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Rajinikanth at the audio release of Kochadaiiyaan (2014)

Rajinikanth is an Indian film actor who has acted in more than 150 films, predominantly in Tamil cinema.[1] He began his film career by playing antagonistic characters and slowly graduated to a lead actor. After starring in numerous commercially-successful films throughout the 1980s and 90s, he has continued to hold a matinée idol status in the popular culture of Tamil Nadu. He has also worked in other film industries such as Bollywood, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, and the United States.[2]

After acting in plays while working as a bus conductor in the erstwhile Bangalore Transport Service,[3][4] Rajinikanth moved to Madras (now Chennai) in 1973 and joined the Madras Film Institute to pursue a diploma in acting. While performing in a stage play at the institute, he got noticed by the Tamil film director K. Balachander, who signed him for four films.[5] Rajinkanth made his debut with Balachander's 1975 Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal, in which he played a minor role.[6] The director's Anthuleni Katha (1976) was the first film saw him play a major role for the first time. Later that year, he was cast in a negative role in Moondru Mudichu, his first full-fledged role in Tamil. It was through this film that his style and mannerisms got noticed by the audience. The following year, he acted in 15 films, most of which had him in negative roles—Avargal, 16 Vayathinile, and Gayathri. However, he played positive roles in Chilakamma Cheppindi and S. P. Muthuraman's Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri (1977). The success of the latter brought the duo—Muthuraman and Rajinikanth—together for 24 more films till the early 1990s.[7] By the end of the decade, he became a popular actor in South Indian cinema.[8] Billa (1980), the Tamil remake of the Bollywood film Don (1978), had Rajinikanth playing dual roles and eventually became his first ever commercial success.[2][9] Thillu Mullu (1981), which was the remake of the Bollywood film Gol Maal (1979),[10] was Rajinikanth's first full-length comedy film; it broke the action hero mould for which he was known at that time.[9] Nallavanuku Nallavan (1984) won Rajinikanth his only Filmfare Award for Best Actor till date.[2]

Throughout the 1990s, Rajinikanth starred in a series of commercial films with most of them being successful. Muthu (1995), which was directed by K. S. Ravikumar and produced by Balachander, had Rajinikanth playing a father and son. It became the first Tamil film to be dubbed into Japanese, as Mutu: Odoru Maharaja.[11] The film grossed a record US$1.6 million in Japan in 1998 and was responsible for creating a large Japanese fan-base for the actor.[12] In the 2000s, Rajinikanth starred in Baba in 2002, for which he was also the scriptwriter and producer.[13] The film, however, fell short of market expectations and incurred heavy losses for the distributors. Rajinikanth himself repaid the losses.[14] Rajinikanth made a comeback with P. Vasu's Chandramukhi (2005), a remake of the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu (1993). Upon release the film was highly successful at the box-office and its theatrical run lasted 890 days at Sivaji Ganesan's family-owned Shanthi theatre, beating the 62-year record set by the 1944 film Haridas, which ran for 770 days at Chennai's Broadway Theatre.[15] It is the first Tamil film to be dubbed into German and Turkish.[16] Rajinikanth received a salary of ₹ 260 million for his role in the film Sivaji (2007), which made him the second highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan.[17] In 2010, he played the lead role in Enthiran, India's costliest film then. The film went on to become one of the highest grossing films ever made in India.[18] Rajinikanth played triple roles in the 2014 film Kochadaiiyaan. It was the first motion capture film to be made in India.[19]

Films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Language Director(s) Notes Ref.
1975 Apoorva Raagangal Pandiyan Tamil K. Balachander [20]
1976 Katha Sangama Kondaji Kannada Puttanna Kanagal [20]
1976 Anthuleni Katha Murthy Telugu K. Balachander [20]
1976 Moondru Mudichu Prasath Tamil K. Balachander [20]
1976 Baalu Jenu Vasu Kannada Balan,
Kunigal Nagabushan		 [20]
1977 Avargal Ramanathan Tamil K. Balachander [20]
1977 Kavikkuyil Murugan Tamil Devaraj Mohan [20]
1977 Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram Rajaram Tamil Durai [20]
1977 Chilakamma Cheppindi Ravi Telugu Eranki Sharma [20]
1977 Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri Sampath Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [20]
1977 Ondu Premada Kathe Unknown Kannada S. M. Joe Simon [20]
1977 16 Vayathinile Parattai Tamil P. Bharathiraja [20]
1977 Sahodarara Savaal Shekhar Kannada K. S. R. Das [21]
1977 Aadu Puli Attam Rajini Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [21]
1977 Gaayathri Rajarathinam Tamil R. Pattabhiraman [21]
1977 Kumkuma Rakshe Unknown Kannada S. K. A. Chari [21]
1977 Aarupushpangal Ravi Tamil K. M. Balakrishnan [21]
1977 Tholireyi Gadichindi Unknown Telugu K. S. Rami Reddy [21]
1977 Aame Katha Unknown Telugu K. Raghavendra Rao [21]
1977 Galate Samsara Sundar Kannada C. V. Rajendran [21]
1978 Shankar Salim Simon Simon Tamil P. Madhavan [21]
1978 Kiladi Kittu Srikanth Kannada K. S. R. Das [21]
1978 Annadammula Savaal Rangababu Telugu K. S. R. Das [21]
1978 Aayiram Jenmangal Ramesh Tamil Durai [21]
1978 Maathu Tappada Maga Chandru Kannada Peketi Sivaram [21]
1978 Mangudi Minor Kumar Tamil V. C. Guhanathan [21]
1978 Bairavi Mookaiyan Tamil M. Bhaskar Debut in lead role [21]
1978 Ilamai Oonjaladukirathu Murali Tamil C. V. Sridhar [21]
1978 Sadhurangam Kumaresan Tamil Durai [22]
1978 Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye Johnny Tamil A. C. Tirulokchandar [22]
1978 Vayasu Pilichindi Murali Telugu C. V. Sridhar [22]
1978 Mullum Malarum Kali Tamil J. Mahendran Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize [22]
1978 Iraivan Kodutha Varam Rajnikanth Tamil A. Bhimsingh [22]
1978 Thappida Thala Devu Kannada K. Balachander [22]
1978 Thappu Thalangal Deva Tamil K. Balachander [22]
1978 Aval Appadithan Thyagu Tamil C. Rudhraiya [22]
1978 Thai Meethu Sathiyam Babu Tamil Ramamurthy Thyagarajan [22]
1978 En Kelvikku Enna Bathil Solomon Tamil P. Madhavan [22]
1978 Paavathin Sambalam Himself Tamil Durai Guest appearance [22]
1978 Justice Gopinath Ravi Tamil Dasari Yoganand [22]
1978 Priya Ganesh Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [22]
1979 Priya Ganesh Kannada S. P. Muthuraman [22]
1979 Kuppathu Raja Raja Tamil Ramanna [22]
1979 Iddaru Asadhyule Inspector Bhaskar Telugu K. S. R. Das [22]
1979 Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum Kamruddin Malayalam I. V. Sasi [23]
1979 Ninaithale Inikkum Deepak Tamil K. Balachander [23]
1979 Andamaina Anubhavam Dileep Telugu K. Balachander [23]
1979 Thaayillamal Naan Illai Raja Tamil Ramamurthy Thyagarajan Guest appearance [23]
1979 Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum Kamruddin Tamil I. V. Sasi [23]
1979 Dharma Yuddam Raja Tamil R. C. Sakthi [23]
1979 Naan Vazhavaippen Michael D'Souza Tamil Dasari Yoganand [23]
1979 Tiger Rashid Telugu N. Ramesh [23]
1979 Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai Santhanam Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [23]
1980 Annai Oru Aalayam Vijay Tamil Ramamurthy Thyagarajan [23]
1980 Amma Evarikkaina Amma Vijay Telugu Ramamurthy Thyagarajan [23]
1980 Billa Billa,
Rajappa		 Tamil R. Krishnamurthy [23]
1980 Natchathiram Himself Tamil Dasari Narayana Rao Guest appearance [23]
1980 Ram Robert Rahim Ram Telugu Vijaya Nirmala [23]
1980 Anbukku Naan Adimai Gopinath Tamil Ramamurthy Thyagarajan [23]
1980 Kaali Kali Tamil I. V. Sasi [24]
1980 Mayadari Krishnudu Krishnudu Telugu Ramamurthy Thyagarajan [24]
1980 Naan Potta Saval Ram Tamil Puratchidasan [24]
1980 Johnny Johnny,
Vidyasagar		 Tamil J. Mahendran [24]
1980 Kaali Kaali Telugu I. V. Sasi [24]
1980 Ellam Un Kairasi Raja Tamil M. A. Thirumugam [24]
1980 Polladhavan Manohar Tamil Muktha V. Srinivasan [24]
1980 Murattu Kalai Kalaiyan Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [24]
1981 Thee Rajashekar Tamil R. Krishnamurthy [24]
1981 Kazhugu Raja Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [24]
1981 Thillu Mullu Chandran (Indran) Tamil K. Balachander [24]
1981 Garjanai Dr. Vijay Tamil C. V. Rajendran [24]
1981 Garjanam Dr. Vijay Malayalam C. V. Rajendran [24]
1981 Netrikan Chakravarthi,
Santosh		 Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [24]
1981 Gharjane Dr. Vijay Kannada C. V. Rajendran [24]
1981 Ranuva Veeran Raghu Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [24]
1982 Pokkiri Raja Raja,
Ramesh		 Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [25]
1982 Thanikattu Raja Suryaprakash Tamil V. C. Guhanathan [25]
1982 Ranga Ranganathan Tamil Ramamurthy Thyagarajan [25]
1982 Puthukavithai Anand Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [25]
1982 Nandri, Meendum Varuga Himself Tamil T. S. B. K. Moulee Guest appearance [25]
1982 Enkeyo Ketta Kural Kumaran Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [25]
1982 Moondru Mugam Alex Pandian,
Arun,
John		 Tamil A. Jagannathan Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize [25]
1982 Agni Sakshi Himself Tamil K. Balachander Guest appearance [25]
1983 Paayum Puli Bharani Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [25]
1983 Uruvangal Maralam Himself Tamil S. V. Ramanan Guest appearance [25]
1983 Thudikkum Karangal Gopi Tamil C. V. Sridhar [25]
1983 Andha Kanoon Vijayakumar Singh Hindi Tatineni Rama Rao [25]
1983 Thai Veedu Raju Tamil Ramamurthy Thyagarajan [25]
1983 Sivappu Sooriyan Vijay Tamil Muktha V. Srinivasan [25]
1983 Jeet Hamaari Raju Hindi Ramamurthy Thyagarajan [25]
1983 Adutha Varisu Kannan Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [26]
1983 Thanga Magan Arun Tamil A. Jagannathan [26]
1984 Meri Adaalat Inspector Ashok Hindi A. T. Raghu [26]
1984 Naan Mahan Alla Vishwanath Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [26]
1984 Thambikku Entha Ooru Balu Tamil Rajasekhar [26]
1984 Kai Kodukkum Kai Kaalimuthu Tamil J. Mahendran [26]
1984 Ethe Naasaval Ram Telugu Puratchidasan [26]
1984 Anbulla Rajinikanth Rajini Tamil K. Natraj [26]
1984 Gangvaa Gangvaa Hindi Rajasekhar [26]
1984 Nallavanuku Nallavan Manickam Tamil S. P. Muthuraman Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor
Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil 		[26]
1984 John Jani Janardhan John A. Mendez,
Janardhan B. Gupta,
Jani		 Hindi Tatineni Rama Rao [26]
1985 Nyayam Mere Cheppalli Unknown Telugu G. Rammohan Rao Guest appearance [27]
1985 Naan Sigappu Manithan Vijay Tamil S.A. Chandrasekhar [26]
1985 Mahaguru Vijay
(Maha Guru)		 Hindi S. S. Ravichandra [26]
1985 Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal Sub Inspector Ravi Tamil Balu Mahendra [26]
1985 Wafadaar Ranga Hindi Dasari Narayana Rao [26]
1985 Sri Raghavendra Raghavendra Swami Tamil S. P. Muthuraman Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil [27]
1985 Bewafai Ranvir Hindi Ramamurthy Thyagarajan [27]
1985 Geraftaar Inspector Hussain Hindi Prayag Raj Guest appearance [27]
1985 Yaar? Himself Tamil Sakthi–Kannan Cameo appearance [27]
1985 Padikkadavan Rajendran Tamil Rajasekhar [27]
1986 Mr. Bharath Bharath Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [27]
1986 Naan Adimai Illai Vijay Tamil Dwarakish [27]
1986 Jeevana Poratam Ravi Telugu T. Subbarami Reddy [27]
1986 Viduthalai Raja Tamil K. Vijayan [27]
1986 Bhagwaan Dada Bhagwan Dada Hindi J. Om Prakash [27]
1986 Kodai Mazhai Unknown Tamil Muktha S. Sundar Guest appearance [27]
1986 Asli Naqli Birju Ustad Hindi Sudarsan Nag [27]
1986 Dosti Dushmani Inspector Ranjith Hindi Tatineni Rama Rao [28]
1986 Maaveeran Raja Tamil Rajasekhar Also producer [28]
1987 Daku Hasina Mangal Singh Hindi Ashok Rao Special appearance [28]
1987 Velaikaran Raghupathi Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [28]
1987 Insaaf Kaun Karega Arjun Singh Hindi Sudarsan Nag [28]
1987 Oorkavalan Kangeyan Tamil Manobala [28]
1987 Manithan Raja Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [28]
1987 Manathil Uruthi Vendum Himself Tamil K. Balachander Guest appearance [28]
1987 Uttar Dakshin Shankran Hindi Prabhat Khanna [28]
1988 Tamacha Vikram Pratap Singh Hindi Ramesh Ahuja [28]
1988 Guru Sishyan Raja (Guru) Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [28]
1988 Dharmathin Thalaivan Balu,
Shankar		 Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [28]
1988 Bloodstone Shyam Sabu English Dwight H. Little [28]
1988 Kodi Parakuthu AC Sivagiri (Dhadha) Tamil P. Bharathiraja [28]
1989 Rajathi Raja Raja,
Chinnarasu		 Tamil R. Sundarrajan [28]
1989 Gair Kanooni Azam Khan Hindi Prayag Raj Special appearance [29]
1989 Siva Siva (Tiger) Tamil Ameerjan [29]
1989 Raja Chinna Roja Raja (Kumar) Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [29]
1989 Mappillai Aarumugam Tamil Rajasekhar [29]
1989 Bhrashtachar Abdul Sattar Hindi Ramesh Sippy Special appearance [29]
1989 Chaalbaaz Jaggu Hindi Pankaj Parashar [29]
1990 Panakkaran Muthu Tamil P. Vasu [29]
1990 Periya Idathu Pillai Himself Tamil Senthilnathan Guest appearance [29]
1990 Athisaya Piravi Balu
Kaalai		 Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [29]
1991 Dharma Dorai Dharma Durai Tamil Rajasekhar [29]
1991 Hum Kumar Malhotra Hindi Mukul S. Anand [29]
1991 Farishtay Inspector Arjun Tange Hindi Anil Sharma [29]
1991 Khoon Ka Karz Kishan Hindi Mukul S. Anand [29]
1991 Phool Bane Angaray Inspector Yashwant Singh Hindi K. C. Bokadia [29]
1991 Nattukku Oru Nallavan B. Subhash Tamil V. Ravichandran [29]
1991 Thalapathi Surya Tamil Mani Ratnam Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil [29]
1992 Mannan Krishnan Tamil P. Vasu [30]
1992 Tyagi Shankar,
Dadhu Dayal		 Hindi K. C. Bokadia [30]
1992 Annamalai Annamalai Tamil Suresh Krissna Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil [30]
1992 Pandiyan Pandiyan Tamil S. P. Muthuraman [30]
1993 Insaniyat Ke Devta Anwar Hindi K. C. Bokadia [30]
1993 Yejaman Kandhavelu Vaanavarayan Tamil R. V. Udayakumar [30]
1993 Uzhaippali Thamizharasan,
Thamizhazhagan		 Tamil P. Vasu [30]
1993 Valli Veeraiyan Tamil K. Natraj Cameo appearance
Also producer and screenwriter 		[30]
1994 Veera Muthuveerappan Tamil Suresh Krissna [30]
1995 Baashha Manickam (Manick Baashha) Tamil Suresh Krissna Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil [30]
1995 Peddarayudu Paapparayudu Telugu Ravi Raja Pinisetty Guest appearance [30]
1995 Aatank Hi Aatank Munna Hindi Dilip Shankar [30]
1995 Muthu Muthu,
Maharaja		 Tamil K. S. Ravikumar Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil 		[30]
1995 Bhagya Debata Unknown Bengali Raghuram Special appearance [30]
1997 Arunachalam Arunachalam,
Vedachalam		 Tamil Sundar C. [30]
1999 Padayappa Aarupadayappan Tamil K. S. Ravikumar Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor [30]
2000 Bulandi Ghajraj Thakur Hindi Tatineni Rama Rao Guest appearance [31]
2002 Baba Baba,
Mahavatar Babaji		 Tamil Suresh Krissna Also screenwriter and producer [31]
2005 Chandramukhi Dr. Saravanan &
Vettaiyan Raja		 Tamil P. Vasu Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor [31]
2007 Sivaji Sivaji Arumugam Tamil S. Shankar Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor 		[31]
2008 Kuselan Ashok Kumar Tamil P. Vasu Cameo appearance
Tamil–Telugu bilingual film		 [31]
2008 Kathanayakudu Telugu
2010 Enthiran Dr. Vaseegaran,
Chitti		 Tamil S. Shankar Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
Vijay Award for Best Villain
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor 		[31]
2011 Ra.One Chitti Hindi Anubhav Sinha Special appearance [31]
2014 Kochadaiiyaan Kochadaiiyaan,
Rana,
Sena		 Tamil Soundarya R. Ashwin [19]
2014 Lingaa Raja Lingeswaran,
Lingeswaran (Lingaa)		 Tamil K. S. Ravikumar Vijay Award for Favourite Hero [32]
2016 Kabali† Kabaliswaran Tamil Pa. Ranjith Filming [33]
TBA 2.0† Dr. Vaseegaran,
Chitti		 Tamil S. Shankar Filming [34]

See also

References

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