Rajinikanth filmography

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Rajinikanth is an Indian actor, film producer, screenwriter and also a playback singer who has appeared 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 Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. [5]

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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] Murattu Kaalai released in 1980 was instrumental in establishing Rajinikanth as both an action hero and superstar. 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 T. Rama Rao's Andhaa Kaanoon ; 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 Geraftaar (1985), Padikkadavan (1985), Mr. Bharath (1986), Dosti Dushmani (1986), Velaikaran (1987), Manithan (1987), Guru Sishyan (1988), Dharmathin Thalaivan (1988) and ChaalBaaz (1989). [21] [22] 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. [23]

Rajinikanth continued to act in Bollywood, often playing supporting roles in films such as Hum , and Phool Bane Angaray (both in 1991). Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Thalapathi (1991), based on the Indian epic Mahabharata , earned him critical acclaim. [23] Suresh Krissna's Annaamalai (1992), P. Vasu's Mannan (1992) and Uzhaippali (1993) are among his box-office successes in Tamil. [24] 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. [24] 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. [26] Padayappa (1999), his second collaboration with Ravikumar, went on to become the highest-grossing Tamil film to that point. [27] In 2002 Rajinikanth produced, wrote and starred in the fantasy thriller Baba , [28] which fell short of market expectations and incurred heavy losses for its distributors. [29] 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, [27] and its theatrical run lasted 126 weeks at Shanti Theatre in Chennai. [lower-alpha 3] Rajinikanth was paid 26 crore for his role in S. Shankar's Sivaji (2007), which made him the second-highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan. [31] 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, [32] and is among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. [lower-alpha 4] [34] He played triple roles in the 2014 animated film Kochadaiiyaan , the first in India to be shot with motion capture technology; [35] it was a commercial failure. [36]

Two years later, Rajinikanth played a Malaysian Tamil crime boss in Pa. Ranjith's Kabali , which had the biggest weekend opening for an Indian film. [37] [38] [39] In 2018, he had worked in two films, 2.0 and Kaala .[ citation needed ]2.0 was the sequel to the earlier Enthiran (2010) and was produced at a budget of ₹400–600 crore, making it one of the most expensive Indian film made at the time of its release. It had grossed over ₹699 crore, securing the position of highest-grossing Indian film of 2018 and had ranked among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. Alongside the commercial success of 2.0, Kaala, had grossed around ₹160 crore against the budget of ₹140 crore, making it commercially unsuccessful. After these films, he acted in Petta (2019), Darbar (2020), and Annaatthe (2021), which grossed around ₹219–250 crores, ₹202—250 crores, and ₹175–240 crores, respectively. [40] [41] [42] [43]

His recent blockbuster, Jailer (2023), directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, grossed over 600 crores, making it his second film to gross over the 500 and 600 crores mark, securing the position among highest grossing Tamil film of 2023 and the highest grossing Indian films of all time. [44]

Filmography

Key
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List of Rajinikanth film acting credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
1975 Apoorva Raagangal Pandiyan Tamil [45]
1976 Katha Sangama Kondaji Kannada [45]
Anthuleni Katha Murthy Telugu [8]
Moondru Mudichu PrasadTamil [8]
Baalu Jenu VasuKannada [8]
1977 Avargal RamanathanTamil [9]
Kavikkuyil Murugan [9]
Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram Veeraiyan [46] [47]
Chilakamma Cheppindi RaviTelugu [9]
Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri SampathTamil [9]
Ondu Premada Kathe Chairman of village panchayatKannada [46]
16 Vayathinile ParattaiTamil [9]
Sahodarara Savaal SomashekharKannada [9]
Aadu Puli Attam RajiniTamil [9]
Gayathri Rajarathnam [9]
Kumkuma Rakshe MuraliKannada [9]
Aaru Pushpangal RaviTamil [9]
Tholireyi Gadichindi Chitti BabuTelugu [46]
Aame Katha Guest appearance [46]
Galate Samsara SundarKannada [9]
1978 Shankar Salim Simon SimonTamil [12]
Kiladi Kittu SrikanthKannada [12]
Annadammula Savaal RangababuTelugu [46] [48]
Aayiram Jenmangal RameshTamil [12]
Maathu Tappada Maga ChandruKannada [46]
Mangudi Minor KumarTamil [46] [49]
Bairavi Mookaiah [12]
Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu Murali [12]
Sadhurangam Sundaresan [46] [50]
Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye Joe [12]
Vayasu Pilichindi MuraliTelugu [46]
Mullum Malarum KaaliTamil Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize [12]
Iraivan Kodutha Varam Rajnikanth [46] [51]
Thappida Thala DevuKannada [12]
Thappu ThalangalDevuTamil [12]
Aval Appadithan Thyagu [12]
Thai Meethu Sathiyam Babu [12]
En Kelvikku Enna Bathil Saravana [46]
Paavathin Sambalam HimselfGuest appearance [46]
Justice Gopinath Ravi [12]
Priya GaneshTamil [12]
Kannada [12]
1979 Kuppathu Raja RajaTamil [12]
Iddaru Asadhyule BhaskarTelugu [46]
Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum Kamruddin Malayalam [12]
Allaudinaum Arputha VilakkumTamil [12]
Ninaithale Inikkum DeepakTamil [12] [46]
Andamaina AnubhavamDilipTelugu [46]
Thaayillamal Naan Illai Bichwa BakriTamilGuest appearance [12]
Dharma Yuddham Vijay [12]
Naan Vazhavaippen Michael D'Souza [12]
Tiger RashidTelugu [46] [52]
Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai SanthanamTamil [12]
Annai Oru Aalayam VijayTamil [12]
Amma Evarikkaina AmmaTelugu [12]
1980 Billa David Billa, Rajappa [lower-alpha 5] Tamil [53]
Natchathiram HimselfGuest appearance [46] [54]
Ram Robert Rahim Inspector RamTelugu [53]
Anbukku Naan Adimai GopinathTamil [46]
Kaali KaaliTamil [46]
Telugu [46]
Mayadari KrishnuduKrishnuduTelugu [46]
Naan Potta Savaal Ramu (Shiva) [lower-alpha 6] Tamil [46]
Johnny Johnny, Vidyasagar [lower-alpha 5] [53]
Ellam Un Kairasi Raja [46]
Polladhavan Manohar [46]
Murattu Kaalai Kaalaiyan [46] [53]
1981 Thee Rajashekar [46]
Kazhugu Raja [46]
Thillu Mullu Chandran (Indiran) [lower-alpha 6] [46] [55]
Garjanai VijayTamilTrilingual film [46] [56]
GarjanamMalayalam [46] [56]
GarjaneKannada [46] [56]
Netrikkan Chakravarthi, Santhosh [lower-alpha 5] Tamil [53]
Ranuva Veeran Raghu [46]
1982 Pokkiri Raja Ramesh, Raja [lower-alpha 5] [46]
Thanikattu Raja Suryaprakash [46]
Ranga Ranganathan [46]
Puthukavithai Anand [53]
Nandri, Meendum Varuga HimselfGuest appearance [46] [54]
Enkeyo Ketta Kural Kumaran [46] [57]
Moondru Mugam SP Alex Pandian IPS, Arun, John [lower-alpha 7] Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize [53] [57]
Agni Sakshi HimselfGuest appearance [53] [54]
1983 Paayum Puli Bharani [46]
Uruvangal Maralam Himself (Raghavendrar) [lower-alpha 6] Guest appearance [53]
Thudikkum Karangal Gopi [46]
Andhaa Kaanoon Vijay Kumar Singh Hindi [46] [58]
Thai Veedu RajuTamil [46]
Sivappu Sooriyan Vijay [46]
Jeet Hamaari RajuHindi [46] [59]
Adutha Varisu KannanTamil [46]
Thanga Magan Arun [46]
1984 Meri Adalat Inspector AshokHindi [46]
Naan Mahan Alla VishwanathTamil [46]
Thambikku Entha Ooru Balu [46] [60]
Kai Kodukkum Kai Kaalimuthu [46] [55]
Idhe Naa SavaalRamu (Shiva) [lower-alpha 6] Telugu [46]
Anbulla Rajinikanth HimselfTamil [57] [46]
Gangvaa GangvaaHindi [46]
Nallavanukku Nallavan ManikkamTamil Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil [61]
John Jani Janardhan John Mendez / Janardhan Gupta / Jani [lower-alpha 7] Hindi [46]
1985 Nyayam Meere Cheppali AathmaramTeluguGuest appearance [46] [62]
Naan Sigappu Manithan VijayTamil [46] [57]
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Un Kannil Neer Vazhinthal... RaviTamil [46]
Mahaguru Vijay "Mahaguru" [lower-alpha 8] Hindi{{|Khader Ashraf|2024| Wafadaar RangaHindi [46] [64]
Sri Raghavendrar Sri Raghavendrar Tamil [46]
Geraftaar Inspector HussainHindiCameo [46] [65]
Yaar? HimselfTamilGuest appearance [46] [54]
Bewafai RanveerHindi [46] [66]
Padikkadavan RajendranTamil [46]
1986 Mr. Bharath Bharath [46]
Naan Adimai Illai Vijay [46]
Jeevana Poratam RaviTelugu [46]
Viduthalai RajaTamil [46]
Bhagwaan Dada Bhagwan DadaHindi [46] [67]
Kodai Mazhai HimselfTamilGuest appearance [46]
Asli Naqli Birju UstadHindi [46] [68]
Dosti Dushmani Ranjeet [46] [69]
Maaveeran Raja (Maaveeran)TamilAlso co-producer [46] [53] [70]
1987 Daku Hasina Mangal SinghHindiCameo [46] [71]
Velaikaran RaghupathiTamil [46] [72]
Insaaf Kaun Karega Vikram SinghHindi [46] [55]
Oorkavalan KangeyanTamil [46] [73]
Manithan Raja [46] [74]
Manathil Urudhi Vendum HimselfGuest appearance [46] [54]
Uttar Dakshin ShankaranHindi [46] [75]
1988 Tamacha Vikram Pratap Singh [46] [76]
Guru Sishyan Raja (Guru) [lower-alpha 6] Tamil [46] [77]
Dharmathin Thalaivan Balasubramanian, Shankar [lower-alpha 5] [46] [78]
Bloodstone Shyam Sabu English [46] [79]
Kodi Parakkuthu DCP Erode Shivagiri (Dhadha) [lower-alpha 6] Tamil [46] [55]
1989 Rajadhi Raja Rajashekar, Chinnarasu [lower-alpha 5] Tamil [46] [57]
Gair Kanooni Adam Khan, Azam Khan [lower-alpha 5] HindiSpecial appearance [46] [55]
Siva Siva (Tiger) [lower-alpha 6] Tamil [46] [80]
Raja Chinna Roja Raja (Kumar) [lower-alpha 6] [46]
Mappillai Aarumugam [46]
Bhrashtachar Abdul SattarHindiCameo [46] [81]
ChaalBaaz Jackie Pandyekar (Jaggu) [lower-alpha 6] [46] [82]
1990 Panakkaran MuthuTamil [46] [83]
Periya Idathu Pillai HimselfGuest appearance [46]
Athisaya Piravi Kaalai, Balu [lower-alpha 5] [46] [84]
1991 Dharma Durai Dharma Durai [46]
Hum Inspector Kumar MalhotraHindi [46]
Farishtay Arjun Thange [46] [84]
Khoon Ka Karz Kishan [46] [85]
Phool Bane Angaray Inspector Ranjeet Singh [46] [86]
Nattukku Oru Nallavan Inspector SubhashTamil [87]
Shanti KrantiHindi [88]
Thalapathi SuryaTamil [46] [57]
1992 Mannan KrishnanAlso playback singer [46] [84]
Tyagi Shankar G. "Dadhu" DayalHindi [46] [55]
Annaamalai AnnaamalaiTamil [46] [89]
Pandian Pandian IPS [46] [55] [90]
1993 Insaniyat Ke Devta AnwarHindi [46] [91]
Yajaman Kanthavelu VaanavarayanTamil [46] [57]
Uzhaippali Thamizharasan (Tamilazhagan) [lower-alpha 6] [25] [46]
Valli VeeraiyanExtended Cameo; also producer and screenwriter [25] [46]
1994 Veera Muthuveerappan [25] [46]
1995 Baashha Manikam (Manik Baashha) [lower-alpha 6] [46] [89]
Pedarayudu PaparayuduTelugu [25] [46]
Aatank Hi Aatank MunnaHindi [46] [92]
Muthu Muthu, Zamindar [lower-alpha 5] Tamil Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor [25] [46] [61]
Bhagya Debata Singer Bengali Guest appearance [46]
1997 Arunachalam Arunachalam, Vedachalam [lower-alpha 5] Tamil [46] [89]
1999 Padayappa Aarupadayappan

Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor

[46] [61] [89]
2000 Bulandi Ghajraj ThakurHindi [46] [93]
2002 Baba Baba, Mahavatar Babaji (Voice-Over) [lower-alpha 5] TamilAlso producer and screenwriter [46] [94]
2005 Chandramukhi Dr Saravanan, Vettaiyan Raja [lower-alpha 5] Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor [46] [61] [95]
2007 Sivaji: The Boss Sivaji Arumugam (M. G. Ravichandran) [lower-alpha 6] Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
[5] [61] [96]
2008 Kuselan Ashok KumarTamilExtended cameo [46] [97]
Kathanayakudu Telugu [46] [98]
2010 Enthiran Vaseegaran, Chitti [lower-alpha 5] TamilNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil [5] [61] [99]
2011 Ra.One Chitti (Himself) [lower-alpha 6] HindiCameo, computer generated [46] [100]
2014 Kochadaiiyaan Kochadaiiyaan, Ranadheeran, Senadheeran [lower-alpha 7] TamilAlso playback singer [35]
Lingaa K. Lingeswaran, Raja Lingeswaran [lower-alpha 5] [101]
2016 Kabali Kabaliswaran [lower-alpha 9] Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil [102] [103] [104]
2017 Cinema Veeran NarratorDocumentary [105] [106]
2018 Kaala Karikaalan [lower-alpha 10] [107]
2.0 Vaseegaran, Chitti, Kutty [lower-alpha 7] [108] [109]
2019 Petta Petta Velan (Kaali) [lower-alpha 6] [110]
2020 Darbar Aaditya Arunachalam IPS [111]
2021 Annaatthe Kaalaiyan (Annaatthe) [lower-alpha 6] [112]
2023 Jailer "Tiger" Muthuvel Pandian [113]
2024 Lal Salaam D. G. MohideenCameo [114]
Vettaiyan SP Athiyan IPS (Vettaiyan) [lower-alpha 6] [115]
2025 Coolie DevaFilming [116]

See also

Notes

  1. He was also the producer. [25]
  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. [30]
  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. [33]
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rajinikanth plays two different characters.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rajinikanth plays one character with two names.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Rajinikanth plays three different characters.
  8. alias Kabali
  9. alias Kaala

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2.0 is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language 3D science-fantasy action film directed by S. Shankar who co-wrote the film with B. Jeyamohan and Madhan Karky. Produced by Subaskaran under the banner of Lyca Productions. As the second instalment in the Enthiran film series, 2.0 is a standalone sequel to Enthiran (2010), featuring Rajinikanth in a triple role as Vaseegaran, Chitti the Robot and Kutti, alongside Akshay Kumar as Pakshi Rajan and Amy Jackson as Nila, Sudhanshu Pandey, Adil Hussain, Kalabhavan Shajohn, and K. Ganesh appear in supporting roles. The soundtrack is composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics written by Madhan Karky and Na. Muthukumar. The film follows the conflict between Chitti, the once dismantled humanoid robot, and Pakshi Rajan, a vengeful avian human, who seeks vengeance upon cell phone users to prevent the death of birds due to cellphone radiation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lyca Productions</span> Indian film studio founded in 2014

Lyca Productions is an Indian entertainment company, which was established by Subaskaran Allirajah in 2014. A subgroup of Lycamobile, the production studio has been involved in the production and distribution of Tamil films, Hindi films, Telugu films and Malayalam films made in India. It has produced some of Tamil cinema's biggest budget films, such as 2.0 (2018), Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022) and Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023).

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