Rajinikanth filmography

Rajinikanth is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 160 films, predominantly in Tamil cinema.[1] He began his film career by playing antagonistic and supporting roles before graduating to a lead actor.[2] After starring in numerous commercially successful films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he has continued to hold a matinée idol status in the popular culture of Tamil Nadu.[3] Writing for Slate, Grady Hendrix called him the "biggest movie star you've probably never heard of."[4] Rajinikanth has also worked in other Indian film industries such as Bollywood, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali.[5]

Rajinikanth (pictured in 2010) during audio release of Robot in Mumbai.

He made his cinematic debut with K. Balachander's 1975 Tamil drama Apoorva Raagangal, in which he played a minor role of an abusive husband.[6][7] He had his first major role in Balachander's Telugu drama film Anthuleni Katha (1976), and got his breakthrough in Tamil with Moondru Mudichu (1976)—also directed by Balachander. His style and mannerisms in the latter earned recognition from the audience.[8] In 1977, he acted in 15 films, playing negative characters in most of them, including Avargal, 16 Vayathinile, Aadu Puli Attam and Gaayathri.[2][6] He had positive roles in Kavikkuyil, the Kannada film Sahodarara Savaal,[9] and the Telugu film Chilakamma Cheppindi, in which he played the protagonist for the first time in his career.[10] His role as a failed lover in S. P. Muthuraman's Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri (1977) won him critical acclaim.[11] In 1978, he was cast as the main lead in the Tamil film Bairavi.[2] The same year, he received critical acclaim for his roles in Mullum Malarum and Aval Appadithan; the former earned him a Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actor.[6] He made his Malayalam cinema debut with I. V. Sasi's fantasy Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum (1979), an adaptation of a story from One Thousand and One Nights.[12][13] By the end of the decade, he had worked in all South Indian languages and established a career in Tamil cinema.[6][14]

He played dual roles in the action thriller Billa (1980), which was a remake of the Bollywood film Don (1978). It was his biggest commercial success to that point and gave him the action hero image.[15][16] Balachander's Thillu Mullu (1981), the Tamil remake of the Bollywood film Gol Maal (1979), was Rajinikanth's first full-length comedy film.[17] He played triple roles in the 1982 Tamil film Moondru Mugam, which earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards ceremony. The following year, he made his Bollywood debut with Tatineni Rama Rao's Andha Kanoon; it was among the top-grossing Bollywood films in 1983.[18] Muthuraman's Nallavanukku Nallavan (1984) won him that year's Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor.[5] In 1985, he portrayed the Hindu saint Raghavendra Swami in his 100th film Sri Raghavendrar,[19] a box-office failure.[20] In the latter half of the 1980s, he starred in several films in Tamil and Hindi, including Padikkadavan (1985), Mr. Bharath (1986), Bhagwaan Dada (1986), Velaikaran (1987), Guru Sishyan (1988) and Dharmathin Thalaivan (1988).[21] During this time, he made his debut in American cinema with a supporting role in the mystery adventure film Bloodstone (1988), a box-office failure.[22]

Rajinikanth continued to act in Bollywood, often playing supporting roles in films such as Hum, Khoon Ka Karz, and Phool Bane Angaray (all in 1991). Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Thalapathi (1991), based on the Indian epic Mahabharata, earned him critical acclaim.[22] Suresh Krissna's Annaamalai (1992), P. Vasu's Mannan (1992) and Uzhaippali (1993) are among his box-office successes in Tamil.[23] He made his debut as a screenwriter with Valli (1993), a commercial failure.[lower-alpha 1][13] The Suresh Krissna-directed Baashha, in which he played a crime boss, was a major commercial success in his career and earned him a "demigod" status in Tamil Nadu.[23] Later that year he acted in K. S. Ravikumar's Muthu, which was dubbed into Japanese.[lower-alpha 2] In Japan, the film grossed a record US$1.6 million in 1998 and was largely instrumental in creating a fan-base for Rajinikanth in the country.[25] Padayappa (1999), his second collaboration with Ravikumar, went on to become the highest-grossing Tamil film to that point.[26] In 2002 Rajinikanth produced, wrote and starred in the fantasy thriller Baba,[27] which fell short of market expectations and incurred heavy losses for its distributors.[28] After a three-year sabbatical, he returned to acting with the comedy horror film Chandramukhi (2005); it went on to become the highest-grossing Tamil film to that point,[26] and its theatrical run lasted 126 weeks at Shanti Theatre in Chennai.[lower-alpha 3] Rajinikanth was paid ₹260 million for his role in S. Shankar's Sivaji (2007), which made him the second-highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan.[30] He played dual roles, as a scientist and an andro-humanoid robot, in the science fiction film Enthiran (2010). It was India's most expensive production at the time of its release,[31] and is among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.[lower-alpha 4][33] He played triple roles in the 2014 animated film Kochadaiiyaan, the first in India to be shot with motion capture technology;[34] it was a commercial failure.[35] Two years later, Rajinikanth played a Malaysian Tamil crime boss in Pa. Ranjith's Kabali,[36] which had the biggest weekend opening for an Indian film.[37][38]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of films acted by Rajinikanth

Year	Film	Role(s)	Language(s)	Director(s)	Notes	Ref.
1975	Apoorva Raagangal	Pandiyan	Tamil	K. Balachander		[39]
1976	Katha Sangama	Kondaji	Kannada	Puttanna Kanagal		[39]
1976	Anthuleni Katha	Murthy	Telugu	K. Balachander		[8]
1976	Moondru Mudichu	Prasad	Tamil	K. Balachander		[8]
1976	Baalu Jenu	Vasu	Kannada	Balan, Kunigal Nagabushan		[8]
1977	Avargal	Ramanathan	Tamil	K. Balachander		[9]
1977	Kavikkuyil	Murugan	Tamil	Devaraj Mohan		[9]
1977	Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram	Veeraiyan	Tamil	Durai		[40] [41]
1977	Chilakamma Cheppindi	Ravi	Telugu	Eranki Sharma		[9]
1977	Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri	Sampath	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[9]
1977	Ondu Premada Kathe	Local school chairman	Kannada	S. M. Joe Simon		[40]
1977	16 Vayathinile	Parattai	Tamil	P. Bharathiraja		[9]
1977	Sahodarara Savaal	Shekhar	Kannada	K. S. R. Das		[9]
1977	Aadu Puli Attam	Rajni	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[9]
1977	Gaayathri	Rajarathnam	Tamil	R. Pattabhiraman		[9]
1977	Kumkuma Rakshe	Murali	Kannada	S. K. A. Chari		[9]
1977	Aarupushpangal	Ravi	Tamil	K. M. Balakrishnan		[9]
1977	Tholireyi Gadichindi	Chitti Babu	Telugu	K. S. Rami Reddy		[40]
1977	Aame Katha	Unknown	Telugu	K. Raghavendra Rao	Guest appearance	[40]
1977	Galate Samsara	Sundar	Kannada	C. V. Rajendran		[9]
1978	Shankar Salim Simon	Simon	Tamil	P. Madhavan		[12]
1978	Kiladi Kittu	Srikanth	Kannada	K. S. R. Das		[12]
1978	Annadammula Savaal	Rangababu	Telugu	K. S. R. Das		[40] [42]
1978	Aayiram Jenmangal	Ramesh	Tamil	Durai		[12]
1978	Maathu Tappada Maga	Chandru	Kannada	Peketi Sivaram	25th Film	[40]
1978	Mangudi Minor	Kumar	Tamil	V. C. Guhanathan		[40] [43]
1978	Bairavi	Mookaiah	Tamil	M. Bhaskar		[12]
1978	Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu	Murali	Tamil	C. V. Sridhar		[12]
1978	Sadhurangam	Sundaresan	Tamil	Durai		[40] [44]
1978	Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye	Joe	Tamil	A. C. Tirulokchandar		[12]
1978	Vayasu Pilichindi	Murali	Telugu	C. V. Sridhar		[40]
1978	Mullum Malarum	Kaali	Tamil	J. Mahendran	Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize	[12]
1978	Iraivan Kodutha Varam	Rajnikanth	Tamil	A. Bhimsingh		[40] [45]
1978	Thappida Thala	Devu	Kannada	K. Balachander		[12]
1978	Thappu Thalangal	Deva	Tamil	K. Balachander		[12]
1978	Aval Appadithan	Thyagu	Tamil	C. Rudhraiya		[12]
1978	Thai Meethu Sathiyam	Babu	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan		[12]
1978	En Kelvikku Enna Bathil	Saravana	Tamil	P. Madhavan		[40]
1978	Paavathin Sambalam	Himself	Tamil	Durai	Guest appearance	[40]
1978	Justice Gopinath	Ravi	Tamil	Dasari Yoganand		[12]
1978	Priya	Ganesh	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman	Tamil–Kannada bilingual film	[12]
			Kannada			[12]
1979	Kuppathu Raja	Raja	Tamil	T. R. Ramanna		[12]
1979	Iddaru Asadhyule	Bhaskar	Telugu	K. S. R. Das		[40]
1979	Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum	Kamruddin	Malayalam	I. V. Sasi	Malayalam–Tamil bilingual film	[12]
	Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum		Tamil			[12]
1979	Ninaithale Inikkum	Deepak	Tamil	K. Balachander	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film	[12] [40]
	Andamaina Anubhavam	Dileep	Telugu			[40]
1979	Thaayillamal Naan Illai	Bichwa Bakri	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan	Guest appearance	[12]
1979	Dharma Yuddham	Raja	Tamil	R. C. Sakthi		[12]
1979	Naan Vazhavaippen	Michael D'Souza	Tamil	Dasari Yoganand		[12]
1979	Tiger	Rashid	Telugu	N. Ramesh	50th Film	[40] [46]
1979	Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai	Santhanam	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[12]
1979	Annai Oru Aalayam	Vijay	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film	[12]
	Amma Evarikkaina Amma		Telugu			[12]
1980	Billa	David Billa, Rajappa[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	R. Krishnamurthy		[47]
1980	Natchathiram	Himself	Tamil	Dasari Narayana Rao	Guest appearance	[40] [48]
1980	Ram Robert Rahim	Ram	Telugu	Vijaya Nirmala		[47]
1980	Anbukku Naan Adimai	Gopinath	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan		[40]
1980	Kaali	Kaali	Tamil	I. V. Sasi	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film	[40]
			Telugu			[40]
1980	Mayadari Krishnudu	Krishnudu	Telugu	R. Thyagarajan		[40]
1980	Naan Potta Savaal	Ram	Tamil	Puratchidasan		[40]
1980	Johnny	Johnny, Vidyasagar[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	J. Mahendran		[47]
1980	Ellam Un Kairasi	Raja	Tamil	M. A. Thirumugam		[40]
1980	Polladhavan	Manohar	Tamil	Muktha V. Srinivasan		[40]
1980	Murattu Kalai	Kalaiyan	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40] [47]
1981	Thee	Rajashekar	Tamil	R. Krishnamurthy		[40]
1981	Kazhugu	Raja	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40]
1981	Thillu Mullu	Chandran (Indiran)[lower-alpha 6]	Tamil	K. Balachander		[40] [49]
1981	Garjanai	Vijay	Tamil	C. V. Rajendran	Tamil–Malayalam–Kannada multilingual film	[40] [50]
	Garjanam		Malayalam			[40] [50]
	Garjane		Kannada			[40] [50]
1981	Netrikkan	Chakravarthi, Santhosh[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[47]
1981	Ranuva Veeran	Raghu	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40]
1982	Pokkiri Raja	Ramesh, Raja[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40]
1982	Thanikattu Raja	Suryaprakash	Tamil	V. C. Guhanathan		[40]
1982	Ranga	Ranganathan	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan	75th Film	[40]
1982	Puthukavithai	Anand	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[47]
1982	Nandri, Meendum Varuga	Himself	Tamil	T. S. B. K. Moulee	Guest appearance	[40] [48]
1982	Enkeyo Ketta Kural	Kumaran	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40] [51]
1982	Moondru Mugam	Alex Pandian, Arun, John[lower-alpha 7]	Tamil	A. Jagannathan	Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize	[47] [51]
1982	Agni Sakshi	Himself	Tamil	K. Balachander	Guest appearance	[47] [48]
1983	Paayum Puli	Bharani	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40]
1983	Uruvangal Maralam	Himself (Raghavendrar)	Tamil	S. V. Ramanan	Guest appearance	[47]
1983	Thudikkum Karangal	Gopi	Tamil	C. V. Sridhar		[40]
1983	Andha Kanoon	Vijay Kumar Singh	Hindi	Tatineni Rama Rao		[40] [52]
1983	Thai Veedu	Raju	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan		[40]
1983	Sivappu Sooriyan	Vijay	Tamil	Muktha V. Srinivasan		[40]
1983	Jeet Hamaari	Raju	Hindi	R. Thyagarajan		[40] [53]
1983	Adutha Varisu	Kannan	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40]
1983	Thanga Magan	Arun	Tamil	A. Jagannathan		[40]
1984	Meri Adaalat	Ashok	Hindi	A. T. Raghu		[40]
1984	Naan Mahan Alla	Vishwanath	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40]
1984	Thambikku Entha Ooru	Balu	Tamil	Rajasekhar		[40] [54]
1984	Kai Kodukkum Kai	Kaalimuthu	Tamil	J. Mahendran		[40] [49]
1984	Ethe Naasaval	Ram	Telugu	Puratchidasan		[40]
1984	Anbulla Rajinikanth	Himself	Tamil	K. Natraj		[51] [40]
1984	Gangvaa	Gangvaa	Hindi	Rajasekhar		[40]
1984	Nallavanukku Nallavan	Manikkam	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	[55]
1984	John Jani Janardhan	John A. Mendez, Janardhan B. Gupta, Jani[lower-alpha 7]	Hindi	Tatineni Rama Rao		[40]
1985	Nyayam Meere Cheppali	Aathmaram	Telugu	G. Rammohan Rao	Guest appearance	[40] [56]
1985	Naan Sigappu Manithan	Vijay	Tamil	S.A. Chandrasekhar		[40] [51]
1985	Mahaguru	Vijay (Maha Guru)[lower-alpha 6]	Hindi	S. S. Ravichandra		[40] [57]
1985	Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal	Ravi	Tamil	Balu Mahendra		[40]
1985	Wafadaar	Ranga	Hindi	Dasari Narayana Rao		[40] [58]
1985	Sri Raghavendrar	Sri Raghavendrar	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman	100th Film	[40]
1985	Geraftaar	Hussain	Hindi	Prayag Raj	Guest appearance	[40] [59]
1985	Yaar?	Himself	Tamil	Sakthi–Kannan	Guest appearance	[40] [48]
1985	Bewafai	Ranvir	Hindi	R. Thyagarajan		[40] [60]
1985	Padikkadavan	Rajendran	Tamil	Rajasekhar		[40]
1986	Mr. Bharath	Bharath	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40]
1986	Naan Adimai Illai	Vijay	Tamil	Dwarakish		[40]
1986	Jeevana Poratam	Ravi	Telugu	Rajachandra		[40]
1986	Viduthalai	Raja	Tamil	K. Vijayan		[40]
1986	Bhagwaan Dada	Bhagwan Dada	Hindi	J. Om Prakash		[40] [61]
1986	Kodai Mazhai	Himself	Tamil	Muktha S. Sundar	Guest appearance	[40]
1986	Asli Naqli	Birju Ustad	Hindi	Sudarsan Nag		[40] [62]
1986	Dosti Dushmani	Ranjith	Hindi	Tatineni Rama Rao		[40] [63]
1986	Maaveeran	Raja	Tamil	Rajasekhar	Also co-producer	[40] [47] [64]
1987	Daku Hasina	Mangal Singh	Hindi	Ashok Rao	Special appearance	[40] [65]
1987	Velaikaran	Raghupathi	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40] [66]
1987	Insaaf Kaun Karega	Vikram Singh	Hindi	Sudarsan Nag		[40] [49]
1987	Oorkavalan	Kangeyan	Tamil	Manobala		[40] [67]
1987	Manithan	Raja	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40] [68]
1987	Manathil Uruthi Vendum	Himself	Tamil	K. Balachander	Guest appearance	[40] [48]
1987	Uttar Dakshin	Shankar	Hindi	Prabhat Khanna		[40] [69]
1988	Tamacha	Vikram Pratap Singh	Hindi	Ramesh Ahuja		[40] [70]
1988	Guru Sishyan	Raja (Guru)[lower-alpha 6]	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40] [71]
1988	Dharmathin Thalaivan	Balasubramanian, Shankar[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40] [72]
1988	Bloodstone	Shyam Sabu	English	Dwight H. Little		[40] [73]
1988	Kodi Parakuthu	Erode Shivagiri [lower-alpha 6]	Tamil	P. Bharathiraja		[40] [49]
1989	Rajadhi Raja	Rajashekar, Chinnarasu[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	R. Sundarrajan		[40] [51]
1989	Gair Kanooni	Azam Khan	Hindi	Prayag Raj	Special appearance	[40] [49]
1989	Siva	Siva (Tiger)[lower-alpha 6]	Tamil	Ameerjan	125th Film	[40] [74]
1989	Raja Chinna Roja	Raja /Kumar[lower-alpha 6]	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40]
1989	Mappillai	Aarumugam	Tamil	Rajasekhar		[40]
1989	Bhrashtachar	Abdul Sattar	Hindi	Ramesh Sippy	Special appearance	[40] [75]
1989	ChaalBaaz	Jaggu	Hindi	Pankaj Parashar		[40] [76]
1990	Panakkaran	Muthu	Tamil	P. Vasu		[40] [77]
1990	Periya Idathu Pillai	Rajinikanth	Tamil	Senthilnathan	Guest appearance	[40]
1990	Athisaya Piravi	Kaalai, Balu[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40] [78]
1991	Dharma Durai	Dharma Durai	Tamil	Rajasekhar		[40]
1991	Hum	Kumar Malhotra	Hindi	Mukul S. Anand		[40]
1991	Farishtay	Arjun Thange[lower-alpha 8]	Hindi	Anil Sharma		[40] [78]
1991	Khoon Ka Karz	Kishan	Hindi	Mukul S. Anand		[40] [79]
1991	Phool Bane Angaray	Ranjit Singh	Hindi	K. C. Bokadia		[40] [80]
1991	Nattukku Oru Nallavan	Subhash	Tamil	V. Ravichandran		[40] [81]
1991	Thalapathi	Surya	Tamil	Mani Ratnam		[40] [51]
1992	Mannan	Krishnan	Tamil	P. Vasu	Also playback singer	[40] [78]
1992	Tyagi	Shankar G. "Dadhu" Dayal	Hindi	K. C. Bokadia		[40] [49]
1992	Annaamalai	Annaamalai	Tamil	Suresh Krissna		[40] [82]
1992	Pandian	Pandian	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[40] [49] [83]
1993	Insaniyat Ke Devta	Anwar	Hindi	K. C. Bokadia		[40] [84]
1993	Ejamaan	Kanthavelu Vaanavarayan (Yajaman)	Tamil	R. V. Udayakumar		[40] [51]
1993	Uzhaippali	Thamizharasan[lower-alpha 6]	Tamil	P. Vasu		[24] [40]
1993	Valli	Veeraiyan	Tamil	K. Natraj	Cameo appearance Also producer and screenwriter	[24] [40]
1994	Veera	Muthuveerappan [lower-alpha 6]	Tamil	Suresh Krissna		[24] [40]
1995	Baashha	Manikkam / Manik Baashha[lower-alpha 6]	Tamil	Suresh Krissna		[40] [82]
1995	Pedarayudu	Paparayudu	Telugu	Ravi Raja Pinisetty		[24] [40]
1995	Aatank Hi Aatank	Munna	Hindi	Dilip Shankar	150th Film	[40] [85]
1995	Muthu	Muthuvel, Zamindar Rajalingam[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	K. S. Ravikumar	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor	[24] [40] [55]
1995	Bhagya Debata	Singer	Bengali	Raghuram	Special appearance	[40]
1997	Arunachalam	Arunachalam, Vedachalam[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	Sundar C.		[40] [82]
1999	Padayappa	Aarupadayappan	Tamil	K. S. Ravikumar	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor	[40] [55] [82]
2000	Bulandi	Ghajraj Thakur	Hindi	Tatineni Rama Rao		[40] [86]
2002	Baba	Baba, Mahavatar Babaji (voice only)[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	Suresh Krissna	Also producer and screenwriter	[40] [87]
2005	Chandramukhi	Saravanan, Vettaiyan Raja[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	P. Vasu	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor	[40] [55] [88]
2007	Sivaji	Sivaji (M. G. Ravichandran)[lower-alpha 6]	Tamil	S. Shankar	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	[5] [55] [89]
2008	Kuselan	Ashok Kumar	Tamil	P. Vasu	Cameo appearance Tamil–Telugu bilingual film	[40] [90]
	Kathanayakudu		Telugu			[40] [90]
2010	Enthiran	Vaseegaran, Chitti[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	S. Shankar	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	[5] [55] [91]
2011	Ra.One	Chitti	Hindi	Anubhav Sinha	Special appearance	[40] [92]
2014	Kochadaiiyaan	Kochadaiiyaan, Rana, Sena[lower-alpha 7]	Tamil	Soundarya Rajinikanth	Also playback singer	[34]
2014	Lingaa	Raja Lingeswaran, Lingaa[lower-alpha 5]	Tamil	K. S. Ravikumar		[93]
2016	Kabali	Kabaleeswaran (Kabali)[lower-alpha 6]	Tamil	Pa. Ranjith	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	[94] [95] [96]
2017	Cinema Veeran	Himself (voice-over)	Tamil	Aishwarya R. Dhanush	Documentary film, Narrator	[97] [98]
2018	Kaala	Karikaalan (Kaala)[lower-alpha 6]	Tamil	Pa. Ranjith		[99]
2018	2.0	Vaseegaran, Chitti, Kutty Chitti[lower-alpha 7]	Tamil	S. Shankar		[100] [101]
2019	Petta	'Petta' Velan / Kaali[lower-alpha 6]	Tamil	Karthik Subbaraj		[102]
2020	Darbar	Aaditya Arunachalam	Tamil	AR Murugadoss		[103]
2021	Annaatthe	TBA	Tamil	Siva	Filming	[104]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Rajinikanth

Notes

1. He was also the producer.[24]
2. The Japanese title is Mutu: Odoru Maharaja.[3]
3. The film broke the 63-year-old record set by the 1944 Tamil film Haridas, which ran for 112 weeks at Broadway Theatre, Madras.[29]
4. The film grossed ₹ 2.89 billion (approximately US$43 million) worldwide, surpassing Sivaji's collection of ₹ 1.55 billion (approximately US$24 million). As of June 2016, it remains the highest-grossing Tamil film.[32]
8. The full name of the character is Ranoji Rao Shivaji Rao Gaekwad Jadichmul Arjun Thange.[78]

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External links

• Rajinikanth filmography on IMDb

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