Rajinikanth (born 12 December 1950 as Shivajirao Gaikwad), popularly referred to and credited in films as Superstar Rajini, is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon. He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award–winning Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal (1975), directed by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers his mentor.
After a brief phase of portraying antagonistic characters in Tamil films, he gradually rose to become an established film actor. He continues to hold a matinee idol status in the popular culture of India.His mannerisms and stylised delivery of dialogue in films contribute to his mass popularity and appeal. After being paid 
26 crore (US$4.8 million) for his role in Sivaji (2007), he became the highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan.
Rajinikanth has worked in over 150 films across in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi film Industry. He has won six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards—four Best Actor Awards and two Special Awards for Best Actor—and a Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award. He was bestowed the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour in 2000. Other than acting, Rajinikanth has also worked as a producer and screenwriter.
Early life:
Rajinikanth was born as Shivajirao Gaikwad, to mother Jijabai and father Ramoji Rao Gaikwad, a police constable, on 12 December 1950 in the Indian city of Bangalore in Mysore State, present-day Karnataka. He was the youngest of four siblings and has two brothers and a sister. After his mother's death when he was nine years old, he struggled with an impoverished lifestyle during his childhood. During that time, he often did odd jobs as a coolie in his community. He attended the Government Model Primary School at Gavipuram, Bangalore, where he had his elementary education in Kannada.
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Between 1966 and 1973 he worked in many places in Bangalore and Chennai. He performed various jobs before joining the Bangalore Transport Service (BTS) as a bus conductor. He began to take part in stage plays after Kannada playwright and director Topi Muniappa offered him a chance to act in mythological moral plays. His most notable was that of the villainous Duryodhana. In 1973, his friend and co-worker Raj Bahadur motivated him to join the Madras Film Institute and also financially supported him during this phase. His performance in a stage play eventually caught the eye of film director K. Balachander. The director advised him to learn to speak Tamil, a recommendation that Rajinikanth quickly followed and which proved to be extremely useful in his career.
Family:
Rajinikanth married Latha Rangachari on 26 February 1981, at the age of 31 in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The couple have two daughters named Aishwarya Rajinikanth and Soundarya Rajinikanth. His wife, Latha Rajinikanth, currently runs a school named "The Ashram". His elder daughter, Aishwarya, married actor Dhanush on 18 November 2004 and they have two sons named Yathra and Linga. His younger daughter, Soundarya, works in the film industry as a director, producer and graphic designer. She married industrialist Ashwin Ramkumar on 3 September 2010.
Enthiran:
Enthiran is a 2010 Indian Tamil science fiction action film co-written and directed by Shankar. The film features Rajinikanth in dual roles, as a scientist and an andro humanoid robot, alongside Aishwarya Rai while Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam, Karunas,Kalabhavan Mani, Devadarshini, and Cochin Haneefa play supporting roles. The film's story revolves around the scientist's struggle to control his creation, the android robot whose software was upgraded to give it the ability to comprehend and generate human emotions. The plan backfires as the robot falls in love with the scientist's fiancée and is further manipulated to bring destruction to the world when it lands in the hands of a rival scientist.
After nearly a decade of pre-production work, the film was shot over two years beginning in 2008. The film marked the Indian cinema-debut of Legacy Effects, which was responsible for the film's animatronics. The film's background score and soundtrack, which was composed by A. R. Rahman, became the best-selling world album on the iTunes Store in three countries within a few days of itsdigital release. The film released worldwide on 1 October 2010, along with its dubbed versions: Robo in Telugu and Robot in Hindi.Produced by Kalanithi Maran, it is believed to be India's most expensive film since its release. Upon release, it also made the largest worldwide opening for an Indian film.
Sivaji:
Sivaji is a 2007 Tamil action adventure drama thriller film directed by Shankar and produced by AVM Productions. Rajinikanth and Shriya Saran played the lead roles, with Suman, Vivek and Raghuvaran playing other significant roles in the film. Actress Nayantara too made a special appearance. A. R. Rahman composed the film's successful soundtrack and background music, while Thotta Tharani and K. V. Anand were the creative art director and cinematographer respectively. It completed 175-day run at the box office. About 2 crore tickets were reportedly sold worldwide. This was the first Tamil film to beat the two-year record set by Chandramukhi.
The film revolves around a well-established software systems architect, Sivaji, who returns home to India after finishing work in the United States. On his return, he dreams of giving back to society with free medical treatment and education. However his plans face a roadblock in the form of the influential businessman, Adiseshan. When corruption also arises, Sivaji is left with no option but to fight the system in his own way.
After post-production delays, it was released worldwide on June 15, 2007 in Tamil, and subsequently released in Telugu as a dubbed version on the same date. The film was also dubbed in Hindi, which released on January 8, 2010.Satellite rights for Sivaji were sold for 
4 crore to Kalaignar TV, ultimately enjoying success worldwide.
The film was converted into 3D and released on 12 December 2012 as Sivaji 3D, coinciding with the 63rd birthday of Rajinikanth. The runtime of the 3D version was shorter than the original, cut to 155 minutes, and released amidst moderate fanfare and fared positively critically and commercially. It also became the first Indian film to use Dolby Atmos surround sound technology.
Kochadaiyaan
Kochadaiyaan is an upcoming Tamil film directed by Soundarya R. Ashwin and written by K. S. Ravikumar. The film will feature Rajinikanth in a dual role alongside. R. Sarathkumar, Aadhi, Deepika Padukone, Shobana, Rukmini Vijayakumar, Jackie Shroff and Nassar. The film, which is expected to be shot with motion capture in 3D, will have cinematography handled by Rajiv Menon whilst background score and soundtrack will be composed by A. R. Rahman. The film will be dubbed and simultaneously released in Telugu as Vikrama Simha, Malayalam and English,and will also be released in Hindi and Japanese.As of 2012,Italian and Spanish versions of the film have also been announced. Shooting for the film was finished by the end of February 2013,and post-production works are currently going on at London, Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
Rajinikanth Jokes:
50 best jokes of Rajikanth
1)Rajinikanth can withdraw money from ATM by using his visiting card.
2)After release of Robot, Rajnikanth gave Times of India 3 stars.
3)God can walk on water. Rajni can swim through land!!!
4)Once Rajnikant was on hot seat in KBC,imagine what happened computer needs lifeline to choose the question.!!
5)Once Rajnikant was travelling in a helicopter via Switzerland and his wallet fell down. That place is now called Swiss Bank.
6)All scientist failed to answer this question but Rajni did...
Q: Which is the liquid which turn solid on heating?
Ans: Dosa
7)Once rajnikanth gave kiss to his girlfriend Infront of a kid. Now the kid is known as Emraan hashmi.
8)Rajni decide to donate his eyes, for NASA to make new HD telescope.
9) People update status via BlackBerry , iPhone, iPad, etc. Rajinikant h updates status via Calculator!!
10)How much it cost to Rajnikant when he makes call to space - 1Paisa/light year.
11)Once a farmer put Rajinikanth’s photo instead of a scarecrow in his farm u wont believe what happened the birds were bringing back the crops taken last year!
12)Rajnikanth bought a new road roller,Do u know why??
To iron his clothes....!!
13)My computer does not need a ups during power cuts because I have rajinikanth's picture as my desktop background.
14)Once Rajinikanth was standing on the balcony with a coin in his hand. The coin slipped from his hand and fell down. Rajinikanth on reaching the ground was searching for the coin but he couldn't find it.. Guess why?
Because he reached the ground before the coin did.
15)Recently china airports were closed due to heavy fog ........ Later it was discovered that Rajanikanth was smoking in India!!!!!!!!!!
16)Rajanikanth did his KG from seven different places..Today those places are known as IITs!!!!!!
17)Government of india pays tax to Rajanikanth for living in India!!!!!!!
18)Definition of solar eclipse:When Rajanikanth stares at sun with anger, sun hides behind the moon. This greatest phenomena is called Solar Eclipse........ .!!!!!
19)Rajanikanth woke up one day and decided he should share atleast one percent of his knowledge with the world......
Thus.......The google was born!!!!
20)Think what would have happened if Rajani would have born 150 years ago..?????
British would have fought for Independance... .
21)Best Rajani joke!!!!!! Even Ghajini remembers Rajani!!!!
22)An email was sent from Mysore to Bangalore. Rajanikanth stopped it at Mandya ....
23)Why do earthquake occurs????? Because at that time Rajanikanth's mobile is on vibration mode!!!!!!!!!
24)Once Rajanikanth bunked a whole day in school.....! Since then that day is known as............. Sunday!!!!!!!!! !!!!
25)The pyramids in Egypt are actually....... ................Rajanikanths primary school craft projects!!!!!!! !!!!!
26)Breaking news: ISRO does not exists anymore.....!! Rajanikanth purchased all the rockets for Diwali celebration!!!! !!!!!!!!!
27)Why did Rajani buy an acre of land wth 4 wells on each corner????? ....To play Carrom!!!!!!
28)Before Tom Cruise, Rajani was approached for the movie Mission Impossible, but Rajani refused as he found the title insulting...
29)Rajinikanth once told a joke 2 a Japanese kid....
Today he's known as Laughing Buddha
30)Rajinikanth never wet his bed as a child. The bed wet itself in fear.
32)Rajnikanth's next movie is called Twitter. He plays 140 characters.
33)Rajinikanth can delete the Recycle Bin.
34)Why did Superman and Batman visit Rajnikanth on sept 5? Because it was Teacher's Day.
35)Rajnikanth killed a terrorist in another country via Bluetooth
36)Rajninikanth can sneeze with his eyes open.
37)Rajinikanth kills Harry Potter in the eighth book.
38)Words like awesomeness, brilliance, legendary etc. were added to the dictionary in the year 1949. That was the year Rajinikanth was born.
39)When Neil Armstrong arrived at moon, he had to borrow fuel from Rajini's fuel station, to reach back on Earth.
40)When Rajinikanth was in class 3, his teacher asked him to write an essay on anything.
Today that essay is know as wikipedia.
41)Rajinikanth once wrote his boigraphy. The book is know as The guinness Book of World Records.
42)When Rajanikanth joined Facebook, he got a notification that facebook wants to be his friend.
43)Rajanikanth once hit a six and that ball is known as Pluto.
44)Rajnikanth has counted to infinity, twice.
45)Rajnikanth once consumed an entire bottle of sleeping pills. They made him blink once.
46)Rajnikanth once kicked a horse in the chin. Its descendants are today called giraffes.
47) When Rajnikanth goes to a gym to workout, no one can workout since Rajini uses all the weights available.
48)Rajini can eat dosa with chop sticks
49)Rajnikanth can cure cancer with his first aid box
50)Rajnikanth first takes the gold medal and then the race starts
Rajinikanth's painting from Rajinikanthi's Fan
SRK gives a car as gift to Rajinikanth for his special apperance in Ra one.
Ranjinikanth Image Gallery
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