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The Super Star of South Indian Cinema was born on 12th Dec 1949.
His parents are Shri. Nanoji Rao Gaekward and Shrimathi. Ramboi.
He has two brothers and one sister namely Shri. Satyanarayan Rao,
Shri Nageshwara Rao and Shrimathi Aswathamma. The Cine popular
Rajnikanth was christened by their parents as Shivaji Rao Gaekward
and was called as Shivaji before he entered the cine media.

They belong to Maharashtra and were living in Bangalore when Rajini
was born. Their ancestors are believed to be from a village called
Nachiar Kuppam in Dharmapuri Dist. of Tamilnadu.

Rajinikanth studied in Ramakrishna Mission School in Bangalore. He
was a bright student in childhood but reportedly could
not finish his schooling due to family circumstances. As grown up
Rajinikanth joined a Bus Transport in Bangalore and worked as a
Conductor. He was popular on the buses in those days itself for his
swift action and style manners, especially among youngsters. He used
to act in dramas with his childhood friends and developed a flair for
acting as a profession.

As his interest for the art increased, he came to Chennai for a
training in the Film Institute. After his successful completion of the
course, he got introduced to the leading Director of those days,
Shri.K.BALACHANDER, who advised him to develop his skills further,
after watching a model play in the Institute. That induced an eternal
boost in Rajini and lead him to get a chance for appearing in the Silver
Screen for the first time, through a Tamil movie APOORVA RAGANGAL.
Shri.K.BALACHANDER, the Director of the movie introduced him in
with the name RAJINIKANTH which is revolving around now as a magic
spell among the Indian Cinema Industry and doing wonders.
Shri.K.BALACHANDER is supposed to be his father in the Industry.

That was his debut in the Cinema industry and was his step stone for
a series of successful movies later, including an English movie titled Bloodstone.
Initially he has performed Villain or Anti-hero roles in about 20 movies including
16 Vayadhinilae, Moonru Mudichu etc. Then he was given Hero roles
starting from Bhairavi. Soon he attained the SUPER STAR status and
acted more than 150 films in 7 languages.

His swift action and style manners contributed a lot for his popularity.
He used different styles from film to film to attract the audience, like
spinning the sun glasses before wearing on his face, flipping the
cigarette directly to his lips, combing his hair with his fingers and a
lot of such gimmicks. Along with this he used to deliver a unique dialoge
in almost every movie. This has become an important part in his recent
movies. “HOW IS IT ?” is one such dialogue which has an Rajini identity
for the past 25 years.

In these 25 years he has performed more than 150 movies, out of which
18 celebrated Silver Jubilee (25 weeks), 3 hit 150 days and about 32
were shown for a century of days. Now-a-days he is giving a movie once
in a year or two only. He is considered as the lucky star of Indian Cinema
Industry for collections. The recent hits of Rajinikanth are BASHAA, MUTHU,
ARUNACHALAM and the latest release PADAIYAPPA which celebrated Silver Jubilee
very recently.

He has made a record in the Indian Film Industry as well as the Tourism
Industry by attracting a mob of fans in Japan. A group of tourists from
Japan visited Chennai recently to meet Rajinikanth to show their liking
for them after viewing the Japanese release of his latest hits, Muthu
and Baasha. This has earned a considerable amount of Foreign Exchange for
the nation through movie rights and tourism income. Thus it is proved that
SUPER STAR RAJNIKANTH and his service to the Indian Cinema Industry are
eternal assets for the Indian Nation.

In this Silver Jubilee year of his services in the Indian Cinema Industry,
we all wish him for more success in all his performances and to continue
his services for the Indian Cinema Industry for years to come.
Source: Rani Weekly, 1999.
Today is our Superstar Rajinikanth’s birthday . Wouldn’t it be great to read ten interesting things about him on this day?

* A was a fan of K Balachandar even before he joined the film institute. It happened so that his favourite director himself introduced the Superstar to filmdom.

* When Rajini was Shivajirao Gaikwad, he was given three options for name change before stepping into films. They were Chandrakanth, Srikanth and Rajinikanth. Need we say which one did he select?

* Rajini has been sponsoring lunch for a home for destitute persons run by choreographer-actor Larencce Raghavendra.

* The Superstar is building a memorial for his parents at his native village near Krishnagiri. He had also funded for a bus stop where free purified drinking water is being given to commuters and common public.

* Even Japanese films struggle to run beyond 150 days. But Rajini’s ‘Muthu’ has surpassed it.

* Rajini has plans to construct a free multi-speciality hospital and school near Chennai to help the needy, circles close to him say.

* ‘Billa’ is the first film for the Superstar to don a dual role

* When ‘Nizhal Nijamanadhu’ was remade in Telugu, Rajini enacted the role played by Kamal Haasan in the original version.

* The Superstar is a bookworm. He has in-depth knowledge in politics, spiritualism, culture and science thanks to the habit.

* Rajini had recently built an Ashram near Chengalpet. This has become his favourite retreat of late. Sources say the Superstar would meditate for hours inside the Ashram.

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