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