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TAMIL SUPERSTAR RAJNIKANT RAJINIKANT
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 .
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.
Early Life
PERSONAL LIFE
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’.
TIED NOT WITH LATHA FEBRUARY 26, 1981.
Debut in films
“KATHA SANGAMA”, IN 1975. APOORVA RAGAANGAL (tamil film which brought
him to limelight).Offered villain roles in early lifeUnique style and brand of villainy allured the
movie buffs to his films during the period.
Journey to stardom
Unique style and dialogue deliverySuperlative 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
• 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.
Entry Into Politics
Comeback
Many people within the industry had written Rajinikanth off after the Baba 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
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
ENTHIRAN ROBOT
CONTROVERSIES 2002-Rajnikant Own Hunger Strike for agitating the state ofKarnataka 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 categoryfor 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 byNDTV, 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’
Then he will make his entrance: First we’ll see the underside of his shoe
Then the camera moves above ground and pauses
Every member of the theatre audience is standing up,chanting ‘Thalaivar! Thalaivar!’
After that we see, at the foot of the screen, the regional distributor, the multiplex manager, and a few other dignitaries