Rajinikanth Date of Birth

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth was born on 12 December 1950.

Rajinikanth Age

He is 68 years old.

Rajinikanth Family

Rajinikanth was born on 12 December 1950, in a Maratha family in Bangalore, Mysore State (present day Karnataka). His mother was a housewife, and his father Ramoji Rao Gaekwad, a police constable.

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).

Rajinikanth Photos

Rajinikanth Biography

After his father’s retirement from work in 1956, the family moved to the suburb of Hanumantha nagar in Bangalore and built a house there. When he was nine years old, he lost his mother.

Later at the age of six, Rajinikanth was enrolled at the “Gavipuram Government Kannada Model Primary School” where he had his primary education.

Upon completion of his school education, he continued to perform various jobs in the cities of Bangalore and Madras, including that of a coolie and carpenter, and finally ended up being recruited in the Bangalore Transport Service (BTS) as a bus conductor.

During the time, he came across an advertisement issued by the newly formed Madras Film Institute which offered acting courses.

During his stay at the institute, he was performing in a stage play and got noticed by Tamil film director K. Balachander. The director advised him to learn to speak Tamil, a recommendation that Rajinikanth quickly followed.

He began his film career through the Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal (1975). Balachander gave his a relatively small role as the abusive husband of Srividya.

It received wide critical acclaim as it went on to win three National Film Awards including the award for the Best Tamil Feature at the following year ceremony.

Rajinikanth Wife

He married Latha Rangachari, a student of Ethiraj College for Women who interviewed him for her college magazine. The marriage took place on 26 February 1981, in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.

Rajinikanth Son

He has no son but blessed with two daughters.

Rajinikanth Daughter

The couple has two daughters named Aishwarya and Soundarya. Latha runs a school named “The Ashram”.

Later Aishwarya married actor Dhanush on 18 November 2004 and they have two sons, Yathra and Linga. His younger daughter, Soundarya, works in the Tamil film industry as a director, producer and graphic designer.

She married industrialist Ashwin Ramkumar on 3 September 2010 and have a son Ved Krishna

Rajinikanth Movies

His first movie was K. Balachander’s Tamil drama Apoorva Raagangal (1975), his acting career commenced with a brief phase of portraying antagonistic characters in Tamil films.

He credited Hindi film star Amitabh Bachchan as his inspiration, began playing Amitabh Bachchan’s roles in Tamil remakes of his films.

This began with Shankar Salim Simon (1978), a remake of Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), followed by Naan Vazhavaippen (1979), a remake of Majboor (1974).

Subsequently he was cast in a series of roles modelled after Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil remakes of his films. He starred in eleven Tamil remakes of Amitabh Bachchan films, as well as a Telugu remake of Amar Akbar Anthony, Ram Robert Rahim (1980), alongside Sridevi.

Rajinikanth Movies Tamil

By 1983, he was a popular actor across South Indian cinema, including Telugu and Kannada films. In 1983, he starred in his first Bollywood film, Andha Kanoon, alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini.

Later the film went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of that time.

By the 1990s, he established himself as a commercial entertainer. Almost all the films released during this period were highly successful at the box office.

Later people regarded he as the most popular South Indian film actor. His popularity has been attributed to “his uniquely styled dialogues and idiosyncrasies in films. As well as his political statements and philanthropy”.

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. His charismatic expressions, all while attempting to maintain modesty in real-life

Rajinikanth Party

Since his influence in the 1996 election, many of his fans in Tamil Nadu called for his entry in politics, particularly for him to contest for Chief Minister of the state.

Soon he announced entry into politics on 31 December 2017 and confirmed his intention to contest in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections in all 234 constituencies.

Later he stated that his party would resign if it was unable to fulfill its electoral promises within three years of coming into power.

Rajinikanth Net worth

His estimated net worth is Rs 360 crore.

Rajinikanth Caste

He was born into a Maratha family. Marathas are a major people of India, famed in history as yeoman warriors and champions of Hinduism.

Rajinikanth Height

He is 1.75m or 5’7” tall.