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data-title="ৰজনীকান্ত" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">অসমীয়া</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4" title="রজনীকান্ত – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="রজনীকান্ত" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="रजनीकांत – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="रजनीकांत" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target">भोजपुरी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Rajinikanth" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rajinikanth" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="रजनीकान्त – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="रजनीकान्त" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target">डोटेली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Rajinikanth" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA" title="راجینیکانت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="راجینیکانت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Rajinikanth" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A4" title="રજનીકાંત – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="રજનીકાંત" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target">ગુજરાતી</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%EC%A7%80%EB%8B%88%EC%B9%B8%ED%8A%B8" title="라지니칸트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="라지니칸트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Rajinikanth" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hausa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="रजनीकान्त – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="रजनीकान्त" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Rajinikanth" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Rajinikanth" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D" title="ರಜನೀಕಾಂತ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ರಜನೀಕಾಂತ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="रजनीकान्त – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="रजनीकान्त" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target">मैथिली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D" title="രജിനികാന്ത് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="രജിനികാന്ത്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="रजनीकांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="रजनीकांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AB" title="راجنيكانث – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="راجنيكانث" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Rajinikanth" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%96%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%9F%EA%AF%A0" title="ꯔꯥꯖꯅꯤꯀꯥꯟꯠ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯔꯥꯖꯅꯤꯀꯥꯟꯠ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target">ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Rajinikanth" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="रजनीकान्त – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="रजनीकान्त" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="रजनीकान्त – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="रजनीकान्त" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाल भाषा</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88" title="ラジニカーント – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ラジニカーント" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Rajinikanth" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%9C%E0%AC%A8%E0%AD%80%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%A8%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%A4" title="ରଜନୀକାନ୍ତ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ରଜନୀକାନ୍ତ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target">ଓଡ଼ିଆ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A4" title="ਰਜਨੀਕਾਂਤ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਰਜਨੀਕਾਂਤ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a 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Government Film and Television Training Institute">Adyar Film Institute</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">Actor</a></li> <li>Film producer</li> <li>Screenwriter</li> <li>Playback singer</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1975–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Works</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth_filmography" title="Rajinikanth filmography">Full list</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Latha_Rajinikanth" title="Latha Rajinikanth">Latha Rajinikanth</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1981)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aishwarya_R._Dhanush" class="mw-redirect" title="Aishwarya R. Dhanush">Aishwarya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soundarya_Rajinikanth" title="Soundarya Rajinikanth">Soundarya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data">See <a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Indian_film_families#Rajinikanth_family" title="List of South Indian film families">Rajinikanth family</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a> (2019)<a href="#cite_note-DS-2">[2]</a> <a href="/wiki/NTR_National_Award" title="NTR National Award">NTR National Award</a> (2016) <a href="/wiki/Kalaimamani" title="Kalaimamani">Kalaimamani</a> (1984) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Rajinikanth" title="List of awards and nominations received by Rajinikanth">See full list</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Honours</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> (2016)<a href="#cite_note-pv-3">[3]</a> <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> (2000)</td></tr></tbody></table> Shivaji Rao Gaikwad<a href="#cite_note-4">[a]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[4]</a> (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth,<a href="#cite_note-7">[b]</a> is an Indian actor who predominantly works in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_cinema" title="Tamil cinema">Tamil cinema</a>.<a href="#cite_note-8">[6]</a> In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films<a href="#cite_note-KO-9">[c]</a> that includes films in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>. He is widely regarded to be one of the most successful and popular actors in the history of <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_India" title="Cinema of India">Indian cinema</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[9]</a> Known for his uniquely styled mannerism and one liners in films, he has a huge fan base and a <a href="/wiki/Cult_following" title="Cult following">cult following</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> honoured him with the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> in 2000 and the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> in 2016, India's third and second highest <a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_India" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of India">civilian honours</a> respectively, and the <a href="/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a> in 2019, the highest Indian award in the field of cinema, for his contributions to Indian cinema.<a href="#cite_note-CivilIndiaAwards-13">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-The_Hindu-14">[11]</a> He has won numerous film awards including seven <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Awards" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Awards">Tamil Nadu State Film Awards</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Nandi_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Nandi Award">Nandi Award</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Award South">Filmfare Award</a> and two <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_State_Film_Awards" title="Maharashtra State Film Awards">Maharashtra State Film Awards</a>. Following his debut in <a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a>'s 1975 Tamil drama <a href="/wiki/Apoorva_Raagangal" title="Apoorva Raagangal">Apoorva Raagangal</a>, Rajinikanth's acting career commenced with a brief phase of portraying antagonistic characters in Tamil films. His major positive role as a scorned lover in <a href="/wiki/S._P._Muthuraman" title="S. P. Muthuraman">S. P. Muthuraman</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bhuvana_Oru_Kelvi_Kuri" title="Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri">Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri</a> (1977), 1978's <a href="/wiki/Mullum_Malarum" title="Mullum Malarum">Mullum Malarum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aval_Appadithan" title="Aval Appadithan">Aval Appadithan</a> received him critical acclaim; the former earned him a <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_Special_Prize" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize">Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize</a> for Best Actor.<a href="#cite_note-IE1-15">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[13]</a> By the end of the decade, he had worked in all <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_South_India" title="Cinema of South India">South Indian film industries</a> and established a career in Tamil cinema. He then played <a href="/wiki/Dual_role" title="Dual role">dual roles</a> in the action thriller <a href="/wiki/Billa_(1980_film)" title="Billa (1980 film)">Billa</a> (1980), a remake of the Hindi film <a href="/wiki/Don_(1978_film)" title="Don (1978 film)">Don</a> (1978). It was his biggest commercial success to that point, earned him stardom and gave him the <a href="/wiki/Action_hero" title="Action hero">action hero</a> image.<a href="#cite_note-17">[14]</a> He starred in triple role in <a href="/wiki/Moondru_Mugam" title="Moondru Mugam">Moondru Mugam</a> (1982), which earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards ceremony. The following year, he made his <a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi film</a> debut with <a href="/wiki/T._Rama_Rao" title="T. Rama Rao">T. Rama Rao</a>'s top grossing <a href="/wiki/Andhaa_Kaanoon" title="Andhaa Kaanoon">Andhaa Kaanoon</a> (1983).<a href="#cite_note-18">[15]</a> <a href="/wiki/Nallavanukku_Nallavan" title="Nallavanukku Nallavan">Nallavanukku Nallavan</a> (1984) won him that year's <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil">Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Zee_News-19">[16]</a> In the latter half of the 1980s, he starred in several successful films in Tamil and Hindi, including <a href="/wiki/Geraftaar" title="Geraftaar">Geraftaar</a> (1985), <a href="/wiki/Padikkadavan_(1985_film)" title="Padikkadavan (1985 film)">Padikkadavan</a> (1985), <a href="/wiki/Mr._Bharath" title="Mr. Bharath">Mr. Bharath</a> (1986), <a href="/wiki/Dosti_Dushmani" title="Dosti Dushmani">Dosti Dushmani</a> (1986), <a href="/wiki/Velaikkaran_(1987_film)" title="Velaikkaran (1987 film)">Velaikaran</a> (1987), <a href="/wiki/Manithan_(1987_film)" title="Manithan (1987 film)">Manithan</a> (1987), <a href="/wiki/Dharmathin_Thalaivan" title="Dharmathin Thalaivan">Dharmathin Thalaivan</a> (1988) and <a href="/wiki/ChaalBaaz" title="ChaalBaaz">ChaalBaaz</a> (1989).<a href="#cite_note-20">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[19]</a> In 1991, <a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a>'s Tamil crime film <a href="/wiki/Thalapathi" title="Thalapathi">Thalapathi</a>, earned him major critical acclaim for his performance.<a href="#cite_note-TOI-23">[20]</a> He collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Suresh_Krissna" title="Suresh Krissna">Suresh Krissna</a> for many films including <a href="/wiki/Annaamalai" title="Annaamalai">Annaamalai</a> (1992) and <a href="/wiki/Baashha" title="Baashha">Baashha</a> (1995); the latter was the biggest commercial success in his career yet as well as the highest-grossing film in Tamil for many years.<a href="#cite_note-IE2-24">[21]</a> His other success includes <a href="/wiki/P._Vasu" title="P. Vasu">P. Vasu</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mannan_(film)" title="Mannan (film)">Mannan</a> (1992), <a href="/wiki/Uzhaippali" title="Uzhaippali">Uzhaippali</a> (1993) and <a href="/wiki/K._S._Ravikumar" title="K. S. Ravikumar">K. S. Ravikumar</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Muthu_(film)" title="Muthu (film)">Muthu</a> (1995) and <a href="/wiki/Padayappa" title="Padayappa">Padayappa</a> (1999); the latter which went on to become his and Tamil cinema's highest-grossing movie, exceeding Baashha.<a href="#cite_note-tribune-25">[22]</a> After a few years of hiatus, he returned to acting with the <a href="/wiki/Comedy_horror" title="Comedy horror">comedy horror</a> film <a href="/wiki/Chandramukhi" title="Chandramukhi">Chandramukhi</a> (2005); it went on to become again the highest-grossing Tamil film. His next, <a href="/wiki/S._Shankar" title="S. Shankar">S. Shankar</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sivaji_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivaji (film)">Sivaji</a> (2007) was the third Indian film and the first ever <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> film to enter the <a href="/wiki/100_Crore_Club" title="100 Crore Club">100 Crore Club</a>. He then played dual role as a scientist and an <a href="/wiki/Android_(robot)" title="Android (robot)">andro-humanoid robot</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_film" title="Science fiction film">science fiction film</a> <a href="/wiki/Enthiran" title="Enthiran">Enthiran</a> (2010) and its sequel <a href="/wiki/2.0_(film)" title="2.0 (film)">2.0</a> (2018), both being <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_Indian_films" title="List of most expensive Indian films">India's most expensive productions at the time of their release</a> and among the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Indian_films" title="List of highest-grossing Indian films">highest-grossing Indian films of all time</a>.<a href="#cite_note-27">[d]</a> In 2023, his most recent blockbuster <a href="/wiki/Jailer_(2023_Tamil_film)" title="Jailer (2023 Tamil film)">Jailer</a>, made a significant impact in the Tamil film industry, earning over ₹600 crore and establishing him as the sole actor with two ₹500 crore grosser films in the industry.<a href="#cite_note-:BO-28">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-29">[25]</a> Rajinikanth was also named one of the most influential persons in South Asia by <a href="/wiki/Asiaweek" title="Asiaweek">Asiaweek</a>.<a href="#cite_note-mass_popularity-30">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-i1-31">[27]</a> He was also named by <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a> India as the most influential Indian of the year 2010.<a href="#cite_note-Now,_a_film_on_Rajinikanth's_life-32">[28]</a> In 2024, Rajinikanth received <a href="/wiki/UAE_Golden_Visa" title="UAE Golden Visa">UAE Golden Visa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[29]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_background">Early life and background</h2></div> Rajinikanth was born as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad on 12 December 1950 in a <a href="/wiki/Marathi_people" title="Marathi people">Marathi</a> family in <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mysore_State" title="Mysore State">Mysore State</a> (present day <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction-34">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-shivaji-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-birth-35">[31]</a> His mother was a homemaker,<a href="#cite_note-37">[e]</a> and his father Ramoji Rao Gaekwad was a police constable.<a href="#cite_note-shivaji-1">[1]</a> His ancestors hailed from <a href="/wiki/Mavadi_Kadepathar" title="Mavadi Kadepathar">Mavadi Kadepathar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pune_district" title="Pune district">Pune district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>.<a href="#cite_note-38">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[34]</a> He is the youngest of four siblings in a family consisting of two elder brothers (Satyanarayana Rao and Nageshwara Rao) and a sister (Aswath Balubhai).<a href="#cite_note-40">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction-34">[30]</a> After his father's retirement from work in 1956, the family moved to the suburb of <a href="/wiki/Hanumanthanagar,_Bengaluru" title="Hanumanthanagar, Bengaluru">Hanumantha Nagar</a> in Bangalore and built a house there.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction-34">[30]</a> He lost his mother at the age of nine.<a href="#cite_note-41">[36]</a> Rajinikanth had his primary education at the Gavipuram Government Kannada Model Primary School in Bangalore.<a href="#cite_note-Primary-42">[37]</a> As a child, he was "studious and mischievous" with a great interest in cricket, football and basketball. During this time, his brother enrolled him at the <a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Math" title="Ramakrishna Math">Ramakrishna Math</a>, a Hindu monastery set up by the <a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Mission" title="Ramakrishna Mission">Ramakrishna Mission</a>. In the math, he was taught <a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a>, tradition and history, which eventually instilled a sense of spirituality in him.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._1-43">[38]</a> In addition to spiritual lessons, he also began acting in plays at the math. His aspiration towards theatre grew at the math and was once given an opportunity to enact the role of <a href="/wiki/Ekalavya" title="Ekalavya">Ekalavya</a>'s friend from the Hindu epic <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>. His performance in the play received praise from the Kannada poet <a href="/wiki/D._R._Bendre" title="D. R. Bendre">D. R. Bendre</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Introduction-34">[30]</a> After sixth grade, Rajinikanth was enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/Acharya_Pathasala_Public_School" title="Acharya Pathasala Public School">Acharya Pathasala Public School</a> and studied there till completion of his <a href="/wiki/Pre-university_course" title="Pre-university course">pre-university course</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._1-43">[38]</a> During his schooling at the Acharya Pathasala, he spent a lot of time acting in plays. Upon completion of his school education, Rajinikanth performed several jobs including that of a <a href="/wiki/Coolie" title="Coolie">coolie</a>,<a href="#cite_note-44">[39]</a> before getting a job in the <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_Metropolitan_Transport_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation">Bangalore Transport Service</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Bus_conductor" title="Bus conductor">bus conductor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bmtc-45">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[41]</a> He continued to take part in plays after the Kannada playwright Topi Muniappa offered him a chance to act in one of his mythological plays. He decided to take up an acting course in the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Film_and_Television_Institute_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu">Madras Film Institute</a> after coming across an advertisement.<a href="#cite_note-MM1-47">[42]</a> Although his family was not fully supportive of his decision to join the institute,<a href="#cite_note-MM1-47">[42]</a> his friend and co-worker Raj Bahadur motivated him to join the institute and financially supported him during this phase.<a href="#cite_note-48">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[44]</a> During his stay at the institute, he was noticed by the Tamil film director <a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Rajini-50">[45]</a> Balachander provided Rajinikanth with his stage name to avoid confusion with fellow actor <a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a>, having taken it from a character's name in his earlier film <a href="/wiki/Major_Chandrakanth_(1966_film)" title="Major Chandrakanth (1966 film)">Major Chandrakanth</a>.<a href="#cite_note-51">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-52">[47]</a> The <a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">director</a> advised him to learn to speak <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, a recommendation that Rajinikanth quickly followed.<a href="#cite_note-53">[48]</a> Although he can read the language, he cannot write in it.<a href="#cite_note-54">[49]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acting_career">Acting career</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth_filmography" title="Rajinikanth filmography">Rajinikanth filmography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1974–1977:_Early_career">1974–1977: Early career</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:25em; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> "Rajinikanth claims that I am his school. But I must admit that this wasn't the Rajinikanth I introduced. He has evolved on his own merits and strengths. I gave him an opportunity and unveiled him to the world. He went and conquered it." </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">— K. Balachander about Rajinikanth<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHindu201212-55">[50]</a></cite></div> </div> Rajinikanth began his film career with the Tamil film <a href="/wiki/Apoorva_Raagangal" title="Apoorva Raagangal">Apoorva Raagangal</a> (1975), directed by <a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a>.<a href="#cite_note-firstbreak-56">[51]</a> He was cast in a small role as the ex-husband of the female lead played by <a href="/wiki/Srividya" title="Srividya">Srividya</a>.<a href="#cite_note-firstbreak-56">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-pioneer-57">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-express-58">[53]</a> The film explored <a href="/wiki/Age_disparity_in_sexual_relationships" title="Age disparity in sexual relationships">relationships between people with wide age differences</a> and was deemed controversial upon release.<a href="#cite_note-59">[54]</a> However, it received critical acclaim and won three <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> including the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_in_Tamil" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil">Award for the Best Tamil Feature</a> at the <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards">23rd National Film Awards</a> in 1976.<a href="#cite_note-60">[55]</a> A review from <a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a> noted that, "Newcomer Rajinikanth is dignified and impressive."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHindu201267-61">[56]</a> His next release was <a href="/wiki/Puttanna_Kanagal" title="Puttanna Kanagal">Puttanna Kanagal</a>'s Kannada <a href="/wiki/Anthology_film" title="Anthology film">anthology film</a> <a href="/wiki/Katha_Sangama_(1976_film)" title="Katha Sangama (1976 film)">Katha Sangama</a> (1976).<a href="#cite_note-62">[57]</a> Rajinikanth appeared in the last segment of the film; he played the role as a village ruffian who rapes a blind woman in the absence of her husband.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._3-63">[58]</a> Balachander cast him in a pivotal role in <a href="/wiki/Anthuleni_Katha" title="Anthuleni Katha">Anthuleni Katha</a> (1976), the <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> remake of his own Tamil film <a href="/wiki/Aval_Oru_Thodar_Kathai" title="Aval Oru Thodar Kathai">Aval Oru Thodar Kathai</a> (1974).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._3-63">[58]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Moondru_Mudichu" title="Moondru Mudichu">Moondru Mudichu</a>—the first Tamil film to feature him in a prominent role—he played a character that "blithely row[s] away" when his friend drowns accidentally in the lake only to fulfill his desire to marry the former's girlfriend.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._4-64">[59]</a> His style of flipping the cigarette in the film made him popular among the audience.<a href="#cite_note-65">[60]</a> In his final release of the year, <a href="/wiki/Baalu_Jenu" title="Baalu Jenu">Baalu Jenu</a>, he was cast as the main antagonist who troubles the female lead.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._3-63">[58]</a> He played similar roles in Balachander's <a href="/wiki/Avargal" title="Avargal">Avargal</a> (1977),<a href="#cite_note-66">[61]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bharathiraja" title="Bharathiraja">Bharathiraja</a>'s <a href="/wiki/16_Vayathinile" title="16 Vayathinile">16 Vayadhinile</a> (1977).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._3-63">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[62]</a> The same year, he made his first-ever appearance as a lead actor in the Telugu film <a href="/wiki/Chilakamma_Cheppindi" title="Chilakamma Cheppindi">Chilakamma Cheppindi</a> (1977), which earned him his only nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Telugu" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu">Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu</a>.<a href="#cite_note-68">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[64]</a> <a href="/wiki/S._P._Muthuraman" title="S. P. Muthuraman">S. P. Muthuraman</a> experimented Rajinikanth in a positive role in <a href="/wiki/Bhuvana_Oru_Kelvi_Kuri" title="Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri">Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri</a> (1977).<a href="#cite_note-rediff1-70">[65]</a> The success of the film brought the duo together for 24 more films till the 1990s.<a href="#cite_note-rediff1-70">[65]</a> Rajinikanth played supporting and "villainous" roles in most of the films released during the year.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._4-64">[59]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Gaayathri" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaayathri">Gaayathri</a> he was cast as a pornographer who secretly films his relationship with his wife without her knowledge and in <a href="/wiki/Galate_Samsara" title="Galate Samsara">Galate Samsara</a> he played the role of a married man who develops an affair with a <a href="/wiki/Cabaret" title="Cabaret">cabaret dancer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._5-71">[66]</a> He had 15 of his films released during the year.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESreekanth2008370-72">[67]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1978–1989:_Experimentation_and_breakthrough">1978–1989: Experimentation and breakthrough</h3></div> In 1978, Rajinikanth had 20 releases across Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6-73">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESreekanth2008369–370-74">[69]</a> His first film of the year was <a href="/wiki/P._Madhavan" title="P. Madhavan">P. Madhavan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Shankar_Salim_Simon" title="Shankar Salim Simon">Shankar Salim Simon</a>, in which he was among the three leads. Following that, he co-starred alongside <a href="/wiki/Vishnuvardhan_(actor)" title="Vishnuvardhan (actor)">Vishnuvardhan</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kannada_cinema" title="Kannada cinema">Kannada film</a> <a href="/wiki/Kiladi_Kittu" title="Kiladi Kittu">Kiladi Kittu</a>. He played the second lead in <a href="/wiki/Annadammula_Savaal" title="Annadammula Savaal">Annadammula Savaal</a>, which starred <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Ghattamaneni" class="mw-redirect" title="Krishna Ghattamaneni">Krishna</a>; Rajinikanth reprised his role from the <a href="/wiki/Sahodarara_Savaal" title="Sahodarara Savaal">Kannada original</a>. He then played an important role in the supernatural thriller <a href="/wiki/Aayiram_Jenmangal" title="Aayiram Jenmangal">Aayiram Jenmangal</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Maathu_Tappada_Maga" title="Maathu Tappada Maga">Maathu Tappada Maga</a>, he was the main antagonist. <a href="/wiki/Bairavi" title="Bairavi">Bairavi</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/M._Bhaskar" title="M. Bhaskar">M. Bhaskar</a>, was the first Tamil film to cast Rajinikanth as a solo hero.<a href="#cite_note-75">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6-76">[71]</a> It was for this film that he earned the sobriquet "Superstar".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6-76">[71]</a> <a href="/wiki/S._Thanu" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Thanu">S. Thanu</a>, one of the film's distributors, set up a 35 feet (11 m) high cut-out of Rajinikanth.<a href="#cite_note-77">[72]</a> His next appearance <a href="/wiki/Ilamai_Oonjal_Aadukirathu" title="Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu">Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu</a>, a quadrangular love story written and directed by <a href="/wiki/C._V._Sridhar" title="C. V. Sridhar">C. V. Sridhar</a>, saw him play the role of a man who sacrifices his love for his friend, played by <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a>. The film's success prompted Sridhar to remake the film in Telugu, <a href="/wiki/Vayasu_Pilichindi" title="Vayasu Pilichindi">Vayasu Pilichindi</a>, which retained the original cast of the Tamil film.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran201279-78">[73]</a> His next film, <a href="/wiki/Vanakkatukuriya_Kathaliye" title="Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye">Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye</a>, had an introductory song to mark his entry, a trend that would soon catch on in with his later films.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6-76">[71]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mullum_Malarum" title="Mullum Malarum">Mullum Malarum</a>, released during the same period, received critical acclaim, and earned him his first <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil">Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil</a> nomination.<a href="#cite_note-79">[74]</a> The film marked the directional debut of <a href="/wiki/Mahendran_(filmmaker)" title="Mahendran (filmmaker)">Mahendran</a>, with a screenplay adapted from a novel of the same name published in <a href="/wiki/Kalki_(magazine)" title="Kalki (magazine)">Kalki</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6-76">[71]</a> It won the <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Tamil_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film">Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film</a> and a Special Prize (Best Actor) for Rajinikanth at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6-76">[71]</a> Following this, he made a foray into <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinema of Kerala">Malayalam cinema</a> with <a href="/wiki/I._V._Sasi" title="I. V. Sasi">I. V. Sasi</a>'s fantasy film <a href="/wiki/Allauddinum_Albhutha_Vilakkum" title="Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum">Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum</a>, which was based on a story from the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Nights" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabian Nights">Arabian Nights</a>. The same year, he acted in <a href="/wiki/Dharma_Yuddam" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharma Yuddam">Dharma Yuddam</a>, in which he played a mentally-ill person avenging the death of his parents. He then co-starred with <a href="/wiki/N._T._Rama_Rao" title="N. T. Rama Rao">N. T. Rama Rao</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tiger_(1979_film)" title="Tiger (1979 film)">Tiger</a>. Upon completion of Tiger, Rajinikanth had acted in 50 films over a period of four years, and in four languages. Some other popular films released during this period are the youthful entertainer <a href="/wiki/Ninaithale_Inikkum_(1979_film)" title="Ninaithale Inikkum (1979 film)">Ninaithale Inikkum</a>, the Tamil–Kannada bilingual <a href="/wiki/Priya_(1978_film)" title="Priya (1978 film)">Priya</a>, the Telugu film <a href="/wiki/Amma_Evarikkaina_Amma" class="mw-redirect" title="Amma Evarikkaina Amma">Amma Evarikkaina Amma</a> and the melodrama <a href="/wiki/Aarilirunthu_Arubathu_Varai" title="Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai">Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai</a>. Priya, based on a detective novel by <a href="/wiki/Sujatha_(writer)" title="Sujatha (writer)">Sujatha</a>, had the distinction of being the first film of Rajinikanth to be shot mostly outside India, mainly in Southeast Asia.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._6-76">[71]</a> Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai earned him his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. Raijinikanth, who credited <a href="/wiki/Hindi_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi film">Hindi film</a> star <a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> as his inspiration,<a href="#cite_note-80">[75]</a> began playing Amitabh Bachchan's roles in Tamil remakes of his films.<a href="#cite_note-indianexpress-81">[76]</a> This began with Shankar Salim Simon (1978), a remake of <a href="/wiki/Amar_Akbar_Anthony" title="Amar Akbar Anthony">Amar Akbar Anthony</a> (1977), followed by <a href="/wiki/Naan_Vazhavaippen" title="Naan Vazhavaippen">Naan Vazhavaippen</a> (1979), a remake of <a href="/wiki/Majboor_(1974_film)" title="Majboor (1974 film)">Majboor</a> (1974).<a href="#cite_note-Mint-82">[77]</a> He was subsequently cast in a series of roles modelled after Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil remakes of his films.<a href="#cite_note-indianexpress-81">[76]</a> Rajinikanth starred in eleven Tamil remakes of Amitabh Bachchan films,<a href="#cite_note-catchnews-83">[78]</a> as well as a Telugu remake of Amar Akbar Anthony, <a href="/wiki/Ram_Robert_Rahim" title="Ram Robert Rahim">Ram Robert Rahim</a> (1980), alongside <a href="/wiki/Sridevi" title="Sridevi">Sridevi</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Mint-82">[77]</a> The most successful of these were remakes of <a href="/wiki/Salim%E2%80%93Javed" title="Salim–Javed">Salim–Javed</a> films, such as <a href="/wiki/Billa_(1980_film)" title="Billa (1980 film)">Billa</a> (1980), <a href="/wiki/Thee_(1981_film)" title="Thee (1981 film)">Thee</a> (1981) and <a href="/wiki/Mr._Bharath" title="Mr. Bharath">Mr. Bharath</a> (1986).<a href="#cite_note-catchnews-83">[78]</a> During this phase of his career, Rajinikanth abruptly chose to quit acting, but was coaxed to return with the Tamil film <a href="/wiki/Billa_(1980_film)" title="Billa (1980 film)">Billa</a> (1980), a remake of the <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> blockbuster <a href="/wiki/Don_(1978_film)" title="Don (1978 film)">Don</a> (1978), written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan. Billa had Rajinikanth playing dual roles and eventually became his first solo commercial success.<a href="#cite_note-expressindia-84">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[80]</a> His pairing with <a href="/wiki/Sridevi" title="Sridevi">Sridevi</a> continued in <a href="/wiki/Johnny_(1980_film)" title="Johnny (1980 film)">Johnny</a>, where he was once again cast in a double role, earned him his third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. He also starred in <a href="/wiki/Murattu_Kaalai_(1980_film)" title="Murattu Kaalai (1980 film)">Murattu Kaalai</a> which was a commercial success.<a href="#cite_note-rediff1-70">[65]</a> The success of Billa was a turning point in Rajinikanth's career, disproving detractors that claimed Rajnikanth was "finished" and which saw him accepted as a full-fledged hero.<a href="#cite_note-expressindia-84">[79]</a> The success of Billa established Rajinikanth as one of the top stars of Tamil cinema.<a href="#cite_note-86">[81]</a> In 1981, he appeared in <a href="/wiki/Garjanai_(1981_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Garjanai (1981 film)">Garjanai</a> which was shot simultaneously in <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>, making it his last film in those two languages up until 2023. In K. Balachander's first home production, <a href="/wiki/Netrikan" class="mw-redirect" title="Netrikan">Netrikan</a>, he played dual roles as a womanising father and a responsible son.<a href="#cite_note-rediff1-70">[65]</a> His first full-length comedy was <a href="/wiki/Thillu_Mullu" title="Thillu Mullu">Thillu Mullu</a>, directed by K. Balachander. He agreed to it solely due to the strong suggestion by his mentor that he should do non-commercial roles, to break the stereotyped action-hero mould by which he was getting famous at the time. Thillu Mullu earned him his fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.<a href="#cite_note-87">[82]</a> 1981 also saw the release of <a href="/wiki/Thee_(1981_film)" title="Thee (1981 film)">Thee</a>, a remake of blockbuster <a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a> film <a href="/wiki/Deewaar" title="Deewaar">Deewaar</a> (1975), also originally written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan; in Thee, Rajinikanth reprised the role of Bachchan.<a href="#cite_note-88">[83]</a> In 1982, he starred in <a href="/wiki/Pokkiri_Raja_(1982_film)" title="Pokkiri Raja (1982 film)">Pokkiri Raja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moondru_Mugam" title="Moondru Mugam">Moondru Mugam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thanikattu_Raja" title="Thanikattu Raja">Thanikattu Raja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puthukavithai" title="Puthukavithai">Puthukavithai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enkeyo_Ketta_Kural" title="Enkeyo Ketta Kural">Enkeyo Ketta Kural</a>. Moondru Mugam which starred Rajinikanth playing three different roles for the first time, earned him his fifth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.<a href="#cite_note-raana-89">[84]</a> By 1983, he was a popular actor across <a href="/wiki/South_Indian_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="South Indian cinema">South Indian cinema</a>, including Telugu and Kannada films.<a href="#cite_note-southpopular-90">[85]</a> In 1983, he starred in his first <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> film, <a href="/wiki/Andhaa_Kaanoon" title="Andhaa Kaanoon">Andhaa Kaanoon</a>, alongside <a href="/wiki/Hema_Malini" title="Hema Malini">Hema Malini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reena_Roy" title="Reena Roy">Reena Roy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> (in an extended cameo appearance).<a href="#cite_note-91">[86]</a> The film opened to excellent response from the audience and emerged a blockbuster at the box office.<a href="#cite_note-92">[87]</a> In 1984, he appeared in <a href="/wiki/Naan_Mahaan_Alla_(1984_film)" title="Naan Mahaan Alla (1984 film)">Naan Mahaan Alla</a>, a remake of <a href="/wiki/Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a>'s directional <a href="/wiki/Vishwanath_(1978_film)" title="Vishwanath (1978 film)">Vishwanath</a>, the film proved to be a superhit.<a href="#cite_note-93">[88]</a> That same year, he played a small role in <a href="/wiki/Anbulla_Rajinikanth" title="Anbulla Rajinikanth">Anbulla Rajinikanth</a> and delivered three more successful <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> films, <a href="/wiki/Meri_Adalat" title="Meri Adalat">Meri Adalat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gangvaa" title="Gangvaa">Gangvaa</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Jani_Janardhan_(1984_film)" title="John Jani Janardhan (1984 film)">John Jani Janardhan</a> (in which he played a triple role).<a href="#cite_note-94">[89]</a> His performance in <a href="/wiki/Nallavanuku_Nallavan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nallavanuku Nallavan">Nallavanuku Nallavan</a> earned him his first and only <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil">Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil</a>.<a href="#cite_note-filmfare-95">[90]</a> In his 100th film <a href="/wiki/Sri_Raghavendra" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Raghavendra">Sri Raghavendra</a> (1985), he played the Hindu saint <a href="/wiki/Raghavendra_Swami" class="mw-redirect" title="Raghavendra Swami">Raghavendra Swami</a>.<a href="#cite_note-rebel_image-96">[91]</a> In the second half of the 1980s, Rajinikanth acted in commercially successful films, such as <a href="/wiki/Naan_Sigappu_Manithan_(1985_film)" title="Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985 film)">Naan Sigappu Manithan</a> (1985), <a href="/wiki/Geraftaar" title="Geraftaar">Geraftaar</a> (1985), <a href="/wiki/Padikkadavan_(1985_film)" title="Padikkadavan (1985 film)">Padikkathavan</a> (1985), <a href="/wiki/Mr._Bharath" title="Mr. Bharath">Mr. Bharath</a> (1986), <a href="/wiki/Dosti_Dushmani" title="Dosti Dushmani">Dosti Dushmani</a> (1986), <a href="/wiki/Velaikkaran_(1987_film)" title="Velaikkaran (1987 film)">Velaikaran</a> (1987), <a href="/wiki/Manithan_(1987_film)" title="Manithan (1987 film)">Manithan</a> (1987), <a href="/wiki/Insaaf_Kaun_Karega" title="Insaaf Kaun Karega">Insaaf Kaun Karega</a> (1987), <a href="/wiki/Guru_Sishyan_(1988_film)" title="Guru Sishyan (1988 film)">Guru Sishyan</a> (1988) and <a href="/wiki/Dharmathin_Thalaivan" title="Dharmathin Thalaivan">Dharmathin Thalaivan</a> (1988), with Velaikaran earning him his seventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.<a href="#cite_note-97">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-TG1987-99">[94]</a> In 1988, he made his only American film appearance in <a href="/wiki/Bloodstone_(1988_film)" title="Bloodstone (1988 film)">Bloodstone</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Little" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Little">Dwight Little</a>, in which he played an English-speaking Indian taxi driver.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chap._The_1980s-100">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-Weldon1996-101">[96]</a> Rajinikanth finished the decade with films including <a href="/wiki/Rajadhi_Raja_(1989_film)" title="Rajadhi Raja (1989 film)">Rajadhi Raja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siva_(1989_Tamil_film)" title="Siva (1989 Tamil film)">Siva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raja_Chinna_Roja" title="Raja Chinna Roja">Raja Chinna Roja</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mappillai_(1989_film)" title="Mappillai (1989 film)">Mappillai</a> while also starring in a few Bollywood productions. Raja Chinna Roja was the first Indian film to feature <a href="/wiki/Films_with_live_action_and_animation" class="mw-redirect" title="Films with live action and animation">live action and animation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012127-102">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-103">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990–2010:_Superstardom">1990–2010: Superstardom</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg/220px-Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg/330px-Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg/440px-Rajinikanth_and_Kamal_Haasan_at_audio_release_of_Shamitabh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="489" data-file-height="318" /></a><figcaption>Rajinikanth with Kamal Haasan</figcaption></figure> Rajinikanth began the new decade with a mega blockbuster in <a href="/wiki/Panakkaran" title="Panakkaran">Panakkaran</a> (1990), which was a remake of <a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a>'s 1981 film <a href="/wiki/Laawaris_(1981_film)" title="Laawaris (1981 film)">Laawaris</a>.<a href="#cite_note-104">[99]</a> The film earned him his eighth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. His next two Tamil films, the <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_film" title="Fantasy film">fantasy comedy</a> <a href="/wiki/Athisaya_Piravi" title="Athisaya Piravi">Athisaya Piravi</a>, (a remake of <a href="/wiki/Chiranjeevi" title="Chiranjeevi">Chiranjeevi</a>'s 1988 film <a href="/wiki/Yamudiki_Mogudu_(1988_film)" title="Yamudiki Mogudu (1988 film)">Yamudiki Mogudu</a>) which also released in 1990 and the family drama <a href="/wiki/Dharma_Durai_(1991_film)" title="Dharma Durai (1991 film)">Dharmadorai</a> (1991), did above-average business at the box office. His stint with Bollywood continued since the past decade as he went on to star in more Hindi films. <a href="/wiki/Hum_(1991_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hum (1991 film)">Hum</a> released in 1991 saw him doing the second main lead with Amitabh Bachchan became an inspiration for Baashha.<a href="#cite_note-IndiaJanDay-105">[100]</a> In 1991, he worked with <a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a> in <a href="/wiki/Thalapathi" title="Thalapathi">Thalapathi</a>, which was heavily inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>.<a href="#cite_note-thalapathi-106">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[102]</a> in which he co-starred with actor <a href="/wiki/Mammooty" class="mw-redirect" title="Mammooty">Mammooty</a>; the film dealt with the friendship between two unknown characters based on <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>, respectively,<a href="#cite_note-thalapathi-106">[101]</a> and was set in a more contemporary milieu and was both critically acclaimed and successful upon release.<a href="#cite_note-rebel_image-96">[91]</a> He received his ninth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the film. He went on to appear in remakes of films from other languages, mostly from Hindi and Telugu. <a href="/wiki/Annamalai_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Annamalai (film)">Annamalai</a>, which released in 1992, was yet another friendship-centric film and was loosely based on the 1987 Bollywood film <a href="/wiki/Khudgarz" title="Khudgarz">Khudgarz</a>.<a href="#cite_note-108">[103]</a> The film was the first to have the Superstar graphic title card.<a href="#cite_note-109">[104]</a> He received his tenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the film. <a href="/wiki/Mannan_(film)" title="Mannan (film)">Mannan</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/P._Vasu" title="P. Vasu">P. Vasu</a>, a remake of Kannada actor <a href="/wiki/Dr._Rajkumar" title="Dr. Rajkumar">Rajkumar</a>'s 1986 blockbuster <a href="/wiki/Anuraga_Aralithu" title="Anuraga Aralithu">Anuraga Aralithu</a>, also was released in 1992 and became a box office success. Rajinikanth wrote his first screenplay for the film <a href="/wiki/Valli_(film)" title="Valli (film)">Valli</a> (1993), in which he also made a special appearance. He also starred in the film <a href="/wiki/Yajaman" title="Yajaman">Yajaman</a>, in which he played the role of Vaanavaraayan, a village chieftain. His romantic-comedy <a href="/wiki/Veera_(1994_film)" title="Veera (1994 film)">Veera</a> (1994) was controversial for its climax but went on to become one of the highest-grossing films in 1994.<a href="#cite_note-110">[105]</a> That year, he earned his eleventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the action-drama <a href="/wiki/Uzhaippali" title="Uzhaippali">Uzhaippali</a>. He joined hands with <a href="/wiki/Suresh_Krishna_(director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Suresh Krishna (director)">Suresh Krishna</a> for <a href="/wiki/Baashha" title="Baashha">Baashha</a> (1995), which emerged as an industry record,<a href="#cite_note-111">[106]</a> and is routinely touted by fans and critics alike as a major-hit, as the film elevated him from being just another very popular actor to nearly demigod status among the masses.<a href="#cite_note-112">[107]</a> He made a cameo in <a href="/wiki/Peddarayudu" class="mw-redirect" title="Peddarayudu">Peddarayudu</a> for his friend <a href="/wiki/Mohan_Babu" title="Mohan Babu">Mohan Babu</a> and also helped him in obtaining the remake rights. The same year, he acted in yet another gangster film, <a href="/wiki/Aatank_Hi_Aatank" title="Aatank Hi Aatank">Aatank Hi Aatank</a> with <a href="/wiki/Aamir_Khan" title="Aamir Khan">Aamir Khan</a> which was also his last Hindi film in a major role till date.<a href="#cite_note-113">[108]</a> His film <a href="/wiki/Muthu_(film)" title="Muthu (film)">Muthu</a>, a remake of <a href="/wiki/Mohanlal" title="Mohanlal">Mohanlal</a>'s blockbuster Malayalam film <a href="/wiki/Thenmavin_Kombathu" class="mw-redirect" title="Thenmavin Kombathu">Thenmavin Kombathu</a>, was another commercial success, directed by <a href="/wiki/K._S._Ravikumar" title="K. S. Ravikumar">K. S. Ravikumar</a> and produced by K. Balachander, and became the first Tamil film to be dubbed into Japanese, as Mutu: Odoru Maharaja.<a href="#cite_note-114">[109]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-115">[110]</a> Muthu's success in Japan led American news magazine <a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a> to comment in a 1999 article that Rajinikanth had "supplanted <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio" title="Leonardo DiCaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> as Japan's trendiest heartthrob".<a href="#cite_note-116">[111]</a> During a visit to Japan in 2006, Indian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> acknowledged the success of Muthu in the country during a speech, justifying the positive <a href="/wiki/India-Japan_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="India-Japan relations">relationship between the two nations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-117">[112]</a> He received his twelfth and thirteenth nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performances in Baashha and Muthu. He also entered <a href="/wiki/Bengali_film_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali film industry">Bengali cinema</a> through <a href="/wiki/Bhagya_Debata" title="Bhagya Debata">Bhagya Debata</a>, which was released at the end of 1995. 1997's <a href="/wiki/Arunachalam_(film)" title="Arunachalam (film)">Arunachalam</a>, another commercial success, earned him his fourteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. Rajinikanth released his last film of the millennium with <a href="/wiki/Padayappa" title="Padayappa">Padayappa</a> (1999), which went on to become a blockbuster success, and earned him his fifteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. It starred <a href="/wiki/Ramya_Krishnan" title="Ramya Krishnan">Ramya Krishnan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soundarya" title="Soundarya">Soundarya</a>, the former critically acclaimed for her performance. It was also the last prominent role for veteran Tamil actor <a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a>. After a brief pause, Rajinikanth starred in <a href="/wiki/Baba_(2002_film)" title="Baba (2002 film)">Baba</a> in 2002, for which he had also written the screenplay.<a href="#cite_note-baba-118">[113]</a> Released with much fanfare and hype at the time, the film featured a story revolving around the reforming of a gangster, later revealed to be the reincarnation of the Hindu saint <a href="/wiki/Mahavatar_Babaji" title="Mahavatar Babaji">Mahavatar Babaji</a>, and fights against political corruption.<a href="#cite_note-baba-118">[113]</a> It fell short of market expectations and the high bids reportedly translated to heavy losses for the distributors. Rajinikanth himself repaid the losses incurred by the distributors.<a href="#cite_note-119">[114]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[115]</a> The film was received with comments such as "the bloom was off the rose" and that "the gold does not glitter any more".<a href="#cite_note-Will_Sivaji_be_Rajini-121">[116]</a> <a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a> (PMK) leader <a href="/wiki/S._Ramadoss" title="S. Ramadoss">S. Ramadoss</a> condemned him for smoking and posing with <a href="/wiki/Beedi" title="Beedi">beedis</a> in the film. He was criticised for spoiling the Tamil youth by glorifying smoking and drinking. PMK volunteers attacked the theatres which screened the film and usurped film rolls and burned them.<a href="#cite_note-122">[117]</a> Two years later, Rajinikanth signed up for P. Vasu's <a href="/wiki/Chandramukhi" title="Chandramukhi">Chandramukhi</a> (2005), a remake of the Malayalam film <a href="/wiki/Manichitrathazhu" title="Manichitrathazhu">Manichitrathazhu</a>. Upon release the film was highly successful at the box office, and in 2007 it set the record of being the longest running Tamil film.<a href="#cite_note-The_Final_Verdict-123">[118]</a> Chandramukhi was also dubbed in <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a> and in German as Der Geisterjäger and released in the respective nations.<a href="#cite_note-124">[119]</a> Following Chandramukhi's release, it was reported that <a href="/wiki/AVM_Productions" title="AVM Productions">AVM Productions</a> was set to produce a film directed by <a href="/wiki/S._Shankar" title="S. Shankar">Shankar</a> starring Rajinikanth – the largest collaboration yet for a Tamil film. The film was titled <a href="/wiki/Sivaji_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivaji (film)">Sivaji</a> and was released in the summer of 2007, following two years of filming and production. It became the first Tamil film to be charted as one of the "top-ten best films" of the United Kingdom and South Africa box offices upon release.<a href="#cite_note-United_Kingdom_Box_Office_15–17_June_2007-125">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-South_Africa_Box_Office_3–5_August_2007-126">[121]</a> Rajinikanth received a salary of ₹260 million (equivalent to ₹780 million or US$9.0 million in 2023), for his role in the film highest in his film career at that time.<a href="#cite_note-Neha-127">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-128">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[124]</a> He received his sixteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. During the production of Sivaji, <a href="/wiki/Soundarya_Rajinikanth" title="Soundarya Rajinikanth">Soundarya Rajinikanth</a> announced her intention of producing a computer-generated imagery film starring an animated version of her father titled Sultan: The Warrior. The film was set for release in 2008,<a href="#cite_note-130">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[126]</a> however, it entered <a href="/wiki/Development_hell" title="Development hell">development hell</a>, and its development status would become unknown over the next few years.<a href="#cite_note-132">[127]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajinikanth_2010_-_still_113555_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Rajinikanth_2010_-_still_113555_crop.jpg/220px-Rajinikanth_2010_-_still_113555_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Rajinikanth_2010_-_still_113555_crop.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="232" /></a><figcaption>Rajinikanth at the <a href="/wiki/Enthiran_(soundtrack)" title="Enthiran (soundtrack)">Enthiran (2010) soundtrack</a> release event in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a></figcaption></figure> He worked with P. Vasu again for <a href="/wiki/Kuselan" title="Kuselan">Kuselan</a>, a remake of the Malayalam film <a href="/wiki/Kadha_Parayumbol" class="mw-redirect" title="Kadha Parayumbol">Kadha Parayumbol</a>, which was made simultaneously in <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> as <a href="/wiki/Kathanayakudu_(2008_film)" title="Kathanayakudu (2008 film)">Kathanayakudu</a>, in which Rajinikanth played an extended cameo role as Ashok Kumar, a film star in the Indian cinema, and as a best friend to the film's protagonist. According to Rajinikanth, the film somewhat narrated his early life.<a href="#cite_note-133">[128]</a> The film, however, performed poorly at box offices and led to many distributors incurring major losses.<a href="#cite_note-134">[129]</a> Rajinikanth also stated that he would work with <a href="/wiki/Pyramid_Saimira" title="Pyramid Saimira">Pyramid Saimira</a> again to compensate for Kuselan.<a href="#cite_note-135">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[131]</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176" /><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:25em; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> "Is there anything left to be said about a man who, at 61, still manages to star in one of the most successful films of the year, not just in the south, but across India? Superstar Rajni once again proved that he is the actor with the Midas touch with the sci-fi flick Endhiran, where he played an ambitious scientist, a naive robot and an evil android bent on destroying the world [...] He did it with such aplomb that he's been the talk of the town for months. He might do one film in two years, but when he does, he pulls out all the stops." </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—<a href="/wiki/Rediff.com" title="Rediff.com">Rediff.com</a> on Rajinikanth's performance in <a href="/wiki/Enthiran" title="Enthiran">Enthiran</a> (2010)<a href="#cite_note-Rajini_in_Enthiran-137">[132]</a></cite></div> </div> Rajinikanth worked again with Shankar for the science fiction film <a href="/wiki/Enthiran" title="Enthiran">Enthiran</a>.<a href="#cite_note-138">[133]</a> The film was released worldwide in 2010 as the most expensive Indian film ever made, ultimately emerging an All Time Blockbuster and the second highest-grossing film in India of its time.<a href="#cite_note-139">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-162crores-140">[135]</a> Rajinikanth was paid a remuneration of ₹450 million (equivalent to ₹1.0 billion or US$12 million in 2023) for the film.<a href="#cite_note-141">[136]</a> He received his seventeenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. The film's success lead to the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Management_Ahmedabad" title="Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad">Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad</a> to use the film as a case study to analyse the business of cinema and its success story in a post-graduate elective management course called Contemporary Film Industry: A Business Perspective. The course would also study Muthu.<a href="#cite_note-142">[137]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011-present:_Career_fluctuations_and_return_to_success">2011-present: Career fluctuations and return to success</h3></div> In January 2011, Rajinikanth was slated to appear in Rana, a period film to be produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, who would work with the actor for a third time.<a href="#cite_note-raana-89">[84]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">principal photography</a> of the film on 29 April 2011, he suffered a mild <a href="/wiki/Foodborne_illness" title="Foodborne illness">foodborne illness</a> on the sets, which led to vomiting, dehydration, and exhaustion.<a href="#cite_note-143">[138]</a> He was treated at St. Isabel's Hospital for a day before being discharged.<a href="#cite_note-144">[139]</a> Five days later, he was rushed to the same hospital again after suffering from breathlessness and fever.<a href="#cite_note-145">[140]</a> He was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Bronchitis" title="Bronchitis">bronchitis</a> and was kept at the hospital for a week, while also spending a few days in an <a href="/wiki/Intensive_care_unit" title="Intensive care unit">intensive care unit</a>.<a href="#cite_note-146">[141]</a> Several conflicting reports of discharge dates arose, as well as claims of Rajinikanth's health deteriorating.<a href="#cite_note-ndtv-147">[142]</a> Two days after his last discharge, Rajinikanth was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Ramachandra_Medical_College_and_Research_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute">Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute</a> on 16 May 2011 for recurring respiratory and gastrointestinal problems.<a href="#cite_note-148">[143]</a> The hospital maintained that Rajinikanth was in stable condition and showed positive response to treatment.<a href="#cite_note-ndtv-147">[142]</a> It was widely reported that he required a <a href="/wiki/Kidney_transplantation" title="Kidney transplantation">kidney transplantation</a>, which was later denied by <a href="/wiki/Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a>.<a href="#cite_note-149">[144]</a> On 21 May 2011, <a href="/wiki/Aishwarya_Rajinikanth" title="Aishwarya Rajinikanth">Aishwarya Rajinikanth</a> released a photo of her and Rajinikanth in his hospital ward, both posing with a <a href="/wiki/Thumb_signal" title="Thumb signal">thumbs-up</a>, responding to fans' negative reaction to news reports.<a href="#cite_note-150">[145]</a> The hospital restricted unauthorised visitors.<a href="#cite_note-151">[146]</a> Rajinikanth's brother, Sathyanarayana Rao Gaekwad, reported that the cause of the sudden illness was due to stress from rapid weight-loss and changes in diet, as well as <a href="/wiki/Alcohol_withdrawal_syndrome" title="Alcohol withdrawal syndrome">withdrawal of alcohol consumption</a> and <a href="/wiki/Smoking_cessation" title="Smoking cessation">smoking cessation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-152">[147]</a> After addressing fans in a 4-minute <a href="/wiki/Digital_recording" title="Digital recording">digitally recorded</a> <a href="/wiki/Voice_message" class="mw-redirect" title="Voice message">voice message</a> to the media, Rajinikanth, under the advice of Amitabh Bachchan, travelled from Chennai to Singapore with his family on 21 May 2011, where he was to undergo further treatment for <a href="/wiki/Nephropathy" class="mw-redirect" title="Nephropathy">nephropathy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Elizabeth_Hospital" title="Mount Elizabeth Hospital">Mount Elizabeth Hospital</a>.<a href="#cite_note-153">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-154">[149]</a> After spending over two weeks at the hospital, he was finally discharged on 15 June 2011 and continued to recuperate in Singapore, before returning to Chennai on 13 July 2011.<a href="#cite_note-155">[150]</a><a href="#cite_note-156">[151]</a> Despite several failed attempts to restart Rana upon his return, Rajinikanth reprised his Enthiran character, Chitti, in the Bollywood science-fiction film <a href="/wiki/Ra.One" title="Ra.One">Ra.One</a> (2011) in a guest appearance alongside <a href="/wiki/Shah_Rukh_Khan" title="Shah Rukh Khan">Shah Rukh Khan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kareena_Kapoor" class="mw-redirect" title="Kareena Kapoor">Kareena Kapoor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-157">[152]</a> In November 2011, it was decided that Rana would be shelved in favour of a new project, titled <a href="/wiki/Kochadaiiyaan" title="Kochadaiiyaan">Kochadaiiyaan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-158">[153]</a> The film became a huge disaster at the box office.<a href="#cite_note-159">[154]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Motion_capture" title="Motion capture">motion capture</a> film, which is the first of its type in India, was released in 2014 to positive reviews.<a href="#cite_note-160">[155]</a> Kochadaiiyaan, and the 3D release of Sivaji in 2012,<a href="#cite_note-161">[156]</a> made Rajinikanth the first Indian actor to have appeared in four different forms of world cinema: <a href="/wiki/Black-and-white" title="Black-and-white">black-and-white</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colour_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Colour film">colour</a>, <a href="/wiki/3D_film" title="3D film">3D</a> and <a href="/wiki/Motion_capture" title="Motion capture">motion capture</a>.<a href="#cite_note-162">[157]</a> Following the completion of Kochadaiiyaan, Rajinikanth began work in Ravikumar's next directorial venture, titled <a href="/wiki/Lingaa" title="Lingaa">Lingaa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-163">[158]</a><a href="#cite_note-164">[159]</a> The film was released on 12 December 2014, coinciding with his birthday,<a href="#cite_note-165">[160]</a> and received mixed reviews from critics.<a href="#cite_note-166">[161]</a> After a two-year absence from big screen, Rajinikanth's next film was director <a href="/wiki/Pa._Ranjith" title="Pa. Ranjith">Pa. Ranjith</a>'s crime drama <a href="/wiki/Kabali_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabali (film)">Kabali</a>, produced by <a href="/wiki/S._Thanu" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Thanu">S. Thanu</a>. The film was released in July 2016.<a href="#cite_note-167">[162]</a> The film became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Tamil_films_of_2016" title="List of Tamil films of 2016">highest grossing Tamil film</a> of the year grossing over ₹300 <a href="/wiki/Crore" title="Crore">crore</a> (equivalent to ₹353 crore or US$40 million in 2023) and became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Tamil_films" title="List of highest-grossing Tamil films">fifth highest-grossing Tamil film of all time</a> before being surpassed by his another film <a href="/wiki/2.0_(film)" title="2.0 (film)">2.0</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Kabali-176">[n 1]</a> Also, at the <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Vikatan_Cinema_Awards" title="Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards">Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards</a>, the film was nominated at five categories winning all of them,<a href="#cite_note-177">[171]</a> and also won five awards, at the <a href="/wiki/Edison_Awards_(India)" title="Edison Awards (India)">Edison Awards</a>, and two nominations at the <a href="/wiki/6th_South_Indian_International_Movie_Awards" title="6th South Indian International Movie Awards">6th South Indian International Movie Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-178">[172]</a> He also received his eighteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. In August 2016, it was announced that Rajinikanth and director Ranjith would work together again for a film with Dhanush as producer, titled <a href="/wiki/Kaala_(2018_film)" title="Kaala (2018 film)">Kaala</a>, in which Rajinikanth plays a <a href="/wiki/Dharavi" title="Dharavi">Dharavi</a>-dwelling gangster who fights against corporate takeover of the slum.<a href="#cite_note-179">[173]</a> The film was officially released on 7 June 2018 and received positive reviews from critics.<a href="#cite_note-180">[174]</a> In 2018 he also appeared in <a href="/wiki/S._Shankar" title="S. Shankar">S. Shankar</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2.0_(film)" title="2.0 (film)">2.0</a> reprising the roles of Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti, alongside <a href="/wiki/Akshay_Kumar" title="Akshay Kumar">Akshay Kumar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amy_Jackson" title="Amy Jackson">Amy Jackson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-TOI-23">[20]</a> The film was released on 29 November 2018 and was commercially successful at the box office. The film earned over ₹117.34 crore (US$13 million) worldwide on its first day, which was the second-highest ever for an Indian film. The film crossed ₹520 crore (equivalent to ₹696 crore or US$80 million in 2023) in its opening weekend to be the highest-grossing film worldwide for that week. The film also grossed over ₹655.81 crore (US$75 million)–₹800 <a href="/wiki/Crore" title="Crore">crore</a> (US$92 million) at the box office became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Tamil_films_of_2018" title="List of Tamil films of 2018">highest-grossing Tamil film</a> of the year and <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Tamil_films" title="List of highest-grossing Tamil films">second highest grossing Tamil film of all time</a>.<a href="#cite_note-181">[175]</a> 2.0 is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_India" title="List of highest-grossing films in India">fourth highest-grossing film in India</a> and is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Indian_films#Worldwide_gross_collection" title="List of highest-grossing Indian films">seventh highest-grossing Indian film worldwide</a>.<a href="#cite_note-182">[176]</a><a href="#cite_note-183">[177]</a> In 2019, Rajinikanth starred in <a href="/wiki/Karthik_Subbaraj" title="Karthik Subbaraj">Karthik Subbaraj</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Petta_(film)" title="Petta (film)">Petta</a>, in which his performance received praise for his return to his vintage stereotypical style of acting and grossed over ₹250 crore (US$29 million), becoming the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Tamil_films_of_2019" title="List of Tamil films of 2019">second highest-grossing Tamil film</a> of 2019.<a href="#cite_note-184">[178]</a> The combined gross earnings of Kaala, 2.0 and Petta by the end of January 2019 was determined to be over ₹1000 crore according to trade analysts.<a href="#cite_note-185">[179]</a> Rajinikanth then worked with <a href="/wiki/AR_Murugadoss" title="AR Murugadoss">AR Murugadoss</a> in the film <a href="/wiki/Darbar_(film)" title="Darbar (film)">Darbar</a>, alongside <a href="/wiki/Nayanthara" title="Nayanthara">Nayanthara</a> which released in 2020. He played the role of a police officer after 27 years since his last film as a police officer was the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> film <a href="/wiki/Pandian_(film)" title="Pandian (film)">Pandian</a>. In spite of the huge expectations, the film received mixed to negative reviews and flopped at the box office.<a href="#cite_note-186">[180]</a><a href="#cite_note-187">[181]</a> His 168th film was with director <a href="/wiki/Siva_(director)" title="Siva (director)">Siva</a>, titled <a href="/wiki/Annaatthe" title="Annaatthe">Annaatthe</a> co-starring Nayanthara and <a href="/wiki/Keerthy_Suresh" title="Keerthy Suresh">Keerthy Suresh</a>.<a href="#cite_note-188">[182]</a> The film was released on 4 November 2021.<a href="#cite_note-189">[183]</a> The film became a commercial success at the box office by grossing around ₹240 <a href="/wiki/Crore" title="Crore">crore</a> (equivalent to ₹269 crore or US$31 million in 2023) beating the collections made by other Tamil films such as <a href="/wiki/Master_(2021_film)" title="Master (2021 film)">Master</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maanaadu" title="Maanaadu">Maanaadu</a>.<a href="#cite_note-190">[184]</a><a href="#cite_note-191">[185]</a><a href="#cite_note-192">[186]</a> After a two-year absence from big screen, his 169th film is <a href="/wiki/Jailer_(2023_Tamil_film)" title="Jailer (2023 Tamil film)">Jailer</a>, which was directed by <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Dilipkumar" title="Nelson Dilipkumar">Nelson Dilipkumar</a>. He played a retired jailer in the film and it was released on 10 August 2023.<a href="#cite_note-193">[187]</a><a href="#cite_note-194">[188]</a><a href="#cite_note-195">[189]</a> The film received predominantly positive reviews upon its release and achieved tremendous commercial success, grossing over 600 crores worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-Jailer-196">[190]</a> In 2024, he appeared in <a href="/wiki/T._J._Gnanavel" title="T. J. Gnanavel">T. J. Gnanavel</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Action_(genre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Action (genre)">action drama</a> film <a href="/wiki/Vettaiyan" title="Vettaiyan">Vettaiyan</a> and did a guest appearance in his daughter's (<a href="/wiki/Aishwarya_Rajinikanth" title="Aishwarya Rajinikanth">Aishwarya Rajinikanth</a>) <a href="/wiki/Sport_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport film">sports drama</a> film <a href="/wiki/Lal_Salaam_(2024_film)" title="Lal Salaam (2024 film)">Lal Salaam</a>.<a href="#cite_note-197">[191]</a><a href="#cite_note-198">[192]</a> While the latter sank without a trace, Vettaiyan opened to positive critical reception, but underperformed commercially.<a href="#cite_note-199">[193]</a><a href="#cite_note-200">[194]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Upcoming_projects">Upcoming projects</h4></div> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Pictures" title="Sun Pictures">Sun Pictures</a> officially announced his 171st film with <a href="/wiki/Lokesh_Kanagaraj" title="Lokesh Kanagaraj">Lokesh Kanagaraj</a> as the director, confirming the rumors of his collaboration with Rajinikanth. On 22 April 2024, the title of the project was revealed as <a href="/wiki/Coolie_(upcoming_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coolie (upcoming film)">Coolie</a> with the teaser release.<a href="#cite_note-201">[195]</a> In October 2023, Lokesh Kanagaraj disclosed that the principal photography of the film is scheduled to begin in March 2024.<a href="#cite_note-202">[196]</a> However, due to a series of delays, filming only began in July 2024.<a href="#cite_note-203">[197]</a><a href="#cite_note-204">[198]</a> Release is planned for mid-2025.<a href="#cite_note-205">[199]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Prime_Minister,_Dr._Manmohan_Singh_presented_the_Entertainer_of_the_Year_Award_to_Shri_Rajnikanth,_at_the_%27NDTV_Indian_of_the_Year_Awards_Function%27,_in_New_Delhi_on_January_17,_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh_presented_the_Entertainer_of_the_Year_Award_to_Shri_Rajnikanth%2C_at_the_%27NDTV_Indian_of_the_Year_Awards_Function%27%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_January_17%2C_2008.jpg/250px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh_presented_the_Entertainer_of_the_Year_Award_to_Shri_Rajnikanth%2C_at_the_%27NDTV_Indian_of_the_Year_Awards_Function%27%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_January_17%2C_2008.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh_presented_the_Entertainer_of_the_Year_Award_to_Shri_Rajnikanth%2C_at_the_%27NDTV_Indian_of_the_Year_Awards_Function%27%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_January_17%2C_2008.jpg/500px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1772" /></a><figcaption>Rajinikanth (left) receiving the 2008 NDTV Entertainer of the Year Award from Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></figcaption></figure> It was speculated that Rajinikanth would enter politics in 1995. He decided against it and declared that if he entered politics now, it would result in a lot of confusion and that he would not be able to serve the people and fulfil their expectations. However, he added that if Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/J._Jayalalithaa" title="J. Jayalalithaa">J. Jayalalithaa</a>'s party returns to power in the <a href="/wiki/1996_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election">1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election</a>, "even God cannot save the people of the State".<a href="#cite_note-206">[200]</a> Rajinikanth went on to wholeheartedly support the <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (DMK) and <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Maanila_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Maanila Congress">Tamil Maanila Congress</a> alliance and asked the people of Tamil Nadu and his fans to vote for that alliance. This alliance had a complete victory in the elections. He also supported the same alliance in the <a href="/wiki/1996_Indian_general_election" title="1996 Indian general election">1996</a> and <a href="/wiki/1998_Indian_general_election" title="1998 Indian general election">1998 Indian general elections</a>.<a href="#cite_note-207">[201]</a> Later in 2004, Rajinikanth said he would personally vote for the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) but would not extend his support to any front during the <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">upcoming Indian general election</a>.<a href="#cite_note-208">[202]</a> The party, however, failed to win any seats in Tamil Nadu in the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>.<a href="#cite_note-209">[203]</a> Rajinikanth canceled his visit to Sri Lanka in March 2017 at the urging of Tamil Nadu politicians. Leaders of the BJP criticized this choice.<a href="#cite_note-210">[204]</a> In June 2017, BJP leader <a href="/wiki/Subramanian_Swamy" title="Subramanian Swamy">Subramanian Swamy</a> alleged that Rajinikanth was illiterate and unfit for politics. He also accused Rajinikanth of financial fraud, claiming that he has strong proof of financial irregularities by Rajinikanth that will bring down Rajinikanth's political aspirations.<a href="#cite_note-211">[205]</a><a href="#cite_note-212">[206]</a> However several political analysts state Rajinikanth has missed his chance and unlike 1996 when he was at his peak it will be very difficult for him to make a significant impact in 2019.<a href="#cite_note-213">[207]</a><a href="#cite_note-214">[208]</a><a href="#cite_note-215">[209]</a> Rajinikanth announced entry into politics on 31 December 2017 and confirmed his intention to contest in the 2021 <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly" title="Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly">Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly</a> elections in all 234 constituencies. He stated that his party would resign if it was unable to fulfill its electoral promises within three years of coming into power.<a href="#cite_note-216">[210]</a> Rajinikanth dissolved his organisation Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM) on 12 July 2021 and also said that he has no plans to enter politics in the future.<a href="#cite_note-217">[211]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_image">Public image</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg/220px-Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg/330px-Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg/440px-Rajinikanth_at_Premiere_of_the_film_Kochadaiiyaan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="882" /></a><figcaption>Rajinikanth at premiere of <a href="/wiki/Kochadaiiyaan" title="Kochadaiiyaan">Kochadaiiyaan</a> (2014)</figcaption></figure> Rajinikanth is widely regarded as one of the most popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. His popularity has been attributed to his distinctively delivered dialogue and eccentricities showcased in his movies, alongside his political pronouncements and charitable work.<a href="#cite_note-:0-218">[212]</a> Many also cite reasons for Rajinikanth's popularity as coming from his larger-than-life super-hero appearance in many films, supported by gravity-defying stunts and charismatic expressions, all while attempting to maintain modesty in real-life.<a href="#cite_note-219">[213]</a> Almost every film of Rajinikanth has punchlines delivered by him in a distinctive style, and these punchlines often have a message or even warn the film's antagonists.<a href="#cite_note-220">[214]</a><a href="#cite_note-221">[215]</a> Rajinikanth is one of the highest-grossing actors in Tamil cinema history. After opening his first official Twitter account in 2014, Rajinikanth received over 210,000 followers within 24 hours, which according to <a href="/wiki/The_Economic_Times" title="The Economic Times">The Economic Times</a> was deemed by social media research firms as the fastest rate of followers for any Indian celebrity, as well as among the top-10 in the world.<a href="#cite_note-rtwit-222">[216]</a> In 2015, a film about his fandom, <a href="/wiki/For_the_Love_of_a_Man_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="For the Love of a Man (film)">For the Love of a Man</a>, premiered at the <a href="/wiki/71st_Venice_International_Film_Festival" title="71st Venice International Film Festival">71st Venice International Film Festival</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-223">[217]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relationships">Relationships</h3></div> While he was working as a bus conductor in <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>, Rajinikanth met a medical student named Nirmala and started a relationship. After seeing him perform in a stage play, she encouraged him to pursue an acting career and sent an application to the <a href="/wiki/M.G.R._Government_Film_and_Television_Training_Institute" title="M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute">Adyar Film Institute</a> on his behalf and unbeknownst to him. Although he took up the offer and proceeded with his acting career, Rajinikanth has since lost contact with her.<a href="#cite_note-224">[218]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family">Family</h3></div> Rajinikanth married <a href="/wiki/Latha_Rajinikanth" title="Latha Rajinikanth">Latha Rangachari</a>, a student of <a href="/wiki/Ethiraj_College_for_Women" title="Ethiraj College for Women">Ethiraj College for Women</a> who interviewed him for her college magazine.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._The_1980s-225">[219]</a><a href="#cite_note-226">[220]</a> The marriage took place on 26 February 1981, in <a href="/wiki/Tirupati_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirupati (city)">Tirupati</a>, Andhra Pradesh.<a href="#cite_note-227">[221]</a> The couple has two daughters: <a href="/wiki/Aishwarya_Rajinikanth" title="Aishwarya Rajinikanth">Aishwarya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soundarya_Rajinikanth" title="Soundarya Rajinikanth">Soundarya</a>. He has four grandchildren through his daughters.<a href="#cite_note-228">[222]</a><a href="#cite_note-229">[223]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Views">Views</h3></div> Rajinikanth is a practicing <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> and is a strong believer of <a href="/wiki/Spirituality" title="Spirituality">spirituality</a>.<a href="#cite_note-230">[224]</a> He is also a practitioner of <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">yoga</a> and meditation. Rajinikanth has religiously visited major Hindu temples prior to the release of each of his films; for instance he visited the <a href="/wiki/Tirumala_Venkateswara_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirumala Venkateswara Temple">Tirumala Venkateswara Temple</a> before the release of <a href="/wiki/Sivaji_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivaji (film)">Sivaji</a> in 2007 and visited <a href="/wiki/Sathya_Sai_Baba" title="Sathya Sai Baba">Sathya Sai Baba</a> at <a href="/wiki/Prasanthi_Nilayam" title="Prasanthi Nilayam">Prasanthi Nilayam</a> in <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> before the release of <a href="/wiki/Kuselan" title="Kuselan">Kuselan</a> the following year.<a href="#cite_note-231">[225]</a> He also occasionally leaves for pilgrimage to the <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-232">[226]</a> He has often referred to <a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Paramahamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramakrishna Paramahamsa">Ramakrishna Paramahamsa</a>,<a href="#cite_note-spirituality-233">[227]</a> <a href="/wiki/Swami_Satchidananda" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Satchidananda">Swami Satchidananda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ragavendra_Swami" class="mw-redirect" title="Ragavendra Swami">Ragavendra Swami</a>,<a href="#cite_note-234">[228]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mahavatar_Babaji" title="Mahavatar Babaji">Mahavatar Babaji</a>,<a href="#cite_note-235">[229]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi" title="Ramana Maharshi">Ramana Maharshi</a><a href="#cite_note-spirituality-233">[227]</a> as his favourite spiritual leaders. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h3></div> According to <a href="/wiki/Naman_Ramachandran" title="Naman Ramachandran">Naman Ramachandran</a>, the author of <a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth:_The_Definitive_Biography" title="Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography">Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography</a>, most of Rajinikanth's philanthropic activities went unpublicised because he chose to keep them undisclosed. In the 1980s, when superstitious beliefs in Tamil Nadu created a stigma towards eye donation, Rajinikanth took the case of campaigning in support of <a href="/wiki/Corneal_transplantation" title="Corneal transplantation">corneal transplantation</a> via television and public speeches.<a href="#cite_note-236">[230]</a> In 2011, Rajinikanth announced his support for the <a href="/wiki/2011_Indian_anti-corruption_movement" title="2011 Indian anti-corruption movement">anti-corruption movement</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Anna_Hazare" title="Anna Hazare">Anna Hazare</a> and offered his commercial wedding venue, the Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam, in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> free of cost for the <a href="/wiki/India_Against_Corruption" title="India Against Corruption">India Against Corruption</a> members to hold their fast.<a href="#cite_note-237">[231]</a><a href="#cite_note-238">[232]</a> He also provided lodging in the venue for sanitary workers hired to clean up after the <a href="/wiki/2015_South_India_floods" title="2015 South India floods">2015 South India floods</a>.<a href="#cite_note-239">[233]</a> Rajinikanth's fan associations regularly organise blood donation and eye donation camps and distribute food during his birthday.<a href="#cite_note-240">[234]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Money_lending_allegation">Money lending allegation</h3></div> Rajinikanth declared ₹6.11 million (equivalent to ₹22 million or US$260,000 in 2023), ₹17 million (equivalent to ₹60 million or US$690,000 in 2023) and ₹3.39 million (equivalent to ₹12 million or US$130,000 in 2023) as earnings for the years 2002–2003, 2003–2004 and 2004–2005, respectively. However, the <a href="/wiki/Income_Tax_Department" title="Income Tax Department">Income Tax Department</a> observed that he had claimed a considerable sum of professional expenses and thus carried out a survey in 2005 at his residence at Poes Garden. During the survey, the IT-Department found out that he had accounted for a lost of costs as his professional costs and it was also discovered that not even one-tenth of the residential property was allocated to professional purposes.<a href="#cite_note-241">[235]</a> Moreover, when Rajinikanth was questioned by the I-T department if he's in the money lending business, he initially denied it. Later, though, he admitted to the IT-Department that he was indeed a <a href="/wiki/Money-lender" class="mw-redirect" title="Money-lender">money lender</a>, and that he had loaned money as a source of profit at an interest rate of 18 percent. Later, for all three years in dispute, Rajinikanth was forced to submit revised reports, confessing he had earned more than what was reported in the initial report on 14 February 2005.<a href="#cite_note-242">[236]</a> But the I-T department penalized him ₹6.6 million (equivalent to ₹7.8 million or US$89,000 in 2023), since he filed revised returns only after they surveyed him.<a href="#cite_note-TNM18-243">[237]</a><a href="#cite_note-244">[238]</a> This was challenged by Rajinikanth and his lawyers, and in January 2020 the I-T department wrote off the fine, due to its recent decision to withdraw from appeals in cases below ₹10 million (equivalent to ₹12 million or US$130,000 in 2023).<a href="#cite_note-245">[239]</a> The news that Rajinikanth told the Income Tax department that he was lending money at an 18 per cent interest rate has earned outrage and criticism for his high interest rate loans, which is a big problem in Tamil Nadu.<a href="#cite_note-TNM18-243">[237]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comments_on_social_issues">Comments on social issues</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg/220px-Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg/330px-Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg/440px-Rajinikanth_and_Vijay_at_the_Nadigar_Sangam_Protest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>Rajinikanth with <a href="/wiki/Vijay_(actor)" title="Vijay (actor)">Vijay</a> at a <a href="/wiki/2018_Tamil_Nadu_protests_for_Kaveri_water_sharing" title="2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing">Kaveri water sharing protest</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Nadigar_Sangam" title="Nadigar Sangam">Nadigar Sangam</a> in 2018</figcaption></figure> In 2002, Rajinikanth undertook a day-long fast to protest the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Karnataka" title="Government of Karnataka">Government of Karnataka</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kaveri_River_water_dispute" title="Kaveri River water dispute">decision to not release Kaveri River water into Tamil Nadu</a>, and announced that he would contribute ₹10 million (US$110,000) toward a plan to interlink Indian rivers.<a href="#cite_note-246">[240]</a> He met with Indian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> and many experts to canvass support for the project.<a href="#cite_note-247">[241]</a> His hunger strike was independent of the <a href="/wiki/Nadigar_Sangam" title="Nadigar Sangam">Nadigar Sangam</a>, who organised their own solidarity protest for the same cause. Film director <a href="/wiki/Bharathiraja" title="Bharathiraja">Bharathi Raja</a> lashed out against Rajinikanth, alleging that he is dividing the film industry and saying that he was a "traitor who had a tacit understanding with the Karnataka government".<a href="#cite_note-hinduonnet.com-248">[242]</a> In 2008, Rajinikanth took part in a hunger strike organised by the Nadigar Sangam against Karnataka's stance on the <a href="/wiki/Hogenakkal_Falls_water_dispute" title="Hogenakkal Falls water dispute">Hogenakkal Falls water dispute</a>, during which he gave a speech against politicians in <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>.<a href="#cite_note-249">[243]</a> It led to the state announcing a ban on him and his film <a href="/wiki/Kuselan" title="Kuselan">Kuselan</a> (2008). The ban was lifted after Rajinikanth appeared on <a href="/wiki/TV9_Kannada" class="mw-redirect" title="TV9 Kannada">TV9 Kannada</a> and issued an apology for his speech. He later thanked the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Karnataka" title="Government of Karnataka">Government of Karnataka</a> for lifting the ban and allowing the film's release in the state. The apology and subsequent gratitude towards Karnataka led to strong reactions from Nadigar Sangam members <a href="/wiki/R._Sarathkumar" title="R. Sarathkumar">R. Sarathkumar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sathyaraj" title="Sathyaraj">Sathyaraj</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radha_Ravi" title="Radha Ravi">Radha Ravi</a>, who called the apology a disgrace to Tamils and opined that his speech never provoked the sentiments of the <a href="/wiki/Kannada_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada people">Kannada people</a>.<a href="#cite_note-250">[244]</a> Rajinikanth's support toward fellow actor <a href="/wiki/Ajith_Kumar" title="Ajith Kumar">Ajith Kumar</a>, who in 2010 condemned the forceful inclusion of Tamil cinema personae in political affairs, broke into a controversy.<a href="#cite_note-251">[245]</a> In 2020, Rajinikanth quoted a 2017 article from <a href="/wiki/Outlook_(Indian_magazine)" title="Outlook (Indian magazine)">Outlook</a>, which reported that <a href="/wiki/Dravidar_Kazhagam" title="Dravidar Kazhagam">Dravidar Kazhagam</a> founder <a href="/wiki/Periyar_E._V._Ramasamy" class="mw-redirect" title="Periyar E. V. Ramasamy">Periyar E. V. Ramasamy</a> garlanded the idols of <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindu</a> deities <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a> with footwear at an atheist rally in 1971.<a href="#cite_note-252">[246]</a><a href="#cite_note-:3-253">[247]</a> His remarks were criticized by supporters of Periyar.<a href="#cite_note-254">[248]</a><a href="#cite_note-:3-253">[247]</a> In response to the backlash, Rajinikanth stated, "I did not speak on something that didn't happen. I've only spoken on what was reported. It was reported in <a href="/wiki/Outlook_(Indian_magazine)" title="Outlook (Indian magazine)">Outlook</a> also. Sorry, I will not apologise."<a href="#cite_note-255">[249]</a><a href="#cite_note-256">[250]</a> A report on Thoothukudi police firing criticized Rajnikanth's comment on the incident that the whole anti-Sterlite protest was engineered by "anti-social" elements.<a href="#cite_note-257">[251]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth_filmography" title="Rajinikanth filmography">Rajinikanth filmography</a></div> Rajinikanth appeared in over 170 films,<a href="#cite_note-GO-258">[f]</a> predominantly in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_cinema" title="Tamil cinema">Tamil cinema</a>.<a href="#cite_note-259">[252]</a> He began his film career by playing antagonistic and supporting roles before graduating to a lead actor.<a href="#cite_note-hindu1-260">[253]</a> He has also worked in other Indian film industries such as <a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_cinema" title="Telugu cinema">Telugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannada_cinema" title="Kannada cinema">Kannada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_cinema" title="Malayalam cinema">Malayalam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_West_Bengal" title="Cinema of West Bengal">Bengali</a>. Alongside Indian films, he has also appeared in <a href="/wiki/Bloodstone_(1988_film)" title="Bloodstone (1988 film)">an English film</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accolades">Accolades</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Rajinikanth" title="List of awards and nominations received by Rajinikanth">List of awards and nominations received by Rajinikanth</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President,_Shri_Pranab_Mukherjee_presenting_the_Padma_Vibhushan_Award_to_Shri_Rajinikanth,_at_a_Civil_Investiture_Ceremony,_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan,_in_New_Delhi_on_April_12,_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/The_President%2C_Shri_Pranab_Mukherjee_presenting_the_Padma_Vibhushan_Award_to_Shri_Rajinikanth%2C_at_a_Civil_Investiture_Ceremony%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April_12%2C_2016.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/The_President%2C_Shri_Pranab_Mukherjee_presenting_the_Padma_Vibhushan_Award_to_Shri_Rajinikanth%2C_at_a_Civil_Investiture_Ceremony%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April_12%2C_2016.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/The_President%2C_Shri_Pranab_Mukherjee_presenting_the_Padma_Vibhushan_Award_to_Shri_Rajinikanth%2C_at_a_Civil_Investiture_Ceremony%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_April_12%2C_2016.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1659" /></a><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a> presenting the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> to Rajinikanth at <a href="/wiki/Rashtrapati_Bhavan" title="Rashtrapati Bhavan">Rashtrapati Bhavan</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, on 12 April 2016</figcaption></figure> Rajinikanth has received numerous awards for many of his films, mostly in Tamil. He received his first and only <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Award">Filmfare Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Best_Actor_Award_(Tamil)" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Best Actor Award (Tamil)">Best Tamil Actor</a> in 1984 for <a href="/wiki/Nallavanuku_Nallavan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nallavanuku Nallavan">Nallavanuku Nallavan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-filmfare-95">[90]</a> Later he received Filmfare Award nominations for his performances in <a href="/wiki/Sivaji_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivaji (film)">Sivaji</a> (2007)<a href="#cite_note-261">[254]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enthiran" title="Enthiran">Enthiran</a> (2010). As of 2014, Rajinikanth has received six <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Awards" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Awards">Tamil Nadu State Film Awards</a> for his performances in various films.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Awards-262">[255]</a> He also received numerous awards from <a href="/wiki/Cinema_Express_Awards" title="Cinema Express Awards">Cinema Express</a> and Filmfans' Association for his on-screen performances and off-screen contributions in writing and producing.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._Awards-262">[255]</a><a href="#cite_note-263">[256]</a> Rajinikanth received the <a href="/wiki/Kalaimamani" title="Kalaimamani">Kalaimamani</a> award in 1984 and the M. G. R. Award in 1989, both from the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="Government of Tamil Nadu">Government of Tamil Nadu</a>. In 1995, the <a href="/wiki/South_Indian_Film_Artistes%27_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="South Indian Film Artistes' Association">South Indian Film Artistes' Association</a> presented him with the Kalaichelvam Award. He was honoured with the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> (2000) and the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> (2016) by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CivilIndiaAwards-13">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-The_Hindu-14">[11]</a> He was selected as the Indian Entertainer of the Year for 2007 by <a href="/wiki/NDTV" title="NDTV">NDTV</a>, competing against the likes of <a href="/wiki/Shah_Rukh_Khan" title="Shah Rukh Khan">Shahrukh Khan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-264">[257]</a> The Government of Maharashtra honoured him with the Raj Kapoor Award the same year. He received the <a href="/wiki/Chevalier_Sivaji_Ganesan_Award_for_Excellence_in_Indian_Cinema" title="Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema">Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema</a> at the <a href="/wiki/4th_Vijay_Awards" title="4th Vijay Awards">4th Vijay Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-265">[258]</a> Rajinikanth was also named one of the most influential persons in South Asia by <a href="/wiki/Asiaweek" title="Asiaweek">Asiaweek</a>.<a href="#cite_note-mass_popularity-30">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-i1-31">[27]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajinikanth_being_honored_with_Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Rajinikanth_being_honored_with_Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award.jpg/220px-Rajinikanth_being_honored_with_Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Rajinikanth_being_honored_with_Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award.jpg/330px-Rajinikanth_being_honored_with_Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Rajinikanth_being_honored_with_Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award.jpg/440px-Rajinikanth_being_honored_with_Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1586" /></a><figcaption>Vice President <a href="/wiki/Venkaiah_Naidu" title="Venkaiah Naidu">Venkaiah Naidu</a> presenting the <a href="/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a> to Rajinikanth at the <a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards">67th National Film Awards</a>, New Delhi, on 25 October 2021</figcaption></figure> He was named by <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a> India as the most influential Indian of the year 2010.<a href="#cite_note-Now,_a_film_on_Rajinikanth's_life-32">[28]</a> In 2011, he was awarded the Entertainer of the Decade Award by NDTV for the year 2010 by the then Indian Minister for Home Affairs <a href="/wiki/P._Chidambaram" title="P. Chidambaram">P. Chidambaram</a>.<a href="#cite_note-266">[259]</a> In December 2013, he was honoured by NDTV as one among the "25 Greatest Global Living Legends".<a href="#cite_note-267">[260]</a> In 2014, he was presented with the <a href="/wiki/IFFI_Indian_Film_Personality_of_the_Year_Award" title="IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award">Indian Film Personality of the Year Award</a> at the <a href="/wiki/45th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="45th International Film Festival of India">45th IFFI</a>.<a href="#cite_note-268">[261]</a><a href="#cite_note-269">[262]</a> Rajinikanth received <a href="/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a> at the 67th National Film Awards presentation ceremony, at <a href="/wiki/Vigyan_Bhawan" title="Vigyan Bhawan">Vigyan Bhawan</a> in New Delhi, Monday, 25 October 2021. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth_facts" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajinikanth facts">Rajinikanth facts</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a> There are numerous variant spellings of the name. These include Gaikwad, Gaykwad, Gaikawad, and, Gaykawad. </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a> There are numerous variant spellings of the name. These include Rajanikant, Rajni Kanth, Rajanikanth and Rajanikant.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012160–161-6">[5]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-KO-9"><a href="#cite_ref-KO_9-0">^</a> Including the film with his extended cameo appearance – <a href="/wiki/Lal_Salaam_(2024_film)" title="Lal Salaam (2024 film)">Lal Salaam</a> (2024) </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a> The film grossed <a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee" title="Indian rupee">₹</a>2.89 billion (equivalent to ₹4.2 billion or US$48 million in 2023) worldwide, surpassing Sivaji's collection of <a href="/wiki/Indian_rupee" title="Indian rupee">₹</a>1.55 billion (equivalent to ₹2.2 billion or US$26 million in 2023). As of June 2012, it remains the highest-grossing Tamil film, till the release of Thuppakki.<a href="#cite_note-26">[23]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a> While <a href="/wiki/Naman_Ramachandran" title="Naman Ramachandran">Naman Ramachandran</a>'s 2012 biography of Rajinikanth identifies his mother's name as Ramabai,<a href="#cite_note-shivaji-1">[1]</a> journalist Ramachandra Rao, a childhood friend of the actor, said in 2012 that her name was Jijabai.<a href="#cite_note-36">[32]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-GO-258"><a href="#cite_ref-GO_258-0">^</a> Including the film with cameo appearance-<a href="/wiki/Lal_Salaam_(2024_film)" title="Lal Salaam (2024 film)">Lal Salaam</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Kabali-176"><a href="#cite_ref-Kabali_176-0">^</a> Box office gross values of ₹650 crore were reported for Kabali in the first 13 days by several organisations including Financial Express and Indian Express,<a href="#cite_note-Financial_Express_650_crore_1-168">[163]</a><a href="#cite_note-Financial_Express_650_crore_2-169">[164]</a> which were more than double the estimates made by other sources.<a href="#cite_note-IBT_675_questioned-170">[165]</a> International Business Times (IBT) and <a href="/wiki/Firstpost" title="Firstpost">Firstpost</a> criticized these estimates as inflated, explaining the discrepancy as due in part to the addition of "pre-release business" figures, such as music and satellite rights sales of ₹200 crore,<a href="#cite_note-Firstpost_600_questioned-171">[166]</a> being factored into the box office sales totals.<a href="#cite_note-IBT_675_questioned-170">[165]</a> Firstpost wrote, "More conservative estimates put Kabali's collections at around Rs 300 crores from worldwide ticket sales."<a href="#cite_note-Firstpost_600_questioned-171">[166]</a> IBT's analysts in August 2016 estimated the film's worldwide gross total of its first 13 days at around ₹350 crore (US$52.09 million).<a href="#cite_note-IBT_350_crore-172">[167]</a> Figures given in December 2016 by Financial Express indicated an estimated domestic gross of ₹215 crore and an overseas gross of ₹262 crore, which total ₹477 crore.<a href="#cite_note-IE_Dec_2016-173">[168]</a> A figure of USD$77 million given by Forbes in May 2017 converted to approximately ₹493–499 crore.<a href="#cite_note-Forbes_77_mil_USD-174">[169]</a> According to International Business Times in October 2017, Kabali's final worldwide gross was around ₹286 crore (US$33 million).<a href="#cite_note-IBT_Oct_2017-175">[170]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div 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Om Books International. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-291-1355-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-291-1355-9"><bdi>978-81-291-1355-9</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200727115209/https://books.google.com/books?id=K2xIAQAAIAAJ&q=rajinikanth&dq=rajinikanth">Archived</a> from the original on 27 July 2020. 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Rupa & Co. p. 124. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788129119995" title="Special:BookSources/9788129119995"><bdi>9788129119995</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200727115144/https://books.google.com/books?id=2WSjaZBsCY4C&pg=PT111&dq=rajini%27s+punchtantra">Archived</a> from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rajini%27s+Punchtantra%3A+Business+and+Life+Management+the+Rajinikanth+Way&rft.pages=124&rft.pub=Rupa+%26+Co&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9788129119995&rft.aulast=Krishnamoorthy&rft.aufirst=Raja&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2WSjaZBsCY4C%26q%3Drajini%2527s%2Bpunchtantra%26pg%3DPT111&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARajinikanth" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFRamakrishnan2012" class="citation book cs1">Ramakrishnan, Ram N (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=aH_QlgEACAAJ&q=Grand+Brand+Rajini">Grand Brand Rajini: Brand Management the Rajinikanth Way</a>. Rupa Publications India. p. 149. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788129120595" title="Special:BookSources/9788129120595"><bdi>9788129120595</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201011190650/https://books.google.com/books?id=aH_QlgEACAAJ&dq=Grand+Brand+Rajini">Archived</a> from the original on 11 October 2020. 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N. Sircar</a> <a href="/wiki/18th_National_Film_Awards" title="18th National Film Awards">(1970)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithviraj_Kapoor" title="Prithviraj Kapoor">Prithviraj Kapoor</a> <a href="/wiki/19th_National_Film_Awards" title="19th National Film Awards">(1971)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Mullick" title="Pankaj Mullick">Pankaj Mullick</a> <a href="/wiki/20th_National_Film_Awards" title="20th National Film Awards">(1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Myers" title="Ruby Myers">Ruby Myers</a> <a href="/wiki/21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards">(1973)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._N._Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="B. N. Reddy">B. N. 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Nagi Reddy</a> <a href="/wiki/34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards">(1986)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> <a href="/wiki/35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards">(1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar" title="Ashok Kumar">Ashok Kumar</a> <a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards">(1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a> <a href="/wiki/37th_National_Film_Awards" title="37th National Film Awards">(1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a> <a href="/wiki/38th_National_Film_Awards" title="38th National Film Awards">(1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhalji_Pendharkar" title="Bhalji Pendharkar">Bhalji Pendharkar</a> <a href="/wiki/39th_National_Film_Awards" title="39th National Film Awards">(1991)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a> <a href="/wiki/40th_National_Film_Awards" title="40th National Film Awards">(1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majrooh_Sultanpuri" title="Majrooh Sultanpuri">Majrooh Sultanpuri</a> <a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards">(1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a> <a href="/wiki/42nd_National_Film_Awards" title="42nd National Film Awards">(1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Rajkumar" title="Dr. Rajkumar">Dr. Rajkumar</a> <a href="/wiki/43rd_National_Film_Awards" title="43rd National Film Awards">(1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> <a href="/wiki/44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards">(1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavi_Pradeep" title="Kavi Pradeep">Pradeep</a> <a href="/wiki/45th_National_Film_Awards" title="45th National Film Awards">(1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> <a href="/wiki/46th_National_Film_Awards" title="46th National Film Awards">(1998)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> <a href="/wiki/47th_National_Film_Awards" title="47th National Film Awards">(1999)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asha_Bhosle" title="Asha Bhosle">Asha Bhosle</a> <a href="/wiki/48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards">(2000)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2001–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> <a href="/wiki/49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards">(2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dev_Anand" title="Dev Anand">Dev Anand</a> <a href="/wiki/50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards">(2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards">(2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/52nd_National_Film_Awards" title="52nd National Film Awards">(2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> <a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards">(2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a> <a href="/wiki/54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards">(2006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manna_Dey" title="Manna Dey">Manna Dey</a> <a href="/wiki/55th_National_Film_Awards" title="55th National Film Awards">(2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Murthy" title="V. K. Murthy">V. K. Murthy</a> <a href="/wiki/56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards">(2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Ramanaidu" title="D. Ramanaidu">D. Ramanaidu</a> <a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards">(2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a> <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards">(2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soumitra_Chatterjee" title="Soumitra Chatterjee">Soumitra Chatterjee</a> <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards">(2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pran_(actor)" title="Pran (actor)">Pran</a> <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards">(2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards">(2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashi_Kapoor" title="Shashi Kapoor">Shashi Kapoor</a> <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards">(2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">(2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> <a href="/wiki/64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards">(2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Khanna" title="Vinod Khanna">Vinod Khanna</a> <a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards">(2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards">(2018)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a> <a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards">(2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asha_Parekh" title="Asha Parekh">Asha Parekh</a> <a href="/wiki/68th_National_Film_Awards" title="68th National Film Awards">(2020)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Waheeda_Rehman" title="Waheeda Rehman">Waheeda Rehman</a> <a href="/wiki/69th_National_Film_Awards" title="69th National Film Awards">(2021)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithun_Chakraborty" title="Mithun Chakraborty">Mithun Chakraborty</a> <a href="/wiki/70th_National_Film_Awards" title="70th National Film Awards">(2022)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="IFFI_Indian_Film_Personality_of_the_Year_Award165" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #EFE4B0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:IFFI_Indian_Film_Personality_of_the_Year_Award" title="Template:IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:IFFI_Indian_Film_Personality_of_the_Year_Award" title="Template talk:IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:IFFI_Indian_Film_Personality_of_the_Year_Award" title="Special:EditPage/Template:IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="IFFI_Indian_Film_Personality_of_the_Year_Award165" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/IFFI_Indian_Film_Personality_of_the_Year_Award" title="IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award">IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EFE4B0;width:1%">2013–present (Film personality)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Waheeda_Rahman" class="mw-redirect" title="Waheeda Rahman">Waheeda Rahman</a> <a href="/wiki/44th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="44th International Film Festival of India">(2013)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a> <a href="/wiki/45th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="45th International Film Festival of India">(2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilaiyaraaja" title="Ilaiyaraaja">Ilaiyaraaja</a> <a href="/wiki/46th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="46th International Film Festival of India">(2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> <a href="/wiki/47th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="47th International Film Festival of India">(2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> <a href="/wiki/48th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="48th International Film Festival of India">(2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salim_Khan" title="Salim Khan">Salim Khan</a> <a href="/wiki/49th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="49th International Film Festival of India">(2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biswajit_Chatterjee" title="Biswajit Chatterjee">Biswajit Chatterjee</a> <a href="/wiki/51st_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="51st International Film Festival of India">(2021)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hema_Malini" title="Hema Malini">Hema Malini</a> <a href="/wiki/52nd_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="52nd International Film Festival of India">(2021)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prasoon_Joshi" title="Prasoon Joshi">Prasoon Joshi</a> <a href="/wiki/52nd_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="52nd International Film Festival of India">(2021)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiranjeevi" title="Chiranjeevi">Chiranjeevi</a> <a href="/wiki/53rd_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="53rd International Film Festival of India">(2022)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikrant_Massey" title="Vikrant Massey">Vikrant Massey</a> <a href="/wiki/55th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="55th International Film Festival of India">(2024)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EFE4B0;width:1%">2023–present (Special recognition in Bharatiya cinema)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madhuri_Dixit" title="Madhuri Dixit">Madhuri Dixit</a> <a href="/wiki/54th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="54th International Film Festival of India">(2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allu_Arjun" title="Allu Arjun">Allu Arjun</a> <a href="/wiki/55th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="55th International Film Festival of India">(2024)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EFE4B0;width:1%">2019 (Golden Jubilee ICON)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a> <a href="/wiki/55th_International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="55th International Film Festival of India">(2019)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NTR_National_Award74" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NTR_National_Award" title="Template:NTR National Award"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:NTR_National_Award" title="Template talk:NTR National Award"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NTR_National_Award" title="Special:EditPage/Template:NTR National Award"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="NTR_National_Award74" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/NTR_National_Award" title="NTR National Award">NTR National Award</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Nandi_Awards" title="Nandi Awards">Nandi Awards</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Bhanumathi" title="P. Bhanumathi">P. Bhanumathi</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Rajkumar" title="Dr. Rajkumar">Dr. Rajkumar</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_(Telugu_actor)" title="Krishna (Telugu actor)">Krishna</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilaiyaraaja" title="Ilaiyaraaja">Ilaiyaraaja</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambareesh" title="Ambareesh">Ambareesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nutan_Prasad" title="Nutan Prasad">Nutan Prasad</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waheeda_Rehman" title="Waheeda Rehman">Waheeda Rehman</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dasari_Narayana_Rao" title="Dasari Narayana Rao">Dasari Narayana Rao</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamuna_(actress)" title="Jamuna (actress)">Jamuna</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Saroja_Devi" title="B. 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Husain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)" title="Zakir Hussain (musician)">Zakir Hussain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilaiyaraaja" title="Ilaiyaraaja">Ilaiyaraaja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semmangudi_Srinivasa_Iyer" title="Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer">Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimsen_Joshi" title="Bhimsen Joshi">Bhimsen Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Khan" title="Ali Akbar Khan">Ali Akbar Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amjad_Ali_Khan" title="Amjad Ali Khan">Amjad Ali Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allauddin_Khan" title="Allauddin Khan">Allauddin Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismillah_Khan" title="Bismillah Khan">Bismillah Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mustafa_Khan_(singer)" title="Ghulam Mustafa Khan (singer)">Ghulam Mustafa Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamini_Krishnamurthy" title="Yamini Krishnamurthy">Yamini Krishnamurthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumudini_Lakhia" title="Kumudini Lakhia">Kumudini Lakhia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._K._Laxman" title="R. K. Laxman">R. K. Laxman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birju_Maharaj" title="Birju Maharaj">Birju Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishan_Maharaj" title="Kishan Maharaj">Kishan Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonal_Mansingh" title="Sonal Mansingh">Sonal Mansingh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Mansur" title="Mallikarjun Mansur">Mallikarjun Mansur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zubin_Mehta" title="Zubin Mehta">Zubin Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Miranda" title="Mario Miranda">Mario Miranda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhannulal_Mishra" title="Chhannulal Mishra">Chhannulal Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelucharan_Mohapatra" title="Kelucharan Mohapatra">Kelucharan Mohapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Mohapatra" title="Raghunath Mohapatra">Raghunath Mohapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasraj" title="Jasraj">Jasraj Motiram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benode_Behari_Mukherjee" title="Benode Behari Mukherjee">Benode Behari Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Narayan" title="Ram Narayan">Ram Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._K._Pattammal" title="D. K. Pattammal">D. K. Pattammal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Shankar_Pillai" title="K. Shankar Pillai">K. Shankar Pillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balwant_Moreshwar_Purandare" class="mw-redirect" title="Balwant Moreshwar Purandare">Balwant Moreshwar Purandare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaloji_Narayana_Rao" title="Kaloji Narayana Rao">Kaloji Narayana Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._H._Raza" title="S. H. Raza">S. H. Raza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zohra_Sehgal" title="Zohra Sehgal">Zohra Sehgal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uday_Shankar" title="Uday Shankar">Uday Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivkumar_Sharma" title="Shivkumar Sharma">Shivkumar Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharda_Sinha" title="Sharda Sinha">Sharda Sinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman" title="Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman">Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi" title="M. S. Subbulakshmi">M. S. Subbulakshmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Subramaniam" title="L. Subramaniam">L. Subramaniam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._G._Subramanyan" title="K. G. Subramanyan">K. G. Subramanyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapila_Vatsyayan" title="Kapila Vatsyayan">Kapila Vatsyayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homai_Vyarawalla" title="Homai Vyarawalla">Homai Vyarawalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Civil service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bimala_Prasad_Chaliha" title="Bimala Prasad Chaliha">Bimala Prasad Chaliha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naresh_Chandra" title="Naresh Chandra">Naresh Chandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Chaturvedi" title="T. N. Chaturvedi">T. N. Chaturvedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayanto_Nath_Chaudhuri" title="Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri">Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suranjan_Das" title="Suranjan Das">Suranjan Das</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajeshwar_Dayal" title="Rajeshwar Dayal">Rajeshwar Dayal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Devi" title="Basanti Devi">Basanti Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Dhar" title="P. N. Dhar">P. N. Dhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyotindra_Nath_Dixit" title="Jyotindra Nath Dixit">Jyotindra Nath Dixit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Gill" title="M. S. Gill">M. S. Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafiz_Mohamad_Ibrahim" title="Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim">Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._V._R._Iyengar" class="mw-redirect" title="H. V. R. Iyengar">H. V. R. Iyengar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhola_Nath_Jha" title="Bhola Nath Jha">Bhola Nath Jha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._S._Joshi" title="D. S. Joshi">Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajudhiya_Nath_Khosla" title="Ajudhiya Nath Khosla">Ajudhiya Nath Khosla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rai_Krishnadasa" title="Rai Krishnadasa">Rai Krishnadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Krishnamurthy" title="V. Krishnamurthy">V. Krishnamurthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramasiva_Prabhakar_Kumaramangalam" title="Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam">P. Prabhakar Kumaramangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Chandra_Lal" title="Pratap Chandra Lal">Pratap Chandra Lal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._B._Lall" title="K. B. Lall">K. B. Lall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Manekshaw" title="Sam Manekshaw">Sam Manekshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Mehra" title="Om Prakash Mehra">Om Prakash Mehra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Sinha_Mehta" title="Mohan Sinha Mehta">Mohan Sinha Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._G._K._Menon" title="M. G. K. Menon">M. G. K. Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brajesh_Mishra" title="Brajesh Mishra">Brajesh Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumati_Morarjee" title="Sumati Morarjee">Sumati Morarjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcot_Ramasamy_Mudaliar" title="Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar">A. Ramasamy Mudaliar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardarilal_Mathradas_Nanda" title="Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda">Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakravarthi_V._Narasimhan" title="Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan">Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braj_Kumar_Nehru" title="Braj Kumar Nehru">Braj Kumar Nehru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._D._Pande" title="B. D. Pande">Bhairab Dutt Pande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghananand_Pande" title="Ghananand Pande">Ghananand Pande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijaya_Lakshmi_Pandit" title="Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit">Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._V._Rajeswar" title="T. V. Rajeswar">T. V. Rajeswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._R._Krishnaswamy_Rao" class="mw-redirect" title="C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao">C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._V._R._Rao" title="P. V. R. Rao">Pattadakal Venkanna R. Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._R._Varadaraja_Rao" class="mw-redirect" title="V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao">V. K. R. V. Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bipin_Rawat" title="Bipin Rawat">Bipin Rawat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khusro_Faramurz_Rustamji" title="Khusro Faramurz Rustamji">Khusro Faramurz Rustamji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harish_Chandra_Sarin" title="Harish Chandra Sarin">Harish Chandra Sarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binay_Ranjan_Sen" title="Binay Ranjan Sen">Binay Ranjan Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homi_Sethna" title="Homi Sethna">Homi Sethna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjan_Singh" title="Arjan Singh">Arjan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbaksh_Singh" title="Harbaksh Singh">Harbaksh Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sant_Kirpal_Singh_Ji_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj">Kirpal Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarlok_Singh_(economist)" title="Tarlok Singh (economist)">Tarlok Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lallan_Prasad_Singh" title="Lallan Prasad Singh">Lallan Prasad Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Sivaraman" title="B. Sivaraman">Balaram Sivaraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Prasad_Srivastava" title="Chandrika Prasad Srivastava">Chandrika Prasad Srivastava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Swaminathan" title="T. Swaminathan">T. Swaminathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Shridhar_Vaidya" title="Arun Shridhar Vaidya">Arun Shridhar Vaidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharma_Vira" title="Dharma Vira">Dharma Vira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Nath_Vohra" title="Narinder Nath Vohra">Narinder Nath Vohra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Literature and education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._S._R._Arunachalam" title="V. S. R. Arunachalam">V. S. R. Arunachalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Bhagwati" title="Jagdish Bhagwati">Jagdish Bhagwati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose" title="Satyendra Nath Bose">Satyendra Nath Bose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_Chand_(archaeologist)" title="Tara Chand (archaeologist)">Tara Chand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suniti_Kumar_Chatterji" title="Suniti Kumar Chatterji">Suniti Kumar Chatterji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._P._Chattopadhyaya" title="D. P. Chattopadhyaya">D. P. Chattopadhyaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhabatosh_Datta" title="Bhabatosh Datta">Bhabatosh Datta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avinash_Dixit" title="Avinash Dixit">Avinash Dixit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahasweta_Devi" title="Mahasweta Devi">Mahasweta Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kenneth_Galbraith" title="John Kenneth Galbraith">John Kenneth Galbraith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Gopal" title="Sarvepalli Gopal">Sarvepalli Gopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshman_Shastri_Joshi" title="Lakshman Shastri Joshi">Lakshman Shastri Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaka_Kalelkar" title="Kaka Kalelkar">Kaka Kalelkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhondo_Keshav_Karve" title="Dhondo Keshav Karve">Dhondo Keshav Karve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopinath_Kaviraj" title="Gopinath Kaviraj">Gopinath Kaviraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radheshyam_Khemka" title="Radheshyam Khemka">Radheshyam Khemka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuvempu" title="Kuvempu">Kuvempu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._N._V._Kurup" title="O. N. V. Kurup">O. N. V. Kurup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prasanta_Chandra_Mahalanobis" title="Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis">Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitakant_Mahapatra" title="Sitakant Mahapatra">Sitakant Mahapatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mathai" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mathai">John Mathai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotha_Satchidananda_Murthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotha Satchidananda Murthy">Kotha Satchidananda Murthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giani_Gurmukh_Singh_Musafir" class="mw-redirect" title="Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir">Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_Dulal_Nagchaudhuri" title="Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri">Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bal_Ram_Nanda" title="Bal Ram Nanda">Bal Ram Nanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._K._Narayan" title="R. K. Narayan">R. K. Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Parameswaran" title="P. Parameswaran">P. Parameswaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amrita_Pritam" title="Amrita Pritam">Amrita Pritam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._N._Raj" title="K. N. Raj">K. N. Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Rangarajan" title="C. Rangarajan">C. Rangarajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Rao" title="Raja Rao">Raja Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramoji_Rao" title="Ramoji Rao">Ramoji Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hormasji_Maneckji_Seervai" title="Hormasji Maneckji Seervai">Hormasji Maneckji Seervai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajaram_Shastri" title="Rajaram Shastri">Rajaram Shastri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._L._Shrimali" title="K. L. Shrimali">Kalu Lal Shrimali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govindbhai_Shroff" title="Govindbhai Shroff">Govindbhai Shroff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khushwant_Singh" title="Khushwant Singh">Khushwant Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandeshwar_Prasad_Narayan_Singh" title="Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh">Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premlila_Vithaldas_Thackersey" title="Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey">Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi_Varma" title="Mahadevi Varma">Mahadevi Varma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashir_Hussain_Zaidi" title="Bashir Hussain Zaidi">Bashir Hussain Zaidi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Medicine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jasbir_Singh_Bajaj" title="Jasbir Singh Bajaj">Jasbir Singh Bajaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Goyal" title="B. K. Goyal">B. K. Goyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purshotam_Lal" title="Purshotam Lal">Purshotam Lal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Lakshmanaswami_Mudaliar" title="A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar">A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._I._Padmavati" title="S. I. Padmavati">S. I. Padmavati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autar_Singh_Paintal" title="Autar Singh Paintal">Autar Singh Paintal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Nageshwara_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="D. Nageshwara Reddy">D. Nageshwara Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kantilal_Hastimal_Sancheti" title="Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti">Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balu_Sankaran" title="Balu Sankaran">Balu Sankaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Shanta" title="V. Shanta">V. Shanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vithal_Nagesh_Shirodkar" title="Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar">Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Narain_Tandon" title="Prakash Narain Tandon">Prakash Narain Tandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brihaspati_Dev_Triguna" title="Brihaspati Dev Triguna">Brihaspati Dev Triguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Valiathan" title="M. S. Valiathan">M. S. Valiathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Mahalanabis" title="Dilip Mahalanabis">Dilip Mahalanabis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunderlal_Bahuguna" title="Sunderlal Bahuguna">Sunderlal Bahuguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rambhadracharya" title="Rambhadracharya">Rambhadracharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(spiritual_leader)" title="Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwesha_Teertha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwesha Teertha">Vishwesha Teertha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaggi_Vasudev" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaggi Vasudev">Jaggi Vasudev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Doshi" title="B. V. Doshi">B. V. Doshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;font-weight:normal;">Public affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0;line-height:1.3em; white-space:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montek_Singh_Ahluwalia" title="Montek Singh Ahluwalia">Montek Singh Ahluwalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Asaf_Ali" title="Aruna Asaf Ali">Aruna Asaf Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazal_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Fazal Ali">Fazal Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adarsh_Sein_Anand" title="Adarsh Sein Anand">Adarsh Sein Anand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhav_Shrihari_Aney" title="Madhav Shrihari Aney">Madhav Shrihari Aney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikander_Bakht" title="Sikander Bakht">Sikander Bakht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milon_K._Banerji" title="Milon K. Banerji">Milon K. Banerji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Hameedullah_Beg" title="Mirza Hameedullah Beg">Mirza Hameedullah Beg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Bhagwati" title="P. N. Bhagwati">P. N. 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Talwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Shankar_Vyas" title="Vijay Shankar Vyas">Vijay Shankar Vyas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Du%C5%A1an_Zbavitel" title="Dušan Zbavitel">Dušan Zbavitel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Javed_Akhtar" title="Javed Akhtar">Javed Akhtar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Chiramel" title="Gabriel Chiramel">Gabriel Chiramel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ela_Gandhi" title="Ela Gandhi">Ela Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saroj_Ghose" title="Saroj Ghose">Saroj Ghose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Mohini_Giri" title="V. Mohini Giri">V. Mohini Giri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somnath_Hore" title="Somnath Hore">Somnath Hore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamshed_Jiji_Irani" title="Jamshed Jiji Irani">Jamshed Jiji Irani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurcharan_Singh_Kalkat" title="Gurcharan Singh Kalkat">Gurcharan Singh Kalkat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Mahalingam" title="N. Mahalingam">N. Mahalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithipal_Singh_Maini" title="Prithipal Singh Maini">Prithipal Singh Maini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyeb_Mehta" title="Tyeb Mehta">Tyeb Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajan_and_Sajan_Mishra" title="Rajan and Sajan Mishra">Rajan and Sajan Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajan_and_Sajan_Mishra" title="Rajan and Sajan Mishra">Rajan and Sajan Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Mittal" title="Sunil Mittal">Sunil Mittal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramankutty_Nair" title="Ramankutty Nair">Ramankutty Nair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopaldas_Neeraj" title="Gopaldas Neeraj">Gopaldas Neeraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indra_Nooyi" title="Indra Nooyi">Indra Nooyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavalam_Narayana_Panicker" title="Kavalam Narayana Panicker">Kavalam Narayana Panicker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhikhu_Parekh" title="Bhikhu Parekh">Bhikhu Parekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Mohammad_Sharfuddin_Quadri" title="Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri">Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._S._Ramachandran" title="V. S. Ramachandran">V. S. Ramachandran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Raychaudhuri" title="Tapan Raychaudhuri">Tapan Raychaudhuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._H._Raza" title="S. H. Raza">S. H. Raza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Sachs" title="Jeffrey Sachs">Jeffrey Sachs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Prasad_Saikia" title="Chandra Prasad Saikia">Chandra Prasad Saikia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Z._Sailo" title="L. Z. Sailo">L. Z. Sailo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Kumar_Sarin" title="Shiv Kumar Sarin">Shiv Kumar Sarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shriram_Sharma" title="Shriram Sharma">Shriram Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manju_Sharma_(biologist)" title="Manju Sharma (biologist)">Manju Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Srinivasan" title="T. N. Srinivasan">T. N. Srinivasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osamu_Suzuki_(businessman)" title="Osamu Suzuki (businessman)">Osamu Suzuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._T._Thomas_(judge)" title="K. T. Thomas (judge)">K. T. Thomas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mian_Bashir_Ahmed" title="Mian Bashir Ahmed">Mian Bashir Ahmed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaushik_Basu" title="Kaushik Basu">Kaushik Basu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shayama_Chona" title="Shayama Chona">Shayama Chona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagjit_Singh_Chopra" title="Jagjit Singh Chopra">Jagjit Singh Chopra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahim_Fahimuddin_Dagar" title="Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar">Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhar_Dasgupta" title="Chandrashekhar Dasgupta">Chandrashekhar Dasgupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asis_Datta" title="Asis Datta">Asis Datta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghnad_Desai,_Baron_Desai" title="Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai">Meghnad Desai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Desai" title="Padma Desai">Padma Desai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukh_Dev" title="Sukh Dev">Sukh Dev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Kumar_Ganguly" title="Nirmal Kumar Ganguly">Nirmal Kumar Ganguly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._N._Goswamy" title="B. N. Goswamy">B. N. Goswamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Gowarikar" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasant Gowarikar">Vasant Gowarikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baba_Kalyani" title="Baba Kalyani">Baba Kalyani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._V._Kamath" title="K. V. Kamath">K. V. Kamath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inderjit_Kaur_Barthakur" title="Inderjit Kaur Barthakur">Inderjit Kaur Barthakur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Kelekar" title="Ravindra Kelekar">Ravindra Kelekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asad_Ali_Khan" title="Asad Ali Khan">Asad Ali Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Lapierre" title="Dominique Lapierre">Dominique Lapierre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._R._Mehta" title="D. R. Mehta">D. R. Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Nadar" title="Shiv Nadar">Shiv Nadar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Kumar_Neotia" title="Suresh Kumar Neotia">Suresh Kumar Neotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._K._Oommen" title="T. K. Oommen">T. K. Oommen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Padmanabhaiah" title="K. Padmanabhaiah">K. Padmanabhaiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Pandit" title="Vikram Pandit">Vikram Pandit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Ramachandran" title="V. Ramachandran">V. Ramachandran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_Saxena" title="Sushil Kumar Saxena">Sushil Kumar Saxena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amarnath_Sehgal" title="Amarnath Sehgal">Amarnath Sehgal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasdev_Singh" title="Jasdev Singh">Jasdev Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrilal_Shukla" title="Shrilal Shukla">Shrilal Shukla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Susheela" title="P. Susheela">P. Susheela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._R._Srinivasa_Varadhan" title="S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan">S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuli_Vorontsov" title="Yuli Vorontsov">Yuli Vorontsov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Williams" title="Sunita Williams">Sunita Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Xianlin" title="Ji Xianlin">Ji Xianlin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isher_Judge_Ahluwalia" title="Isher Judge Ahluwalia">Isher Judge Ahluwalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inderjit_Kaur_Barthakur" title="Inderjit Kaur Barthakur">Inderjit Kaur Barthakur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamshad_Begum" title="Shamshad Begum">Shamshad Begum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhinav_Bindra" title="Abhinav Bindra">Abhinav Bindra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhananjayans" title="Dhananjayans">Shanta Dhananjayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhananjayans" title="Dhananjayans">V. P. Dhananjayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramachandra_Guha" title="Ramachandra Guha">Ramachandra Guha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Gupta" title="Shekhar Gupta">Shekhar Gupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_Hameed,_Baron_Hameed" title="Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed">Khalid Hameed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minoru_Hara" title="Minoru Hara">Minoru Hara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayakanthan" title="Jayakanthan">Jayakanthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kailath" title="Thomas Kailath">Thomas Kailath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarvagya_Singh_Katiyar" title="Sarvagya Singh Katiyar">Sarvagya Singh Katiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_(Telugu_actor)" title="Krishna (Telugu actor)">G. Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._C._Mehta" title="R. C. Mehta">R. C. Mehta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Sreedhara_Menon" title="A. Sreedhara Menon">A. Sreedhara Menon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._K._Misra" title="S. K. Misra">S. K. Misra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._M._Naik" title="A. M. Naik">A. M. Naik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Nambiar" title="Satish Nambiar">Satish Nambiar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunwar_Narayan" title="Kunwar Narayan">Kunwar Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagnath_Naikwadi" title="Nagnath Naikwadi">Nagnath Naikwadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirit_Parikh" title="Kirit Parikh">Kirit Parikh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Pitroda" title="Sam Pitroda">Sam Pitroda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Prahalad" title="C. K. Prahalad">C. K. Prahalad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurdip_Singh_Randhawa" title="Gurdip Singh Randhawa">Gurdip Singh Randhawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brijendra_Kumar_Rao" title="Brijendra Kumar Rao">Brijendra Kumar Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakta_B._Rath" title="Bhakta B. Rath">Bhakta B. Rath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._S._Seshadri" title="C. S. Seshadri">C. S. Seshadri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Ganapati_Sthapati" title="V. Ganapati Sthapati">V. Ganapati Sthapati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Triguna" title="Devendra Triguna">Devendra Triguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarojini_Varadappan" title="Sarojini Varadappan">Sarojini Varadappan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div># Posthumous conferral <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)">1954–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)">1960–1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1970–1979)">1970–1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1980–1989)">1980–1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–1999)">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2020–2029)">2020–2029</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Tamil_Actor138" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Template:Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Template talk:Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Tamil_Actor138" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil">Best Tamil Actor</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1972–1989</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemini_Ganesan" title="Gemini Ganesan">Gemini Ganesan</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivakumar" title="Sivakumar">Sivakumar</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivakumar" title="Sivakumar">Sivakumar</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_(actor)" title="Mohan (actor)">Mohan</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Bhagyaraj" title="K. Bhagyaraj">Bhagyaraj</a> (1983)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rajinikanth</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayakanth" title="Vijayakanth">Vijayakanth</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sathyaraj" title="Sathyaraj">Sathyaraj</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karthik_(actor)" title="Karthik (actor)">Karthik</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karthik_(actor)" title="Karthik (actor)">Karthik</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990–2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karthik_(actor)" title="Karthik (actor)">Karthik</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karthik_(actor)" title="Karthik (actor)">Karthik</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Sarathkumar" title="R. Sarathkumar">R. Sarathkumar</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Sarathkumar" title="R. Sarathkumar">R. Sarathkumar</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Sarathkumar" title="R. Sarathkumar">R. Sarathkumar</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajith_Kumar" title="Ajith Kumar">Ajith Kumar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajith_Kumar" title="Ajith Kumar">Ajith Kumar</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriya" title="Suriya">Suriya</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajith_Kumar" title="Ajith Kumar">Ajith Kumar</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karthi" title="Karthi">Karthi</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriya" title="Suriya">Suriya</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Raj" title="Prakash Raj">Prakash Raj</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010–2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atharvaa" title="Atharvaa">Atharvaa</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Madhavan" title="R. Madhavan">R. Madhavan</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Sethupathi" title="Vijay Sethupathi">Vijay Sethupathi</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a> / <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Sethupathi" title="Vijay Sethupathi">Vijay Sethupathi</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriya" title="Suriya">Suriya</a> (2020–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Actor82" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Tamil_Nadu_State_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Template:Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Actor"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Tamil_Nadu_State_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Template talk:Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Actor"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Tamil_Nadu_State_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Actor"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Actor82" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor">Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1967–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._V._M._Rajan" title="A. V. M. Rajan">A. V. M. Rajan</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemini_Ganesan" title="Gemini Ganesan">Gemini Ganesan</a> (1970)</li> <li>no award (1971)</li> <li>no award (1972)</li> <li>no award (1973)</li> <li>no award (1974)</li> <li>no award (1975)</li> <li>no award (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srikanth_(actor,_born_1940)" title="Srikanth (actor, born 1940)">Srikanth</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivakumar" title="Sivakumar">Sivakumar</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivakumar" title="Sivakumar">Sivakumar</a> (1982)</li> <li>no award (1983)</li> <li>no award (1984)</li> <li>no award (1985)</li> <li>no award (1986)</li> <li>no award (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayakanth" title="Vijayakanth">Vijayakanth</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karthik_(actor)" title="Karthik (actor)">Karthik</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabhu_(actor)" title="Prabhu (actor)">Prabhu</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Sarja" title="Arjun Sarja">Arjun</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Sarathkumar" title="R. 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