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Andha Kanoon featured Hema Malini in the role of a cop with Amitabh Bachchan playing a 'disgraced' forest officer. It revolved around the journey of a feisty young man who decides to avenge the murders of his near and dear ones.

The action-packed Andha Kanoon, which marked actor Rajinikanth's Bollywood debut, was a remake of Vijayakanth's Tamil hit Sattam Oru Iruttarai. It enjoys a cult following due to its powerful presentation and strong message.Īlso read: Actor Tarun Arora is 'sad' about 'Laxmii' not releasing in theatres With the 'Diwali Dhamaka' almost upon us, here is a look at five popular Bollywood movies that were remakes of Tamil hits.Ī remake of actor Sivaji Ganesan's Sivandha Mann, Dharti was an action-drama that featured Rajendra Kumar and Waheeda Rahman in the lead. The Raghava Lawrence-helmed biggie is a remake of the director Tamil movie Kanchana and revolves around what happens when a man is possessed by a female spirit. Karthik Subbaraj, the film’s director, who narrated the story to Rajinikath in 2015 had to wait since he went on to do ‘Kaala’ and later announced his political entry.The eagerly-awaited Laxmii, starring Akshay Kumar, is set to premiere on Disney+ Hotstar on Monday much to the delight of fans. The multi-starrer was released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. It is seen as a tribute to Rajinikanth’s 1997 megahit film Baasha. The movie brings back the vintage Rajinikanth we all adore. The film has been included as a case study in an IIM-A postgraduate elective course,Ĭontemporary Film Industry: A Business Perspective.If his movies flop at the box office, he pays the money back to the distributors. Rajinikanth’s ‘Enthiran’ is the only Tamil film that made it into IMDb’s Top 50 films from around the world list in 2010. He is the first Indian actor to have worked in films using different camera technologies like black-and-white, colour, 3D and motion capture. His every film is contractually obligated to credit him as ‘Superstar Rajinikant’. Rajinikanth is the only Indian actor to be featured in the CBSE syllabus. This made him the second highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan.

He received a fee of Rs 26 crore in 2007 for the hit movie Shivaji. The couple has two daughters Aishwarya and Soundarya. The two met when Latha came to interview him for her college magazine. Latha Rangachari, Rajinikanth’s wife, is eight years younger to him. He also visits Bengaluru frequently to hang out with his old buddies. The same room is allotted for him in the hotels he visits including Rishikesh where he stays during his Himalayan trips. Rajinikanth usually goes to the Himalayas after the release of his films. Baasha, which released in 1995, established the actor as a superstar and broke several box-office records. T Rama Rao’s Andha Kanoon was Rajinikanth’s first Bollywood film.In 1988, Rajinikanth acted in the English action adventure Bloodstone. He has starred in 11 Tamil remakes of Amitabh Bachchan films like Deewar, Amar Akbar Anthony, Laawaris and Don among others. Rajinikanth’s first big commercial success was Billa, a remake of the 1978 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer, Don. He wanted to show his seniors that he was eligible to join their gang.

He developed his trademark cigarette style (tossing it up in the air and catching it with his lips) when he was 18. Bahadur asked him to enrol in the Madras Film Institute where director K Balachander noticed him in a Kannada play. His most prominent role was that of Duryodhana.His friend Raj Bahadur encouraged him to become an actor. He started off his acting career with mythological Kannada plays. He was named Shivaji Rao Gaikwad.Before entering the film industry, Rajinikanth used to work as a coolie, carpenter and a bus conductor for the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation in Bangalore. Rajinikanth was born to Jijabai and Ramoji Rao Gaikwad, a Maharashtrian couple living in Bengaluru, on December 12, 1950. As the superstar’s ‘Petta’ gets a thumbs up from the audience, here are some facts about the super star you should know. The name is akin to an institution of the Indian cinema. Rajinikanth is truly a global superstar whose fan-base crosses age, class, gender and borders.