
Even among the bunch of mostly mediocre Indian actors, Rajinikanth is a below par actor.īut like most successful people in the world, Rajinikanth possesses two qualities that have stood him in good stead - persistence and luck.īorn as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad into a Marathi family in the neighboring state of Karnataka on December 12, 1949, Rajinikanth has acted in about 150 films, most of them in the South Indian language of Tamil. If you enjoy watching top notch actors like Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford or Jack Nicholson, then Rajinikanth's acting seems pedestrian and downright crude. Rajinikanth - the star - is no great actor.
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Rajinikanth is also believed to be the second highest paid actor in Asia, after the Hong Kong action movie star Jackie Chan.

His popularity and mass appeal leave all his peers - including his contemporary Kamal Haasan - in the shade. With a face and personality that can only charitably be described as "not handsome", Rajinikanth's rock star popularity - not just in the state of Tamil Nadu (in South India) but strangely enough even in Japan - defies explanation.


The immense popularity of Tamil movie star Rajinikanth ranks among the great mysteries of mankind.
