Rajinikanth was working as a conductor in Bangalore's (now Bengaluru) state-run buses and his salary was Rs 750 per month
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Rajinikanth's real name is Shivaji Rao Gaikwad and he is of Maharashtrian origin. He is the son of Ramoji Rao Gaikwad and Jijabai. He was on December 12, 1950 in Bangalore
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His acting career started with mythological Kannada plays. He was much appreciated for the role of Duryodhana
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Director K Balachander noticed Rajinikanth during a play and asked him to learn Tamil
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Rajinikanth's first big commercial success was Billa, which was a remake of the Amitabh Bachchan starrer Hindi movie Don
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T Rama Rao’s Andha Kanoon was Rajinikanth's first Hindi movie
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Rajinikanth made an appearance in the English action movie Bloodstone that released in 1988
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Rajinikanth's film Raaja Chinna Roja was the first Tamil film that had animation
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Rajinikanth also has written screenplay. He tried his writing skills for Tamil film Valli
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Besides Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu, Rajinikanth has also acted in Bengali film, Bhagya Debata
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Meena is the only actress who has acted with him as a child artist and then also as his heroine
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Latha Rangachari, Rajinikanth's wife is eight years younger than him. The two met when Latha came to interview him for her college magazine. They got married in 1981
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First two years of Rajinikanth's career, he played only negative roles but got his first positive role in 1977 in the movie Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri
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Rajinikanth's Chandramukhi, directed by P Vasu, became the longest-running Tamil film in 2007. It was also dubbed in Turkish and German languages
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Rajinikanth has starred in 11 Tamil remakes of Amitabh Bachchan films like Deewar, Amar Akbar Anthony, Laawaris and Don among others
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For his blockbuster movie Sivaji, Rajinikanth received an acting fee of Rs 26 crore in 2007, making him the second highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan
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Enthiran was included in Indian Institute of Management (IIM) as a case study to analyse the business of cinema and its success
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Rajinikanth has 5.1 million followers on Twitter as on December 12, 2018
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The superstar is a follower of Hinduism and a firm believer of spirituality. He practices yoga and meditation
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