaatthe Director Siruthai Siva, Carries This Gift|website=[[News18]]|date=10 December 2021 |access-date=10 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Annaatthe Box Office Rajinikanth Starrer Becomes One Of The Biggest Blockbuster of The Year Enters 200 Crore Club |url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/annaatthe-box-office-rajinikanth-starrer-becomes-biggest-blockbuster-of-the-year-enters-%e2%82%b9200-crore-club-5096002/ |access-date=2022-01-03 |website=www.india.com |date=15 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=K. |first=Janani |date=14 November 2021 |title=Annaatthe box office collection Day 10: Rajinikanth film is still going strong |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/annaatthe-box-office-collection-day-10-rajinikanth-film-is-still-going-strong-1876495-2021-11-14 |access-date=14 November 2021 |website=India Today |archive-date=14 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114040425/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/annaatthe-box-office-collection-day-10-rajinikanth-film-is-still-going-strong-1876495-2021-11-14 |url-status=live }}</ref>
His next 169th film is with director [[Nelson Dilipkumar|Nelson]] which was tentatively titled ''Thalaivar 169''. On 17 June 2022, the titled was announced to be ''[[Jailer (film)|Jailer]]'' and Rajinikanth will be playing an experienced jailer in the film.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 February 2022 |title=Rajinikanth teams up with Nelson for 'Thalaivar 169' |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/rajinikanth-teams-up-with-nelson-for-thalaivar-169/article38407701.ece |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210152043/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/rajinikanth-teams-up-with-nelson-for-thalaivar-169/article38407701.ece |archive-date=10 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 June 2022 |title=Nelson-Rajinikanth's Thalaivar 169 titled Jailer |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/news/2022/jun/17/nelson-rajinikanths-thalaivar-169-titled-jailer-32155.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619123732/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/news/2022/jun/17/nelson-rajinikanths-thalaivar-169-titled-jailer-32155.html |archive-date=19 June 2022 |access-date=8 July 2022 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 June 2022 |title=#Thalaivar169 by Nelson Dilipkumar titled Jailer |url=https://www.dtnext.in/cinema/2022/06/17/thalaivar169-by-nelson-dilipkumar-titled-jailer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617083037/https://www.dtnext.in/cinema/2022/06/17/thalaivar169-by-nelson-dilipkumar-titled-jailer |archive-date=17 June 2022 |access-date=17 June 2022 |website=[[DT Next]]}}</ref> The film will be released theatrically in August 2023. Rajinikanth will be doing an extended cameo in his daughter [[Aishwarya Rajinikanth]]'s directorial comeback titled ''Lal Salaam.'' His next 170th film is with director [[T. J. Gnanavel]] which is tentatively titled ''Thalaivar 170'' and he will be playing the role of Muslim cop. The film will be released in 2024. His next 171st film is with director [[Lokesh Kanagaraj]] which is tentatively titled ''Thalaivar 171.''
==Political career==
[[File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh presented the Entertainer of the Year Award to Shri Rajnikanth, at the 'NDTV Indian of the Year Awards Function', in New Delhi on January 17, 2008.jpg|thumb|right|alt=|Rajinikanth receiving the 2008 NDTV Entertainer of the Year Award from prime minister [[Manmohan Singh]]]]
Rajinikanth said: "Even God cannot save Tamil Nadu if AIADMK returns to power." Rajinikanth wholeheartedly supported the DMK and Tamil Mannila Congress alliance and asked the people of Tamil Nadu and his fans to vote for that alliance. This alliance had a complete victory in 1996. Rajinikanth also supported the DMK-Tamil Mannila Congress alliance in the [[1996 Indian general election]] and [[1998 Indian general election]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/highlights/01-01-99/yearhig2.htm |title=Tamil Cinema 1998-Year Highlights (Part-2) |date=21 January 1998 |access-date=23 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620181502/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/highlights/01-01-99/yearhig2.htm |archive-date=20 June 2008 |publisher=Dinakaran}}</ref>
Later in 2004, Rajinikanth said he would personally vote for the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) but would not extend his support to any front during the [[2004 Indian general election|upcoming Indian general election]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/28einter2.htm |title=Rajnikanth is a firm believer in Hindutva |date=28 April 2004 |publisher=Rediff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530202050/http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/28einter2.htm |archive-date=30 May 2013 |access-date=12 June 2013}}</ref> The party, however, failed to win any seats in Tamil Nadu in the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-05-17/news/27657995_1_aiadmk-mps-mdmk-lone-puducherry-seat |title=AIADMK entering Parliament after five years |date=17 May 2009 |work=The Times of India |access-date=8 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025061624/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-05-17/news/27657995_1_aiadmk-mps-mdmk-lone-puducherry-seat |archive-date=25 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Rajinikanth canceled his visit to Sri Lanka on March 2017 at the urging of Tamil Nadu politicians. Leaders of the BJP criticized this choice.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/bjp-subramanian-swamy-says-rajinikanth-and-other-tamil-film-actors-are-chickens--news-182095 | title=Swamy and other BJP leaders criticise Rajinikanth - News | date=25 March 2017 }}</ref> In June 2017, BJP leader [[Subramanian Swamy]] alleged that Rajinikanth was illiterate and unfit for politics. He also accused Rajinikanth of financial fraud, claiming that he has strong proof of financial irregularities by Rajinikanth that will bring down Rajinikanth's political aspirations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/swamy-vs-superstar-rajini-has-committed-financial-fraud-should-not-enter-politics-64137 | title=Swamy vs Superstar: 'Rajini has committed financial fraud, should not enter politics' | date=24 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/250617/subramanian-swamys-outbursts-on-rajinikanth-follows-speculations.html | title=Subramanian Swamy's outbursts on Rajinikanth follows speculations | date=25 June 2017 }}</ref>
However several political analysts state Rajinikanth has missed his chance and unlike 1996 when he was at his peak it will be very difficult for him to make a significant impact in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/opinion-entertainment/why-rajinikanth-hasnt-taken-the-plunge-it-is-not-1996-any-more-4658857/ |title=Why Rajinikanth hasn't taken the plunge: It is not 1996 anymore |work=The Indian Express |author=Kavitha Muralidharan |date=16 May 2017 |access-date=24 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709062901/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/opinion-entertainment/why-rajinikanth-hasnt-taken-the-plunge-it-is-not-1996-any-more-4658857/ |archive-date=9 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/the-political-opportunity-for-rajinikanth-has-come-and-gone/story-GyC5mlbQYuK1MaSpEXSu1L.html |title=The political opportunity for Rajinikanth has come and gone |work=Hindustan Times |author=Viju Cherian |date=12 December 2016 |access-date=24 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725170226/https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/the-political-opportunity-for-rajinikanth-has-come-and-gone/story-GyC5mlbQYuK1MaSpEXSu1L.html |archive-date=25 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/rajini-no-political-superstar-718935.html |title=Rajini no political superstar, may have missed his day |work=Deccan Herald |author=ETB Sivapriyan |date=17 February 2019 |access-date=24 November 2019 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011190649/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/rajini-no-political-superstar-718935.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
Rajinikanth announced entry into politics on 31 December 2017 and confirmed his intention to contest in the 2021 [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] elections in all 234 constituencies. He stated that his party would resign if it was unable to fulfill its electoral promises within three years of coming into power.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/rajinikanth-to-end-suspense-political-announcement-soon-10-points-1794019?pfrom=home-topscroll |title=Rajnimanth joins politics and announced a new party |date=31 December 2017 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=1 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231191010/https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/rajinikanth-to-end-suspense-political-announcement-soon-10-points-1794019?pfrom=home-topscroll |archive-date=31 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Rajinikanth dissolved his organisation Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM) on 12 July 2021 and also said that he has no plans to enter politics in the future.<ref>{{Cite web |author=D. Govardan|date=12 July 2021 |title=Rajinikanth decides to dissolve Rajini Makkal Mandram {{!}} Chennai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/rajinikanth-decides-to-dissolve-rajini-makkal-mandram/articleshow/84337959.cms |access-date=2021-07-13 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
== Public image ==
[[File:Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg|thumb|right|Rajinikanth at Premiere of the film [[Kochadaiiyaan]] (2014)]]
Rajinikanth is widely regarded as one of the most popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. His popularity has been attributed to "his uniquely styled {{sic|dialogues}} and idiosyncrasies in films, as well as his political statements and philanthropy".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/features/4300-who-rules-south-cinema-rajinikanth-or-kamal-haasan.html |title=Who rules South Cinema – Rajinikanth or Kamal Haasan? |date=28 September 2010 |publisher=Breakingnewsonline.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723032306/http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/features/4300-who-rules-south-cinema-rajinikanth-or-kamal-haasan.html |archive-date=23 July 2011 |access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref> Many also cite reasons for Rajinikanth's popularity as coming from his larger-than-life super-hero appearance in many films, supported by gravity-defying stunts and charismatic expressions, all while attempting to maintain modesty in real-life.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2267820/pagenum/all/#p2 |title=Superstar Rajinikanth!: The biggest movie star you've probably never heard of. – By Grady Hendrix – Slate Magazine |last=Hendrix |first=Grady |date=27 September 2010 |publisher=Slate.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315123608/http://www.slate.com/id/2267820/pagenum/all/ |archive-date=15 March 2011 |access-date=20 April 2011}}</ref> Almost every film of Rajinikanth has punchlines delivered by him in an inimitable style, and these punchlines often have a message or even warn the film's antagonists. These lines are usually fabricated to create new ones or even be taken in a comical way, but do not fail to create a sense of entertainment among viewers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesouthreports.com/profiles/blogs/rajini-delivers-a-punch |title=Rajini's Punch dialogues |publisher=thesouthreports.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325080027/http://www.thesouthreports.com/profiles/blogs/rajini-delivers-a-punch |archive-date=25 March 2011 |access-date=12 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-18/chennai/27783880_1_naan-oru-thadavu-sonna-nooru-thadava-sonna-mathiri-punch-lines |title=It doesn't get bigger than Rajinikanth |date=18 April 2008 |access-date=12 April 2011 |location=India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817082412/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-18/chennai/27783880_1_naan-oru-thadavu-sonna-nooru-thadava-sonna-mathiri-punch-lines |archive-date=17 August 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Rajinikanth is one of the highest-grossing actors in Tamil cinema history. After opening his first official Twitter account in 2014, Rajinikanth received over 210,000 followers within 24 hours, which according to ''[[The Economic Times]]'' was deemed by social media research firms as the fastest rate of followers for any Indian celebrity, as well as among the top-10 in the world.<ref name="rtwit">{{Cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/superstar-rajinikanth-proves-his-might-again-notches-over-2-4-lakh-followers-on-twitter-debut/articleshow/34744248.cms |title=Superstar Rajinikanth proves his might again, notches over 2.4 lakh followers on Twitter debut |last=Varuni |first=Khosla |date=7 May 2014 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=10 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510072930/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/superstar-rajinikanth-proves-his-might-again-notches-over-2-4-lakh-followers-on-twitter-debut/articleshow/34744248.cms |archive-date=10 May 2014}}</ref> In 2015, a film about his fandom, ''[[For the Love of a Man (film)|For the Love of a Man]]'', premiered at the [[71st Venice International Film Festival]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/venice-review-for-the-love-of-a-man-portrays-the-biggest-movie-star-youve-never-heard-of-20150905 |title=Venice Review: 'For the Love of a Man' Portrays the Biggest Movie Star You've Never Heard Of |date=5 September 2015 |publisher=Indiewire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204143900/http://www.indiewire.com/article/venice-review-for-the-love-of-a-man-portrays-the-biggest-movie-star-youve-never-heard-of-20150905 |archive-date=4 February 2016 |access-date=5 February 2016}}</ref>
===Comments on social issues===
[[File:Rajinikanth and Vijay at the Nadigar Sangam Protest.jpg|thumb|Rajinikanth with [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] at a [[2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing|Kaveri water sharing protest]] by the [[Nadigar Sangam]] in 2018]]
In 2002, Rajinikanth undertook a day-long fast to protest the [[Government of Karnataka]]'s [[Kaveri River water dispute|decision to not release Kaveri River water into Tamil Nadu]], and announced that he would contribute {{INRConvert|10|m}} toward a plan to interlink Indian rivers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/13cau2.htm |title=Rediff India News: Rajinikanth fasts for Kaveri waters |date=13 October 2002 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430054103/http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/13cau2.htm |archive-date=30 April 2009 |access-date=23 September 2009}}</ref> He met with Indian Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and many experts to canvass support for the project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/14cau.htm |title=Rediff India News:Rajinikanth to meet Indian PM |date=14 October 2002 |publisher=Rediff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430065605/http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/14cau.htm |archive-date=30 April 2009 |access-date=23 September 2009}}</ref> His hunger strike was independent of the [[Nadigar Sangam]], who organised their own solidarity protest for the same cause. Film director [[Bharathiraja|Bharathi Raja]] lashed out against Rajinikanth, alleging that he is dividing the film industry and saying that he was a "traitor who had a tacit understanding with the Karnataka government".<ref name="hinduonnet.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/10/13/stories/2002101304130100.htm |title=Rally exposes politicised film industry |date=12 October 2002 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102121317/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/10/13/stories/2002101304130100.htm |archive-date=2 November 2007 |access-date=5 April 2007}}</ref>
In 2008, Rajinikanth took part in a hunger strike organised by the Nadigar Sangam against Karnataka's stance on the [[Hogenakkal Falls water dispute]], during which he gave a speech against politicians in [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/rajnikanth-blasts-karnataka-over-water-project_10034510.html |title=Rajnikanth blasts Karnataka over water project – Thaindian News |publisher=Thaindian.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504194054/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/rajnikanth-blasts-karnataka-over-water-project_10034510.html |archive-date=4 May 2009 |access-date=23 September 2009}}</ref> It led to the state announcing a ban on him and his film ''[[Kuselan]]'' (2008). The ban was lifted after Rajinikanth appeared on [[TV9 Kannada]] and issued an apology for his speech. He later thanked the [[Government of Karnataka]] for lifting the ban and allowing the film's release in the state. The apology and subsequent gratitude towards Karnataka led to strong reactions from Nadigar Sangam members [[R. Sarathkumar]], [[Sathyaraj]] and [[Radha Ravi]], who called the apology a disgrace to Tamils and opined that his speech never provoked the sentiments of the [[Kannada people]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/aug-08-01/rajinikanth-01-08-08.html |title=Rajini earns the wrath of Tamil cinema |website=Behindwoods |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410002237/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/aug-08-01/rajinikanth-01-08-08.html |archive-date=10 April 2010 |access-date=9 September 2010}}</ref> Rajinikanth's support toward fellow actor [[Ajith Kumar]], who in 2010 condemned the forceful inclusion of Tamil cinema personae in political affairs, broke into a controversy.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/07/stories/2010020757030100.htm |title=Karunanidhi against bringing politics into film world |date=7 February 2010 |access-date=18 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616061152/http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/07/stories/2010020757030100.htm |archive-date=16 June 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
In May 2018, Rajinikanth received negative criticism and reactions after justifying police action during the [[Thoothukudi massacre]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44313804 |title=Rajinikanth: Anger after actor justifies deadly police firing |work=BBC News |date=31 May 2018 |access-date=3 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602013855/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44313804 |archive-date=2 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/rajinikanth-blames-anti-social-elements-for-sterlite-protest201805302030500001/|title=Rajinikanth blames anti-social elements for Sterlite protest|website=ANI News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-superstar-rajinikanth-apologises-for-losing-cool-at-media-interaction-2621031 |title=Superstar Rajinikanth apologises for losing cool at media interaction |date=June 2018 |access-date=3 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603174932/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-superstar-rajinikanth-apologises-for-losing-cool-at-media-interaction-2621031 |archive-date=3 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/rajinikanth-s-speech-earns-him-negative-image-on-social-media-news-tamil-sf5jD6fcigihb.html |title=Rajinikanth's speech earns him negative image on social media? |website=[[Sify]] |access-date=3 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603122229/http://www.sify.com/movies/rajinikanth-s-speech-earns-him-negative-image-on-social-media-news-tamil-sf5jD6fcigihb.html |archive-date=3 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2020, Rajinikanth quoted a 2017 article from [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|''Outlook'']], which reported that [[Dravidar Kazhagam]] founder [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy]] garlanded the idols of [[Hindus|Hindu]] deities [[Rama]] and [[Sita]] with footwear at an atheist rally in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Venkateswaran |first=Vikram |date=23 January 2020 |title=Rajinikanth Takes on Periyar – Foot-in-Mouth or Political Debut? |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/rajinikanth-periyar-thuglak-controversy-political-move-non-dravidian-identity |access-date=30 August 2020 |website=TheQuint |archive-date=24 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124134856/https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/rajinikanth-periyar-thuglak-controversy-political-move-non-dravidian-identity |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Rajinikanth Accused of Promoting Enmity, Warned With Protests After 'Slipper' Comment on Periyar |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/blatant-lie-dravidian-outfit-slams-rajinikanth-for-nude-photo-comment-on-periyar-2462085.html |access-date=30 August 2020 |website=News18 |date=17 January 2020 |archive-date=18 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118145651/https://www.news18.com/news/india/blatant-lie-dravidian-outfit-slams-rajinikanth-for-nude-photo-comment-on-periyar-2462085.html |url-status=live}}</ref> His remarks were criticized by supporters of Periyar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 January 2020 |title='Didn't say anything out of imagination, won't apologise': Rajinikanth on controversy around remarks against Periyar |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/didn-t-say-anything-out-of-imagination-won-t-apologise-rajinikanth-on-controversy-around-remarks-against-periyar/story-9CzkjERZ4i8pr3an5qcKbL.html |access-date=30 August 2020 |website=Hindustan Times |archive-date=15 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215053802/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/didn-t-say-anything-out-of-imagination-won-t-apologise-rajinikanth-on-controversy-around-remarks-against-periyar/story-9CzkjERZ4i8pr3an5qcKbL.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> In response to the backlash, Rajinikanth stated, "I did not speak on something that didn't happen. I've only spoken on what was reported. It was reported in ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' also. Sorry, I will not apologise".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/i-will-not-apologise-remarks-periyar-incident-rajinikanth-116513 |access-date=30 August 2020 |website=www.thenewsminute.com |title='I will not apologise for remarks on Periyar incident': Rajinikanth |date=21 January 2020 |archive-date=21 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121102238/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/i-will-not-apologise-remarks-periyar-incident-rajinikanth-116513 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-21 |title=Rajinikanth refuses to apologise for Periyar remark; 'think and speak', urges Stalin |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajinikanth-refuses-to-apologise-for-controversial-remark-on-periyar-6227644/ |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life==
===Relationships===
While he was working as a bus conductor in [[Bangalore]], Rajinikanth met a medical student named Nirmala and started a relationship. After seeing him perform in a stage play, she encouraged him to pursue an acting career and sent an application to the [[M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute|Adyar Film Institute]] on his behalf and unbeknownst to him. Although he took up the offer and proceeded with his acting career, Rajinikanth has since lost contact with her.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2019/10/17/When-Rajinikanth-spoke-about-his-first-love-and-what-she-did-to-make-him-a-star.html |title=When Rajinikanth spoke about his first love and what she did to make him a star |website=The Week |access-date=3 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023220959/https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2019/10/17/When-Rajinikanth-spoke-about-his-first-love-and-what-she-did-to-make-him-a-star.html |archive-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
===Family===
Rajinikanth married [[Latha Rajinikanth|Latha Rangachari]], a student of [[Ethiraj College for Women]] who interviewed him for her college magazine.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. The 1980s}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/at-62-rajinikanth-on-his-marriage-kamal-and-sivaji-553299.html |title=At 62: Rajinikanth on his marriage, Kamal and Sivaji |date=12 December 2012 |work=[[First Post (India)|First Post]] |access-date=5 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316074354/http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/at-62-rajinikanth-on-his-marriage-kamal-and-sivaji-553299.html |archive-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> The marriage took place on 26 February 1981, in [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]], Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rajinikanth.com/bio-data.htm |title=Rajini's personal life |publisher=weeksupdate.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715153332/http://www.rajinikanth.com/bio-data.htm |archive-date=15 July 2011 |access-date=28 March 2011}}</ref> The couple has two daughters named [[Aishwarya R. Dhanush|Aishwarya Rajinikanth]] and [[Soundarya Rajinikanth]]. Latha runs a school named ''"The Ashram".''
Aishwarya married actor [[Dhanush]] on 18 November 2004 and they have two sons, Yathra and Linga.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/58296.html |title=Dhanush's son named Linga – Tamil Movie News |website=IndiaGlitz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012005331/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/58296.html |archive-date=12 October 2010 |access-date=6 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/12/stories/2006101205680200.htm |title=Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Rajnikanth turns grandfather |date=12 October 2006 |access-date=10 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924101802/http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/12/stories/2006101205680200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=24 September 2009}}</ref> His younger daughter, Soundarya, works in the Tamil film industry as a director, producer and [[graphic designer]]. She married industrialist Ashwin Ramkumar on 3 September 2010 and have a son Ved Krishna.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-04/news-interviews/28254715_1_celeb-studded-wedding-kamal-haasan-mani-ratnam |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth's celeb-studded wedding |last=Gladwin Emanuel |date=4 September 2010 |access-date=9 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015111142/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-04/news-interviews/28254715_1_celeb-studded-wedding-kamal-haasan-mani-ratnam |archive-date=15 October 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> In September 2016, Soundarya revealed that she and her husband had filed for divorce by mutual consent due to irreconcilable differences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Soundarya-Rajinikanth-confirms-divorce/articleshow/54374709.cms |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth confirms divorce |work=The Times of India |date=17 September 2016 |access-date=17 September 2016 |archive-date=17 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917164529/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Soundarya-Rajinikanth-confirms-divorce/articleshow/54374709.cms |url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2017, the couple officially divorced.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goyal |first1=Divya |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth And Ashwin Are Officially Divorced |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/soundarya-rajinikanth-and-ashwin-are-officially-divorced-1720635 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=5 July 2017 |access-date=10 February 2020 |archive-date=11 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811153232/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/soundarya-rajinikanth-and-ashwin-are-officially-divorced-1720635 |url-status=live}}</ref> She has married Vishagan Vanangamudi, an actor and businessman, on 11 February 2019 at Leela Palace in Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/article/confirmed-soundarya-rajinikanth-to-wed-vishagan-vanangamudi-on-february-11-details-inside/352399 |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth wedding: CONFIRMED! Rajinikanth daughter Soundarya to wed Vishagan Vanangamudi on February 11 – details inside | Entertainment News |access-date=10 February 2020 |archive-date=3 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503074828/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/article/confirmed-soundarya-rajinikanth-to-wed-vishagan-vanangamudi-on-february-11-details-inside/352399 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/soundarya-rajinikanth-to-remarry-actor-vishagan/articleshow/66604921.cms |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth set for second marriage in January |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=16 November 2018 |archive-date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115010257/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/soundarya-rajinikanth-to-remarry-actor-vishagan/articleshow/66604921.cms |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/soundarya-rajinikanth-second-marriage-vishagan-vanangamudi-1387566-2018-11-13 |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth gears up for second wedding in January 2019 |publisher=India Today |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=16 November 2018 |archive-date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116131559/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/soundarya-rajinikanth-second-marriage-vishagan-vanangamudi-1387566-2018-11-13 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/141118/soundarya-rajinikanth-to-wed-again.html |title=Soundarya Rajinikanth to wed again |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |work=Anupama Subramanian |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=16 November 2018 |archive-date=16 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085539/https://deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/141118/soundarya-rajinikanth-to-wed-again.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/movie-news/2019/02/11/soundarya-rajinikanth-vishagan-wedding-venue-a-glimpse-of-the-bride.html |title=സൗന്ദര്യ രജനീകാന്ത് വിവാഹിതയായി; ചിത്രങ്ങളും വിഡിയോയും |website=ManoramaOnline |language=ml |access-date=12 February 2019 |archive-date=3 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503080320/https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/movie-news/2019/02/11/soundarya-rajinikanth-vishagan-wedding-venue-a-glimpse-of-the-bride.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Views===
Rajinikanth is a practicing [[Hindu]] and is a strong believer of [[spirituality]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/28einter2.htm |title=Rajnikanth is a firm believer in Hindutva |date=28 April 2004 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530202050/http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/28einter2.htm |archive-date=30 May 2013 |access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref> He is also a practitioner of [[yoga]] and meditation. Rajinikanth has religiously visited major Hindu temples prior to the release of each of his films; for instance he visited the [[Tirumala Venkateswara Temple]] before the release of ''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'' in 2007 and visited [[Sathya Sai Baba]] at [[Prasanthi Nilayam]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] before the release of ''[[Kuselan]]'' the following year.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/14/stories/2008041450550200.htm |title=Andhra Pradesh / Anantapur News : Rajinikanth in Puttaparthi |date=14 April 2008 |access-date=9 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103145017/http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/14/stories/2008041450550200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=3 November 2010}}</ref> He also occasionally leaves for pilgrimage to the [[Himalayas]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-21/news-interviews/29909539_1_himalayas-vijay-tv-endhiran |title=Rajinikanth love Himalayas |last=Ramanujam |first=Srinivasa |date=21 August 2011 |access-date=24 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616165302/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-21/news-interviews/29909539_1_himalayas-vijay-tv-endhiran |archive-date=16 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
He has often referred to [[Ramakrishna Paramahamsa]],<ref name="spirituality">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinefundas.com/2011/06/01/why-does-rajini-dwell-in-the-hearts-of-millions |title=Why does Rajini dwell in the hearts of millions? |date=1 June 2011 |publisher=cinefundas.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604192455/http://www.cinefundas.com/2011/06/01/why-does-rajini-dwell-in-the-hearts-of-millions |archive-date=4 June 2011 |access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> [[Swami Satchidananda]], [[Ragavendra Swami]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60272.html |title=Rajini blesses "Mahaan" actor |date=22 September 2010 |website=IndiaGlitz.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118021226/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60272.html |archive-date=18 November 2010 |access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> [[Mahavatar Babaji]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/38458.html |title=Rajini's tribute to Babaji |date=10 May 2008 |website=IndiaGlitz.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023235030/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/38458.html |archive-date=23 October 2012 |access-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> and [[Ramana Maharshi]]<ref name=spirituality/> as his favourite spiritual leaders.
===Philanthropy===
According to [[Naman Ramachandran]], the author of ''[[Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography]]'', most of Rajinikanth's philanthropic activities went unpublicised because he chose to keep them undisclosed. In the 1980s, when superstitious beliefs in Tamil Nadu created a stigma towards eye donation, Rajinikanth took the case of campaigning in support of [[corneal transplantation]] via television and public speeches.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHhyrIUXwxU |title=Rajnikanth in Eye Donation Campaign |date=23 October 2011 |last=Manoj Thulasi |publisher=YouTube |access-date=10 June 2014 |medium=Television production}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> In 2011, Rajinikanth announced his support for the [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|anti-corruption movement]] led by [[Anna Hazare]] and offered his commercial wedding venue, the Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam, in [[Chennai]] free of cost for the [[India Against Corruption]] members to hold their fast.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-23/india/29918051_1_anna-hazare-tamil-superstar-actor-rajinikanth |title=Actor Rajinikanth supports Anna Hazare |date=23 August 2011 |access-date=8 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122753/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-23/india/29918051_1_anna-hazare-tamil-superstar-actor-rajinikanth |archive-date=25 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rajinikanth-lends-wedding-hall-for-anti-corruption-fast-team-anna_1630389 |title=Rajinikanth lends wedding hall for anti-corruption fast: Team Anna |date=26 December 2011 |website=Daily News and Analysis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102200330/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rajinikanth-lends-wedding-hall-for-anti-corruption-fast-team-anna_1630389 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref> He also provided lodging in the venue for sanitary workers hired to clean up after the [[2015 South India floods]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajinikanth provides shelter to conservancy workers |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/rajinikanth-provides-shelter-to-conservancy-workers/article7993964.ece |access-date=5 March 2021 |agency=The HIndu |date=24 March 2016}}</ref> Rajinikanth's fan associations regularly organise blood donation and eye donation camps and distribute food during his birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rajinikanth-to-have-a-quiet-birthday-says-wife-latha/439181-8.html |title=Rajinikanth has a quiet birthday |date=12 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030139/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rajinikanth-to-have-a-quiet-birthday-says-wife-latha/439181-8.html |archive-date=8 May 2014 |access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref>
=== Money lending allegation ===
Rajinikanth declared {{INRConvert|6.11|m|year=2003}}, {{INRConvert|17|m|year=2004}} and {{INRConvert|3.39|m|year=2005}} as earnings for the years 2002–2003, 2003–2004 and 2004–2005, respectively. However, the [[Income Tax Department]] observed that he had claimed a considerable sum of professional expenses and thus carried out a survey in 2005 at his residence at Poes Garden. During the survey, the IT-Department found out that he had accounted for a lost of costs as his professional costs and it was also discovered that not even one-tenth of the residential property was allocated to professional purposes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=S |first=Mohamed Imranullah |date=29 January 2020 |title=I-T Dept. withdraws three cases against actor Rajinikanth |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/i-t-dept-withdraws-three-cases-against-actor-rajinikanth/article30678692.ece |url-status=live |issn=0971-751X |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301032121/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/i-t-dept-withdraws-three-cases-against-actor-rajinikanth/article30678692.ece}}</ref> Moreover, when Rajinikanth was questioned by the I-T department if he's in the money lending business, he initially denied it. Later, though, he admitted to the IT-Department that he was indeed a [[Money-lender|money lender]], and that he had loaned money as a source of profit at an interest rate of 18 percent. Later, for all three years in dispute, Rajinikanth was forced to submit revised reports, confessing he had earned more than what was reported in the initial report on 14 February 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |last=S |first=Mohamed Imranullah |date=30 January 2020 |title=Rajinikanth told Income Tax Department he was into 'money lending' |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/rajinikanth-told-income-tax-department-he-was-into-money-lending/article30687490.ece |url-status=live |issn=0971-751X |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=28 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228031418/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/rajinikanth-told-income-tax-department-he-was-into-money-lending/article30687490.ece}}</ref> But the I-T department penalized him {{INRConvert|6.6|m|year=2020}}, since he filed revised returns only after they surveyed him.<ref name="TNM18">{{Cite web |last=Shekar |first=Anjana |date=30 January 2020 |title=Why Rajinikanth became a 'money lender' in 2004: Experts take a guess |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/why-rajinikanth-became-money-lender-2004-experts-take-guess-117163 |url-status=live |website=The News Minute |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=11 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711151809/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/why-rajinikanth-became-money-lender-2004-experts-take-guess-117163}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lobo |first=Shalini |date=29 January 2020 |title=I-T dept withdraws tax appeal against actor Rajinikanth |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajinikanth-tax-it-department-cbdt-1641177-2020-01-29 |url-status=live |website=India Today |access-date=11 July 2020 |archive-date=11 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711151359/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajinikanth-tax-it-department-cbdt-1641177-2020-01-29}}</ref>
This was challenged by Rajinikanth and his lawyers, and in January 2020 the I-T department wrote off the fine, due to its recent decision to withdraw from appeals in cases below {{INRConvert|10|m|year=2020}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I-T Dept withdraws appeal against Rajinikanth over penalty |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/i-t-dept-withdraws-appeal-against-rajinikanth-over-penalty/article30675436.ece |access-date=11 July 2020 |website=@businessline |date=28 January 2020 |archive-date=12 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712122117/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/i-t-dept-withdraws-appeal-against-rajinikanth-over-penalty/article30675436.ece |url-status=live}}</ref> The news that Rajinikanth told the Income Tax department that he was lending money at an 18 per cent interest rate has earned outrage and criticism for his high interest rate loans, which is a big problem in Tamil Nadu.<ref name="TNM18" />
== Filmography ==
{{Further|Rajinikanth filmography}}
Rajinikanth appeared in over 168 films, predominantly in [[Tamil cinema]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Menon |first=Sadanand |date=18 January 2013 |title=Power of the Dark Sun |work=[[India Today]] |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sadanand-menon-reviews-rajinikanth-the-definitive-biography-by-naman-ramachandran/1/242791.html |url-status=live |access-date=19 July 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170107120140/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sadanand-menon-reviews-rajinikanth-the-definitive-biography-by-naman-ramachandran/1/242791.html |archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref> He began his film career by playing antagonistic and supporting roles before graduating to a lead actor.<ref name="hindu1">{{Cite news |last=Kesavan |first=N. |date=14 April 2016 |title=Villains with heroic pasts |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/tamil-film-industry-villains-with-heroic-pasts/article8475517.ece |url-status=live |access-date=26 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107121324/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/tamil-film-industry-villains-with-heroic-pasts/article8475517.ece |archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref> He has also worked in other Indian film industries such as [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]], [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]], [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]], [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] and [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]].
== Awards, honours and recognition ==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Rajinikanth}}
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to Shri Rajinikanth, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 12, 2016.jpg|thumb|President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] presenting the [[Padma Vibhushan]] to Rajinikanth at [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]] on 12 April 2016]]
Rajinikanth has received numerous awards for many of his films, mostly in Tamil. He received his first and only [[Filmfare Award]] for [[Filmfare Best Actor Award (Tamil)|Best Tamil Actor]] in 1984 for ''[[Nallavanuku Nallavan]]''.<ref name=filmfare /> Later he received Filmfare Award nominations for his performances in ''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'' (2007) and ''[[Enthiran]]'' (2010). As of 2014, Rajinikanth has received six [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]] for his performances in various films.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Awards}} He also received numerous awards from [[Cinema Express Awards|Cinema Express]] and Filmfans' Association for his on-screen performances and off-screen contributions in writing and producing.{{Sfn|Ramachandran|2012|loc=chpt. Awards}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/rajinikanth-conferred-dadasaheb-phalke-award-2020-11617257991776.html|title=Tamil actor Rajini gets Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2020|first=Lata|last=Jha|date=1 April 2021|website=mint}}</ref>
Rajinikanth received the [[Kalaimamani]] award in 1984 and the M. G. R. Award in 1989, both from the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]. In 1995, the [[South Indian Film Artistes' Association]] presented him with the Kalaichelvam Award. He was honoured with the [[Padma Bhushan]] (2000) and the [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2016) by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="CivilIndiaAwards">{{Cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/awar2000.htm |title=Civilian Awards announced on 26 January 2000 |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India) |language=ta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302144232/http://mha.nic.in/awar2000.htm |archive-date=2 March 2007 |access-date=20 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/padma-awards-announced/article8151257.ece |title=Padma Vibhushan for Rajinikanth, Dhirubhai Ambani, Jagmohan |date=25 January 2016 |work=The Hindu |access-date=25 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125105210/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/padma-awards-announced/article8151257.ece |archive-date=25 January 2016}}</ref> He was selected as the Indian Entertainer of the Year for 2007 by [[NDTV]], competing against the likes of [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.itimes.com/public/rajnikanth.rao/claim-to-fame/Indian-Entertainer-Of-The-Year |title=Indian Entertainer of the year |publisher=itimes.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007142000/http://www.itimes.com/public/rajnikanth.rao/claim-to-fame/Indian-Entertainer-Of-The-Year |archive-date=7 October 2011 |access-date=28 March 2011}}</ref> The Government of Maharashtra honoured him with the Raj Kapoor Award the same year. He received the [[Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema]] at the [[4th Vijay Awards]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2010/06/18/stories/2010061850251400.htm |title=Air supply |date=18 June 2010 |access-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015163203/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2010/06/18/stories/2010061850251400.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=15 October 2013}}</ref> Rajinikanth was also named one of the most influential persons in South Asia by ''[[Asiaweek]]''.<ref name="mass_popularity">{{Cite news |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/12/14/sunday-celebrity-rajini-simple-stylish-spiritual-explains-his-uniqueness |title=Rajini is simple, stylish, spiritual, that explains his uniqueness |last=Ethiraj |first=Gopal |date=14 December 2009 |work=[[Asian Tribune]] |access-date=14 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215034339/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/12/14/sunday-celebrity-rajini-simple-stylish-spiritual-explains-his-uniqueness |archive-date=15 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="i1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/meet-indias-biggest-film-star-2096273.html |title=Meet India's biggest film star |last=Buncombe |first=Andrew |date=3 October 2010 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=3 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122065142/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/meet-indias-biggest-film-star-2096273.html |archive-date=22 January 2015 |location=London}}</ref>
[[File:Rajinikanth being honored with Dadasaheb Phalke Award.jpg|thumb|Vice President [[Venkaiah Naidu]] presenting the [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] to Rajinikanth at the [[67th National Film Awards]], [[New Delhi]] on 25 October 2021.]]
He was named by ''[[Forbes]] India'' as the most influential Indian of the year 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-04/news-interviews/29508246_1_rajinikanth-biopic-film |title=Now, a film on Rajinikanth's life |date=4 May 2011 |access-date=4 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910033430/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-04/news-interviews/29508246_1_rajinikanth-biopic-film |archive-date=10 September 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, he was awarded the Entertainer of the Decade Award by NDTV for the year 2010 by the then Indian Minister for Home Affairs [[P. Chidambaram]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/rajinikanth-is-the-entertainer-of-the-decade-news-tamil-lcqjCadcfcf.html |title=Rajinikanth is the Entertainer of the decade |date=31 May 2010 |website=[[Sify]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219012520/http://www.sify.com/movies/rajinikanth-is-the-entertainer-of-the-decade-news-tamil-lcqjCadcfcf.html |archive-date=19 February 2011 |access-date=9 September 2010}}</ref> In December 2013, he was honoured by NDTV as one among the "25 Greatest Global Living Legends".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-13/superstar-rajini-has-been-honored-as-one-among-the-25-greatest-global-living-legends.html |title=''Without Tamil people's love and affection, I wouldn't be here'', Rajini |date=15 December 2013 |website=Behindwoods |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216075603/http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-13/superstar-rajini-has-been-honored-as-one-among-the-25-greatest-global-living-legends.html |archive-date=16 December 2013 |access-date=16 December 2013}}</ref> In 2014, he was presented with the [[IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award|Indian Film Personality of the Year Award]] at the [[45th International Film Festival of India|45th IFFI]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/rajinikanth-conferred-centenary-award-at-iffi/article6618815.ece |title=Rajinikanth conferred Centenary Award at IFFI |date=20 November 2014 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128094114/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/rajinikanth-conferred-centenary-award-at-iffi/article6618815.ece |archive-date=28 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-iffi-2014-stalwarts-amitabh-bachchan-rajinikanth-in-opening-act-2036962 |title=IFFI 2014: Stalwarts Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth in opening act |date=20 November 2014 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |access-date=20 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122224814/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-iffi-2014-stalwarts-amitabh-bachchan-rajinikanth-in-opening-act-2036962 |archive-date=22 November 2014}}</ref> Rajinikanth received [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] at the 67th National Film Awards presentation ceremony, at [[Vigyan Bhawan]] in New Delhi, Monday, 25 October 2021.
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==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |year=2012 |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin Books Limited]] |isbn=978-81-8475-796-5 |pages=244 |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography}}
* {{Cite book |last=Sreekanth |first=Gayathri |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2xIAQAAIAAJ&q=rajinikanth |title=The Name is Rajinikanth |publisher=Om Books International |year=2008 |isbn=978-81-291-1355-9 |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727115209/https://books.google.com/books?id=K2xIAQAAIAAJ&q=rajinikanth&dq=rajinikanth |url-status=live}}
*{{cite book |title=Rajinikanth 12.12.12: A Birthday Special |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YyFMAgAAQBAJ |year=2012 |work=[[The Hindu|Kasturi & Sons Ltd]] |id=GGKEY:A78L0XB1B0X |ref={{harvid|Hindu|2012}} |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=8 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108195742/https://books.google.com/books?id=YyFMAgAAQBAJ |url-status=live |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Naman}}
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==Further reading==
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*{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=A.N.Prahlada |url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6468602A/A._N%C4%81_Prahl%C4%81dar%C4%81v?sort=old |title=Nanna Daari Vibhinna Daari: Rajanikanth Kannada |publisher=Nava Bharat Publication |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-85286-770-6 |location=[[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]] |ol=25437576M}}
* {{cite book |last=Krishnamoorthy |first=Raja |title=Rajini's Punchtantra: Business and Life Management the Rajinikanth Way |year=2012 |publisher=Rupa & Co |isbn=9788129119995 |pages=124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2WSjaZBsCY4C&q=rajini%27s+punchtantra&pg=PT111 |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727115144/https://books.google.com/books?id=2WSjaZBsCY4C&pg=PT111&dq=rajini%27s+punchtantra |url-status=live}}
* {{cite book |last=Ramakrishnan |first=Ram N |title=Grand Brand Rajini: Brand Management the Rajinikanth Way |year=2012 |publisher=Rupa Publications India |isbn=9788129120595 |pages=149 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aH_QlgEACAAJ&q=Grand+Brand+Rajini |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011190650/https://books.google.com/books?id=aH_QlgEACAAJ&dq=Grand+Brand+Rajini |url-status=live}}
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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn" style="display:inline">Loosubunda</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:Error mw:File/Frameless"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload?wpDestFile=Kenabunda_at_the_Inauguration_of_MGR_Statue_(cropped).jpg" class="new" title="File:Kenabunda at the Inauguration of MGR Statue (cropped).jpg"><span class="mw-file-element mw-broken-media">File:Kenabunda at the Inauguration of MGR Statue (cropped).jpg</span></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Kirkukubunda in 2018</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">bunda Rao Gaikwad</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-12-12</span>) </span>12 December 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 72)</span><sup id="cite_ref-shivaji_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shivaji-1">[1]</a></sup><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Villupuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Villupuram">Villupuram (present-day urine-place)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mysore_State" title="Mysore State">Mysore State</a>,<a href="/w/index.php?title=KGF_bunda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KGF bunda (page does not exist)">KGF bunda</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Rajini, Rajni</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/M.G.R._Government_Film_and_Television_Training_Institute" title="M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute">Adyar Film Institute</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1975–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Works</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth_filmography" title="Rajinikanth filmography">Full List</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style>
<div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Latha_Rajinikanth" title="Latha Rajinikanth">Latha Rajinikanth</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1981)<wbr />​</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist">
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<li><a href="/wiki/Soundarya_Rajinikanth" title="Soundarya Rajinikanth">Soundarya</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data">See <a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Indian_film_families#Rajinikanth_family" title="List of South Indian film families">Rajinikanth family</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a> (2019)<sup id="cite_ref-DS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DS-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
<a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> (2016)<sup id="cite_ref-pv_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pv-3">[3]</a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/NTR_National_Award" title="NTR National Award">NTR National Award</a> (2016)<br /><a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> (2000)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kalaimamani" title="Kalaimamani">Kalaimamani</a> (1984)<br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Rajinikanth" title="List of awards and nominations received by Rajinikanth">See full list</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Shivaji Rao Gaikwad</b><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[a]</a></sup> (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as <b>Rajinikanth</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/θ/: 'th' in 'thigh'">θ</span></span>/</a></span></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[b]</a></sup> is an Indian actor who works mainly in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_cinema" title="Tamil cinema">Tamil cinema</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[5]</a></sup> In a career spanning over five decades, he has done more than 160 films that includes films in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful and popular actors in the history of <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_India" title="Cinema of India">Indian cinema</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[7]</a></sup> Known for his uniquely styled lines and idiosyncrasies in films, he has a huge fan base throughout India and has a <a href="/wiki/Cult_following" title="Cult following">cult following</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> honoured him with <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> in 2000, <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> in 2016, India's third and second highest <a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_India" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of India">civilian honours</a>, and highest award in the field of cinema <a href="/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a> in 2019 for his contributions to Indian cinema.<sup id="cite_ref-CivilIndiaAwards_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CivilIndiaAwards-10">[8]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[9]</a></sup>
</p><p>Following his debut in <a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a>'s 1975 Tamil drama <i><a href="/wiki/Apoorva_Raagangal" title="Apoorva Raagangal">Apoorva Raagangal</a></i>, Rajinikanth's acting career commenced with a brief phase of portraying antagonistic characters in Tamil films. His major positive role as a scorned lover in <a href="/wiki/S._P._Muthuraman" title="S. P. Muthuraman">S. P. Muthuraman</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Bhuvana_Oru_Kelvi_Kuri" title="Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri">Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri</a></i> (1977), 1978's <i><a href="/wiki/Mullum_Malarum" title="Mullum Malarum">Mullum Malarum</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Aval_Appadithan" title="Aval Appadithan">Aval Appadithan</a></i> received him critical acclaim; the former earned him a <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_Special_Prize" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize">Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize</a> for Best Actor.<sup id="cite_ref-IE1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE1-12">[10]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[11]</a></sup> By the end of the decade, he had worked in all <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_South_India" title="Cinema of South India">South Indian film industries</a> and established a career in Tamil cinema. He then played <a href="/wiki/Dual_role" title="Dual role">dual roles</a> in the action thriller <i><a href="/wiki/Billa_(1980_film)" title="Billa (1980 film)">Billa</a></i> (1980), a remake of the Hindi film <i><a href="/wiki/Don_(1978_film)" title="Don (1978 film)">Don</a></i> (1978). It was his biggest commercial success to that point, earned him stardom and gave him the <a href="/wiki/Action_hero" title="Action hero">action hero</a> image.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[12]</a></sup> He starred in triple role in <i><a href="/wiki/Moondru_Mugam" title="Moondru Mugam">Moondru Mugam</a></i> (1982), which earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards ceremony. The following year, he made his Bollywood debut with <a href="/wiki/T._Rama_Rao" title="T. Rama Rao">T. Rama Rao's</a> top grossing <i><a href="/wiki/Andhaa_Kaanoon" title="Andhaa Kaanoon">Andhaa Kaanoon</a></i> (1983).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[13]</a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Nallavanukku_Nallavan" title="Nallavanukku Nallavan">Nallavanukku Nallavan</a></i> (1984) won him that year's <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil">Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Zee_News_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zee_News-16">[14]</a></sup> In the latter half of the 1980s, he starred in several successful films in Tamil and Hindi, including <i><a href="/wiki/Padikkadavan_(1985_film)" title="Padikkadavan (1985 film)">Padikkadavan</a></i> (1985), <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Bharath" title="Mr. Bharath">Mr. Bharath</a></i> (1986), <i><a href="/wiki/Bhagwaan_Dada" title="Bhagwaan Dada">Bhagwaan Dada</a></i> (1986), <i><a href="/wiki/Velaikkaran_(1987_film)" title="Velaikkaran (1987 film)">Velaikaran</a></i> (1987), <i><a href="/wiki/Dharmathin_Thalaivan" title="Dharmathin Thalaivan">Dharmathin Thalaivan</a></i> (1988) and <i><a href="/wiki/Hum_(film)" title="Hum (film)">Hum</a></i> (1991).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[15]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 1991, <a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a>'s Tamil crime film <i><a href="/wiki/Thalapathi" title="Thalapathi">Thalapathi</a></i>, earned him major critical acclaim for his performance.<sup id="cite_ref-TOI_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI-18">[16]</a></sup> He collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Suresh_Krissna" title="Suresh Krissna">Suresh Krissna</a> for many films including <i><a href="/wiki/Annaamalai" title="Annaamalai">Annaamalai</a></i> (1992) and <i><a href="/wiki/Baashha" title="Baashha">Baashha</a></i> (1995); the latter was the biggest commercial success in his career yet as well as the highest grossing film in Tamil for many years.<sup id="cite_ref-IE2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE2-19">[17]</a></sup> His other success includes <a href="/wiki/P._Vasu" title="P. Vasu">P. Vasu</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Mannan_(film)" title="Mannan (film)">Mannan</a></i> (1992), <i><a href="/wiki/Uzhaippali" title="Uzhaippali">Uzhaippali</a></i> (1993) and <a href="/wiki/K._S._Ravikumar" title="K. S. Ravikumar">K. S. Ravikumar</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Muthu_(film)" title="Muthu (film)">Muthu</a></i> (1995) and <i><a href="/wiki/Padayappa" title="Padayappa">Padayappa</a></i> (1999); the latter which went on to become his and Tamil cinema's highest-grossing movie, exceeding Baashha.<sup id="cite_ref-tribune_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-20">[18]</a></sup>
</p><p>After a few years of hiatus, he returned to acting with the <a href="/wiki/Comedy_horror" title="Comedy horror">comedy horror</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Chandramukhi" title="Chandramukhi">Chandramukhi</a></i> (2005); it went on to become again the highest-grossing Tamil film. His next, <a href="/wiki/S._Shankar" title="S. Shankar">S. Shankar</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivaji (film)">Sivaji</a></i> (2007) was the third Indian film to enter the <a href="/wiki/100_Crore_Club" title="100 Crore Club">100 Crore Club</a>. He played dual roles, as a scientist and an <a href="/wiki/Android_(robot)" title="Android (robot)">andro-humanoid robot</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_film" title="Science fiction film">science fiction film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Enthiran" title="Enthiran">Enthiran</a></i> (2010) and its sequel <a href="/wiki/2.0_(film)" title="2.0 (film)"><i>2.0</i></a> (2018), both being <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_Indian_films" title="List of most expensive Indian films">India's most expensive productions at the time of their release</a>, and among the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Indian_films" title="List of highest-grossing Indian films">highest-grossing Indian films of all time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[c]</a></sup>
</p><p>He has won many awards, including a <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award">National Film Award</a>, seven <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Award">Tamil Nadu State Film Awards</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Nandi_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Nandi Award">Nandi Award</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Award South">Filmfare Award</a>. Rajinikanth was also named one of the most influential persons in South Asia by <i><a href="/wiki/Asiaweek" title="Asiaweek">Asiaweek</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-mass_popularity_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mass_popularity-23">[20]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-i1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-i1-24">[21]</a></sup> He was also named by <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a> India</i> as the most influential Indian of the year 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[22]</a></sup>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#1978–1989:_Experimentation_and_breakthrough"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">1978–1989: Experimentation and breakthrough</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#2011–2014:_Hospitalisation_and_return"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">2011–2014: Hospitalisation and return</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#2016–present:_Kabali_and_beyond"><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">2016–present: <i>Kabali</i> and beyond</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Money_lending_allegation"><span class="tocnumber">5.5</span> <span class="toctext">Money lending allegation</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life_and_background">Early life and background</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and background">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Rajinikanth was born as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad on 12 December 1950 in a <a href="/wiki/Marathi_people" title="Marathi people">Marathi</a> <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindu</a> family in <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mysore_State" title="Mysore State">Mysore State</a> (present day <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction-26">[23]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shivaji_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shivaji-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-birth_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birth-27">[24]</a></sup> He was named after the <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Empire" title="Maratha Empire">Maratha Empire</a> king <a href="/wiki/Shivaji_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Shivaji Maharaj">Shivaji Maharaj</a>, and was brought up speaking <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> at home and <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> outside.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction-26">[23]</a></sup> His mother was a homemaker,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[d]</a></sup> and his father Ramoji Rao Gaekwad was a police constable.<sup id="cite_ref-shivaji_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shivaji-1">[1]</a></sup> His ancestors hailed from <a href="/wiki/Mavadi_Kadepathar" title="Mavadi Kadepathar">Mavadi Kadepathar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[26]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[27]</a></sup> He is the youngest of four siblings in a family consisting of two elder brothers (Satyanarayana Rao and Nageshwara Rao) and a sister (Aswath Balubhai).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[28]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction-26">[23]</a></sup> After his father's retirement from work in 1956, the family moved to the suburb of <a href="/wiki/Hanumanthanagar,_Bengaluru" title="Hanumanthanagar, Bengaluru">Hanumantha Nagar</a> in Bangalore and built a house there.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction-26">[23]</a></sup> He lost his mother at the age of nine.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[29]</a></sup>
</p><p>Rajinikanth had his primary education at the Gavipuram Government Kannada Model Primary School in Bangalore.<sup id="cite_ref-Primary_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Primary-34">[30]</a></sup> As a child, he was "studious and mischievous" with a great interest in cricket, football and basketball. During this time, his brother enrolled him at the <a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Math" title="Ramakrishna Math">Ramakrishna Math</a>, a Hindu monastery set up by the <a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Mission" title="Ramakrishna Mission">Ramakrishna Mission</a>. In the <i>math</i>, he was taught <a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a>, tradition and history, which eventually instilled a sense of spirituality in him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._1_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._1-35">[31]</a></sup> In addition to spiritual lessons, he also began acting in plays at the <i>math</i>. His aspiration towards theatre grew at the math and was once given an opportunity to enact the role of <i><a href="/wiki/Ekalavya" title="Ekalavya">Ekalavya</a></i>'s friend from the Hindu epic <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>. His performance in the play received praise from the Kannada poet <a href="/wiki/D._R._Bendre" title="D. R. Bendre">D. R. Bendre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction-26">[23]</a></sup> After sixth grade, Rajinikanth was enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/Acharya_Pathasala_Public_School" title="Acharya Pathasala Public School">Acharya Pathasala Public School</a> and studied there till completion of his <a href="/wiki/Pre-university_course" title="Pre-university course">pre-university course</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._1_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._1-35">[31]</a></sup> During his schooling at the <i>Acharya Pathasala</i>, he spent a lot of time acting in plays.
</p><p>Upon completion of his school education, Rajinikanth performed several jobs including that of a <a href="/wiki/Coolie" title="Coolie">coolie</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[32]</a></sup> before getting a job in the <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_Metropolitan_Transport_Corporation" title="Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation">Bangalore Transport Service</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Bus_conductor" title="Bus conductor">bus conductor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bmtc_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bmtc-37">[33]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[34]</a></sup> He continued to take part in plays after the Kannada playwright Topi Muniappa offered him a chance to act in one of his mythological plays. He decided to take up an acting course in the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Film_and_Television_Institute_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu">Madras Film Institute</a> after coming across an advertisement.<sup id="cite_ref-MM1_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MM1-39">[35]</a></sup> Though his family was not fully supportive of his decision to join the institute,<sup id="cite_ref-MM1_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MM1-39">[35]</a></sup> his friend and co-worker Raj Bahadur motivated him to join the institute and financially supported him during this phase.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[36]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[37]</a></sup> During his stay at the institute, he was noticed by the Tamil film director <a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rajini_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajini-42">[38]</a></sup> Balachander provided Rajinikanth with his stage name to avoid confusion with fellow actor <a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a>, having taken it from a character's name in his earlier film <i><a href="/wiki/Major_Chandrakanth_(1966_film)" title="Major Chandrakanth (1966 film)">Major Chandrakanth</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[39]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44">[40]</a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">director</a> advised him to learn to speak <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, a recommendation that Rajinikanth quickly followed.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">[41]</a></sup> Though he can read the language, he cannot write in it.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[42]</a></sup>
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<p>"Rajinikanth claims that I am his school. But I must admit that this wasn't the Rajinikanth I introduced. He has evolved on his own merits and strengths. I gave him an opportunity and unveiled him to the world. He went and conquered it."
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<p><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—K. Balachander about Rajinikanth<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHindu201212_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHindu201212-47">[43]</a></sup></cite>
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<p>Rajinikanth began his film career with the Tamil film <i><a href="/wiki/Apoorva_Raagangal" title="Apoorva Raagangal">Apoorva Raagangal</a></i> (1975), directed by <a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-firstbreak_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstbreak-48">[44]</a></sup> He was cast in a small role as the ex-husband of the female lead played by <a href="/wiki/Srividya" title="Srividya">Srividya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-firstbreak_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstbreak-48">[44]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pioneer_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pioneer-49">[45]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-express_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-express-50">[46]</a></sup> The film explored <a href="/wiki/Age_disparity_in_sexual_relationships" title="Age disparity in sexual relationships">relationships between people with wide age differences</a> and was deemed controversial upon release.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51">[47]</a></sup> However, it received critical acclaim and won three <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> including the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_in_Tamil" title="National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil">Award for the Best Tamil Feature</a> at the <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards">23rd National Film Awards</a> in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52">[48]</a></sup> A review from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a></i> noted that: "Newcomer Rajinikanth is dignified and impressive".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHindu201267_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHindu201267-53">[49]</a></sup> His next release was <a href="/wiki/Puttanna_Kanagal" title="Puttanna Kanagal">Puttanna Kanagal</a>'s Kannada <a href="/wiki/Anthology_film" title="Anthology film">anthology film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Katha_Sangama_(1976_film)" title="Katha Sangama (1976 film)">Katha Sangama</a></i> (1976).<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">[50]</a></sup> Rajinikanth appeared in the last segment of the film; he played the role as a village ruffian who rapes a blind woman in the absence of her husband.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._3_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._3-55">[51]</a></sup> Balachander cast him in a pivotal role in <i><a href="/wiki/Anthuleni_Katha" title="Anthuleni Katha">Anthuleni Katha</a></i> (1976), the <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> remake of his own Tamil film <i><a href="/wiki/Aval_Oru_Thodar_Kathai" title="Aval Oru Thodar Kathai">Aval Oru Thodar Kathai</a></i> (1974).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._3_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._3-55">[51]</a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/Moondru_Mudichu" title="Moondru Mudichu">Moondru Mudichu</a></i>—the first Tamil film to feature him in a prominent role—he played a character that "blithely row[s] away" when his friend drowns accidentally in the lake only to fulfill his desire to marry the former's girlfriend.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._4_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._4-56">[52]</a></sup> His style of flipping the cigarette in the film made him popular among the audience.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57">[53]</a></sup> In his final release of the year, <i><a href="/wiki/Baalu_Jenu" title="Baalu Jenu">Baalu Jenu</a></i>, he was cast as the main antagonist who troubles the female lead.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._3_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._3-55">[51]</a></sup> He played similar roles in Balachander's <i><a href="/wiki/Avargal" title="Avargal">Avargal</a></i> (1977),<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58">[54]</a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Bharathiraja" title="Bharathiraja">Bharathiraja</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/16_Vayathinile" title="16 Vayathinile">16 Vayadhinile</a></i> (1977).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._3_55-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._3-55">[51]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59">[55]</a></sup> The same year, he made his first-ever appearance as a lead actor in the Telugu film <i><a href="/wiki/Chilakamma_Cheppindi" title="Chilakamma Cheppindi">Chilakamma Cheppindi</a></i> (1977), which earned him his only nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Telugu" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu">Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60">[56]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61">[57]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/S._P._Muthuraman" title="S. P. Muthuraman">S. P. Muthuraman</a> experimented Rajinikanth in a positive role in <i><a href="/wiki/Bhuvana_Oru_Kelvi_Kuri" title="Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri">Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri</a></i> (1977).<sup id="cite_ref-rediff1_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rediff1-62">[58]</a></sup> The success of the film brought the duo together for 24 more films till the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-rediff1_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rediff1-62">[58]</a></sup> Rajinikanth played supporting and "villainous" roles in most of the films released during the year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._4_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._4-56">[52]</a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/Gaayathri" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaayathri">Gaayathri</a></i> he was cast as a pornographer who secretly films his relationship with his wife without her knowledge and in <i><a href="/wiki/Galate_Samsara" title="Galate Samsara">Galate Samsara</a></i> he played the role of a married man who develops an affair with a <a href="/wiki/Cabaret" title="Cabaret">cabaret dancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._5_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._5-63">[59]</a></sup> He had 15 of his films released during the year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESreekanth2008370_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESreekanth2008370-64">[60]</a></sup>
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<p>In 1978, Rajinikanth had 20 releases across Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6-65">[61]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESreekanth2008369–370_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESreekanth2008369–370-66">[62]</a></sup> His first film of the year was <a href="/wiki/P._Madhavan" title="P. Madhavan">P. Madhavan</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Salim_Simon" title="Shankar Salim Simon">Shankar Salim Simon</a></i>, in which he was among the three leads. Following that, he co-starred alongside <a href="/wiki/Vishnuvardhan_(actor)" title="Vishnuvardhan (actor)">Vishnuvardhan</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kannada_cinema" title="Kannada cinema">Kannada film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Kiladi_Kittu" title="Kiladi Kittu">Kiladi Kittu</a></i>. He played the second lead in <i><a href="/wiki/Annadammula_Savaal" title="Annadammula Savaal">Annadammula Savaal</a></i>, which starred <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Ghattamaneni" class="mw-redirect" title="Krishna Ghattamaneni">Krishna</a>; Rajinikanth reprised his role from the <a href="/wiki/Sahodarara_Savaal" title="Sahodarara Savaal">Kannada original</a>. He then played an important role in the supernatural thriller <i><a href="/wiki/Aayiram_Jenmangal" title="Aayiram Jenmangal">Aayiram Jenmangal</a></i>. In <i><a href="/wiki/Maathu_Tappada_Maga" title="Maathu Tappada Maga">Maathu Tappada Maga</a></i>, he was the main antagonist. <i><a href="/wiki/Bairavi" title="Bairavi">Bairavi</a></i>, directed by <a href="/wiki/M._Bhaskar" title="M. Bhaskar">M.Bhaskar</a>, was the first Tamil film to cast Rajinikanth as a solo hero.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67">[63]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6-68">[64]</a></sup> It was for this film that he earned the sobriquet "Superstar".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6-68">[64]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/S._Thanu" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Thanu">S. Thanu</a>, one of the film's distributors, set up a 35 feet (11 m) high cut-out of Rajinikanth.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69">[65]</a></sup> His next appearance <i><a href="/wiki/Ilamai_Oonjal_Aadukirathu" title="Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu">Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu</a></i>, a quadrangular love story written and directed by <a href="/wiki/C._V._Sridhar" title="C. V. Sridhar">C. V. Sridhar</a>, saw him play the role of a man who sacrifices his love for his friend, played by <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a>. The film's success prompted Sridhar to remake the film in Telugu, <i><a href="/wiki/Vayasu_Pilichindi" title="Vayasu Pilichindi">Vayasu Pilichindi</a></i>, which retained the original cast of the Tamil film.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>
</p><p>His next film, <i><a href="/wiki/Vanakkatukuriya_Kathaliye" title="Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye">Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye</a></i>, had an introductory song to mark his entry, a trend that would soon catch on in with his later films.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6_68-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6-68">[64]</a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Mullum_Malarum" title="Mullum Malarum">Mullum Malarum</a></i>, released during the same period, received critical acclaim, and earned him his first <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil">Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil</a> nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70">[66]</a></sup> The film marked the directional debut of <a href="/wiki/Mahendran_(filmmaker)" title="Mahendran (filmmaker)">Mahendran</a>, with a screenplay adapted from a novel of the same name published in <i><a href="/wiki/Kalki_(magazine)" title="Kalki (magazine)">Kalki</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6_68-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6-68">[64]</a></sup> It won the <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Tamil_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film">Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film</a> and a Special Prize (Best Actor) for Rajinikanth at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6_68-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6-68">[64]</a></sup> Following this, he made a foray into <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinema of Kerala">Malayalam cinema</a> with <a href="/wiki/I._V._Sasi" title="I. V. Sasi">I. V. Sasi</a>'s fantasy film <i><a href="/wiki/Allauddinum_Albhutha_Vilakkum" title="Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum">Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum</a></i>, which was based on a story from the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Nights" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabian Nights">Arabian Nights</a>. The same year, he acted in <i><a href="/wiki/Dharma_Yuddam" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharma Yuddam">Dharma Yuddam</a></i>, in which he played a mentally-ill person avenging the death of his parents. He then co-starred with <a href="/wiki/N._T._Rama_Rao" title="N. T. Rama Rao">N. T. Rama Rao</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Tiger_(1979_film)" title="Tiger (1979 film)">Tiger</a></i>. Upon completion of <i>Tiger</i>, Rajinikanth had acted in 50 films over a period of four years, and in four languages. Some other popular films released during this period are the youthful entertainer <i><a href="/wiki/Ninaithale_Inikkum_(1979_film)" title="Ninaithale Inikkum (1979 film)">Ninaithale Inikkum</a></i>, the Tamil–Kannada bilingual <i><a href="/wiki/Priya_(1978_film)" title="Priya (1978 film)">Priya</a></i>, the Telugu film <i><a href="/wiki/Amma_Evarikkaina_Amma" class="mw-redirect" title="Amma Evarikkaina Amma">Amma Evarikkaina Amma</a></i> and the melodrama <i><a href="/wiki/Aarilirunthu_Arubathu_Varai" title="Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai">Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai</a></i>. <i>Priya</i>, based on a detective novel by <a href="/wiki/Sujatha_(writer)" title="Sujatha (writer)">Sujatha</a>, had the distinction of being the first film of Rajinikanth to be shot mostly outside India, mainly in Southeast Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6_68-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6-68">[64]</a></sup> A<i>arilirunthu Arubathu Varai</i> earned him his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.
</p><p>Raijinikanth, who credited <a href="/wiki/Hindi_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi film">Hindi film</a> star <a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> as his inspiration,<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71">[67]</a></sup> began playing Amitabh Bachchan's roles in Tamil remakes of his films.<sup id="cite_ref-indianexpress_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indianexpress-72">[68]</a></sup> This began with <i>Shankar Salim Simon</i> (1978), a remake of <i><a href="/wiki/Amar_Akbar_Anthony" title="Amar Akbar Anthony">Amar Akbar Anthony</a></i> (1977), followed by <i><a href="/wiki/Naan_Vazhavaippen" title="Naan Vazhavaippen">Naan Vazhavaippen</a></i> (1979), a remake of <i><a href="/wiki/Majboor_(1974_film)" title="Majboor (1974 film)">Majboor</a></i> (1974).<sup id="cite_ref-Mint_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mint-73">[69]</a></sup> He was subsequently cast in a series of roles modelled after Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil remakes of his films.<sup id="cite_ref-indianexpress_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indianexpress-72">[68]</a></sup> Rajinikanth starred in eleven Tamil remakes of Amitabh Bachchan films,<sup id="cite_ref-catchnews_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-catchnews-74">[70]</a></sup> as well as a Telugu remake of <i>Amar Akbar Anthony</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ram_Robert_Rahim" title="Ram Robert Rahim">Ram Robert Rahim</a></i> (1980), alongside <a href="/wiki/Sridevi" title="Sridevi">Sridevi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mint_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mint-73">[69]</a></sup> The most successful of these were remakes of <a href="/wiki/Salim%E2%80%93Javed" title="Salim–Javed">Salim–Javed</a> films, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Billa_(1980_film)" title="Billa (1980 film)">Billa</a></i> (1980), <i><a href="/wiki/Thee_(1981_film)" title="Thee (1981 film)">Thee</a></i> (1981) and <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Bharath" title="Mr. Bharath">Mr. Bharath</a></i> (1986).<sup id="cite_ref-catchnews_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-catchnews-74">[70]</a></sup>
</p><p>During this phase of his career, Rajinikanth abruptly chose to quit acting, but was coaxed to return<sup id="cite_ref-expressindia_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-expressindia-75">[71]</a></sup> with the Tamil film <i><a href="/wiki/Billa_(1980_film)" title="Billa (1980 film)">Billa</a></i> (1980), a remake of the <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> blockbuster <i><a href="/wiki/Don_(1978_film)" title="Don (1978 film)">Don</a></i> (1978), written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan. <i>Billa</i> had Rajinikanth playing dual roles and eventually became his first ever commercial success. His pairing with <a href="/wiki/Sridevi" title="Sridevi">Sridevi</a> continued in <i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_(1980_film)" title="Johnny (1980 film)">Johnny</a></i>, where he was once again cast in a double role, earned him his third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. He also starred in <i><a href="/wiki/Murattu_Kaalai_(1980_film)" title="Murattu Kaalai (1980 film)">Murattu Kaalai</a></i> which was a commercial success.<sup id="cite_ref-rediff1_62-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rediff1-62">[58]</a></sup> The success of <i>Billa</i> was a turning point in Rajinikanth's career, disproving detractors that claimed Rajnikanth was "finished" and which saw him accepted as a full-fledged hero.<sup id="cite_ref-expressindia_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-expressindia-75">[71]</a></sup> The success of <i>Billa</i> established Rajinikanth as the top star of Tamil cinema, overtaking <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76">[72]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 1981, he appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Garjanai_(1981_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Garjanai (1981 film)">Garjanai</a></i> which was shot simultaneously in <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>, making it his last film in those two languages to date.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (November 2016)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> In K. Balachander's first home production, <i><a href="/wiki/Netrikan" class="mw-redirect" title="Netrikan">Netrikan</a></i>, he played dual roles as a womanising father and a responsible son.<sup id="cite_ref-rediff1_62-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rediff1-62">[58]</a></sup> His first full-length comedy was <i><a href="/wiki/Thillu_Mullu" title="Thillu Mullu">Thillu Mullu</a></i>, directed by K. Balachander. He agreed to it solely due to the strong suggestion by his mentor that he should do non-commercial roles, to break the stereotyped action-hero mould by which he was getting famous at the time. <i>Thillu Mullu</i> earned him his fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77">[73]</a></sup> 1981 also saw the release of <i><a href="/wiki/Thee_(1981_film)" title="Thee (1981 film)">Thee</a></i>, a remake of the 1975 Bollywood blockbuster <i><a href="/wiki/Deewaar" title="Deewaar">Deewaar</a></i>, also originally written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan; in <i>Thee</i>, Rajinikanth reprised the role of Bachchan in the original.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78">[74]</a></sup> In 1982, he starred in <i><a href="/wiki/Pokkiri_Raja_(1982_film)" title="Pokkiri Raja (1982 film)">Pokkiri Raja</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Moondru_Mugam" title="Moondru Mugam">Moondru Mugam</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Thanikattu_Raja" title="Thanikattu Raja">Thanikattu Raja</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Puthukavithai" title="Puthukavithai">Puthukavithai</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Enkeyo_Ketta_Kural" title="Enkeyo Ketta Kural">Enkeyo Ketta Kural</a></i>. <i>Moondru Mugam</i> which starred Rajinikanth playing three different roles for the first time, earned him his fifth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.<sup id="cite_ref-raana_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-raana-79">[75]</a></sup>
</p><p>By 1983, he was a popular actor across <a href="/wiki/South_Indian_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="South Indian cinema">South Indian cinema</a>, including Telugu and Kannada films.<sup id="cite_ref-southpopular_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-southpopular-80">[76]</a></sup> In 1983, he starred in his first <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> film, <i><a href="/wiki/Andha_Kanoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Andha Kanoon">Andha Kanoon</a></i>, alongside <a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hema_Malini" title="Hema Malini">Hema Malini</a>. The film went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of that time.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81">[77]</a></sup> His 1984 film <i><a href="/wiki/Naan_Mahaan_Alla_(1984_film)" title="Naan Mahaan Alla (1984 film)">Naan Mahaan Alla</a></i>, was directed by Muturaman and produced by K. Balachander. He acted in his first cameo role in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Anbulla_Rajinikanth" title="Anbulla Rajinikanth">Anbulla Rajinikanth</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82">[78]</a></sup> He played a triple role in <i><a href="/wiki/John_Jani_Janardhan_(1984_film)" title="John Jani Janardhan (1984 film)">John Jani Janardhan</a></i>. His performance in <i><a href="/wiki/Nallavanuku_Nallavan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nallavanuku Nallavan">Nallavanuku Nallavan</a></i> earned him his first and only <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil">Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-filmfare_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filmfare-83">[79]</a></sup> In his 100th film <i><a href="/wiki/Sri_Raghavendra" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Raghavendra">Sri Raghavendra</a></i> (1985), he played the Hindu saint <a href="/wiki/Raghavendra_Swami" class="mw-redirect" title="Raghavendra Swami">Raghavendra Swami</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rebel_image_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rebel_image-84">[80]</a></sup> His greatest success in Hindi films was his 101st film <i><a href="/wiki/Bewafai" title="Bewafai">Bewafai</a></i>. Released in 1985 with Rajesh Khanna as the lead hero and Rajinikanth as villain, it became a success and grossed <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee" title="Indian rupee">₹</a></span>119.5 million</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>1.8 billion or US$22 million in 2023) at the box office that year.<sup id="cite_ref-indianexpress4_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indianexpress4-85">[81]</a></sup>
</p><p>In the second half of the 1980s, Rajinikanth acted in commercially successful films such as <i><a href="/wiki/Naan_Sigappu_Manithan_(1985_film)" title="Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985 film)">Naan Sigappu Manithan</a></i> (1985), <i><a href="/wiki/Padikkadavan_(1985_film)" title="Padikkadavan (1985 film)">Padikkathavan</a></i> (1985), <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Bharath" title="Mr. Bharath">Mr. Bharath</a></i> (1986), <i><a href="/wiki/Velaikkaran_(1987_film)" title="Velaikkaran (1987 film)">Velaikaran</a></i> (1987), <i><a href="/wiki/Guru_Sishyan_(1988_film)" title="Guru Sishyan (1988 film)">Guru Sishyan</a></i> (1988) and <i><a href="/wiki/Dharmathin_Thalaivan" title="Dharmathin Thalaivan">Dharmathin Thalaivan</a></i> (1988), with <i>Velaikaran</i> earning him his seventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. In 1988, he made his only American film appearance in <i><a href="/wiki/Bloodstone_(1988_film)" title="Bloodstone (1988 film)">Bloodstone</a></i>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Little" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Little">Dwight Little</a>, in which he played an English-speaking Indian taxi driver.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._The_1980s_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._The_1980s-86">[82]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Weldon1996_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weldon1996-87">[83]</a></sup> Rajinikanth finished the decade with films including <i><a href="/wiki/Rajadhi_Raja_(1989_film)" title="Rajadhi Raja (1989 film)">Rajadhi Raja</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Siva_(1989_Tamil_film)" title="Siva (1989 Tamil film)">Siva</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Raja_Chinna_Roja" title="Raja Chinna Roja">Raja Chinna Roja</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Mappillai_(1989_film)" title="Mappillai (1989 film)">Mappillai</a></i> while also starring in a few Bollywood productions. <i>Raja Chinna Roja</i> was the first Indian film to feature <a href="/wiki/Films_with_live_action_and_animation" class="mw-redirect" title="Films with live action and animation">live action and animation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012127_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012127-88">[84]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89">[85]</a></sup>
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<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg/220px-Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg/330px-Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg/440px-Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="489" data-file-height="318" /></a><figcaption>Rajinikanth with Kamal Haasan</figcaption></figure>
<p>By the 1990s, Rajinikanth established himself as a commercial entertainer. Almost all the films released during this period were highly successful at the box office.
</p><p>He began the decade with a blockbuster in <i><a href="/wiki/Panakkaran" title="Panakkaran">Panakkaran</a></i> (1990), which was a remake of <a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a>'s 1981 film <i><a href="/wiki/Laawaris_(1981_film)" title="Laawaris (1981 film)">Laawaris</a></i>. The film earned him his eighth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. His next two Tamil films, the <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_film" title="Fantasy film">fantasy comedy</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Athisaya_Piravi" title="Athisaya Piravi">Athisaya Piravi</a></i>, (a remake of <a href="/wiki/Chiranjeevi" title="Chiranjeevi">Chiranjeevi</a>'s 1988 film <i><a href="/wiki/Yamudiki_Mogudu_(1988_film)" title="Yamudiki Mogudu (1988 film)">Yamudiki Mogudu</a></i>) which also released in 1990 and the family drama <i><a href="/wiki/Dharma_Durai_(1991_film)" title="Dharma Durai (1991 film)">Dharmadorai</a></i> (1991), did above-average business at the box office. His stint with Bollywood continued since the past decade as he went on to star in more Hindi films. <i><a href="/wiki/Hum_(1991_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hum (1991 film)">Hum</a></i> released in 1991 saw him doing the second main lead with Amitabh Bachchan became an inspiration for <i>Baashha</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-IndiaJanDay_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndiaJanDay-90">[86]</a></sup> In 1991, he worked with <a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Thalapathi" title="Thalapathi">Thalapathi</a></i>, which was heavily inspired by the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-thalapathi_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thalapathi-91">[87]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92">[88]</a></sup> in which he co-starred with actor <a href="/wiki/Mammooty" class="mw-redirect" title="Mammooty">Mammooty</a>; the film dealt with the friendship between two unknown characters based on <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>, respectively,<sup id="cite_ref-thalapathi_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thalapathi-91">[87]</a></sup> and was set in a more contemporary milieu and was both critically acclaimed and successful upon release.<sup id="cite_ref-rebel_image_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rebel_image-84">[80]</a></sup> He received his ninth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the film. He went on to appear in remakes of films from other languages, mostly from Hindi and Telugu. <i><a href="/wiki/Annamalai_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Annamalai (film)">Annamalai</a></i>, which released in 1992, was yet another friendship-centric film and was loosely based on the 1987 Bollywood film <i><a href="/wiki/Khudgarz" title="Khudgarz">Khudgarz</a></i>. The film was the first to have a Super Star Title Graphic Card. He received his tenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the film. <i><a href="/wiki/Mannan_(film)" title="Mannan (film)">Mannan</a></i>, directed by <a href="/wiki/P._Vasu" title="P. Vasu">P. Vasu</a>, a remake of Kannada actor <a href="/wiki/Dr._Rajkumar" title="Dr. Rajkumar">Rajkumar</a>'s 1986 blockbuster <i><a href="/wiki/Anuraga_Aralithu" title="Anuraga Aralithu">Anuraga Aralithu</a></i>, also was released in 1992 and became a box office success. Rajinikanth wrote his first screenplay for the film <i><a href="/wiki/Valli_(film)" title="Valli (film)">Valli</a></i> (1993), in which he also made a special appearance. He also starred in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Yajaman" title="Yajaman">Yajaman</a></i>, in which he played the role of Vaanavaraayan, a village chieftain. His romantic-comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Veera_(1994_film)" title="Veera (1994 film)">Veera</a></i> (1994) was controversial for its climax but went on to become one of the highest-grossing films in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93">[89]</a></sup> That year, he earned his eleventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the action-drama <i><a href="/wiki/Uzhaippali" title="Uzhaippali">Uzhaippali</a></i>.
</p><p>He joined hands with <a href="/wiki/Suresh_Krishna_(director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Suresh Krishna (director)">Suresh Krishna</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Baashha" title="Baashha">Baashha</a></i> (1995), which emerged as an industry record,<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94">[90]</a></sup> and is routinely touted by fans and critics alike as a major-hit, as the film elevated him from being just another very popular actor to nearly demigod status among the masses.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95">[91]</a></sup> He made a cameo in <i><a href="/wiki/Peddarayudu" class="mw-redirect" title="Peddarayudu">Peddarayudu</a></i> for his friend <a href="/wiki/Mohan_Babu" title="Mohan Babu">Mohan Babu</a> and also helped him in obtaining the remake rights. The same year, he acted in yet another gangster film, <i><a href="/wiki/Aatank_Hi_Aatank" title="Aatank Hi Aatank">Aatank Hi Aatank</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Aamir_Khan" title="Aamir Khan">Aamir Khan</a> which was also his last Hindi film in a major role till date. His film <i><a href="/wiki/Muthu_(film)" title="Muthu (film)">Muthu</a></i>, a remake of <a href="/wiki/Mohanlal" title="Mohanlal">Mohanlal</a>'s blockbuster Malayalam film <i><a href="/wiki/Thenmavin_Kombathu" class="mw-redirect" title="Thenmavin Kombathu">Thenmavin Kombathu</a></i>, was another commercial success, directed by <a href="/wiki/K._S._Ravikumar" title="K. S. Ravikumar">K. S. Ravikumar</a> and produced by K. Balachander, and became the first Tamil film to be dubbed into Japanese, as <i>Mutu: Odoru Maharaja</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96">[92]</a></sup> The film grossed a record US$1.6 million in Japan in 1998 and was responsible for creating a large Japanese fan-base for the actor.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97">[93]</a></sup> <i>Muthu</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s success in Japan led American news magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i> to comment in a 1999 article that Rajinikanth had "supplanted <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio" title="Leonardo DiCaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> as Japan's trendiest heartthrob".<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98">[94]</a></sup> During a visit to Japan in 2006, Indian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> acknowledged the success of <i>Muthu</i> in the country during a speech, justifying the positive <a href="/wiki/India-Japan_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="India-Japan relations">relationship between the two nations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99">[95]</a></sup> He received his twelfth and thirteenth nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performances in <i>Baashha</i> and <i>Mushu</i>.
</p><p>He also entered <a href="/wiki/Bengali_film_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali film industry">Bengali cinema</a> through <i><a href="/wiki/Bhagya_Debata" title="Bhagya Debata">Bhagya Debata</a></i>, which was released at the end of 1995. 1997's <i><a href="/wiki/Arunachalam_(film)" title="Arunachalam (film)">Arunachalam</a></i>, another commercial success, earned him his fourteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. Rajinikanth released his last film of the millennium with <i><a href="/wiki/Padayappa" title="Padayappa">Padayappa</a></i> (1999), which went on to become a blockbuster success, and earned him his fifteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. It starred <a href="/wiki/Ramya_Krishnan" title="Ramya Krishnan">Ramya Krishnan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soundarya" title="Soundarya">Soundarya</a>, the former critically acclaimed for her performance. It was also the last prominent role for veteran Tamil actor <a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a>.
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<p>After a brief pause, Rajinikanth starred in <i><a href="/wiki/Baba_(2002_film)" title="Baba (2002 film)">Baba</a></i> in 2002, for which he had also written the screenplay.<sup id="cite_ref-baba_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baba-100">[96]</a></sup> Released with much fanfare and hype at the time, the film featured a story revolving around the reforming of a gangster, later revealed to be the reincarnation of the Hindu saint <a href="/wiki/Mahavatar_Babaji" title="Mahavatar Babaji">Mahavatar Babaji</a>, and fights against political corruption.<sup id="cite_ref-baba_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baba-100">[96]</a></sup> It fell short of market expectations and the high bids reportedly translated to heavy losses for the distributors. Rajinikanth himself repaid the losses incurred by the distributors.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101">[97]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102">[98]</a></sup> The film was received with comments such as "the bloom was off the rose" and that "the gold does not glitter any more".<sup id="cite_ref-Will_Sivaji_be_Rajini_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Will_Sivaji_be_Rajini-103">[99]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a> (PMK) leader <a href="/wiki/S._Ramadoss" title="S. Ramadoss">S. Ramadoss</a> condemned him for smoking and posing with <a href="/wiki/Beedi" title="Beedi">beedis</a> in the film. He was criticised for spoiling the Tamil youth by glorifying smoking and drinking. PMK volunteers attacked the theatres which screened the film and usurped film rolls and burned them.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104">[100]</a></sup>
</p><p>Two years later, Rajinikanth signed up for P. Vasu's <i><a href="/wiki/Chandramukhi" title="Chandramukhi">Chandramukhi</a></i> (2005), a remake of the Malayalam film <i><a href="/wiki/Manichitrathazhu" title="Manichitrathazhu">Manichitrathazhu</a></i>. Upon release the film was highly successful at the box office, and in 2007 it set the record of being the longest running Tamil film.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Final_Verdict_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Final_Verdict-105">[101]</a></sup> <i>Chandramukhi</i> was also dubbed in <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a> and in German as <i>Der Geisterjäger</i> and released in the respective nations.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106">[102]</a></sup> Following <i>Chandramukhi</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s release, it was reported that <a href="/wiki/AVM_Productions" title="AVM Productions">AVM Productions</a> was set to produce a film directed by <a href="/wiki/S._Shankar" title="S. Shankar">Shankar</a> starring Rajinikanth – the largest collaboration yet for a Tamil film. The film was titled <i><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivaji (film)">Sivaji</a></i> and was released in the summer of 2007, following two years of filming and production. It became the first Tamil film to be charted as one of the "top-ten best films" of the United Kingdom and South Africa box offices upon release.<sup id="cite_ref-United_Kingdom_Box_Office_15–17_June_2007_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_Kingdom_Box_Office_15–17_June_2007-107">[103]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-South_Africa_Box_Office_3–5_August_2007_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-South_Africa_Box_Office_3–5_August_2007-108">[104]</a></sup> Rajinikanth received a salary of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>260 million</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>780 million or US$9.8 million in 2023), for his role in the film highest in his film career at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-Neha_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Neha-109">[105]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110">[106]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111">[107]</a></sup> He received his sixteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. During the production of <i>Sivaji</i>, <a href="/wiki/Soundarya_Rajinikanth" title="Soundarya Rajinikanth">Soundarya Rajinikanth</a> announced her intention of producing a computer-generated imagery film starring an animated version of her father titled <i>Sultan: The Warrior</i>. The film was set for release in 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112">[108]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113">[109]</a></sup> however, it entered <a href="/wiki/Development_hell" title="Development hell">development hell</a>, and its development status would become unknown over the next few years.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114">[110]</a></sup>
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<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajinikanth_2010_-_still_113555_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Rajinikanth_2010_-_still_113555_crop.jpg/220px-Rajinikanth_2010_-_still_113555_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Rajinikanth_2010_-_still_113555_crop.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="232" /></a><figcaption>Rajinikanth at the <a href="/wiki/Enthiran_(soundtrack)" title="Enthiran (soundtrack)"><i>Enthiran</i> (2010) soundtrack</a> release event in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a></figcaption></figure><p>
He worked with P. Vasu again for <i><a href="/wiki/Kuselan" title="Kuselan">Kuselan</a></i>, a remake of the Malayalam film <i><a href="/wiki/Kadha_Parayumbol" class="mw-redirect" title="Kadha Parayumbol">Kadha Parayumbol</a></i>, which was made simultaneously in <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> as <i><a href="/wiki/Kathanayakudu_(2008_film)" title="Kathanayakudu (2008 film)">Kathanayakudu</a></i>, in which Rajinikanth played an extended cameo role as Ashok Kumar, a film star in the Indian cinema, and as a best friend to the film's protagonist. According to Rajinikanth, the film somewhat narrated his early life.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115">[111]</a></sup> The film, however, performed poorly at box offices and led to many distributors incurring major losses.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116">[112]</a></sup> Rajinikanth also stated that he would work with <a href="/wiki/Pyramid_Saimira" title="Pyramid Saimira">Pyramid Saimira</a> again to compensate for <i>Kuselan</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117">[113]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118">[114]</a></sup><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1062260506"></p><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:25em; ;">
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<p>"Is there anything left to be said about a man who, at 61, still manages to star in one of the most successful films of the year, not just in the south, but across India? Superstar Rajni once again proved that he is the actor with the Midas touch with the sci-fi flick Endhiran, where he played an ambitious scientist, a naive robot and an evil android bent on destroying the world [...] He did it with such aplomb that he's been the talk of the town for months. He might do one film in two years, but when he does, he pulls out all the stops."
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<p><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—<a href="/wiki/Rediff.com" title="Rediff.com">Rediff.com</a> on Rajinikanth's performance in <i><a href="/wiki/Enthiran" title="Enthiran">Enthiran</a></i> (2010)<sup id="cite_ref-Rajini_in_Enthiran_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajini_in_Enthiran-119">[115]</a></sup></cite>
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</div><p>"Is there anything left to be said about a man who, at 61, still manages to star in one of the most successful films of the year, not just in the south, but across India? Superstar Rajni once again proved that he is the actor with the Midas touch with the sci-fi flick <i>Enthiran</i>, where he played an ambitious scientist, a naive robot and an evil android bent on destroying the world [...] He did it with such aplomb that he's been the talk of the town for months. He might do one film in two years, but when he does, he pulls out all the stops."
</p><p>Rajinikanth worked again with Shankar for the science fiction film <i><a href="/wiki/Enthiran" title="Enthiran">Enthiran</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120">[116]</a></sup> The film was released worldwide in 2010 as the most expensive Indian film ever made, ultimately becoming the second highest-grossing film in India of its time.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121">[117]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-162crores_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162crores-122">[118]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123">[119]</a></sup> Rajinikanth was paid a remuneration of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>450 million</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>1.0 billion or US$13 million in 2023) for the film.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124">[120]</a></sup> He received his seventeenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. The film's success lead to the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Management_Ahmedabad" title="Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad">Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad</a> to use the film as a case study to analyse the business of cinema and its success story in a post-graduate elective management course called <i>Contemporary Film Industry: A Business Perspective</i>. The course would also study <i>Muthu</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125">[121]</a></sup>
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<p>In January 2011, Rajinikanth was slated to appear in <i>Rana</i>, a period film to be produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, who would work with the actor for a third time.<sup id="cite_ref-raana_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-raana-79">[75]</a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">principal photography</a> of the film on 29 April 2011, he suffered a mild <a href="/wiki/Foodborne_illness" title="Foodborne illness">foodborne illness</a> on the sets, which led to vomiting, dehydration, and exhaustion.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126">[122]</a></sup> He was treated at St. Isabel's Hospital for a day before being discharged.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127">[123]</a></sup> Five days later, he was rushed to the same hospital again after suffering from breathlessness and fever.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128">[124]</a></sup> He was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Bronchitis" title="Bronchitis">bronchitis</a> and was kept at the hospital for a week, while also spending a few days in an <a href="/wiki/Intensive_care_unit" title="Intensive care unit">intensive care unit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129">[125]</a></sup> Several conflicting reports of discharge dates arose, as well as claims of Rajinikanth's health deteriorating.<sup id="cite_ref-ndtv_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ndtv-130">[126]</a></sup> Two days after his last discharge, Rajinikanth was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Ramachandra_Medical_College_and_Research_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute">Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute</a> on 16 May 2011 for recurring respiratory and gastrointestinal problems.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131">[127]</a></sup> The hospital maintained that Rajinikanth was in stable condition and showed positive response to treatment.<sup id="cite_ref-ndtv_130-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ndtv-130">[126]</a></sup> It was widely reported that he required a <a href="/wiki/Kidney_transplantation" title="Kidney transplantation">kidney transplantation</a>, which was later denied by <a href="/wiki/Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132">[128]</a></sup>
</p><p>On 21 May 2011, <a href="/wiki/Aishwarya_R._Dhanush" class="mw-redirect" title="Aishwarya R. Dhanush">Aishwarya Rajinikanth</a> released a photo of her and Rajinikanth in his hospital ward, both posing with a <a href="/wiki/Thumbs_signal" class="mw-redirect" title="Thumbs signal">thumbs signal</a>, responding to fans' negative reaction to news reports.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133">[129]</a></sup> The hospital restricted unauthorised visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134">[130]</a></sup> Rajinikanth's brother, Sathyanarayana Rao Gaekwad, reported that the cause of the sudden illness was due to stress from rapid weight-loss and changes in diet, as well as <a href="/wiki/Alcohol_withdrawal_syndrome" title="Alcohol withdrawal syndrome">withdrawal of alcohol consumption</a> and <a href="/wiki/Smoking_cessation" title="Smoking cessation">smoking cessation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135">[131]</a></sup> After addressing fans in a 4-minute <a href="/wiki/Digital_recording" title="Digital recording">digitally recorded</a> <a href="/wiki/Voice_message" class="mw-redirect" title="Voice message">voice message</a> to the media, Rajinikanth, under the advice of Amitabh Bachchan, travelled from Chennai to Singapore with his family on 21 May 2011, where he was to undergo further treatment for <a href="/wiki/Nephropathy" class="mw-redirect" title="Nephropathy">nephropathy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Elizabeth_Hospital" title="Mount Elizabeth Hospital">Mount Elizabeth Hospital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136">[132]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137">[133]</a></sup> After spending over two weeks at the hospital, he was finally discharged on 15 June 2011 and continued to recuperate in Singapore, before returning to Chennai on 13 July 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138">[134]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139">[135]</a></sup>
</p><p>Despite several failed attempts to restart <i>Rana</i> upon his return, Rajinikanth reprised his <i>Enthiran</i> character, Chitti, in the Bollywood science-fiction film <i><a href="/wiki/Ra.One" title="Ra.One">Ra.One</a></i> (2011) in a guest appearance alongside <a href="/wiki/Shah_Rukh_Khan" title="Shah Rukh Khan">Shah Rukh Khan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kareena_Kapoor" title="Kareena Kapoor">Kareena Kapoor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140">[136]</a></sup> In November 2011, it was decided that <i>Rana</i> would be shelved in favour of a new project, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Kochadaiiyaan" title="Kochadaiiyaan">Kochadaiiyaan</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141">[137]</a></sup> The film became a huge disaster at the box office.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142">[138]</a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Motion_capture" title="Motion capture">motion capture</a> film, which is the first of its kind in India, was released in 2014 to positive reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143">[139]</a></sup> <i>Kochadaiiyaan</i>, and the 3D release of <i>Sivaji</i> in 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144">[140]</a></sup> made Rajinikanth the first Indian actor to have appeared in four different forms of world cinema: <a href="/wiki/Black-and-white" title="Black-and-white">black-and-white</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colour_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Colour film">colour</a>, <a href="/wiki/3D_film" title="3D film">3D</a> and <a href="/wiki/Motion_capture" title="Motion capture">motion capture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145">[141]</a></sup> Following the completion of <i>Kochadaiiyaan</i>, Rajinikanth began work in Ravikumar's next directorial venture, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Lingaa" title="Lingaa">Lingaa</a>.</i> <sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146">[142]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147">[143]</a></sup> The film was released on 12 December 2014, coinciding with his birthday,<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148">[144]</a></sup> and received mixed reviews from critics.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149">[145]</a></sup>
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<p>After a two-year absence from big screen, Rajinikanth's next film was director <a href="/wiki/Pa._Ranjith" title="Pa. Ranjith">Pa. Ranjith</a>'s crime drama <i><a href="/wiki/Kabali_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabali (film)">Kabali</a></i>, produced by <a href="/wiki/S._Thanu" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Thanu">S. Thanu</a>. The film was released in July 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150">[146]</a></sup> The film became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Tamil_films_of_2016" title="List of Tamil films of 2016">highest grossing Tamil film</a> of the year grossing over <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>300 <a href="/wiki/Crore" title="Crore">crore</a></span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>352 crore or US$44 million in 2023) and became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Tamil_films" title="List of highest-grossing Tamil films">fifth highest-grossing Tamil film of all time</a> before being surpassed by his another film <i><a href="/wiki/2.0_(film)" title="2.0 (film)">2.0</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kabali_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kabali-159">[n 1]</a></sup> Also, at the <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Vikatan_Cinema_Awards" title="Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards">Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards</a>, the film was nominated at five categories winning all of them,<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160">[155]</a></sup> and also won five awards, at the <a href="/wiki/Edison_Awards_(India)" title="Edison Awards (India)">Edison Awards</a>, and two nominations at the <a href="/wiki/6th_South_Indian_International_Movie_Awards" title="6th South Indian International Movie Awards">6th South Indian International Movie Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161">[156]</a></sup> He also received his eighteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film.
</p><p>In August 2016, it was announced that Rajinikanth and director Ranjith would work together again for a film with Dhanush as producer, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Kaala_(2018_film)" title="Kaala (2018 film)">Kaala</a></i>, in which Rajinikanth plays a <a href="/wiki/Dharavi" title="Dharavi">Dharavi</a>-dwelling gangster who fights against corporate takeover of the slum.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162">[157]</a></sup> The film was officially released on 7 June 2018 and received positive reviews from critics.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163">[158]</a></sup> In 2018 he also appeared in <a href="/wiki/S._Shankar" title="S. Shankar">S. Shankar</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/2.0_(film)" title="2.0 (film)">2.0</a></i> reprising the roles of Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti, alongside <a href="/wiki/Akshay_Kumar" title="Akshay Kumar">Akshay Kumar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amy_Jackson" title="Amy Jackson">Amy Jackson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOI_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI-18">[16]</a></sup> The film was released on 29 November 2018 and was commercially successful at the box office. The film earned over <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>117.34 crore</span> (US$15 million) worldwide on its first day, which was the second-highest ever for an Indian film. The film crossed <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>520 crore</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>693 crore or US$87 million in 2023) in its opening weekend to be the highest-grossing film worldwide for that week. The film also grossed over <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>655.81 crore</span> (US$82 million)–<span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>800 <a href="/wiki/Crore" title="Crore">crore</a></span> (US$100 million) at the box office became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Tamil_films_of_2018" title="List of Tamil films of 2018">highest-grossing Tamil film</a> of the year and <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Tamil_films" title="List of highest-grossing Tamil films">second highest grossing Tamil film of all time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164">[159]</a></sup> <i>2.0</i> is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_India" title="List of highest-grossing films in India">fourth highest-grossing film in India</a> and is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Indian_films#Global_gross_figures" title="List of highest-grossing Indian films">seventh highest-grossing Indian film worldwide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165">[160]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166">[161]</a></sup> In 2019, Rajinikanth starred in <a href="/wiki/Karthik_Subbaraj" title="Karthik Subbaraj">Karthik Subbaraj</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Petta_(film)" title="Petta (film)">Petta</a></i>, in which his performance received praise for his return to his vintage stereotypical style of acting and grossed over <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>250 crore</span> (US$31 million), becoming the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Tamil_films_of_2019" title="List of Tamil films of 2019">second highest-grossing Tamil film</a> of 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167">[162]</a></sup> The combined gross earnings of <i>Kaala</i>, <i>2.0</i> and <i>Petta</i> by the end of January 2019 was determined to be over <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 1000 crore according to trade analysts.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168">[163]</a></sup> Rajinikanth worked with <a href="/wiki/AR_Murugadoss" title="AR Murugadoss">AR Murugadoss</a> in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Darbar_(film)" title="Darbar (film)">Darbar</a></i>, alongside <a href="/wiki/Nayanthara" title="Nayanthara">Nayanthara</a> which released in 2020. He played the role of a police officer after 27 years since his last film as a police officer was the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Pandian_(film)" title="Pandian (film)">Pandian</a></i>. Despite the film receiving mixed reviews, the film grossed <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>250 crore</span> (US$31 million) crore at the box office,<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169">[164]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170">[165]</a></sup> making it one of Rajinikanth's highest-grossing films and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Tamil_films_of_2020" title="List of Tamil films of 2020">highest-grossing Tamil films of 2020</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171">[166]</a></sup> The next project of Rajinikanth was with director <a href="/wiki/Siva_(director)" title="Siva (director)">Siva</a>, the film titled <i><a href="/wiki/Annaatthe" title="Annaatthe">Annaatthe</a></i> alongside Nayanthara and <a href="/wiki/Keerthy_Suresh" title="Keerthy Suresh">Keerthy Suresh</a> and where he played role of a protective brother. The film was released on 4 November 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172">[167]</a></sup> The film became a commercial success at the box office by grossing around <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>240 <a href="/wiki/Crore" title="Crore">crore</a></span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>268 crore or US$34 million in 2023) beating the collections made by other Tamil films like <i><a href="/wiki/Master_(2021_film)" title="Master (2021 film)">Master</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Maanaadu" title="Maanaadu">Maanaadu</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173">[168]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174">[169]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175">[170]</a></sup>
</p><p>His next 169th film is with director <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Dilipkumar" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson Dilipkumar">Nelson</a> which was tentatively titled <i>Thalaivar 169</i>. On 17 June 2022, the titled was announced to be <i><a href="/wiki/Jailer_(film)" title="Jailer (film)">Jailer</a></i> and Rajinikanth will be playing an experienced jailer in the film.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176">[171]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177">[172]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178">[173]</a></sup> The film will be released theatrically in August 2023. Rajinikanth will be doing an extended cameo in his daughter <a href="/wiki/Aishwarya_Rajinikanth" title="Aishwarya Rajinikanth">Aishwarya Rajinikanth</a>'s directorial comeback titled <i>Lal Salaam.</i> His next 170th film is with director <a href="/wiki/T._J._Gnanavel" title="T. J. Gnanavel">T. J. Gnanavel</a> which is tentatively titled <i>Thalaivar 170</i> and he will be playing the role of Muslim cop. The film will be released in 2024. His next 171st film is with director <a href="/wiki/Lokesh_Kanagaraj" title="Lokesh Kanagaraj">Lokesh Kanagaraj</a> which is tentatively titled <i>Thalaivar 171.</i>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_career">Political career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Political career">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Prime_Minister,_Dr._Manmohan_Singh_presented_the_Entertainer_of_the_Year_Award_to_Shri_Rajnikanth,_at_the_%27NDTV_Indian_of_the_Year_Awards_Function%27,_in_New_Delhi_on_January_17,_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh_presented_the_Entertainer_of_the_Year_Award_to_Shri_Rajnikanth%2C_at_the_%27NDTV_Indian_of_the_Year_Awards_Function%27%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_January_17%2C_2008.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh_presented_the_Entertainer_of_the_Year_Award_to_Shri_Rajnikanth%2C_at_the_%27NDTV_Indian_of_the_Year_Awards_Function%27%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_January_17%2C_2008.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh_presented_the_Entertainer_of_the_Year_Award_to_Shri_Rajnikanth%2C_at_the_%27NDTV_Indian_of_the_Year_Awards_Function%27%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_January_17%2C_2008.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1772" /></a><figcaption>Rajinikanth receiving the 2008 NDTV Entertainer of the Year Award from prime minister <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></figcaption></figure>
<p>Rajinikanth said: "Even God cannot save Tamil Nadu if AIADMK returns to power." Rajinikanth wholeheartedly supported the DMK and Tamil Mannila Congress alliance and asked the people of Tamil Nadu and his fans to vote for that alliance. This alliance had a complete victory in 1996. Rajinikanth also supported the DMK-Tamil Mannila Congress alliance in the <a href="/wiki/1996_Indian_general_election" title="1996 Indian general election">1996 Indian general election</a> and <a href="/wiki/1998_Indian_general_election" title="1998 Indian general election">1998 Indian general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179">[174]</a></sup>
</p><p>Later in 2004, Rajinikanth said he would personally vote for the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) but would not extend his support to any front during the <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">upcoming Indian general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180">[175]</a></sup> The party, however, failed to win any seats in Tamil Nadu in the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181">[176]</a></sup>
</p><p>Rajinikanth canceled his visit to Sri Lanka on March 2017 at the urging of Tamil Nadu politicians. Leaders of the BJP criticized this choice.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182">[177]</a></sup> In June 2017, BJP leader <a href="/wiki/Subramanian_Swamy" title="Subramanian Swamy">Subramanian Swamy</a> alleged that Rajinikanth was illiterate and unfit for politics. He also accused Rajinikanth of financial fraud, claiming that he has strong proof of financial irregularities by Rajinikanth that will bring down Rajinikanth's political aspirations.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183">[178]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184">[179]</a></sup>
</p><p>However several political analysts state Rajinikanth has missed his chance and unlike 1996 when he was at his peak it will be very difficult for him to make a significant impact in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185">[180]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186">[181]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187">[182]</a></sup>
</p><p>Rajinikanth announced entry into politics on 31 December 2017 and confirmed his intention to contest in the 2021 <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly" title="Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly">Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly</a> elections in all 234 constituencies. He stated that his party would resign if it was unable to fulfill its electoral promises within three years of coming into power.<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188">[183]</a></sup> Rajinikanth dissolved his organisation Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM) on 12 July 2021 and also said that he has no plans to enter politics in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189">[184]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Public_image">Public image</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Public image">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg/220px-Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg/330px-Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg/440px-Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="882" /></a><figcaption>Rajinikanth at Premiere of the film <a href="/wiki/Kochadaiiyaan" title="Kochadaiiyaan">Kochadaiiyaan</a> (2014)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Rajinikanth is widely regarded as one of the most popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. His popularity has been attributed to "his uniquely styled dialogues [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] and idiosyncrasies in films, as well as his political statements and philanthropy".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_190-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-190">[185]</a></sup> Many also cite reasons for Rajinikanth's popularity as coming from his larger-than-life super-hero appearance in many films, supported by gravity-defying stunts and charismatic expressions, all while attempting to maintain modesty in real-life.<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191">[186]</a></sup> Almost every film of Rajinikanth has punchlines delivered by him in an inimitable style, and these punchlines often have a message or even warn the film's antagonists. These lines are usually fabricated to create new ones or even be taken in a comical way, but do not fail to create a sense of entertainment among viewers.<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192">[187]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193">[188]</a></sup>
</p><p>Rajinikanth is one of the highest-grossing actors in Tamil cinema history. After opening his first official Twitter account in 2014, Rajinikanth received over 210,000 followers within 24 hours, which according to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economic_Times" title="The Economic Times">The Economic Times</a></i> was deemed by social media research firms as the fastest rate of followers for any Indian celebrity, as well as among the top-10 in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-rtwit_194-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rtwit-194">[189]</a></sup> In 2015, a film about his fandom, <i><a href="/wiki/For_the_Love_of_a_Man_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="For the Love of a Man (film)">For the Love of a Man</a></i>, premiered at the <a href="/wiki/71st_Venice_International_Film_Festival" title="71st Venice International Film Festival">71st Venice International Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_195-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-195">[190]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Comments_on_social_issues">Comments on social issues</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Comments on social issues">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg/220px-Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg/330px-Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg/440px-Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>Rajinikanth with <a href="/wiki/Vijay_(actor)" title="Vijay (actor)">Vijay</a> at a <a href="/wiki/2018_Tamil_Nadu_protests_for_Kaveri_water_sharing" title="2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing">Kaveri water sharing protest</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Nadigar_Sangam" title="Nadigar Sangam">Nadigar Sangam</a> in 2018</figcaption></figure>
<p>In 2002, Rajinikanth undertook a day-long fast to protest the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Karnataka" title="Government of Karnataka">Government of Karnataka</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kaveri_River_water_dispute" title="Kaveri River water dispute">decision to not release Kaveri River water into Tamil Nadu</a>, and announced that he would contribute <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>10 million</span> (US$130,000) toward a plan to interlink Indian rivers.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196">[191]</a></sup> He met with Indian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> and many experts to canvass support for the project.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197">[192]</a></sup> His hunger strike was independent of the <a href="/wiki/Nadigar_Sangam" title="Nadigar Sangam">Nadigar Sangam</a>, who organised their own solidarity protest for the same cause. Film director <a href="/wiki/Bharathiraja" title="Bharathiraja">Bharathi Raja</a> lashed out against Rajinikanth, alleging that he is dividing the film industry and saying that he was a "traitor who had a tacit understanding with the Karnataka government".<sup id="cite_ref-hinduonnet.com_198-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hinduonnet.com-198">[193]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 2008, Rajinikanth took part in a hunger strike organised by the Nadigar Sangam against Karnataka's stance on the <a href="/wiki/Hogenakkal_Falls_water_dispute" title="Hogenakkal Falls water dispute">Hogenakkal Falls water dispute</a>, during which he gave a speech against politicians in <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199">[194]</a></sup> It led to the state announcing a ban on him and his film <i><a href="/wiki/Kuselan" title="Kuselan">Kuselan</a></i> (2008). The ban was lifted after Rajinikanth appeared on <a href="/wiki/TV9_Kannada" title="TV9 Kannada">TV9 Kannada</a> and issued an apology for his speech. He later thanked the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Karnataka" title="Government of Karnataka">Government of Karnataka</a> for lifting the ban and allowing the film's release in the state. The apology and subsequent gratitude towards Karnataka led to strong reactions from Nadigar Sangam members <a href="/wiki/R._Sarathkumar" title="R. Sarathkumar">R. Sarathkumar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sathyaraj" title="Sathyaraj">Sathyaraj</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radha_Ravi" title="Radha Ravi">Radha Ravi</a>, who called the apology a disgrace to Tamils and opined that his speech never provoked the sentiments of the <a href="/wiki/Kannada_people" title="Kannada people">Kannada people</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200">[195]</a></sup> Rajinikanth's support toward fellow actor <a href="/wiki/Ajith_Kumar" title="Ajith Kumar">Ajith Kumar</a>, who in 2010 condemned the forceful inclusion of Tamil cinema personae in political affairs, broke into a controversy.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201">[196]</a></sup>
In May 2018, Rajinikanth received negative criticism and reactions after justifying police action during the <a href="/wiki/Thoothukudi_massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Thoothukudi massacre">Thoothukudi massacre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202">[197]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203">[198]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204">[199]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205">[200]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 2020, Rajinikanth quoted a 2017 article from <a href="/wiki/Outlook_(Indian_magazine)" title="Outlook (Indian magazine)"><i>Outlook</i></a>, which reported that <a href="/wiki/Dravidar_Kazhagam" title="Dravidar Kazhagam">Dravidar Kazhagam</a> founder <a href="/wiki/Periyar_E._V._Ramasamy" class="mw-redirect" title="Periyar E. V. Ramasamy">Periyar E. V. Ramasamy</a> garlanded the idols of <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindu</a> deities <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a> with footwear at an atheist rally in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206">[201]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_207-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-207">[202]</a></sup> His remarks were criticized by supporters of Periyar.<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208">[203]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_207-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-207">[202]</a></sup> In response to the backlash, Rajinikanth stated, "I did not speak on something that didn't happen. I've only spoken on what was reported. It was reported in <i><a href="/wiki/Outlook_(Indian_magazine)" title="Outlook (Indian magazine)">Outlook</a></i> also. Sorry, I will not apologise".<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209">[204]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210">[205]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Relationships">Relationships</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Relationships">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>While he was working as a bus conductor in <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>, Rajinikanth met a medical student named Nirmala and started a relationship. After seeing him perform in a stage play, she encouraged him to pursue an acting career and sent an application to the <a href="/wiki/M.G.R._Government_Film_and_Television_Training_Institute" title="M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute">Adyar Film Institute</a> on his behalf and unbeknownst to him. Although he took up the offer and proceeded with his acting career, Rajinikanth has since lost contact with her.<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211">[206]</a></sup>
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<p>Rajinikanth married <a href="/wiki/Latha_Rajinikanth" title="Latha Rajinikanth">Latha Rangachari</a>, a student of <a href="/wiki/Ethiraj_College_for_Women" title="Ethiraj College for Women">Ethiraj College for Women</a> who interviewed him for her college magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._The_1980s_212-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._The_1980s-212">[207]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213">[208]</a></sup> The marriage took place on 26 February 1981, in <a href="/wiki/Tirupati_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirupati (city)">Tirupati</a>, Andhra Pradesh.<sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214">[209]</a></sup> The couple has two daughters named <a href="/wiki/Aishwarya_R._Dhanush" class="mw-redirect" title="Aishwarya R. Dhanush">Aishwarya Rajinikanth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soundarya_Rajinikanth" title="Soundarya Rajinikanth">Soundarya Rajinikanth</a>. Latha runs a school named <i>"The Ashram".</i>
</p><p>Aishwarya married actor <a href="/wiki/Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a> on 18 November 2004 and they have two sons, Yathra and Linga.<sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215">[210]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216">[211]</a></sup> His younger daughter, Soundarya, works in the Tamil film industry as a director, producer and <a href="/wiki/Graphic_designer" title="Graphic designer">graphic designer</a>. She married industrialist Ashwin Ramkumar on 3 September 2010 and have a son Ved Krishna.<sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217">[212]</a></sup> In September 2016, Soundarya revealed that she and her husband had filed for divorce by mutual consent due to irreconcilable differences.<sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218">[213]</a></sup> In July 2017, the couple officially divorced.<sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219">[214]</a></sup> She has married Vishagan Vanangamudi, an actor and businessman, on 11 February 2019 at Leela Palace in Chennai.<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220">[215]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221">[216]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222">[217]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223">[218]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-224" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-224">[219]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Views">Views</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Views">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Rajinikanth is a practicing <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> and is a strong believer of <a href="/wiki/Spirituality" title="Spirituality">spirituality</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225">[220]</a></sup> He is also a practitioner of <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">yoga</a> and meditation. Rajinikanth has religiously visited major Hindu temples prior to the release of each of his films; for instance he visited the <a href="/wiki/Tirumala_Venkateswara_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirumala Venkateswara Temple">Tirumala Venkateswara Temple</a> before the release of <i><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivaji (film)">Sivaji</a></i> in 2007 and visited <a href="/wiki/Sathya_Sai_Baba" title="Sathya Sai Baba">Sathya Sai Baba</a> at <a href="/wiki/Prasanthi_Nilayam" title="Prasanthi Nilayam">Prasanthi Nilayam</a> in <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> before the release of <i><a href="/wiki/Kuselan" title="Kuselan">Kuselan</a></i> the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-226">[221]</a></sup> He also occasionally leaves for pilgrimage to the <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227">[222]</a></sup>
</p><p>He has often referred to <a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Paramahamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramakrishna Paramahamsa">Ramakrishna Paramahamsa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-spirituality_228-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spirituality-228">[223]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Swami_Satchidananda" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Satchidananda">Swami Satchidananda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ragavendra_Swami" class="mw-redirect" title="Ragavendra Swami">Ragavendra Swami</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229">[224]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mahavatar_Babaji" title="Mahavatar Babaji">Mahavatar Babaji</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-230" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-230">[225]</a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi" title="Ramana Maharshi">Ramana Maharshi</a><sup id="cite_ref-spirituality_228-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spirituality-228">[223]</a></sup> as his favourite spiritual leaders.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Philanthropy">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>According to <a href="/wiki/Naman_Ramachandran" title="Naman Ramachandran">Naman Ramachandran</a>, the author of <i><a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth:_The_Definitive_Biography" title="Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography">Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography</a></i>, most of Rajinikanth's philanthropic activities went unpublicised because he chose to keep them undisclosed. In the 1980s, when superstitious beliefs in Tamil Nadu created a stigma towards eye donation, Rajinikanth took the case of campaigning in support of <a href="/wiki/Corneal_transplantation" title="Corneal transplantation">corneal transplantation</a> via television and public speeches.<sup id="cite_ref-231" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-231">[226]</a></sup> In 2011, Rajinikanth announced his support for the <a href="/wiki/2011_Indian_anti-corruption_movement" title="2011 Indian anti-corruption movement">anti-corruption movement</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Anna_Hazare" title="Anna Hazare">Anna Hazare</a> and offered his commercial wedding venue, the Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam, in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> free of cost for the <a href="/wiki/India_Against_Corruption" title="India Against Corruption">India Against Corruption</a> members to hold their fast.<sup id="cite_ref-232" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-232">[227]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-233" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-233">[228]</a></sup> He also provided lodging in the venue for sanitary workers hired to clean up after the <a href="/wiki/2015_South_India_floods" title="2015 South India floods">2015 South India floods</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-234" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-234">[229]</a></sup> Rajinikanth's fan associations regularly organise blood donation and eye donation camps and distribute food during his birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235">[230]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Money_lending_allegation">Money lending allegation</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Money lending allegation">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Rajinikanth declared <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>6.11 million</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>22 million or US$280,000 in 2023), <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>17 million</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>60 million or US$750,000 in 2023) and <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>3.39 million</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>11 million or US$140,000 in 2023) as earnings for the years 2002–2003, 2003–2004 and 2004–2005, respectively. However, the <a href="/wiki/Income_Tax_Department" title="Income Tax Department">Income Tax Department</a> observed that he had claimed a considerable sum of professional expenses and thus carried out a survey in 2005 at his residence at Poes Garden. During the survey, the IT-Department found out that he had accounted for a lost of costs as his professional costs and it was also discovered that not even one-tenth of the residential property was allocated to professional purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-236">[231]</a></sup> Moreover, when Rajinikanth was questioned by the I-T department if he's in the money lending business, he initially denied it. Later, though, he admitted to the IT-Department that he was indeed a <a href="/wiki/Money-lender" class="mw-redirect" title="Money-lender">money lender</a>, and that he had loaned money as a source of profit at an interest rate of 18 percent. Later, for all three years in dispute, Rajinikanth was forced to submit revised reports, confessing he had earned more than what was reported in the initial report on 14 February 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-237">[232]</a></sup> But the I-T department penalized him <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>6.6 million</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>7.7 million or US$97,000 in 2023), since he filed revised returns only after they surveyed him.<sup id="cite_ref-TNM18_238-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNM18-238">[233]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-239" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-239">[234]</a></sup>
</p><p>This was challenged by Rajinikanth and his lawyers, and in January 2020 the I-T department wrote off the fine, due to its recent decision to withdraw from appeals in cases below <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>10 million</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>12 million or US$150,000 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-240" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-240">[235]</a></sup> The news that Rajinikanth told the Income Tax department that he was lending money at an 18 per cent interest rate has earned outrage and criticism for his high interest rate loans, which is a big problem in Tamil Nadu.<sup id="cite_ref-TNM18_238-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNM18-238">[233]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Filmography">Filmography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Filmography">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<p>Rajinikanth appeared in over 168 films, predominantly in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_cinema" title="Tamil cinema">Tamil cinema</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-241" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-241">[236]</a></sup> He began his film career by playing antagonistic and supporting roles before graduating to a lead actor.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu1_242-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu1-242">[237]</a></sup> He has also worked in other Indian film industries such as <a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_cinema" title="Telugu cinema">Telugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannada_cinema" title="Kannada cinema">Kannada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_cinema" title="Malayalam cinema">Malayalam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_West_Bengal" title="Cinema of West Bengal">Bengali</a>.
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<h2><span id="Awards.2C_honours_and_recognition"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Awards,_honours_and_recognition">Awards, honours and recognition</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Awards, honours and recognition">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Rajinikanth" title="List of awards and nominations received by Rajinikanth">List of awards and nominations received by Rajinikanth</a></div>
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<p>Rajinikanth has received numerous awards for many of his films, mostly in Tamil. He received his first and only <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Award">Filmfare Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Best_Actor_Award_(Tamil)" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Best Actor Award (Tamil)">Best Tamil Actor</a> in 1984 for <i><a href="/wiki/Nallavanuku_Nallavan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nallavanuku Nallavan">Nallavanuku Nallavan</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-filmfare_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filmfare-83">[79]</a></sup> Later he received Filmfare Award nominations for his performances in <i><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivaji (film)">Sivaji</a></i> (2007) and <i><a href="/wiki/Enthiran" title="Enthiran">Enthiran</a></i> (2010). As of 2014, Rajinikanth has received six <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Awards" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Awards">Tamil Nadu State Film Awards</a> for his performances in various films.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Awards_243-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Awards-243">[238]</a></sup> He also received numerous awards from <a href="/wiki/Cinema_Express_Awards" title="Cinema Express Awards">Cinema Express</a> and Filmfans' Association for his on-screen performances and off-screen contributions in writing and producing.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Awards_243-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Awards-243">[238]</a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-244" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-244">[239]</a></sup>
</p><p>Rajinikanth received the <a href="/wiki/Kalaimamani" title="Kalaimamani">Kalaimamani</a> award in 1984 and the M. G. R. Award in 1989, both from the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="Government of Tamil Nadu">Government of Tamil Nadu</a>. In 1995, the <a href="/wiki/South_Indian_Film_Artistes%27_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="South Indian Film Artistes' Association">South Indian Film Artistes' Association</a> presented him with the Kalaichelvam Award. He was honoured with the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> (2000) and the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> (2016) by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CivilIndiaAwards_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CivilIndiaAwards-10">[8]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-245">[240]</a></sup> He was selected as the Indian Entertainer of the Year for 2007 by <a href="/wiki/NDTV" title="NDTV">NDTV</a>, competing against the likes of <a href="/wiki/Shah_Rukh_Khan" title="Shah Rukh Khan">Shahrukh Khan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-246" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-246">[241]</a></sup> The Government of Maharashtra honoured him with the Raj Kapoor Award the same year. He received the <a href="/wiki/Chevalier_Sivaji_Ganesan_Award_for_Excellence_in_Indian_Cinema" title="Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema">Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema</a> at the <a href="/wiki/4th_Vijay_Awards" title="4th Vijay Awards">4th Vijay Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_247-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-247">[242]</a></sup> Rajinikanth was also named one of the most influential persons in South Asia by <i><a href="/wiki/Asiaweek" title="Asiaweek">Asiaweek</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-mass_popularity_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mass_popularity-23">[20]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-i1_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-i1-24">[21]</a></sup>
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<p>He was named by <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a> India</i> as the most influential Indian of the year 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248">[243]</a></sup> In 2011, he was awarded the Entertainer of the Decade Award by NDTV for the year 2010 by the then Indian Minister for Home Affairs <a href="/wiki/P._Chidambaram" title="P. Chidambaram">P. Chidambaram</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249">[244]</a></sup> In December 2013, he was honoured by NDTV as one among the "25 Greatest Global Living Legends".<sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250">[245]</a></sup> In 2014, he was presented with the <a href="/wiki/IFFI_Indian_Film_Personality_of_the_Year_Award" title="IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award">Indian Film Personality of the Year Award</a> at the <a href="/wiki/45th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="45th International Film Festival of India">45th IFFI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251">[246]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252">[247]</a></sup> Rajinikanth received <a href="/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a> at the 67th National Film Awards presentation ceremony, at <a href="/wiki/Vigyan_Bhawan" title="Vigyan Bhawan">Vigyan Bhawan</a> in New Delhi, Monday, 25 October 2021.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There are numerous variant spellings of the name. These include <i>Gaikwad</i>, <i>Gaykwad</i>, <i>Gaikawad</i>, and, <i>Gaykawad</i>.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There are numerous variant spellings of the name. These include <i>Rajanikant</i>, <i>Rajni Kanth</i>, <i>Rajanikanth</i> and <i>Rajanikant</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012160–161_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012160–161-5">[4]</a></sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The film grossed <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee" title="Indian rupee">₹</a></span>2.89 billion</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>4.1 billion or US$52 million in 2023) worldwide, surpassing <i>Sivaji</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s collection of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee" title="Indian rupee">₹</a></span>1.55 billion</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>2.2 billion or US$28 million in 2023). As of June 2016, it remains the highest-grossing Tamil film.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[19]</a></sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">While <a href="/wiki/Naman_Ramachandran" title="Naman Ramachandran">Naman Ramachandran</a>'s 2012 biography of Rajinikanth identifies his mother's name as Ramabai,<sup id="cite_ref-shivaji_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shivaji-1">[1]</a></sup> journalist Ramachandra Rao, a childhood friend of the actor, said in 2012 that her name was Jijabai.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[25]</a></sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Kabali-159"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kabali_159-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Box office gross values of <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>650 crore were reported for <i>Kabali</i> in the first 13 days by several organisations including <i>Financial Express</i> and <i>Indian Express</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Financial_Express_650_crore_1_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Financial_Express_650_crore_1-151">[147]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Financial_Express_650_crore_2_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Financial_Express_650_crore_2-152">[148]</a></sup> which were more than double the estimates made by other sources.<sup id="cite_ref-IBT_675_questioned_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBT_675_questioned-153">[149]</a></sup> <i>International Business Times</i> (IBT) and <i><a href="/wiki/Firstpost" title="Firstpost">Firstpost</a></i> criticized these estimates as inflated, explaining the discrepancy as due in part to the addition of "pre-release business" figures, such as music and satellite rights sales of <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>200 crore,<sup id="cite_ref-Firstpost_600_questioned_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Firstpost_600_questioned-154">[150]</a></sup> being factored into the box office sales totals.<sup id="cite_ref-IBT_675_questioned_153-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBT_675_questioned-153">[149]</a></sup> <i>Firstpost</i> wrote, "More conservative estimates put Kabali's collections at around Rs 300 crores from worldwide ticket sales."<sup id="cite_ref-Firstpost_600_questioned_154-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Firstpost_600_questioned-154">[150]</a></sup> IBT's analysts in August 2016 estimated the film's worldwide gross total of its first 13 days at around <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹350 crore</span> (US$52.09 million).<sup id="cite_ref-IBT_350_crore_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBT_350_crore-155">[151]</a></sup> <br /> Figures given in December 2016 by <i>Financial Express</i> indicated an estimated domestic gross of <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>215 crore and an overseas gross of <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>262 crore, which total <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>477 crore.<sup id="cite_ref-IE_Dec_2016_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE_Dec_2016-156">[152]</a></sup> A figure of USD$77 million given by <i>Forbes</i> in May 2017 converted to approximately <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>493–499 crore.<sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_77_mil_USD_157-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes_77_mil_USD-157">[153]</a></sup> According to <i>International Business Times</i> in October 2017, <i>Kabali</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s final worldwide gross was around <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>286 crore</span> (US$36 million).<sup id="cite_ref-IBT_Oct_2017_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBT_Oct_2017-158">[154]</a></sup></span>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Bibliography">Bibliography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Bibliography">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite id="CITEREFRamachandran2012" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Naman_Ramachandran" title="Naman Ramachandran">Ramachandran, Naman</a> (2012). <a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth:_The_Definitive_Biography" title="Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography"><i>Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Penguin_Books" title="Penguin Books">Penguin Books Limited</a>. p. 244. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-8475-796-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-8475-796-5"><bdi>978-81-8475-796-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rajinikanth%3A+The+Definitive+Biography&rft.pages=244&rft.pub=Penguin+Books+Limited&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-81-8475-796-5&rft.aulast=Ramachandran&rft.aufirst=Naman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARajinikanth" class="Z3988"></span></li>
<li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite id="CITEREFSreekanth2008" class="citation book cs1">Sreekanth, Gayathri (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=K2xIAQAAIAAJ&q=rajinikanth"><i>The Name is Rajinikanth</i></a>. Om Books International. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-291-1355-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-291-1355-9"><bdi>978-81-291-1355-9</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200727115209/https://books.google.com/books?id=K2xIAQAAIAAJ&q=rajinikanth&dq=rajinikanth">Archived</a> from the original on 27 July 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 September</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Name+is+Rajinikanth&rft.pub=Om+Books+International&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-81-291-1355-9&rft.aulast=Sreekanth&rft.aufirst=Gayathri&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DK2xIAQAAIAAJ%26q%3Drajinikanth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARajinikanth" class="Z3988"></span></li>
<li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite id="CITEREFHindu2012" class="citation book cs1">Ramachandran, Naman (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YyFMAgAAQBAJ"><i>Rajinikanth 12.12.12: A Birthday Special</i></a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">Kasturi & Sons Ltd</a></i>. GGKEY:A78L0XB1B0X. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170108195742/https://books.google.com/books?id=YyFMAgAAQBAJ">Archived</a> from the original on 8 January 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 September</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rajinikanth+12.12.12%3A+A+Birthday+Special&rft.date=2012&rft.aulast=Ramachandran&rft.aufirst=Naman&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYyFMAgAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARajinikanth" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Further_reading">Further reading</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajinikanth&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite id="CITEREFRao2013" class="citation book cs1">Rao, A.N.Prahlada (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6468602A/A._N%C4%81_Prahl%C4%81dar%C4%81v?sort=old"><i>Nanna Daari Vibhinna Daari: Rajanikanth Kannada</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>: Nava Bharat Publication. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85286-770-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85286-770-6"><bdi>978-1-85286-770-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25437576M">25437576M</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nanna+Daari+Vibhinna+Daari%3A+Rajanikanth+Kannada&rft.place=Bangalore%2C+Karnataka&rft.pub=Nava+Bharat+Publication&rft.date=2013&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL25437576M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.isbn=978-1-85286-770-6&rft.aulast=Rao&rft.aufirst=A.N.Prahlada&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fauthors%2FOL6468602A%2FA._N%25C4%2581_Prahl%25C4%2581dar%25C4%2581v%3Fsort%3Dold&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARajinikanth" class="Z3988"></span></li>
<li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite id="CITEREFKrishnamoorthy2012" class="citation book cs1">Krishnamoorthy, Raja (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2WSjaZBsCY4C&q=rajini%27s+punchtantra&pg=PT111"><i>Rajini's Punchtantra: Business and Life Management the Rajinikanth Way</i></a>. Rupa & Co. p. 124. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788129119995" title="Special:BookSources/9788129119995"><bdi>9788129119995</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200727115144/https://books.google.com/books?id=2WSjaZBsCY4C&pg=PT111&dq=rajini%27s+punchtantra">Archived</a> from the original on 27 July 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 September</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rajini%27s+Punchtantra%3A+Business+and+Life+Management+the+Rajinikanth+Way&rft.pages=124&rft.pub=Rupa+%26+Co&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9788129119995&rft.aulast=Krishnamoorthy&rft.aufirst=Raja&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2WSjaZBsCY4C%26q%3Drajini%2527s%2Bpunchtantra%26pg%3DPT111&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARajinikanth" class="Z3988"></span></li>
<li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1133582631"><cite id="CITEREFRamakrishnan2012" class="citation book cs1">Ramakrishnan, Ram N (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=aH_QlgEACAAJ&q=Grand+Brand+Rajini"><i>Grand Brand Rajini: Brand Management the Rajinikanth Way</i></a>. Rupa Publications India. p. 149. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788129120595" title="Special:BookSources/9788129120595"><bdi>9788129120595</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201011190650/https://books.google.com/books?id=aH_QlgEACAAJ&dq=Grand+Brand+Rajini">Archived</a> from the original on 11 October 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 September</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Grand+Brand+Rajini%3A+Brand+Management+the+Rajinikanth+Way&rft.pages=149&rft.pub=Rupa+Publications+India&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9788129120595&rft.aulast=Ramakrishnan&rft.aufirst=Ram+N&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DaH_QlgEACAAJ%26q%3DGrand%2BBrand%2BRajini&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARajinikanth" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devika_Rani" title="Devika Rani"> Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich</a> <a href="/wiki/17th_National_Film_Awards" title="17th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1969)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Birendranath_Sircar" title="Birendranath Sircar"> B. N. Sircar</a> <a href="/wiki/18th_National_Film_Awards" title="18th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1970)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Prithviraj_Kapoor" title="Prithviraj Kapoor">Prithviraj Kapoor</a> <a href="/wiki/19th_National_Film_Awards" title="19th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1971)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Mullick" title="Pankaj Mullick">Pankaj Mullick</a> <a href="/wiki/20th_National_Film_Awards" title="20th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1972)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Myers" title="Ruby Myers">Ruby Myers</a> <a href="/wiki/21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1973)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._N._Reddy" title="B. N. Reddy">B. N. Reddy</a> <a href="/wiki/22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1974)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dhirendra_Nath_Ganguly" title="Dhirendra Nath Ganguly">Dhirendranath Ganguly</a> <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1975)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kanan_Devi" title="Kanan Devi">Kanan Devi</a> <a href="/wiki/24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1976)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nitin_Bose" title="Nitin Bose">Nitin Bose</a> <a href="/wiki/25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1977)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Raichand_Boral" title="Raichand Boral">Rai Chand Boral</a> <a href="/wiki/26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1978)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sohrab_Modi" title="Sohrab Modi">Sohrab Modi</a> <a href="/wiki/27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1979)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Paidi_Jairaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Paidi Jairaj">Paidi Jairaj</a> <a href="/wiki/28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1980)</span></a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naushad" title="Naushad">Naushad</a> <a href="/wiki/29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1981)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/L._V._Prasad" title="L. V. Prasad">L. V. Prasad</a> <a href="/wiki/30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1982)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Khote" title="Durga Khote">Durga Khote</a> <a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1983)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1984)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a> <a href="/wiki/33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1985)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._Nagi_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="B. Nagi Reddy">B. Nagi Reddy</a> <a href="/wiki/34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1986)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> <a href="/wiki/35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1987)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar" title="Ashok Kumar">Ashok Kumar</a> <a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1988)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a> <a href="/wiki/37th_National_Film_Awards" title="37th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1989)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a> <a href="/wiki/38th_National_Film_Awards" title="38th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1990)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bhalji_Pendharkar" title="Bhalji Pendharkar">Bhalji Pendharkar</a> <a href="/wiki/39th_National_Film_Awards" title="39th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1991)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a> <a href="/wiki/40th_National_Film_Awards" title="40th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1992)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Majrooh_Sultanpuri" title="Majrooh Sultanpuri">Majrooh Sultanpuri</a> <a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1993)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a> <a href="/wiki/42nd_National_Film_Awards" title="42nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1994)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Rajkumar" title="Dr. Rajkumar">Dr. Rajkumar</a> <a href="/wiki/43rd_National_Film_Awards" title="43rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1995)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> <a href="/wiki/44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1996)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kavi_Pradeep" title="Kavi Pradeep">Pradeep</a> <a href="/wiki/45th_National_Film_Awards" title="45th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1997)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> <a href="/wiki/46th_National_Film_Awards" title="46th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1998)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> <a href="/wiki/47th_National_Film_Awards" title="47th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1999)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Asha_Bhosle" title="Asha Bhosle">Asha Bhosle</a> <a href="/wiki/48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2000)</span></a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> <a href="/wiki/49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2001)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dev_Anand" title="Dev Anand">Dev Anand</a> <a href="/wiki/50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2002)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2003)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/52nd_National_Film_Awards" title="52nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2004)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> <a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2005)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a> <a href="/wiki/54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2006)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Manna_Dey" title="Manna Dey">Manna Dey</a> <a href="/wiki/55th_National_Film_Awards" title="55th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2007)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Murthy" title="V. K. Murthy">V. K. Murthy</a> <a href="/wiki/56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2008)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/D._Ramanaidu" title="D. Ramanaidu">D. Ramanaidu</a> <a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2009)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a> <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Soumitra_Chatterjee" title="Soumitra Chatterjee">Soumitra Chatterjee</a> <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Pran_(actor)" title="Pran (actor)">Pran</a> <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2012)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2013)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shashi_Kapoor" title="Shashi Kapoor">Shashi Kapoor</a> <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2014)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> <a href="/wiki/64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2016)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Khanna" title="Vinod Khanna">Vinod Khanna</a> <a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2017)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2018)</span></a></li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a> <a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2019)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Asha_Parekh" title="Asha Parekh">Asha Parekh</a> <a href="/wiki/68th_National_Film_Awards" title="68th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span></a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Waheeda_Rahman" class="mw-redirect" title="Waheeda Rahman">Waheeda Rahman</a> <a href="/wiki/44th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="44th International Film Festival of India"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2013)</span></a></li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a> <a href="/wiki/45th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="45th International Film Festival of India"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2014)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ilaiyaraaja" title="Ilaiyaraaja">Ilaiyaraaja</a> <a href="/wiki/46th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="46th International Film Festival of India"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> <a href="/wiki/47th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="47th International Film Festival of India"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2016)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> <a href="/wiki/48th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="48th International Film Festival of India"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2017)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Salim_Khan" title="Salim Khan">Salim Khan</a> <a href="/wiki/49th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="49th International Film Festival of India"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2018)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Biswajit_Chatterjee" title="Biswajit Chatterjee">Biswajit Chatterjee</a> <a href="/wiki/51st_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="51st International Film Festival of India"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2021)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hema_Malini" title="Hema Malini">Hema Malini</a> <a href="/wiki/52nd_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="52nd International Film Festival of India"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2021)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Prasoon_Joshi" title="Prasoon Joshi">Prasoon Joshi</a> <a href="/wiki/52nd_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="52nd International Film Festival of India"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2021)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Chiranjeevi" title="Chiranjeevi">Chiranjeevi</a> <a href="/wiki/53rd_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="53rd International Film Festival of India"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2022)</span></a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a> (1996)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a> (1997)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1998)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a> (1999)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/P._Bhanumathi" title="P. Bhanumathi">P. Bhanumathi</a> (2000)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> (2001)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Rajkumar" title="Dr. Rajkumar">Dr. Rajkumar</a> (2002)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_(Telugu_actor)" title="Krishna (Telugu actor)">Krishna</a> (2003)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ilaiyaraaja" title="Ilaiyaraaja">Ilaiyaraaja</a> (2004)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ambareesh" title="Ambareesh">Ambareesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nutan_Prasad" title="Nutan Prasad">Nutan Prasad</a> (2005)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Waheeda_Rehman" title="Waheeda Rehman">Waheeda Rehman</a> (2006)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dasari_Narayana_Rao" title="Dasari Narayana Rao">Dasari Narayana Rao</a> (2007)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jamuna_(actress)" title="Jamuna (actress)">Jamuna</a> (2008)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._Saroja_Devi" title="B. Saroja Devi">B. Saroja Devi</a> (2009)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sharada_(actress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharada (actress)">Sharada</a> (2010)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> (2011)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> (2012)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hema_Malini" title="Hema Malini">Hema Malini</a> (2013)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (2014)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._Raghavendra_Rao" title="K. Raghavendra Rao">K. Raghavendra Rao</a> (2015)</li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a> (2016)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ebrahim_Alkazi" title="Ebrahim Alkazi">Ebrahim Alkazi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kishori_Amonkar" title="Kishori Amonkar">Kishori Amonkar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Prabha_Atre" title="Prabha Atre">Prabha Atre</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Teejan_Bai" title="Teejan Bai">Teejan Bai</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._Balamuralikrishna" title="M. Balamuralikrishna">M. Balamuralikrishna</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Balasaraswati" title="Balasaraswati">T. Balasaraswati</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Asha_Bhosle" title="Asha Bhosle">Asha Bhosle</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nandalal_Bose" title="Nandalal Bose">Nandalal Bose</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hariprasad_Chaurasia" title="Hariprasad Chaurasia">Hariprasad Chaurasia</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Girija_Devi" title="Girija Devi">Girija Devi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Gandharva" title="Kumar Gandharva">Kumar Gandharva</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Gujral" title="Satish Gujral">Satish Gujral</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gangubai_Hangal" title="Gangubai Hangal">Gangubai Hangal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._F._Husain" title="M. F. Husain">M. F. Husain</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ilaiyaraaja" title="Ilaiyaraaja">Ilaiyaraaja</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer" title="Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer">Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bhimsen_Joshi" title="Bhimsen Joshi">Bhimsen Joshi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Khan" title="Ali Akbar Khan">Ali Akbar Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Amjad_Ali_Khan" title="Amjad Ali Khan">Amjad Ali Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Allauddin_Khan" title="Allauddin Khan">Allauddin Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bismillah_Khan" title="Bismillah Khan">Bismillah Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mustafa_Khan_(singer)" title="Ghulam Mustafa Khan (singer)">Ghulam Mustafa Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Yamini_Krishnamurthy" title="Yamini Krishnamurthy">Yamini Krishnamurthy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/R._K._Laxman" title="R. K. Laxman">R. K. Laxman</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Birju_Maharaj" title="Birju Maharaj">Birju Maharaj</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kishan_Maharaj" title="Kishan Maharaj">Kishan Maharaj</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sonal_Mansingh" title="Sonal Mansingh">Sonal Mansingh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Mansur" title="Mallikarjun Mansur">Mallikarjun Mansur</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Zubin_Mehta" title="Zubin Mehta">Zubin Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Miranda" title="Mario Miranda">Mario Miranda</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Chhannulal_Mishra" title="Chhannulal Mishra">Chhannulal Mishra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kelucharan_Mohapatra" title="Kelucharan Mohapatra">Kelucharan Mohapatra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Mohapatra" title="Raghunath Mohapatra">Raghunath Mohapatra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jasraj" title="Jasraj">Jasraj Motiram</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Benode_Behari_Mukherjee" title="Benode Behari Mukherjee">Benode Behari Mukherjee</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Narayan" title="Ram Narayan">Ram Narayan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/D._K._Pattammal" title="D. K. Pattammal">D. K. Pattammal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._Shankar_Pillai" title="K. Shankar Pillai">K. Shankar Pillai</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Balwant_Moreshwar_Purandare" class="mw-redirect" title="Balwant Moreshwar Purandare">Balwant Moreshwar Purandare</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kaloji_Narayana_Rao" title="Kaloji Narayana Rao">Kaloji Narayana Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/S._H._Raza" title="S. H. Raza">S. H. Raza</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Zohra_Sehgal" title="Zohra Sehgal">Zohra Sehgal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Uday_Shankar" title="Uday Shankar">Uday Shankar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shivkumar_Sharma" title="Shivkumar Sharma">Shivkumar Sharma</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman" title="Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman">Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi" title="M. S. Subbulakshmi">M. S. Subbulakshmi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._G._Subramanyan" title="K. G. Subramanyan">K. G. Subramanyan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kapila_Vatsyayan" title="Kapila Vatsyayan">Kapila Vatsyayan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Homai_Vyarawalla" title="Homai Vyarawalla">Homai Vyarawalla</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)" title="Zakir Hussain (musician)">Zakir Hussain</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bimala_Prasad_Chaliha" title="Bimala Prasad Chaliha">Bimala Prasad Chaliha</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Naresh_Chandra" title="Naresh Chandra">Naresh Chandra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Chaturvedi" title="T. N. Chaturvedi">T. N. Chaturvedi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri" title="Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri">Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Suranjan_Das" title="Suranjan Das">Suranjan Das</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Rajeshwar_Dayal" title="Rajeshwar Dayal">Rajeshwar Dayal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Devi" title="Basanti Devi">Basanti Devi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Dhar" title="P. N. Dhar">P. N. Dhar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jyotindra_Nath_Dixit" title="Jyotindra Nath Dixit">Jyotindra Nath Dixit</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Gill" title="M. S. Gill">M. S. Gill</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hafiz_Mohamad_Ibrahim" title="Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim">Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/H._V._R._Iyengar" class="mw-redirect" title="H. V. R. Iyengar">H. V. R. Iyengar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bhola_Nath_Jha" title="Bhola Nath Jha">Bhola Nath Jha</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/D._S._Joshi" title="D. S. Joshi">Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ajudhiya_Nath_Khosla" title="Ajudhiya Nath Khosla">Ajudhiya Nath Khosla</a></li>
<li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anand_Krishna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anand Krishna (page does not exist)">Rai Krishnadasa</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._Krishnamurthy" title="V. Krishnamurthy">V. Krishnamurthy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumaramangalam" title="Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam">P. Prabhakar Kumaramangalam</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Chandra_Lal" title="Pratap Chandra Lal">Pratap Chandra Lal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._B._Lall" title="K. B. Lall">K. B. Lall</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Manekshaw" title="Sam Manekshaw">Sam Manekshaw</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Mehra" title="Om Prakash Mehra">Om Prakash Mehra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Sinha_Mehta" title="Mohan Sinha Mehta">Mohan Sinha Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._G._K._Menon" title="M. G. K. Menon">M. G. K. Menon</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Brajesh_Mishra" title="Brajesh Mishra">Brajesh Mishra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sumati_Morarjee" title="Sumati Morarjee">Sumati Morarjee</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Arcot_Ramasamy_Mudaliar" title="Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar">A. Ramasamy Mudaliar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sardarilal_Mathradas_Nanda" title="Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda">Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Chakravarthi_V._Narasimhan" title="Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan">Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Braj_Kumar_Nehru" title="Braj Kumar Nehru">Braj Kumar Nehru</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._D._Pande" title="B. D. Pande">Bhairab Dutt Pande</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ghananand_Pande" title="Ghananand Pande">Ghananand Pande</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vijaya_Lakshmi_Pandit" title="Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit">Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/T._V._Rajeswar" title="T. V. Rajeswar">T. V. Rajeswar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/C._R._Krishnaswamy_Rao" class="mw-redirect" title="C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao">C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/P._V._R._Rao" title="P. V. R. Rao">Pattadakal Venkanna R. Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._K._R._Varadaraja_Rao" class="mw-redirect" title="V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao">V. K. R. V. Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bipin_Rawat" title="Bipin Rawat">Bipin Rawat</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Khusro_Faramurz_Rustamji" title="Khusro Faramurz Rustamji">Khusro Faramurz Rustamji</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Harish_Chandra_Sarin" title="Harish Chandra Sarin">Harish Chandra Sarin</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Binay_Ranjan_Sen" title="Binay Ranjan Sen">Binay Ranjan Sen</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Homi_Sethna" title="Homi Sethna">Homi Sethna</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Arjan_Singh" title="Arjan Singh">Arjan Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Harbaksh_Singh" title="Harbaksh Singh">Harbaksh Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sant_Kirpal_Singh_Ji_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj">Kirpal Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Tarlok_Singh_(economist)" title="Tarlok Singh (economist)">Tarlok Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lallan_Prasad_Singh" title="Lallan Prasad Singh">Lallan Prasad Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._Sivaraman" title="B. Sivaraman">Balaram Sivaraman</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Prasad_Srivastava" title="Chandrika Prasad Srivastava">Chandrika Prasad Srivastava</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/T._Swaminathan" title="T. Swaminathan">T. Swaminathan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya" title="Arun Shridhar Vaidya">Arun Shridhar Vaidya</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dharma_Vira" title="Dharma Vira">Dharma Vira</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Nath_Vohra" title="Narinder Nath Vohra">Narinder Nath Vohra</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._S._R._Arunachalam" title="V. S. R. Arunachalam">V. S. R. Arunachalam</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Bhagwati" title="Jagdish Bhagwati">Jagdish Bhagwati</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose" title="Satyendra Nath Bose">Satyendra Nath Bose</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Tara_Chand_(archaeologist)" title="Tara Chand (archaeologist)">Tara Chand</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Suniti_Kumar_Chatterji" title="Suniti Kumar Chatterji">Suniti Kumar Chatterji</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/D._P._Chattopadhyaya" title="D. P. Chattopadhyaya">D. P. Chattopadhyaya</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bhabatosh_Datta" title="Bhabatosh Datta">Bhabatosh Datta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Avinash_Dixit" title="Avinash Dixit">Avinash Dixit</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mahasweta_Devi" title="Mahasweta Devi">Mahasweta Devi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/John_Kenneth_Galbraith" title="John Kenneth Galbraith">John Kenneth Galbraith</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Gopal" title="Sarvepalli Gopal">Sarvepalli Gopal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Shastri_Joshi" title="Lakshman Shastri Joshi">Lakshman Shastri Joshi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kaka_Kalelkar" title="Kaka Kalelkar">Kaka Kalelkar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dhondo_Keshav_Karve" title="Dhondo Keshav Karve">Dhondo Keshav Karve</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gopinath_Kaviraj" title="Gopinath Kaviraj">Gopinath Kaviraj</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Radheshyam_Khemka" title="Radheshyam Khemka">Radheshyam Khemka</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kuvempu" title="Kuvempu">Kuvempu</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/O._N._V._Kurup" title="O. N. V. Kurup">O. N. V. Kurup</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Prasanta_Chandra_Mahalanobis" title="Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis">Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sitakant_Mahapatra" title="Sitakant Mahapatra">Sitakant Mahapatra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/John_Mathai" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mathai">John Mathai</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kotha_Satchidananda_Murthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotha Satchidananda Murthy">Kotha Satchidananda Murthy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir" class="mw-redirect" title="Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir">Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Dulal_Nagchaudhuri" title="Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri">Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Ram_Nanda" title="Bal Ram Nanda">Bal Ram Nanda</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/R._K._Narayan" title="R. K. Narayan">R. K. Narayan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/P._Parameswaran" title="P. Parameswaran">P. Parameswaran</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Amrita_Pritam" title="Amrita Pritam">Amrita Pritam</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._N._Raj" title="K. N. Raj">K. N. Raj</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/C._Rangarajan" title="C. Rangarajan">C. Rangarajan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Rao" title="Raja Rao">Raja Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ramoji_Rao" title="Ramoji Rao">Ramoji Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hormasji_Maneckji_Seervai" title="Hormasji Maneckji Seervai">Hormasji Maneckji Seervai</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Rajaram_Shastri" title="Rajaram Shastri">Rajaram Shastri</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._L._Shrimali" title="K. L. Shrimali">Kalu Lal Shrimali</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Govindbhai_Shroff" title="Govindbhai Shroff">Govindbhai Shroff</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Khushwant_Singh" title="Khushwant Singh">Khushwant Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh" title="Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh">Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Premlila_Vithaldas_Thackersey" title="Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey">Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bashir_Hussain_Zaidi" title="Bashir Hussain Zaidi">Bashir Hussain Zaidi</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Medicine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jasbir_Singh_Bajaj" title="Jasbir Singh Bajaj">Jasbir Singh Bajaj</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Goyal" title="B. K. Goyal">B. K. Goyal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Purshotam_Lal" title="Purshotam Lal">Purshotam Lal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/A._Lakshmanaswami_Mudaliar" title="A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar">A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/S._I._Padmavati" title="S. I. Padmavati">S. I. Padmavati</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Autar_Singh_Paintal" title="Autar Singh Paintal">Autar Singh Paintal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kantilal_Hastimal_Sancheti" title="Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti">Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Balu_Sankaran" title="Balu Sankaran">Balu Sankaran</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._Shanta" title="V. Shanta">V. Shanta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vithal_Nagesh_Shirodkar" title="Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar">Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Narain_Tandon" title="Prakash Narain Tandon">Prakash Narain Tandon</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna" title="Brihaspati Dev Triguna">Brihaspati Dev Triguna</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Valiathan" title="M. S. Valiathan">M. S. Valiathan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Mahalanabis" title="Dilip Mahalanabis">Dilip Mahalanabis</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunderlal_Bahuguna" title="Sunderlal Bahuguna">Sunderlal Bahuguna</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Rambhadracharya" title="Rambhadracharya">Rambhadracharya</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(spiritual_leader)" title="Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)">Ravi Shankar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vishwesha_Teertha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwesha Teertha">Vishwesha Teertha</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jaggi_Vasudev" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaggi Vasudev">Jaggi Vasudev</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Doshi" title="B. V. Doshi">B. V. Doshi</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Public affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia" title="Montek Singh Ahluwalia">Montek Singh Ahluwalia</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Asaf_Ali" title="Aruna Asaf Ali">Aruna Asaf Ali</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Fazal_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Fazal Ali">Fazal Ali</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Adarsh_Sein_Anand" title="Adarsh Sein Anand">Adarsh Sein Anand</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Shrihari_Aney" title="Madhav Shrihari Aney">Madhav Shrihari Aney</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sikander_Bakht" title="Sikander Bakht">Sikander Bakht</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Milon_K._Banerji" title="Milon K. Banerji">Milon K. Banerji</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Hameedullah_Beg" title="Mirza Hameedullah Beg">Mirza Hameedullah Beg</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Bhagwati" title="P. N. Bhagwati">P. N. Bhagwati</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Chelliah" title="Raja Chelliah">Raja Chelliah</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Daphtary" title="C. K. Daphtary">Chandra Kisan Daphtary</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Niren_De" title="Niren De">Niren De</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/C._D._Deshmukh" title="C. D. Deshmukh">C. D. Deshmukh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lancelot_Dias" title="Anthony Lancelot Dias">Anthony Lancelot Dias</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Shankar_Dikshit" title="Uma Shankar Dikshit">Uma Shankar Dikshit</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Lhendup_Dorjee" title="Kazi Lhendup Dorjee">Kazi Lhendup Dorjee</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/P._B._Gajendragadkar" title="P. B. Gajendragadkar">P. B. Gajendragadkar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Gilman" title="Benjamin Gilman">Benjamin Gilman</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Isma%C3%AFl_Omar_Guelleh" title="Ismaïl Omar Guelleh">Ismaïl Omar Guelleh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zakir Husain (politician)">Zakir Husain</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._R._Krishna_Iyer" title="V. R. Krishna Iyer">V. R. Krishna Iyer</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jagmohan" title="Jagmohan">Jagmohan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Chand_Jain" title="Lakshmi Chand Jain">Lakshmi Chand Jain</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Nath_Jha" title="Aditya Nath Jha">Aditya Nath Jha</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Anerood_Jugnauth" title="Anerood Jugnauth">Anerood Jugnauth</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Nawaz_Jung" title="Mehdi Nawaz Jung">Mehdi Nawaz Jung</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Yavar_Jung" title="Ali Yavar Jung">Ali Yavar Jung</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kelkar" title="Vijay Kelkar">Vijay Kelkar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Raj_Khanna" title="Hans Raj Khanna">Hans Raj Khanna</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._N._Khare" title="V. N. Khare">V. N. Khare</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._G._Kher" title="B. G. Kher">Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Akhlaqur_Rahman_Kidwai" title="Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai">Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jivraj_Narayan_Mehta" title="Jivraj Narayan Mehta">Jivraj Narayan Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Krishna_Menon" title="V. K. Krishna Menon">V. K. Krishna Menon</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hirendranath_Mukherjee" title="Hirendranath Mukherjee">Hirendranath Mukherjee</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ajoy_Mukherjee" title="Ajoy Mukherjee">Ajoy Mukherjee</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Padmaja_Naidu" title="Padmaja Naidu">Padmaja Naidu</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Narain" title="Govind Narain">Govind Narain</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Fali_Sam_Nariman" title="Fali Sam Nariman">Fali Sam Nariman</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hosei_Norota" title="Hosei Norota">Hosei Norota</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nanabhoy_Palkhivala" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanabhoy Palkhivala">Nanabhoy Palkhivala</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._Parasaran" title="K. Parasaran">K. Parasaran</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar" title="Hari Vinayak Pataskar">Hari Vinayak Pataskar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sunder_Lal_Patwa" title="Sunder Lal Patwa">Sunder Lal Patwa</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/N._R._Pillai" title="N. R. Pillai">Naryana Raghvan Pillai</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Prakasa" title="Sri Prakasa">Sri Prakasa</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/N._G._Ranga" title="N. G. Ranga">N. G. Ranga</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Narayana_Reddy" title="Ravi Narayana Reddy">Ravi Narayana Reddy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Y._Venugopal_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="Y. Venugopal Reddy">Y. Venugopal Reddy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mohammed_Sadiq" title="Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq">Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Sahgal" title="Lakshmi Sahgal">Lakshmi Sahgal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/P._A._Sangma" title="P. A. Sangma">P. A. Sangma</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._C._Setalvad" title="M. C. Setalvad">M. C. Setalvad</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Singh" title="Kalyan Singh">Kalyan Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Karan_Singh" title="Karan Singh">Karan Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nagendra_Singh" title="Nagendra Singh">Nagendra Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Swaran_Singh" title="Swaran Singh">Swaran Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Sisulu" title="Walter Sisulu">Walter Sisulu</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Soli_Sorabjee" title="Soli Sorabjee">Soli Sorabjee</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kalyan_Sundaram" title="Kalyan Sundaram">Kalyan Sundaram</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Chandulal_Madhavlal_Trivedi" title="Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi">Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._N._Venkatachaliah" title="M. N. Venkatachaliah">M. N. Venkatachaliah</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._K._Venugopal" title="K. K. Venugopal">Kottayan Katankot Venugopal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jigme_Dorji_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Dorji Wangchuck">Jigme Dorji Wangchuck</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Krishna" title="S. M. Krishna">S. M. Krishna</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav" title="Mulayam Singh Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Science and <br />engineering</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Aatre" title="V. K. Aatre">V. K. Aatre</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Salim_Ali" title="Salim Ali">Salim Ali</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Borlaug" title="Norman Borlaug">Norman Borlaug</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar" title="Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar">Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Rajagopala_Chidambaram" title="Rajagopala Chidambaram">Rajagopala Chidambaram</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Correa" title="Charles Correa">Charles Correa</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Dhawan" title="Satish Dhawan">Satish Dhawan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kakodkar" title="Anil Kakodkar">Anil Kakodkar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Krishnaswamy_Kasturirangan" title="Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan">Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Har_Gobind_Khorana" title="Har Gobind Khorana">Har Gobind Khorana</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Daulat_Singh_Kothari" title="Daulat Singh Kothari">Daulat Singh Kothari</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Verghese_Kurien" title="Verghese Kurien">Verghese Kurien</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Anant_Mashelkar" title="Raghunath Anant Mashelkar">Raghunath Anant Mashelkar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/G._Madhavan_Nair" title="G. Madhavan Nair">G. Madhavan Nair</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Roddam_Narasimha" title="Roddam Narasimha">Roddam Narasimha</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jayant_Narlikar" title="Jayant Narlikar">Jayant Narlikar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_K._Pachauri" title="Rajendra K. Pachauri">Rajendra K. Pachauri</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Peary_Pal" title="Benjamin Peary Pal">Benjamin Peary Pal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Yash_Pal" title="Yash Pal">Yash Pal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/I._G._Patel" title="I. G. Patel">I. G. Patel</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Venkatraman_Ramakrishnan" class="mw-redirect" title="Venkatraman Ramakrishnan">Venkatraman Ramakrishnan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._R._Ramanathan" title="K. R. Ramanathan">K. R. Ramanathan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Ramanna" title="Raja Ramanna">Raja Ramanna</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/C._R._Rao" title="C. R. Rao">C. R. Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/C._N._R._Rao" title="C. N. R. Rao">C. N. R. Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Palle_Rama_Rao" title="Palle Rama Rao">Palle Rama Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Udupi_Ramachandra_Rao" title="Udupi Ramachandra Rao">Udupi Ramachandra Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai" title="Vikram Sarabhai">Vikram Sarabhai</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Man_Mohan_Sharma" title="Man Mohan Sharma">Man Mohan Sharma</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Obaid_Siddiqi" title="Obaid Siddiqi">Obaid Siddiqi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/E._Sreedharan" title="E. Sreedharan">E. Sreedharan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._R._Srinivasan" title="M. R. Srinivasan">M. R. Srinivasan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/E._C._George_Sudarshan" title="E. C. George Sudarshan">George Sudarshan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Swaminathan" title="M. S. Swaminathan">M. S. Swaminathan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Singh_Kapany" title="Narinder Singh Kapany">Narinder Singh Kapany</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/S._R._Srinivasa_Varadhan" title="S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan">S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Social work</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Amte" title="Baba Amte">Baba Amte</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Pandurang_Shastri_Athavale" title="Pandurang Shastri Athavale">Pandurang Shastri Athavale</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Janaki_Devi_Bajaj" title="Janaki Devi Bajaj">Janaki Devi Bajaj</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mirabehn" title="Mirabehn">Mirabehn</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamaladevi_Chattopadhyay" title="Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay">Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Durgabai_Deshmukh" title="Durgabai Deshmukh">Durgabai Deshmukh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nanaji_Deshmukh" title="Nanaji Deshmukh">Nanaji Deshmukh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Deshpande" title="Nirmala Deshpande">Nirmala Deshpande</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Dharia" title="Mohan Dharia">Mohan Dharia</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/U._N._Dhebar" title="U. N. Dhebar">U. N. Dhebar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Valerian_Gracias" title="Valerian Gracias">Valerian Gracias</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Veerendra_Heggade" title="Veerendra Heggade">Veerendra Heggade</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Clubwala_Jadhav" title="Mary Clubwala Jadhav">Mary Clubwala Jadhav</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gaganvihari_Lallubhai_Mehta" title="Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta">Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Usha_Mehta" title="Usha Mehta">Usha Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Joshi" title="Nirmala Joshi">Sister Nirmala</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nellie_Sengupta" title="Nellie Sengupta">Nellie Sengupta</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Hillary" title="Edmund Hillary">Edmund Hillary</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Kom" title="Mary Kom">Mary Kom</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar" title="Sachin Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Trade and industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhirubhai_Ambani" title="Dhirubhai Ambani">Dhirubhai Ambani</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/G._D._Birla" title="G. D. Birla">Ghanshyam Das Birla</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Sekhar_Ganguly" title="Ashok Sekhar Ganguly">Ashok Sekhar Ganguly</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Aga_Khan_IV" title="Aga Khan IV">Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Mittal" title="Lakshmi Mittal">Lakshmi Mittal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Manibhai_Naik" class="mw-redirect" title="Anil Manibhai Naik">Anil Manibhai Naik</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/N._R._Narayana_Murthy" title="N. R. Narayana Murthy">N. R. Narayana Murthy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._Narasimham" title="M. Narasimham">M. Narasimham</a></li>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Aatre" title="V. K. Aatre">V. K. Aatre</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Agarwal_(environmentalist)" title="Anil Agarwal (environmentalist)">Anil Agarwal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Narain_Agarwal" title="Ram Narain Agarwal">Ram Narain Agarwal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sharan_Rani_Backliwal" title="Sharan Rani Backliwal">Sharan Rani Backliwal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Kalyandev" title="Swami Kalyandev">Swami Kalyandev</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Veerendra_Heggade" title="Veerendra Heggade">Veerendra Heggade</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Pavaguda_V._Indiresan" title="Pavaguda V. Indiresan">Pavaguda V. Indiresan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Wahiduddin_Khan" title="Wahiduddin Khan">Wahiduddin Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._B._Lal" title="B. B. Lal">B. B. Lal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Anant_Mashelkar" title="Raghunath Anant Mashelkar">Raghunath Anant Mashelkar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/H._Y._Sharada_Prasad" title="H. Y. Sharada Prasad">H. Y. Sharada Prasad</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Begum_Aizaz_Rasul" title="Begum Aizaz Rasul">Begum Aizaz Rasul</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Raja_and_Radha_Reddy" title="Raja and Radha Reddy">Radha Reddy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Raja_and_Radha_Reddy" title="Raja and Radha Reddy">Raja Reddy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Pakkiriswamy_Chandra_Sekharan" title="Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan">Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Karamshi_Jethabhai_Somaiya" title="Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya">Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/S._Srinivasan" title="S. Srinivasan">S. Srinivasan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ratan_Tata" title="Ratan Tata">Ratan Tata</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Harbans_Singh_Wasir" title="Harbans Singh Wasir">Harbans Singh Wasir</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dev_Anand" title="Dev Anand">Dev Anand</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Bajaj" title="Rahul Bajaj">Rahul Bajaj</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._R._Barwale" title="B. R. Barwale">B. R. Barwale</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Balasaheb_Bharde" title="Balasaheb Bharde">Balasaheb Bharde</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Boyi_Bhimanna" title="Boyi Bhimanna">Boyi Bhimanna</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Swadesh_Chatterjee" title="Swadesh Chatterjee">Swadesh Chatterjee</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Desai" title="Ashok Desai">Ashok Desai</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lalgudi_Jayaraman" title="Lalgudi Jayaraman">Lalgudi Jayaraman</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Yamini_Krishnamurthy" title="Yamini Krishnamurthy">Yamini Krishnamurthy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_K._Kumar" title="Shiv K. Kumar">Shiv K. Kumar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Mohapatra" title="Raghunath Mohapatra">Raghunath Mohapatra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Netravali" title="Arun Netravali">Arun Netravali</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Singh_Oberoi" title="Mohan Singh Oberoi">Mohan Singh Oberoi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_K._Pachauri" title="Rajendra K. Pachauri">Rajendra K. Pachauri</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Karim_Parekh" title="Abdul Karim Parekh">Abdul Karim Parekh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Amrita_Patel" title="Amrita Patel">Amrita Patel</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Pran_(actor)" title="Pran (actor)">Pran</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Aroon_Purie" title="Aroon Purie">Aroon Purie</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Raju" title="B. V. Raju">B. V. Raju</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/P._Bhanumathi" title="P. Bhanumathi">P. Bhanumathi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sundaram_Ramakrishnan" title="Sundaram Ramakrishnan">Sundaram Ramakrishnan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Chitranjan_Singh_Ranawat" title="Chitranjan Singh Ranawat">Chitranjan Singh Ranawat</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Palle_Rama_Rao" title="Palle Rama Rao">Palle Rama Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Reddy" title="Raj Reddy">Raj Reddy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Sharma" title="Uma Sharma">Uma Sharma</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/L._Subramaniam" title="L. Subramaniam">L. Subramaniam</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/H._P._S._Ahluwalia" title="H. P. S. Ahluwalia">H. P. S. Ahluwalia</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Prabha_Atre" title="Prabha Atre">Prabha Atre</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Bhattacharyya,_Baron_Bhattacharyya" title="Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya">Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Chandu_Borde" title="Chandu Borde">Chandu Borde</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Chelyshev" title="Eugene Chelyshev">Eugene Chelyshev</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Pravinchandra_Varjivan_Gandhi" title="Pravinchandra Varjivan Gandhi">Pravinchandra Varjivan Gandhi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shobha_Gurtu" title="Shobha Gurtu">Shobha Gurtu</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Henning_Holck-Larsen" title="Henning Holck-Larsen">Henning Holck-Larsen</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)" title="Zakir Hussain (musician)">Zakir Hussain</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/F._C._Kohli" title="F. C. Kohli">F. C. Kohli</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._C._Kulandaiswamy" title="V. C. Kulandaiswamy">V. C. Kulandaiswamy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gury_Marchuk" title="Gury Marchuk">Gury Marchuk</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jagat_Singh_Mehta" title="Jagat Singh Mehta">Jagat Singh Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ismail_Merchant" title="Ismail Merchant">Ismail Merchant</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Miranda" title="Mario Miranda">Mario Miranda</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Natesan_Rangabashyam" title="Natesan Rangabashyam">Natesan Rangabashyam</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Maharaja_Krishna_Rasgotra" title="Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra">Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Habib_Tanvir" title="Habib Tanvir">Habib Tanvir</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._K._Venugopal" title="K. K. Venugopal">K. K. Venugopal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Verma" title="Nirmal Verma">Nirmal Verma</a></li>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Teejan_Bai" title="Teejan Bai">Teejan Bai</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ammannur_Madhava_Chakyar" title="Ammannur Madhava Chakyar">Ammannur Madhava Chakyar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Prabhu_Chawla" title="Prabhu Chawla">Prabhu Chawla</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Fischer_(diplomat)" title="Herbert Fischer (diplomat)">Herbert Fischer</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jamshyd_Godrej" title="Jamshyd Godrej">Jamshyd Godrej</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Coluthur_Gopalan" title="Coluthur Gopalan">Coluthur Gopalan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._Parasaran" title="K. Parasaran">K. Parasaran</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._Rajam_Iyer" title="B. Rajam Iyer">B. Rajam Iyer</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shri_Krishna_Joshi" title="Shri Krishna Joshi">Shri Krishna Joshi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Madurai_N._Krishnan" title="Madurai N. Krishnan">Madurai Narayanan Krishnan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Rajinder_Kumar_(chemical_engineer)" title="Rajinder Kumar (chemical engineer)"> Rajinder Kumar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Kumar_(nephrologist)" title="Ramesh Kumar (nephrologist)">Ramesh Kumar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Purshotam_Lal" title="Purshotam Lal">Purshotam Lal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sitakant_Mahapatra" title="Sitakant Mahapatra">Sitakant Mahapatra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bagicha_Singh_Minhas" title="Bagicha Singh Minhas">Bagicha Singh Minhas</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Mukhopadhyay_(poet)" title="Subhash Mukhopadhyay (poet)">Subhash Mukhopadhyay</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/P._S._Narayanaswamy" title="P. S. Narayanaswamy">P. S. Narayanaswamy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Arcot_Ramachandran" title="Arcot Ramachandran">Arcot Ramachandran</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Trichur_V._Ramachandran" title="Trichur V. Ramachandran">Trichur V. Ramachandran</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kantilal_Hastimal_Sancheti" title="Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti">Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/T._V._Sankaranarayanan" title="T. V. Sankaranarayanan">T. V. Sankaranarayanan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Naseeruddin_Shah" title="Naseeruddin Shah">Naseeruddin Shah</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/T._V._R._Shenoy" title="T. V. R. Shenoy">T. V. R. Shenoy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jagjit_Singh" title="Jagjit Singh">Jagjit Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Badan_Singh" title="Ram Badan Singh">Ram Badan Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hari_Shankar_Singhania" title="Hari Shankar Singhania">Hari Shankar Singhania</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman" title="Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman">Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Narayanan_Srinivasan" title="Narayanan Srinivasan">Narayanan Srinivasan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Subrahmanyam" title="Padma Subrahmanyam">Padma Subrahmanyam</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Swapna_Sundari_(dancer)" title="Swapna Sundari (dancer)">Swapna Sundari</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/O._V._Vijayan" title="O. V. Vijayan">O. V. Vijayan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gerbert_Yefremov" title="Gerbert Yefremov">Herbert Alexandrovich Yefremov</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
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<li><a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhar_Shankar_Dharmadhikari" title="Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari">Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sardara_Singh_Johl" title="Sardara Singh Johl">Sardara Singh Johl</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._V._Kamath" title="M. V. Kamath">M. V. Kamath</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Komal_Kothari" title="Komal Kothari">Komal Kothari</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Yoshir%C5%8D_Mori" title="Yoshirō Mori">Yoshirō Mori</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gopi_Chand_Narang" title="Gopi Chand Narang">Gopi Chand Narang</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Govindarajan_Padmanaban" title="Govindarajan Padmanaban">Govindarajan Padmanaban</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Poornima_Arvind_Pakvasa" title="Poornima Arvind Pakvasa">Poornima Arvind Pakvasa</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Prabhakar" title="Vishnu Prabhakar">Vishnu Prabhakar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/N._Rajam" title="N. Rajam">N. Rajam</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/C._H._Hanumantha_Rao" title="C. H. Hanumantha Rao">C. H. Hanumantha Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvengadam_Lakshman_Sankar" title="Thiruvengadam Lakshman Sankar">Thiruvengadam Lakshman Sankar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Seshagopalan" title="T. N. Seshagopalan">T. N. Seshagopalan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bijoy_Nandan_Shahi" title="Bijoy Nandan Shahi">Bijoy Nandan Shahi</a></li>
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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sardar_Anjum" title="Sardar Anjum">Sardar Anjum</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Chandi_Prasad_Bhatt" title="Chandi Prasad Bhatt">Chandi Prasad Bhatt</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/T._R._Satishchandran" title="T. R. Satishchandran">Tumkur Ramaiya Satishchandran</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Datta_Chaudhuri" title="Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri">Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Manna_Dey" title="Manna Dey">Manna Dey</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Irfan_Habib" title="Irfan Habib">Irfan Habib</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_Hamied" title="Yusuf Hamied">Yusuf Hamied</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Qurratulain_Hyder" title="Qurratulain Hyder">Qurratulain Hyder</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Tarlochan_Singh_Kler" title="Tarlochan Singh Kler">Tarlochan Singh Kler</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kohli" title="Anil Kohli">Anil Kohli</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kiran_Mazumdar-Shaw" title="Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw">Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Miri" title="Mrinal Miri">Mrinal Miri</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Brijmohan_Lall_Munjal" title="Brijmohan Lall Munjal">Brijmohan Lall Munjal</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Azim_Premji" title="Azim Premji">Azim Premji</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Balraj_Puri" title="Balraj Puri">Balraj Puri</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Mir_Qasim" title="Syed Mir Qasim">Syed Mir Qasim</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/A._Ramachandran" title="A. Ramachandran">A. Ramachandran</a></li>
<li><a href="/w/index.php?title=G._V._Iyer_Ramakrishna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="G. V. Iyer Ramakrishna (page does not exist)">G. V. Iyer Ramakrishna</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._S._Ramamurthy" title="V. S. Ramamurthy">V. S. Ramamurthy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._I._Varaprasad_Reddy" title="K. I. Varaprasad Reddy">K. I. Varaprasad Reddy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._Srinath_Reddy" title="K. Srinath Reddy">K. Srinath Reddy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Girish_Chandra_Saxena" title="Girish Chandra Saxena">Girish Chandra Saxena</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Narasimaiah_Seshagiri" class="mw-redirect" title="Narasimaiah Seshagiri">Narasimaiah Seshagiri</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Tully" title="Mark Tully">Mark Tully</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jaiveer_Agarwal" title="Jaiveer Agarwal">Jaiveer Agarwal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/P._S._Appu" title="P. S. Appu">P. S. Appu</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shashi_Bhushan" title="Shashi Bhushan">Shashi Bhushan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ganga_Prasad_Birla" title="Ganga Prasad Birla">Ganga Prasad Birla</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Grigory_Bongard-Levin" title="Grigory Bongard-Levin">Grigory Bongard-Levin</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lokesh_Chandra" title="Lokesh Chandra">Lokesh Chandra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Chiranjeevi" title="Chiranjeevi">Chiranjeevi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Nandini_Dalmia" title="Dinesh Nandini Dalmia">Dinesh Nandini Dalmia</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Tarun_Das" title="Tarun Das">Tarun Das</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Gadgil" title="Madhav Gadgil">Madhav Gadgil</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/A._K._Hangal" title="A. K. Hangal">A. K. Hangal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Devaki_Jain" title="Devaki Jain">Devaki Jain</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamleshwar_(writer)" title="Kamleshwar (writer)">Kamleshwar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Halim_Jaffer_Khan" title="Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan">Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sabri_Khan" title="Sabri Khan">Sabri Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mustafa_Khan_(singer)" title="Ghulam Mustafa Khan (singer)">Ghulam Mustafa Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shanno_Khurana" title="Shanno Khurana">Shanno Khurana</a></li>
<li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gunter_Kruger_(businessman)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gunter Kruger (businessman) (page does not exist)">Gunter Kruger</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/P._Leela" title="P. Leela">P. Leela</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._P._P._Nambiar" title="K. P. P. Nambiar">K. P. P. Nambiar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nandan_Nilekani" title="Nandan Nilekani">Nandan Nilekani</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sai_Paranjpye" title="Sai Paranjpye">Sai Paranjpye</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Deepak_Parekh" title="Deepak Parekh">Deepak Parekh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._V._Pylee" title="M. V. Pylee">M. V. Pylee</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Subramaniam_Ramadorai" title="Subramaniam Ramadorai">Subramaniam Ramadorai</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/N._S._Ramaswamy" title="N. S. Ramaswamy">N. S. Ramaswamy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Pavani_Parameswara_Rao" title="Pavani Parameswara Rao">Pavani Parameswara Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ramakanta_Rath" title="Ramakanta Rath">Ramakanta Rath</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._Shanta" title="V. Shanta">V. Shanta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Hira_Lall_Sibal" class="mw-redirect" title="Hira Lall Sibal">Hira Lall Sibal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Arjan_Singh" title="Billy Arjan Singh">Billy Arjan Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jasjit_Singh_(IAF_officer)" title="Jasjit Singh (IAF officer)">Jasjit Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vijaypat_Singhania" title="Vijaypat Singhania">Vijaypat Singhania</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._G._Subramanyan" title="K. G. Subramanyan">K. G. Subramanyan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._K._Talwar" title="K. K. Talwar">K. K. Talwar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Shankar_Vyas" title="Vijay Shankar Vyas">Vijay Shankar Vyas</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Du%C5%A1an_Zbavitel" title="Dušan Zbavitel">Dušan Zbavitel</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Javed_Akhtar" title="Javed Akhtar">Javed Akhtar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Chiramel" title="Gabriel Chiramel">Gabriel Chiramel</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ela_Gandhi" title="Ela Gandhi">Ela Gandhi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Saroj_Ghose" title="Saroj Ghose">Saroj Ghose</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._Mohini_Giri" title="V. Mohini Giri">V. Mohini Giri</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Somnath_Hore" title="Somnath Hore">Somnath Hore</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jamshed_Jiji_Irani" title="Jamshed Jiji Irani">Jamshed Jiji Irani</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gurcharan_Singh_Kalkat" title="Gurcharan Singh Kalkat">Gurcharan Singh Kalkat</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/N._Mahalingam" title="N. Mahalingam">N. Mahalingam</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Prithipal_Singh_Maini" title="Prithipal Singh Maini">Prithipal Singh Maini</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Tyeb_Mehta" title="Tyeb Mehta">Tyeb Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Rajan_and_Sajan_Mishra" title="Rajan and Sajan Mishra">Rajan and Sajan Mishra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Rajan_and_Sajan_Mishra" title="Rajan and Sajan Mishra">Rajan and Sajan Mishra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Mittal" title="Sunil Mittal">Sunil Mittal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ramankutty_Nair" title="Ramankutty Nair">Ramankutty Nair</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gopaldas_Neeraj" title="Gopaldas Neeraj">Gopaldas Neeraj</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Indra_Nooyi" title="Indra Nooyi">Indra Nooyi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kavalam_Narayana_Panicker" title="Kavalam Narayana Panicker">Kavalam Narayana Panicker</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bhikhu_Parekh" title="Bhikhu Parekh">Bhikhu Parekh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Mohammad_Sharfuddin_Quadri" title="Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri">Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._S._Ramachandran" title="V. S. Ramachandran">V. S. Ramachandran</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Raychaudhuri" title="Tapan Raychaudhuri">Tapan Raychaudhuri</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/S._H._Raza" title="S. H. Raza">S. H. Raza</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Sachs" title="Jeffrey Sachs">Jeffrey Sachs</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Prasad_Saikia" title="Chandra Prasad Saikia">Chandra Prasad Saikia</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/L._Z._Sailo" title="L. Z. Sailo">L. Z. Sailo</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Kumar_Sarin" title="Shiv Kumar Sarin">Shiv Kumar Sarin</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shriram_Sharma" title="Shriram Sharma">Shriram Sharma</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Manju_Sharma_(biologist)" title="Manju Sharma (biologist)">Manju Sharma</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Srinivasan" title="T. N. Srinivasan">T. N. Srinivasan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Osamu_Suzuki_(businessman)" title="Osamu Suzuki (businessman)">Osamu Suzuki</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._T._Thomas_(judge)" title="K. T. Thomas (judge)">K. T. Thomas</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mian_Bashir_Ahmed" title="Mian Bashir Ahmed">Mian Bashir Ahmed</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kaushik_Basu" title="Kaushik Basu">Kaushik Basu</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shayama_Chona" title="Shayama Chona">Shayama Chona</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jagjit_Singh_Chopra" title="Jagjit Singh Chopra">Jagjit Singh Chopra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Rahim_Fahimuddin_Dagar" title="Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar">Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhar_Dasgupta" title="Chandrashekhar Dasgupta">Chandrashekhar Dasgupta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Asis_Datta" title="Asis Datta">Asis Datta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Meghnad_Desai,_Baron_Desai" title="Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai">Meghnad Desai</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Desai" title="Padma Desai">Padma Desai</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sukh_Dev" title="Sukh Dev">Sukh Dev</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Kumar_Ganguly" title="Nirmal Kumar Ganguly">Nirmal Kumar Ganguly</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/B._N._Goswamy" title="B. N. Goswamy">B. N. Goswamy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Gowarikar" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasant Gowarikar">Vasant Gowarikar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Kalyani" title="Baba Kalyani">Baba Kalyani</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._V._Kamath" title="K. V. Kamath">K. V. Kamath</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Inderjit_Kaur_Barthakur" title="Inderjit Kaur Barthakur">Inderjit Kaur Barthakur</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Kelekar" title="Ravindra Kelekar">Ravindra Kelekar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Asad_Ali_Khan" title="Asad Ali Khan">Asad Ali Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Lapierre" title="Dominique Lapierre">Dominique Lapierre</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/D._R._Mehta" title="D. R. Mehta">D. R. Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Nadar" title="Shiv Nadar">Shiv Nadar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Kumar_Neotia" title="Suresh Kumar Neotia">Suresh Kumar Neotia</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/T._K._Oommen" title="T. K. Oommen">T. K. Oommen</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._Padmanabhaiah" title="K. Padmanabhaiah">K. Padmanabhaiah</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Pandit" title="Vikram Pandit">Vikram Pandit</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._Ramachandran" title="V. Ramachandran">V. Ramachandran</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_Saxena" title="Sushil Kumar Saxena">Sushil Kumar Saxena</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Amarnath_Sehgal" title="Amarnath Sehgal">Amarnath Sehgal</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jasdev_Singh" title="Jasdev Singh">Jasdev Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shrilal_Shukla" title="Shrilal Shukla">Shrilal Shukla</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/P._Susheela" title="P. Susheela">P. Susheela</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/S._R._Srinivasa_Varadhan" title="S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan">S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Yuli_Vorontsov" title="Yuli Vorontsov">Yuli Vorontsov</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Williams" title="Sunita Williams">Sunita Williams</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Xianlin" title="Ji Xianlin">Ji Xianlin</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isher_Judge_Ahluwalia" title="Isher Judge Ahluwalia">Isher Judge Ahluwalia</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Inderjit_Kaur_Barthakur" title="Inderjit Kaur Barthakur">Inderjit Kaur Barthakur</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shamshad_Begum" title="Shamshad Begum">Shamshad Begum</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Abhinav_Bindra" title="Abhinav Bindra">Abhinav Bindra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dhananjayans" title="Dhananjayans">Shanta Dhananjayan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dhananjayans" title="Dhananjayans">V. P. Dhananjayan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ramachandra_Guha" title="Ramachandra Guha">Ramachandra Guha</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Gupta" title="Shekhar Gupta">Shekhar Gupta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_Hameed,_Baron_Hameed" title="Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed">Khalid Hameed</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Minoru_Hara" title="Minoru Hara">Minoru Hara</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jayakanthan" title="Jayakanthan">Jayakanthan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kailath" title="Thomas Kailath">Thomas Kailath</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sarvagya_Singh_Katiyar" title="Sarvagya Singh Katiyar">Sarvagya Singh Katiyar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_(Telugu_actor)" title="Krishna (Telugu actor)">G. Krishna</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/R._C._Mehta" title="R. C. Mehta">R. C. Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/A._Sreedhara_Menon" title="A. Sreedhara Menon">A. Sreedhara Menon</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/S._K._Misra" title="S. K. Misra">S. K. Misra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/A._M._Naik" title="A. M. Naik">A. M. Naik</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Nambiar" title="Satish Nambiar">Satish Nambiar</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kunwar_Narayan" title="Kunwar Narayan">Kunwar Narayan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nagnath_Naikwadi" title="Nagnath Naikwadi">Nagnath Naikwadi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kirit_Parikh" title="Kirit Parikh">Kirit Parikh</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Pitroda" title="Sam Pitroda">Sam Pitroda</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Prahalad" title="C. K. Prahalad">C. K. Prahalad</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gurdip_Singh_Randhawa" title="Gurdip Singh Randhawa">Gurdip Singh Randhawa</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Brijendra_Kumar_Rao" title="Brijendra Kumar Rao">Brijendra Kumar Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Bhakta_B._Rath" title="Bhakta B. Rath">Bhakta B. Rath</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/C._S._Seshadri" title="C. S. Seshadri">C. S. Seshadri</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/V._Ganapati_Sthapati" title="V. Ganapati Sthapati">V. Ganapati Sthapati</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Triguna" title="Devendra Triguna">Devendra Triguna</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sarojini_Varadappan" title="Sarojini Varadappan">Sarojini Varadappan</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div># Posthumous conferral
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)">1954–1959</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)">1960–1969</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1970–1979)">1970–1979</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1980–1989)">1980–1989</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–1999)">1990–1999</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)">2000–2009</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)">2010–2019</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2020–2029)">2020–2029</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1972)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1973)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gemini_Ganesan" title="Gemini Ganesan">Gemini Ganesan</a> (1974)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1975)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1976)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1977)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1978)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sivakumar" title="Sivakumar">Sivakumar</a> (1979)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sivakumar" title="Sivakumar">Sivakumar</a> (1980)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1981)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_(actor)" title="Mohan (actor)">Mohan</a> (1982)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/K._Bhagyaraj" title="K. Bhagyaraj">Bhagyaraj</a> (1983)</li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a> (1984)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1985)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vijayakanth" title="Vijayakanth">Vijayakanth</a> (1986)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sathyaraj" title="Sathyaraj">Sathyaraj</a> (1987)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Karthik_(actor)" title="Karthik (actor)">Karthik</a> (1988)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Karthik_(actor)" title="Karthik (actor)">Karthik</a> (1989)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990–2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karthik_(actor)" title="Karthik (actor)">Karthik</a> (1990)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1991)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1992)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Karthik_(actor)" title="Karthik (actor)">Karthik</a> (1993)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/R._Sarathkumar" title="R. Sarathkumar">R. Sarathkumar</a> (1994)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1995)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1996)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/R._Sarathkumar" title="R. Sarathkumar">R. Sarathkumar</a> (1997)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/R._Sarathkumar" title="R. Sarathkumar">R. Sarathkumar</a> (1998)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ajith_Kumar" title="Ajith Kumar">Ajith Kumar</a> (1999)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (2000)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2001)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ajith_Kumar" title="Ajith Kumar">Ajith Kumar</a> (2002)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2003)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Suriya" title="Suriya">Suriya</a> (2004)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2005)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Ajith_Kumar" title="Ajith Kumar">Ajith Kumar</a> (2006)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Karthi" title="Karthi">Karthi</a> (2007)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Suriya" title="Suriya">Suriya</a> (2008)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Raj" title="Prakash Raj">Prakash Raj</a> (2009)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2010)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a> (2011)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a> (2012)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Atharvaa" title="Atharvaa">Atharvaa</a> (2013)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a> (2014)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2015)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/R._Madhavan" title="R. Madhavan">R. Madhavan</a> (2016)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Sethupathi" title="Vijay Sethupathi">Vijay Sethupathi</a> (2017)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a> / <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Sethupathi" title="Vijay Sethupathi">Vijay Sethupathi</a> (2018)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Suriya" title="Suriya">Suriya</a> (2020-2021)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._V._M._Rajan" title="A. V. M. Rajan">A. V. M. Rajan</a> (1967)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a> (1968)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1969)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Gemini_Ganesan" title="Gemini Ganesan">Gemini Ganesan</a> (1970)</li>
<li><i>no award</i> (1971)</li>
<li><i>no award</i> (1972)</li>
<li><i>no award</i> (1973)</li>
<li><i>no award</i> (1974)</li>
<li><i>no award</i> (1975)</li>
<li><i>no award</i> (1976)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1977)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Srikanth_(Tamil_actor,_born_1940)" title="Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)">Srikanth</a> (1978)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sivakumar" title="Sivakumar">Sivakumar</a> (1979)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1980)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1981)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sivakumar" title="Sivakumar">Sivakumar</a> (1982)</li>
<li><i>no award</i> (1983)</li>
<li><i>no award</i> (1984)</li>
<li><i>no award</i> (1985)</li>
<li><i>no award</i> (1986)</li>
<li><i>no award</i> (1987)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vijayakanth" title="Vijayakanth">Vijayakanth</a> (1988)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1989)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Karthik_(actor)" title="Karthik (actor)">Karthik</a> (1990)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Prabhu_(actor)" title="Prabhu (actor)">Prabhu</a> (1991)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1992)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Sarja" title="Arjun Sarja">Arjun</a> (1993)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/R._Sarathkumar" title="R. Sarathkumar">R. Sarathkumar</a> (1994)</li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a> (1995)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1996)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_(actor)" title="Vijay (actor)">Vijay</a> & <a href="/wiki/R._Parthiepan" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Parthiepan">Parthiban</a> (1997)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/R._Sarathkumar" title="R. Sarathkumar">R. Sarathkumar</a> (1998)</li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a> (1999)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_(actor)" title="Vijay (actor)">Vijay</a> & <a href="/wiki/Murali_(Tamil_actor)" title="Murali (Tamil actor)">Murali</a> (2000)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Suriya" title="Suriya">Suriya</a> (2001)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/R._Madhavan" title="R. Madhavan">Madhavan</a> (2002)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2003)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jayam_Ravi" title="Jayam Ravi">Jayam Ravi</a> (2004)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_(actor)" title="Vijay (actor)">Vijay</a> & <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a> (2005)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (2006)</li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a> (2007)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (2008)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Karan_(actor)" title="Karan (actor)">Karan</a> (2009)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2010)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Vimal_(actor)" title="Vimal (actor)">Vimal</a> (2011)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jiiva" title="Jiiva">Jiiva</a> (2012)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Arya_(actor)" title="Arya (actor)">Arya</a> (2013)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Siddharth_(actor)" title="Siddharth (actor)">Siddharth</a> (2014)</li></ul>
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