Superstar Rajni once again proved that he is the actor with the Midas touch with the sci-fi flick Enthiran, where he played an ambitious scientist, a naive robot and an evil android bent on destroying the world [...] He did it with such aplomb that he's been the talk of the town for months. Powered by hocalwire.com, We use cookies for analytics, advertising and to improve our site. He however added that the concerns about his health, mentioned in the message are true. [92] The film, however, performed poorly at box offices and led to many distributors incurring major losses. [179] In July 2017, the couple officially divorced.

The apology and subsequent gratitude towards Karnataka led to strong reactions from Nadigar Sangam members R. Sarathkumar, Sathyaraj and Radha Ravi, who called the apology a disgrace to Tamils and opined that his speech never provoked the sentiments of the Kannada people. [31] Rajinikanth appeared in the last segment of the film; he played the role as a village ruffian who rapes a blind woman in the absence of her husband. The system needs a change, he added. [50] He was subsequently cast in a series of roles modelled after Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil remakes of his films. Film director Bharathi Raja lashed out against Rajinikanth, alleging that he is dividing the film industry and saying that he was a "traitor who had a tacit understanding with the Karnataka government". Raja Chinna Roja was the first Indian film to feature live action and animation.[65][66]. His pairing with Sridevi continued in Johnny, where he was once again cast in a double role. Rajinikanth is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. A philanthropist, he undertook a day-long fast in 2002 to protest the Government of Karnataka's decision to not release Kaveri River water into Tamil Nadu, and donated ₹10 million (US$140,000) toward a plan to interlink Indian rivers.

[39] Rajinikanth played supporting and "villainous" roles in most of the films released during the year. This led to heated discussion among fans and his critics. [53], In 1981, he appeared in Garjanai which was shot simultaneously in Kannada and Malayalam, making it his last film in those two languages to date.[when?] [109], On 21 May 2011, Aishwarya Rajinikanth released a photo of her and Rajinikanth in his hospital ward, both posing with a thumbs signal, responding to fans' negative reaction to news reports. That’s what news headlines on Thursday morning, 29 October, said after a ‘note’ purportedly authored by the actor has been in circulation. In 1978, Rajinikanth had 20 releases across Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. [76] He also entered Bengali cinema through Bhagya Debata, which was released at the end of 1995.

[32] He played similar roles in Balachander's Avargal (1977),[35] and Bharathiraja's 16 Vayadhinile (1977). He stated that his party would resign if it was unable to fulfill its electoral promises within three years of coming into power. [5] Sivaji (2007) was the first Indian film to enter the 100 Crore Club.