

Rajinikanth's Tamil gangster flick "Kabali" which discharges this week over the world is touted to be one of the greatest and willingly anticipated films of the year. He broke his own record when he was paid Rs 45 Crore for the Blockbuster film Endhiran(Robot). He got Rs 26 crore remuneration for his film sivaji which was a super hit and became the highest paid actor in India and second highest in Asia after Jackie Chan. Also to Bangalore however, is his favourite spot to hang out with his old buddies. Rajinikanth usually goes to the Himalayas after the release of his films. Thalapathi is also Rajini’s only film that was released by the Censor Board with a U/A certificate.īaasha, which released in 1995, established the actor as a superstar and broke several box-office records. The critically and commercially appreciated Thalapathi, which also starred Mammooty, was the first and only film in which Rajinikanth worked with noted director Mani Ratnam. In 1988, Rajinikanth made an appearance in the English action adventure Bloodstone. It also starred Hema Malini and Reena Roy, and Amitabh Bachchan had a special extended guest appearance. T Rama Rao's Andha Kanoon was Rajinikanth's first Bollywood film. Rajinikanth's first big commercial success was Billa, a remake of the 1978 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer, Don. After this, he collaborated with director Muthuraman in 25 movies. K Balachander gave Rajinikanth a relatively small role as an abusive husband of Srividya.Ī review from The Hindu noted that, "Newcomer Rajinikanth is dignified and impressive".Īfter playing several negative roles and characters with grey shades, his first positive role was in S P Muthuraman's Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri. Rajinikanth began his film career through the Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal (1975). 'Learn Tamil,' the director told Rajini before leaving.

Rajinikanth was noticed in a Kannada play at the Film Institute by director K Balachander. His most prominent role was that of Duryodhana. He started off his acting career with mythological Kannada plays. In 1973, he joined the Madras Film Institute to pursue a diploma in acting. He began acting in plays while working in the Bangalore Transport Service as a bus conductor. His mother was a housewife, and his father Ramoji Rao Gaekwad, a police constable, He was named Shivaji Rao Gaekwad after Chhatrapati Shivaji, a Maratha warrior King, and was brought up speaking Marathi at home and Kannada outside. ' Zanjeer' is the one more film of senior Bachchan that is under-production.Rajinikanth’s real name is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, Rajinikanth was born on 12 December 1950, in a Maratha family in Bangalore,Karnataka. It seems the reigning of Big B remakes is on in the tinsel town nowadays, as earlier films of Bachchan like ' Don' and ' Agneepath' were converted into remakes, which turned out to be blockbusters. On the other hand, Gada is also busy with the 3D remake of ' Sholay'. At present, he is working on Prateik Babbar and Amyra Dastur starrer ' Issaq'. Lastly, Kushal Gada produced the blockbuster ' Kahaani' featuring Vidya Balan.
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He even said that he is not very sure about which movie to start with, however, one of the films will definitely go on the floors by the next year.

It is hard to surpass the benchmark set by Amitabh Bachchan films in the industry, Gada added. The CMD of Pen India Pvt Ltd and B-Town filmmaker Kushal Gada verified this news mentioning that this deal has been proved wonderful. It was a double treat for all the Bachchan fans in the movie ' Aakhree Raasta', as Big B played double role in it opposite Sridevi and Jaya Prada. The viewers have seen Southern superstar Rajinikanth featuring alongside the veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan in the film ' Andhaa Kaanoon'. Well, it would be interesting to see the remakes of these two Amitabh Bachchan classics. As per the latest news, Bollywood producer Kushal Gada has purchased the rights of yesteryear super hit flicks ' Andhaa Kaanoon' and ' Aakhree Raasta'. As B-Town is flooded with the bunch of old and cult remakes, the list is getting long and long.
