Happy Birthday Rajinikanth: Childhood, personal life and Best films

Happy Birthday Rajinikanth Indian superstar Rajinikanth has a massive fan base in India and abroad, even though he has worked mainly in Tamil films and a few Hindi movies. As the superstar turns 71 on 12th December, 2021, once again Happy Birthday Rajinikanth here is a Childhood, personal life and Best films.

Rajinikanth is one of the most influential film stars of Indian cinema. Besides, he has worked as a screenwriter, film producer and also a playback singer. He has also received Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, for his contribution to Indian cinema.

Rajinikanth was born as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad to Jijabai and Ramojirao Gaekwad, a police constable, in a Marathi family in Karnataka, India. He was the fourth child of his parents. His ancestors are from the NachiKuppam village in Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu. The actor lost his mother when he was just 8-year-old.

He did his schooling from the Acharya Paathshala in Basavanagudi, Bangalore, and then at the Vivekananda Balaka Sangha. Rajinikanth married Latha Parthasarathy in 1981 in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The couple has two daughters named Aishwarya Rajinikanth and Soundarya Rajinikanth. He joined the Madras Film institute in 1973 with the help of his friend Raj Bahadur, a fellow bus driver and completed a basic course in acting.

In the film institute, Rajini was helped by his Vice-Principal A. Prabhakaran. Rajinikanth has acted in about 190 movies, which includes Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, English and Bengali. The actor made his debut in Bollywood in 1983 with the film Andha Kanoon. He was cast alongside Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and south Indian actress Hema Malini, but he did not make as much of an impact as he had in the south.

He acted in many other Hindi films such as Chaalbaaz, Uttar Dakshin, Geraftaar, Bewafai, Hum, Bhagwaan Dada, Aatank Hi Aatank, 2.0, etc. He made his Hollywood debut with the film Bloodstone in 1988 which failed in the United States. Superstar Rajinikanth enter politics and supported the DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) and TMC (The All India Trinamool Congress) alliance and asked the people of Tamil Nadu and his fans to vote for that alliance.

This alliance had a complete victory in the 1996 election. The innately humble actor also supported the DMK-TMC alliance in the parliamentary election, which was held in the same year.

Rajinikanth top films:

Directed by S. Shankar, ‘Shivaji: The Boss’ featured Rajinikanth, Shriya, Vivek, and Sumar. The film was released in the year 2007. The story revolves around a software engineer who arrives in India to serve the nation.

Rajinikanth’s film ‘Arunachalam’ was released in the year 1997. The story of the film is about an orphan who later discovers that he is the son of the late multimillionaire, Vedhachalam.

The film superhit film ‘Chandramukhi’ starred Rajinikanth in the leading role. Along with him, Jyothika was also seen in the movie.

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The 1981 film ‘Thillu Mullu’ featured Rajinikanth as Chandran. It was directed by K. Balachander.

Rajinikanth’s film ‘Baasha’ also featured Nagma and Raghuvaran, it was a blockbuster hit. The film was released in January 12, 1995.