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Rajinikanth
Born	Shivaji Rao Gaekwad 12 December 1950 (age 69) Bangalore, Mysore State (now Karnataka), India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Rajni Rajini
Occupation	Actor film producer
Years active	1975–present
Spouse(s)	Latha Rajinikanth ( 1981)
Children	Aishwarya Soundarya
Relatives	see Rajinikanth family
Awards	Padma Vibhushan (2016) Padma Bhushan (2000)

Shivaji Rao Gaekwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema.

In addition to acting, he has also worked as a producer and screenwriter. He has won many awards, including four Tamil Nadu State Film Best Actor Awards and a Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award. The Government of India has honored him with the Padma Bhushan (2000) and the Padma Vibhushan (2016). 

He received the Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema at the 4th Vijay Awards. At the 45th International Film Festival of India (2014), he was conferred with the "Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year". At the 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India (2019), he was honored with the Icon of Global Jubilee award.

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. The Suresh Krishna-directed Baashha (1995) in which Rajinikanth played a crime boss, was a major commercial success in his career and earned him a 'god-like' status in Tamil Nadu. Sivaji (2007) was the first Indian film to enter the 100 Crore Club.

After earning ₹26 crores (equivalent to ₹63 crores or US$8.9 million in 2019) for his role in Sivaji, Rajinikanth became the highest-paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan at the time. He played dual roles, as a scientist and an andro humanoid robot, in the science fiction film Enthiran (2010) and its sequel 2.0 (2018), both being India's most expensive production at the time of their release, and among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.

Rajinikanth is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. His popularity has been attributed to his uniquely styled dialogues and idiosyncrasies in films, as well as his political statements and philanthropy.

A philanthropist, he undertook a day-long fast in 2002 to protest the Government of Karnataka's decision to not release Kaveri River water into Tamil Nadu and donated ₹10 million (US$140,000) toward a plan to interlink Indian rivers. 

Rajinikanth is the only Indian actor to be featured in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) syllabus, in a lesson titled From Bus Conductor to Superstar.

In 2015, a film about his fandom, For the Love of a Man, premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. 

On 31 December 2017, he announced entry into politics and confirmed his intention to contest in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections in all 234 constituencies.

Chilhood of Rajnikanth

Rajinikanth was born on 12 December 1950, to the Toa Marathi family in Bangalore, Missouri, India, which is now part of Karnataka. He is named after Chhatrapati Shivaji, Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, a warrior who brought Marathi and Kannada people.

Rajinikanth's ancestors came from a village called Mavdi Kade Pathar, now a place called Purandar Taluka in the Pune district of Maharashtra. The youngest of the two sisters was Rajinikanth's father, Ramji Rao Gaikwad, a police constable. 

His father retired from work in 1956, and his family moved to Hanumanthanagar and built a house there. At the age of six, Rajinikanth was admitted to the Gavipuram Government Kannada Model Primary School and completed his primary education there. 

As a child, he was very interested in playing cricket, football, and basketball and was very naughty. At this time his brother took him to the Ramakrishna Math established by the Ramakrishna Mission.

In the monastery, he learned the Vedas, traditional and historical texts, which influenced his mind. Along with his spiritual education, he also started acting in monastery plays. After performing in the monastery, his indomitable passion for acting awoke and he got the opportunity to play the role of a friend of "Eklavadhya" in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. His performance received separate praise from the audience and from Kannada poet DR Bendra. 

Over time, when he was eleven years old, his mother died.

After completing the sixth grade, Rajinikanth was admitted to Acharya Pathshala Public School and from there he completed his pre-university course. While in Acharya Pathshala, he spent a lot of time acting in plays. 

On such an occasion, he played the role of "Duryadhan" in the Kurukshetra drama. After completing his schooling, he worked in various jobs in Bangalore and Madras, even as a porter and mechanic, and was eventually hired as a bus assistant in the Bangalore Transport Service. He was offered a Kannada stage playwright Topi Muniyappa to play a legendary character, and since then he has acted in Kannada plays. 

At that time, he went to act after being introduced to an advertisement for various acting courses at the newly formed Madras Film Institute. Although his family did not fully support the move, his friends and colleagues encouraged him to attend and financially supported him.

While at the company, he acted in stage plays, which brought him to the attention of Tamil film director K. Balchand.The director called him TamilAdvised to learn and he followed that advice very quickly.

Career of Rajnikanth

Early acting career (1975-1977) 

"Rajinikanth claims that I am his school. But I want to emphasize that this is not the Rajinikanth that I brought into the world of cinema. He has come to this stage through his own efforts and hard work. He is gone and has reached the pinnacle of prosperity". 

Rajinikanth made his acting debut in the Tamil film Apurba Ragangal (1975). K. Balchand, who allowed him to play a minor role as Srividya's husband. Since its release, the film has caused a great deal of controversy over the physical relationship between two elderly people. 

However, the film was critically acclaimed and won a total of three National Film Awards, including "Best Tamil Film" at the 23rd National Film Festival. The Hindu newspaper described the movie as "new actor Rajinikanth is majestic and impressive".

He then acted in a new kind of tested movie "Kotha Sangam" (198) directed by Puttanna Kangal. The film was made up of three short stories, with Rajinikanth playing a small role in the latter part of the film. His next film to be released was Antholeni Kotha, a Telugu language film directed by Balchander.

The film director's own Tamil film " abhala Theodora Kathai oru " (1974), the reconstructed movie. He played the first big character of his life in this movie. Since then, he has acted in several movies. The first movie of his famous character is, “ Mundra Mudichu”, Which Plays a friend in the movie, where another friend commits suicide by jumping into a lake to fulfill his dream of marrying his ex-girlfriend style of holding a cigarette with his hand makes him popular with viewers.

Her last released movie that year was "Balu Genu", in which she had to play almost the same role, where the main female character got into trouble. He later starred in similar roles in " Avargal " and " 18 Vyathinile "

In 1976, he made his Telugu film debut in "Chilakamma Chippindi".Although Rajinikanth is always K. Balchand was regarded as his advisor but SP Muthurman made his face known to all. Muthurman tested him by allowing him to play a positive role in the movie Bhubana Oru Kelvikkuri (198).

In this movie, he is a failed lover in the first part of the movie, and in the second part, he plays the role of Nyak. The success of the film helped him to propose 24 more movies until the 1990s.

In the movies of the time, he usually co-starred as Khal a of them. In the movie "Gayatri", he is a pornographer who records the moments that his wife unknowingly spent with them. 

On the other hand, in the movie "Samsara in Gala" he is a married man who falls in love with a club dancer. Of the 15 movies released that year, all were much better than the previous year.

Test and breakthrough performance (1978-1989) 

In 1986, he acted in a total of 20 films in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada. This year, the pinata habanero Her first movie, "Shankar Salim Simon." He was later cast in the Kannada language "Khiladi Kittu", co-starring Vishnuvardhan, who has since played the lead role in Kannada cinema. Her next released movie is Annadammula Saval, where she is seen playing the second lead role with Krishna. 

He then played a pivotal role in the supernatural thriller "Ayyaram Jenmangal". He was later seen as the main rival in the movie "Mathu Tappara Maga", which is his 25th release. 

Tamil made his acting debut in the movie "Bhairab", which was released the same year. 

He became known as "Super Star" after starring in the film. S. Thanu, one of the film distributors who erected a 35 feet (11-m) portrait of Rajinikanth. She is later seen in "Ilamai Onjal Adukirathu", a three-dimensional love story by CV Sridhar, starring a friend who sacrifices his love for his other friend, starring Kamal Hasan. Due to the success of the film, Vasu Pilchindi remade the film in Telugu, though in Tamil.

All the art techniques of the original movie remain the same in this movie. His next film, Vanakkaturiya Kathalya, where he was introduced by an opening song, helped him to get offers to act in more movies. The film, starring Mullum Marlum, was released at the time and was critically acclaimed. This is the first film directed by J. Mahendra, based on a novel of the same name published in Kalki Magazine. 

The film won the Filmfare Best Tamil Award and Rajinikanth won the Special Award for Best Actor at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He then made his Malayalam film debut with the fictional film "Allaudinam Albhuta Vilakkum", which was produced. Based on a story from Arabian Nights.

In the same year, he starred in the movie "Dharma Juddham", where he plays a man with a mental illness who avenges the murder of his parents. He then acted in "NT Ram Rao" as well as "Tiger" (1989). After starring in "Tiger", he has acted in 50 films, lasting 4 years and in 4 languages.

Some of these were very popular and were released in the wake of the rise of young entertainers, such as Ninethal Inikkum (1969), Tamil - Kannada bilingual "Priya" and Telugu."Amma Avarikkaina Amma". "Priya" is based on Sujatha Rangarajan's detective novel and is Rajinikanth's first film, mostly shot outside India, especially in Southeast Asia.

In the late 1970s, he established himself as a popular hero in South Indian cinema. At this point in his acting career, he abruptly quit acting in films, returning to acting a few days later. He returned by starring in the Tamil film " Billa " ( 1970 ). The Hindi film " Don(198) is A remake of the movie. Rajinikanth played a dual role in this movie and this is the first time that his movie has been a commercial success. His partnership with Sridevi continued in the movie "Johnny" (1970) and here too he played a dual role.

In 1981, he was seen in the movie Gharjanai, which was shot separately in Kannada and Malayalam. This movie is the latest movie made in its dual language. 

He also acted in the movie "Muratti Kalai" (1970) and this movie was also a commercial success. He played a dual role as father and son in Balchand's first self-produced film, Netrikan. He is K. BalchanderDirected by Thillu Mullu (1971), Rajinikanth's first full-length comedy. He refrained from acting as a commercial type of action hero after receiving advice from his advisers to play a non-commercial character and as a result, he gained popularity.

In 1962, he starred in "Pakkir Raja" (1982) and "Thanikattu Raja". Rajinikanth first played three characters together in the movie "Mandu Mugam".

In 1973, he made his Bollywood film debut. Her movie starring Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini was "Blind Law". The film was one of the highest-grossing movies of all time.

Among his movies in 1974 was Nan Mahan Alla (1974), directed by Muturman and produced by Balchander. He first appeared in a cameo role in the movie "Anbulla Rajinikanth". He played the trilogy in the movie "Johnny Johnny Janardhan".

He won the Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award for his performance in "Nallavanuku Nallavan".In his 100th film, Sri Raghavendra (1975), he played the role of the Hindu scholar Raghavendra Swami. 

In the late 1970s, Rajinikanth's "Nan Sigappu Manithan" (1965), "Padikkadavan" (1965), "Mr. Bharat" (196), "Velaikaran" (196), "Guru Shishya" (196), and "Dharmathin Thalaivan" ( 196) He acted in many hit movies like movies. 

In 1966, he starred in White Little's first English language film, Blood Stone (196). Rajinikanth ended the decade by starring in "Rajadhi" (1989), "Shiva" (1989), "Raja Chennai Roza", and "Mappillai" (1989), as well as some other Bollywood movies. "Raja Chennai Roza" is the first direct and animated film made in India.

Commercial star establishment, and acting career (1990-2001) 

In this decade, Rajinikanth established himself as a commercial entertainment giver. All the movies released this decade have been huge successes at the box office. He started this decade by participating in the movie "Panakkaran" (1990). He continued to act in Bollywood movies this decade as he did in the last decade. He co-starred with Amitabh Bachchan in "Hum" (1991).

As a result, he was encouraged to act in the movie "Badshah".In 1991, he co-starred with Moni Ratnam in the movie Thalapathi. Santa's epic Mahabharata era story is based on. The film was critically acclaimed and successful after its release. 

He then acted in many films remade in different languages, especially Hindi and Telugu films. "Annamalai" was released in 1992, based on the Hindi film "Khudgarj". "Mannan" was directed by P. Basu, and was a box office success.

 Rajinikanth first wrote the story for his first film, Valli (1993), in which he appeared as a special guest. He starred in the movie "Jejaman", where he played the role of a village chief named Vanavarya Na. His romantic-comedy "Bir" (1994) was controversial for its finale, but it became one of the highest-grossing movies of 1994. 

He teamed up with Suresh Krishna for the film "Language" (1995) and the film set a record in the film industry, which was acclaimed by fans and critics alike. This movie took him to the pinnacle of success as another popular actor. He also had a cameo role in the movie "Peddarayudhu". 

In the same year, he starred in another gangster movie "Aamir Khan" with "Aatank Hey Aatank", which was one of the movies starring him in the lead role till that time. 

Another commercially successful film directed by KS Ravikumar and directed by K Balchander is Muthu, the first Tamil film to be translated into Japanese. "Mutu - Oduru Maharaja". The film grossed a record 1.7 in 1998 in Japan, generating a huge number of Japanese fans. 

The Japanese- influenced American magazine News week commented in 1999 that "Rajinikanth has replaced Hollywood actor Leo Nado the Caprio in the Japanese fashion world." He entered the Bengali film industry in late 1995 by starring in the movie "Bhagya Devta".

Struggle, the resurgence, and restoration (2002-2010) 

After a hiatus, Rajinikanth starred in his own film "Baba" (2002). The film is based on the story of a man becoming a gangster. The film received less response than expected, and distributors suffered financial losses. Rajinikanth himself compensated the distributors. This movie has different opinions such as, "The flower was a rose" and "Gold is no more glitter". 

PMK leader S. Ramdos criticized her for her smoking style in the movie. He has been criticized for encouraging Tamil youth to smoke and drink. PMK workers went to the theater where the movie was shown, destroyed the film roll, and burnt it

Two years later, Rajinikanth was contracted to act in P. Basu's "Chandramukhi" (2005), a remake of the Malayalam film "Manichitrathayu". 

The film was a box office success after its release, and in 2006 it became the longest-running Tamil movie in theaters." Moonflower" was also translated into Turkish and German as Der Geisterjäger and was released in those countries, respectively. 

After Chandramukhi, AVM Productions reportedly made the largest collaborative Tamil film directed by S. Shankar and starring Rajinikanth. The movie is titled "Shivaji" and was released in the summer of 2006 after two years of acting and production. This is the first Tamil movie after its release box office in the UK and South Africa to top the "Top Ten" list.

The film, Rajinikanth for ₹ 60 million ( fall back to the US $ 3 And 62 million) in fees received him, Jackie Chan, after he established the second-highest parisramikagrahanakari nayaka rupe. While making"Shivaji", he hoped to make a computer-based movie called "Sultan: The Warrior". The film is slated to release in 2006, however, progress has been unknown for several years, although production has begun 

"Is there anything else to say that even at the age of 61, a man playing a hero becomes popular not only in South India but all over India? Superstar Rajini Anthiran proved once again that he is the best In a subtle way, the two characters make it clear that it also beats Hollywood actors. "                                                                                                                              Rediff in praise of Urjinikanth's Anthiran film

He again worked with P. Basu for the movie "Kuselan". Kathanayyakudu (2006), a remake of the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbal, is a Telugu film in which Rajinikanth, despite being a movie star and playing a big cameo in his own role, plays the protagonist's best friend. 

According to Rajinikanth's commentary, the film tells the story of his early life somewhere. However, the film did not do well at the box office, leaving distributors at a disadvantage. Rajinikanth also said that he will be working with "Pyramid Saimira" again in "Khushelan".

Rajinikanth again. Worked with Shankar again, for his science fiction movie "Endhiran". The film was released worldwide in 2010 and established itself as the most expensive Indian film in the world. Naturally this time, the film was identified as the highest-grossing Tamil film in India. Rajinikanth was paid Rs 450 million for the film.

Health and recent work (2011-present) 

In January 2011, Rajinikanth starred in the movie "Rana". Its producer is beauty Rajnikanth Bang director KS Ravikumar, who is working with Rajinikanth for the third time On April 29, 2011, during the main shooting of the movie, he vomited due to short food poisoning, leaving him feeling exhausted and lethargic. 

He was treated one day at St. Isabella's Hospital. Five days later, he again went to the same hospital for treatment for shortness of breath and fever. This time he was diagnosed with bronchitis and received one week of treatment, during which time he was treated in the intensive care unit. 

Many conflicting medical reports at the time of his discharge from the hospital provided information about the deterioration of his health, which Lata Rajinikanth continued to deny. 

This time, CNN-IBN gave a report titled "Rajinikanth is Dead", which topped Twitter and Google searches in India. Two days after the final release, Rajinikanth was admitted to the Sri Ramchandra Medical College and Research Institute on May 17, 2011. The hospital, however, continued Rajinikanth's treatment and kept his physical condition unchanged, and responded positively to the treatment. A hospital report strongly advised Rajinikanth to have a kidney transplant, so Dhanush refused. 

On May 21, 2011, "Aishwarya Rajinikanth" published a picture of her and Rajinikanth, the two of them showing good thumbs signals in a hospital bed, responding to the reaction of her fans to the wrong news. The hospital is off-limits to outside visitors. Rajinikanth's brother, 

Satyanarayana Rao Gaikwad, reports that he has lost weight rapidly due to his sudden illness and has changed his diet, as well as abstaining from alcohol and smoking. Rajinikanth's 4-minute audio message to the fans was circulated in the media. 

On the advice of Amitabh Bachchan, on May 21, 2011, he and his family moved from Chennai to Singapore and received Neurotherapy at Mount Elizabeth Hospital. 

In SingaporeAfter two weeks in the hospital, he was finally discharged from the hospital on 15 June 2011 and was discharged to Singapore until 13 July.

Rajinikanth's popular "Antharine" character, "Chitti", faced many obstacles in resuming the movie "Rana". 

In this role, he again acted as a guest artist in the Bollywood science fiction film "Ra-One" (2011) starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor.

In November 2011, it was decided to stop the production of "Rana" and to make a new film starring Rajinikanth in the lead role, "Kochahdayan", directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth and written by KS Ravikumar. A motion-capture movie starring Deepika Padukone is slated to release in April 2014. 

Popularity of Rajnikanth

Rajinikanth is recognized as the most popular actor in the media of his time. His popularity is said to be due to his "unique style of speech and expression in the film, as well as his political rhetoric and philanthropy". Many attribute his popularity to appearing in various films in a superhero roles bigger than his life and acting in a different style. Rajinikanth's popular style exists in almost every movie that leaves a message for other heroes. His dialogues were usually made to create novelty or to make the audience laugh, but these dialogues never failed to entertain the audience. Many in the media say that those who acted with Rajinikanth in his early life, such as "Gautam Tadimalla" and "Nayantara", have become popular for their performances with Rajinikanth.

The career life of Rajnikanth

Rajinikanth was born under the name Shivajirao Gaekwad as the fourth child of Marathi parents; his father was a police officer. He first worked as a bus conductor in Bangalore and went to Madras in 1974 to become an actor. There he attended the Madras Film Institute in Adyar / Taramani. He made his film debut in 1975 in a small role in SR Puttanna Kanagal's episode film Katha Sangama ( Munithayi in the third part ).

In the same year, he appeared in the film Apoorva Ragangal by K. Balachander for the first time under the pseudonym "Rajinikanth".

In his early films, he was in negative roles - often alongsideKamalahasan - cast and played machos, chauvinists, and porn producers. He developed his special acting style with his recurring trademark: flicking a cigarette in the air and catching it with his mouth. With make-up that hides his dark complexion, notorious overacting, and unnatural bursts of energy, he became a star in Tamil film by the late 1980s, whose popularity can only be compared to the MG Ramachandran's.

He made his Hindi film debut in 1983 alongside Amitabh Bachchan in Andha Kanoon. Both were seen together in Giraftaar (1985) and Hum (1991). 

In Tamil film, he experienced the peak of his career by the end of the 1990s and drastically reduced the number of his annual film appearances. He is now regarded as the most highly paid Indian actor. His film Chandramukhi (2005) was also dubbed in German.

In 2000 Rajinikanth was honored with the State Order Padma Bhushan, in 2016 he received the Padma Vibhushan.

Personal life of Rajnikanth

Family 

Rajinikanth married Lata Rangachari. Lata was a student at Ethiraj Women's College, who went to interview Rajinikanth for their college magazine. They were married on February 26, 1971, in Tripathi, Andhra Pradesh. They have two daughters, Aishwarya Rajinikanth and Saundarya Rajinikanth. His wife, Lata Rajinikanth, now runs a school called "Ashram".

His eldest daughter, Aishwarya married actor Dhanush on November 16, 2004, and they have two sons named Jatra and Linga. Her youngest daughter works as a director, producer, and graphic designer in the beauty, and film industry. She married industrialist Ashwin Kumar on September 3, 2010.

The religious consciousness 

Rajinikanth is a Hindu, a believer in soul and spiritual meditation. As a reader, he reads such books. He practices "yoga exercises" and " meditation ". Rajinikanth visited the temple before the release of each of his movies.

Before the release of Shivaji (2006), he visited the Trimula Venkasheshwar Temple 2006, and the following year, he visited Satya Sai Baba at the Prashanti Auction in Andhra Pradesh before the release of his film Kuselan. 

On some occasions, he donated to the Himalayan scholars. He is almost known as "Ramakrishna Parameshwar", "Swami Sachidanda", "Ragabendra Swami", "Mahavatar Babaji", And "Raman Maharishi The name was pronounced as his spiritual guru.

Awards and Honor received by Rajnikanth

Rajinikanth has won numerous awards for his films, especially Tamil films. He won the first Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award in 1984 for Nallavanuku Nallavan. He was later nominated for a Filmfare Award for his films Shivaji (2006) and Anthiran (2010). 

As of 2014, Rajinikanth has won six "Tamil State Film Awards" for his various films. He won numerous awards for his on-screen acting and storytelling and production work in films from the Cinema Express and the Filmfan Association. 

Rajinikanth won the Kalaimamani award in 1974 and the MGR award in 1989, both awarded by the Tamil Nadu government.

In 1995, he was awarded the Kalaichelvam Award by the South Indian Film Artists' Association.

In 200, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honor, by the Indian government. He was voted Best Entertainer of 2008 by NDTV, with Shah Rukh Khan on the list. The same year, the Maharashtra government awarded him the Raj Kapoor Award. 

She starred in Indian cinema at the 2010 Vijay AwardsHe was awarded the "Chevalier Sivaji Ganesha Award" for his contribution. Rajinikanth was named the most influential person in South Asia by Asiaweek." Forbes India," the 010 most influential figures in the report. 

In2011, NDTV awarded him the "Best Entertainer of the Decade" award. 

In December 2013, NDTV honored him as one of the "25 Best Living Legends". 

Rajinikanth has been named one of Southeast Asia's Most Influential Men by Asiaweek.

He has also won numerous awards for best actor for his performance in films.

Honorary Award 

• 1984: Kalaimamani Government of Tamil Nadu
• 1989: Honorary State Film Prize of Tamil Nadu - MGR Prize Government of Tamil Nadu
• 2000: Padma Bhushan of the Government of India
• 2007: Raj Kapoor Award from the Government of Maharashtra
• 2011: MGR-Sivaji Award Government of Tamil Nadu
• 2014: Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year for the Indian International Film Festival
• 2016: Padma Vibhushan from the Government of India
• 2016: National NTR Award
• 2019: Golden Jubilee Icon of IFFI International Film Festival India

NDTV Award 

• 2007: Indian Artist of the Year
• 2011: Artist of the decade
• 2011: Most Stylish Actor
• 2013: 25 Greatest Living Legends in the World

Price Cinema Express 

• 1984: Best actor for Nallavanuku Nallavan
• 1985: Best actor for Sri Raghavendra
• 1988: Best winner for Bloodstone
• 1991: Best actor for Thalapathy
• 1992: Best actor for Annamalai
• 1993: Best screenwriter for Valli
• 1995: Best actor for Baashha and Muthu

Price of the Association of movie fans 

• 1979: Best Actor for Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai
• 1982: Best actor for Enkeyo Ketta Kural
• 1984: Best actor for Nallavanuku Nallavan
• 1985: Best actor for Sri Raghavendra
• 1991: Best actor for Thalapathy
• 1992: Best actor for Annamalai
• 1993: Best screenwriter for Valli
• 1995: Best actor for Baashha and Muthu

Filmfare Awards South 

• 1984: Best actor for Nallavanukku Nallavan
• 2007: Nomination for best actor in Sivaji
• 2010: Nomination for best actor in Enthiran
• 2016: Nomination for best actor in Kabali

South Screen Award 

• 1995: Best actor for Peddarayudu

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 

• 1978: Special award for best actor for Mullum Malarum
• 1982: Special award for best actor for Moondru Mugam
• 1995: Best actor for Muthu
• 1999: Best actor for Padayappa
• 2005: Best actor for Chandramukhi
• 2007: Best actor for Sivaji

Prix Vijay Awards 

• 2007: Favorite hero for Sivaji
• 2010: Lifetime Achievement Sivaji Ganesan Knight Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema
• 2010: Best Villain and Favorite Hero for Enthiran
• 2014: Favorite hero for Lingaa

Filmography of Rajnikanth

 

List of films acted by Rajinikanth
Year	Film	Role(s)	Language(s)	Notes
1975	Apoorva Raagangal	Pandiyan	Tamil
1976	Katha Sangama	Kondaji	Kannada
	Anthuleni Katha	Murthy	Telugu
	Moondru Mudichu	Prasad	Tamil
	Baalu Jenu	Vasu	Kannada
1977	Avargal	Ramanathan	Tamil
	Kavikkuyil	Murugan	Tamil
	Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram	Veeraiyan	Tamil
	Chilakamma Cheppindi	Ravi	Telugu
	Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri	Sampath	Tamil
	Ondu Premada Kathe	Local school chairman	Kannada
	16 Vayathinile	Parati	Tamil
	Sahodarara Savala	Shekhar	Kannada
	Aadu Puli Attam	Rajini	Tamil
	Gayathri	Rajarathnam	Tamil
	Kumkuma Raksha	Murali	Kannada
	Aaru Pushpangal	Ravi	Tamil
	Tholireyi Gadichindi	Chitti Babu	Telugu
	Name Katha	Un­known	Telugu	Guest appearance
	Galate Samsara	Sundar	Kannada
1978	Shankar Salim Simon	Simon	Tamil
	Kiladi Kittu	Srikanth	Kannada
	Annadammula Savaal	Rangababu	Telugu
	Aayiram Jenmangal	Ramesh	Tamil
	Maathu Tappada Maga	Chandru	Kannada
	Mangudi Minor	Kumar	Tamil
	Bairavi	Mookaiah	Tamil
	Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu	Murali	Tamil
	Sadhurangam	Sundaresan	Tamil
	Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye	Joe	Tamil
	Vayasu Pilichindi	Murali	Telugu
	Mullum Malarum	Kaali	Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize
	Iraivan Kodutha Varam	Rajnikanth	Tamil
	Thappida Thala	Devu	Kannada
	Thappu Thalangal	Deva	Tamil
	Aval Appadithan	Thyagu	Tamil
	Thai Meethu Sathiyam	Babu	Tamil
	En Kelvikku Enna Bathil	Saravana	Tamil
	Paavathin Sambalam	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Justice Gopinath	Ravi	Tamil
	Priya	Ganesh	Tamil	Tamil–Kannada bilingual film
			Kannada
1979	Kuppathu Raja	Raja	Tamil
	Iddaru Asadhyule	Bhaskar	Telugu
	Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum	Kamruddin	Malayalam	Malayalam–Tamil bilingual film
	Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum		Tamil
	Ninaithale Inikkum	Deepak	Tamil	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film
	Andamaina Anubhavam	Dilip	Telugu
	Thaayillamal Naan Illai	Bichwa Bakri	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Dharma Yuddham	Vijay	Tamil
	Naan Vazhavaippen	Michael D'Souza	Tamil
	Tiger	Rashid	Telugu
	Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai	Santhanam	Tamil
	Annai Oru Aalayam	Vijay	Tamil	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film
	Amma Evarikkaina Amma		Telugu
1980	Billa	David Billa, Rajappa	Tamil
	Natchathiram	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Ram Robert Rahim	Inspector Ram	Telugu
	Anbukku Naan Adimai	Gopinath	Tamil
	Kaali	Kaali	Tamil	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film
			Telugu
	Mayadari Krishnudu	Krishnudu	Telugu
	Naan Potta Savaal	Ramu (Shiva)	Tamil
	Johnny	Johnny, Vidyasagar	Tamil
	Ellam Un Kairasi	Raja	Tamil
	Polladhavan	Manohar	Tamil
	Murattu Kaalai	Kaalaiyan	Tamil
1981	Thee	Rajashekar	Tamil
	Kazhugu	Raja	Tamil
	Thillu Mullu	Chandran (Indiran)	Tamil
	Garjanai	Vijay	Tamil	Tamil–Malayalam–Kannada multilingual film
	Garjanam		Malayalam
	Garjane		Kannada
	Netrikkan	Chakravarthi, Santhosh	Tamil
	Ranuva Veeran	Raghu	Tamil
1982	Pokkiri Raja	Ramesh, Raja	Tamil
	Thanikattu Raja	Suryaprakash	Tamil
	Ranga	Ranganathan	Tamil
	Puthukavithai	Anand	Tamil
	Nandri, Meendum Varuga	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Enkeyo Ketta Kural	Kumaran	Tamil
	Moondru Mugam	SP Alex Pandian, Arun, John	Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize
	Agni Sakshi	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance
1983	Paayum Puli	Bharani	Tamil
	Uruvangal Maralam	Himself (Raghavendrar)	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Thudikkum Karangal	Gopi	Tamil
	Andhaa Kaanoon	Vijay Kumar Singh	Hindi
	Thai Veedu	Raju	Tamil
	Sivappu Sooriyan	Vijay	Tamil
	Jeet Hamaari	Raju	Hindi
	Adutha Varisu	Kannan	Tamil
	Thanga Magan	Arun	Tamil
1984	Meri Adalat	Inspector Ashok	Hindi
	Naan Mahan Alla	Vishwanath	Tamil
	Thambikku Entha Ooru	Balu	Tamil
	Kai Kodukkum Kai	Kaalimuthu	Tamil
	Idhe Naa Savaal	Ramu (Shiva)	Telugu
	Anbulla Rajinikanth	Himself	Tamil
	Gangvaa	Gangvaa	Hindi
	Nallavanukku Nallavan	Manikkam	Tamil	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
	John Jani Janardhan	John Mendez / Janardhan Gupta / Jani	Hindi
1985	Nyayam Meere Cheppali	Aathmaram	Telugu	Guest appearance
	Naan Sigappu Manithan	Vijay	Tamil
	Mahaguru	Vijay "Mahaguru"	Hindi
	Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal	Ravi	Tamil
	Wafadaar	Ranga	Hindi
	Sri Raghavendrar	Sri Raghavendrar	Tamil
	Geraftaar	Hussain	Hindi	Guest appearance
	Yaar?	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Bewafai	Ranveer	Hindi
	Padikkadavan	Rajendran	Tamil
1986	Mr. Bharath	Bharath	Tamil
	Naan Adimai Illai	Vijay	Tamil
	Jeevana Poratam	Ravi	Telugu
	Viduthalai	Raja	Tamil
	Bhagwaan Dada	Bhagwan Dada	Hindi
	Kodai Mazhai	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Asli Naqli	Birju Ustad	Hindi
	Dosti Dushmani	Ranjeet	Hindi
	Maaveeran	Raja (Maaveeran)	Tamil	Also co-producer
1987	Daku Hasina	Mangal Singh	Hindi	Special appearance
	Velaikaran	Raghupathi	Tamil
	Insaaf Kaun Karega	Vikram Singh	Hindi
	Oorkavalan	Kangeyan	Tamil
	Manithan	Raja	Tamil
	Manathil Urudhi Vendum	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Uttar Dakshin	Shankar	Hindi
1988	Tamacha	Vikram Pratap Singh	Hindi
	Guru Sishyan	Raja (Guru)	Tamil
	Dharmathin Thalaivan	Balasubramanian, Shankar	Tamil
	Bloodstone	Shyam Sabu	English
	Kodi Parakkuthu	DCP Erode Shivagiri (Dhadha)	Tamil
1989	Rajadhi Raja	Rajashekar, Chinnarasu	Tamil
	Gair Kaanooni	Adam Khan, Azam Khan	Hindi	Special appearance
	Siva	Siva (Tiger)	Tamil
	Raja Chinna Roja	Raja (Kumar)	Tamil
	Mappillai	Aarumugam	Tamil
	Bhrashtachar	Abdul Sattar	Hindi	Special appearance
	ChaalBaaz	Jaggu	Hindi
1990	Panakkaran	Muthu	Tamil
	Periya Idathu Pillai	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Athisaya Piravi	Kaalai, Balu	Tamil
1991	Dharma Durai	Dharma Durai	Tamil
	Hum	Kumar Malhotra	Hindi
	Farishtay	Ranoji Rao Shivaji Rao Gaekwad Jadichmul Arjun Thange	Hindi
	Khoon Ka Karz	Kishan	Hindi
	Phool Bane Angaray	Ranjeet Singh	Hindi
	Nattukku Oru Nallavan	Inspector Subhash	Tamil	Tamil–Hindi bilingual film
	Shanti Kranti		Hindi
	Thalapathi	Surya	Tamil
1992	Mannan	Krishnan	Tamil	Also playback singer
	Tyagi	Shankar G. "Dadhu" Dayal	Hindi
	Annaamalai	Annaamalai	Tamil
	Pandian	Pandian IPS	Tamil
1993	Insaniyat Ke Devta	Anwar	Hindi
	Yajaman	Kanthavelu Vaanavarayan (Yajaman)	Tamil
	Uzhaippali	Thamizharasan (Tamilazhagan)	Tamil
	Valli	Veeraiyan	Tamil	Also producer and screenwriter
1994	Veera	Muthuveerappan	Tamil
1995	Baashha	Manikkam (Manik Baashha)	Tamil
	Pedarayudu	Paparayudu	Telugu
	Aatank Hi Aatank	Munna	Hindi
	Muthu	Muthu, Zamindar	Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
	Bhagya Debata	Singer	Bengali	Special appearance
1997	Arunachalam	Arunachalam, Vedachalam	Tamil
1999	Padayappa	Aarupadayappan	Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
2000	Bulandi	Ghajraj Thakur	Hindi
2002	Baba	Baba, Mahavatar Babaji (voice only)	Tamil	Also producer and screenwriter
2005	Chandramukhi	Dr Saravanan, Vettaiyan Raja	Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
2007	Sivaji: The Boss	Sivaji (M. G. Ravichandran)	Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
2008	Kuselan	Ashok Kumar	Tamil	Extended guest appearance Tamil–Telugu bilingual film
	Kathanayakudu		Telugu
2010	Enthiran	Vaseegaran, Chitti	Tamil	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
2011	Ra.One	Chitti	Hindi	Special appearance
2014	Kochadaiiyaan	Kochadaiiyaan, Rana, Sena	Tamil	Also playback singer
	Lingaa	Raja Lingeswaran, Lingaa	Tamil
2016	Kabali	Kabaleeswaran	Tamil	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
2017	Cinema Veeran	Himself (voice-over)	Tamil	Documentary film, Narrator
2018	Kaala	Karikaalan (Kaala)	Tamil
	2.0	Vaseegaran, Chitti, Kutty	Tamil
2019	Petta	Petta Velan (Kaali)	Tamil
2020	Darbar	Aaditya Arunachalam	Tamil
2021	Annaatthe	Kaalaiyan	Tamil
	Thalaivar 169		Tamil