SUPER STAR RAJINI

SUPER STAR RAJINI

His unique style is characterised by a trademark gesture - flipping a cigarette in the air and catching it in his mouth; and rotating his glasses a number of times. He is a man possessing a unique style, a distinguished get up and dialogues delivery. People laughed at his postures but at the same time enjoyed it too.

Rajinikanth, the Superstar of Tamil film industry is the unofficial king of Tamil cinema. The actor, originally named Shivaji Rao Gaekwad was born as the fourth child to a Maharashtrian couple - Ramabai and Ramoji Rao Gaekwad in Karnataka, on December 12, 1949.

The actor had to serve as a bus conductor in the Karnataka State Transport Corporation in Bangalore owing to his family's poor financial condition. It was around that time that Shivaji Rao became interested in acting. He moved to Chennai and joined the Madras Film Institute. He got his first break in film titled Aboorva Raagangal by K.Balachandar. It was Balachandar who changed his name to Rajinikanth.

Rajinikanth then performed many negative roles, and owing to his unique style people loved to hate him even in negative characters. It was Thalapathy and Batsha that brought him to the pinnacle of glory. Finally it was the film Bhairavi that turned him from anti-hero to hero. People also loved to see him as a stunt hero. Once in a while he did movies like Aarulirundhu Arubadhu Varai or Johny, which gave us the opportunity to see him as an action hero.