RAJINIKANT

TAMIL SUPERSTAR RAJNIKANT

Prof. ANJALI TALREJA

Presented By:

NISHIT PATIL 71

NOUMAN KHAN 72

PARESH JAIN 73

PARVAZ SHAIKH 74

PRASHANT VERMA 75
CHILDHOOD
 CHILDHOOD
 NAME-SHIVAJI RAO GAEKWAAD

  BORN - 12TH DECEMBER 1949 MARATHA FAMILY

KARNATAKA.

 PARENTS- RAMOJIRAO GAEKWAD (FATHER) AND

JIJABAI (MOTHER).

 SCHOOL-ACHARYA PAATHSHALA BANGALORE .

 Early Life
Struggled Because Of Poverty.

Took Up Various Jobs Before Acting.

Carpenter, Coolie, And Finally Conductor In Bmtc.

Practised Stunts At Rama Hanuman Temple.

Joined Madras Film Institute.

Started Attending Theatre.

 PERSONAL LIFE
TIED NOT WITH LATHA
FEBRUARY 26, 1981.
TWO DAUGHTERS - AISHWARYA AND SAUNDARYA
 AISHWARYA IS MARRIED TO TAMIL ACTOR DHANUSH.
 SAUNDARYA IS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND ALSO WORKS
AS A FILM DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER.
 WORKED WITH HER FATHER IN A NUMBER OF TAMIL
FILMS, INCLUDING ‘SIVAJI - THE BOSS’ AND
‘CHANDRAMUKHI’.
 Debut in films

 “KATHA SANGAMA”, IN 1975. 

 APOORVA RAGAANGAL (tamil film which brought
him to limelight).
 Offered villain roles in early life
 Unique style and brand of villainy allured the movie
buffs to his films during the period.
 Journey to stardom
 Unique style and dialogue delivery
 Superlative style of acting and action proved
to be something beyond comparison.
 Not seen in his peers in the film industry, and
continue to be unmatched till date.
 Uncanny knack of delivering “punch”
dialogues, which strikes straight at the souls of
the masses.

BLOCKBUSTERS
“THALAPATHI” (1991)
 , “ANNAMALAI” (1992),
 “EJAMAN” (1993),
 “MUTHU” (1995),
 “BASHA” (1995),
 “ARUNACHALAM” (1997)
 , PADAIYAPPA (1999),
 CHANDRAMUKHI (2005),
 “SIVAJI - THE BOSS” (2007)
 “KUSELAN” (2008)
 . “SIVAJI - THE BOSS”, THE BIG-BUDGET SUPER HIT MOVIE OF 2007, MADE
RAJNIKANTH THE HIGHEST PAID ACTOR IN INDIA. HE CHARGED A WHOOPING
RS 25 CRORE FOR ACTING IN THE MOVIE. 
 BOLLYWOOD

• ONE OF FEW SOUTH ACTORS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS

IN BOLLYWOOD
• DEBUT IN“ANDHA KANOON” (1983)
• Geraftaar (1985),
• Uttar Dakshan (1987)
• Chaalbaaz (1989) and
• Hum (1991).
• Rajnikanth was much more noticed in his
subsequent Hindi movies and appreciated as well.
Politics
 Entry Into Politics

•FEW FANS IN COIMBATORE STARTED THEIR
OWN POLITICAL PARTY IN 2008 FOR RAJINIKANTH,

 THE PARTY WAS NAMED THE DESIYA DRAVADAR

MAKKAL MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM (DDMMK).

 RAJINIKANTH WROTE AN OPEN LETTER TO THE

MEDIA AND DECLARED THAT HE HAD NO
CONNECTION WITH THESE EVENT.
 Comeback

 Many people within the industry had written Rajinikanth off after the B
fiasco essentially saying

"the bloom was off the rose" and "the gold does not glitter anymore".

 In essence, many viewed Chandramukhi as Rajinikanth's

comeback film, his make or break movie and in the end

 When it was released on April 14, 2005, it went on to create new

box office records and smashed his own previous records
 BACK WITH A BANG
• SOME OF HIS COMEBACK MOVIES
SIVAJI

SIVAJI ROBOT
ENTHIRAN ROBOT
 ENTHIRAN ROBOT
FACTS
 A BLOCKBUSTER HIT

 Enthiran grossed 62 crore from all versions in the first

weekend, and 117 crore in the first week,

 thus becoming the first Indian film to cross this mark in a week

 The film netted 60 crore in Tamil Nadu, 30 crore in Andhra

Pradesh , 8 crore in Kerala and 4 crore in Karnataka
 CONTROVERSIES
 2002-Rajnikant Own Hunger Strike for agitating the state of
Karnataka to release Kaveri River water into Tamil Nadu

 Condemned For Smoking And Posing With Beedis In His Film

Baba

 Criticised For Spoiling Tamil Youth By Glorifying Smoking And

Drinking.

 Director Bharathi Raja, had stated that Rajinikanth was on the

verge of dividing the film industry
 Popularity
• Rajinikanth's popularity mostly originates from his uniquely styled
dialogues and mannerisms in films, as well as his political statements
and philanthropy.

• Chandramukhi is notable for being the longest-running Tamil film in

India, playing for a total of over 800 days

• Sivaji was instrumental in making one of the largest releases for an

Indian film in the world; the film entered the list of top ten films of
the United Kingdom upon release.

• Robot was a huge hit all over india.early morning shows at 2 were
organised and it was housefull .BROKE HIS OWN RECORDS IN SOUTH.
 Awards and honours

He was named and honoured with the Padma Bhushan award, India's third highest
civilian honour, in 2000 from the Government of India

Received his first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor in 1984 for
Nallavanuku Nallavan

He later received Filmfare Award nominations for his performances in

Muthu (1995) and Sivaji (2007)

Rajinikanth also received Tamil Nadu State Film Awardsin the Best Actor category
for his roles in Moondru Mugam (1982), Muthu (1995), Padayappa
(1999), Chandramuki (2005), and Sivaji (2007).

He was selected as the Indian Entertainer of the Year for 2007 by
NDTV, competing against the likes of Shahrukh Khan
 First Day First Show
 Rajinikanth gets his very own credits styling. The screen will say
‘Superstar’, then his name will follow: ‘Rajini’

 Every member of the theatre audience is standing up,chanting

‘Thalaivar! Thalaivar!’
 Then he will make his entrance: First we’ll see the underside of his
shoe
 Then the camera moves above ground and pauses
 After that we see, at the foot of the screen, the regional
distributor, the multiplex manager, and a few other dignitaries