Top 10 Rajinikanth Movies
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Rajinikanth, born on December 12, 1949 as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, is the highest paid Indian film actor. He is best known for his mass popularity and appeal, largely drawn from his mannerisms and stylised dialogue delivery in films. He received India's third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, in 2000 for his contribution to Indian cinema. Other than acting, Rajinikanth also worked as a screenwriter, producer, and playback singer. Apart from his film career, he is a philanthropist, spiritualist, and serves as an influence in the politics of South India.
Rajinikanth made his debut as an actor in Apoorva Raagangal in 1975, directed by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers as his mentor. He was later favoured in Tamil cinema for portraying antagonistic characters and gradually rose to playing lead roles. After the release of his film Bairavi in 1978, he began to be referred to as the Superstar of Tamil cinema. Apart from acting in many other Indian languages, he also appeared in a Hollywood film, Bloodstone. His latest film Endhiran will hit screens on September 24 and is being produced at a cost of Rs.150 crore, the most expensive in Indian cinema.
Best Top 10 Most Popular Rajnikanth Movies List
1.Endhiran (2010) - Chennai, India 2010, the mission on hand: Create an Andro-humanoid robot -- CHITTI -- whose purpose is to help humank kind and society wih a development time of 10 years. In effecti, Chitti is a human who is not born but created. He can do all that a human can and more. He has razor sharp memory and can memorize an entire telephone directory by just running through the pages, yet he cannot understand human emotions. Dr. Vasi decides to upgrade Chitti's processor and simulate human emotions. Now, Chitti can feel, and the first feeling that he discovers is LOVE. Will this love come in the way of Dr. Vasi's purpose of creating Chitti? Will Dr. Vasi's own creation destroy him.
2.Sivaji (2007) - This movie is one of the costliest one made in India,but we cannot expect jurrasic park,titanic or terminator because tamil film industry is more into business pressure rather then creativity.That too superstar Rajini,director Shankar both this celebrities want to safeguard their position rather then trying something new. I swear that this movie is not bad.The story is about the man Sivaji who wants to invest his money into social service,but politicians,rival enterpreneurs doesn't let him to do good(as per the rule of screenplay),he overcomes the troubles by making black money into white money in robinhood action style.The story is told reaaonably in good pace with good treat for eyes.Especially 5 songs were great,visually stunning.Next thing comes to our mind after songs in sivaji is Comedian vivek.He does good job.After this obviously some glimpses of rajini's style in the movie is also good.Action,romance scenes were average since it is not story oriented,its not gripping. Especially astrology related scenes,heroine letting down sivaji by trapping him into police were simply boring.The only question i have about this movie is why rajini is not fluent,comfortable,firing in all ways.I guess may be pressure riding 60crore business?Overall the movie is average,not a let down. The only question i have to director Shankar is,"Is there no story available to be told in entertaining way?Don't you feel innovation is primary yardstick of movie making.
3.Chandramukhi (2005) - Kailash (Prabhu) and Ganga (Jyothika) is happily married wealthy couple. Kailash buys an abandoned palatial mansion on the insistence of Ganga. Legend has it that this mansion is a haunted one. Eeswar (Rajnikant) is the foster brother of Kailash and also an excellent psychiatrist. He visits haunted house and studies it. He comes to know that a Rajah who used to live in the same place around 150 years back. He forcibly got a danseuse called Chandramukhi from Tamilnadu and made her dance in his court. When she involved herself in an affair with another dancer, Rajah killed Chandramukhi and her lover together. The ghost of Chandramukhi haunts this palatial mansion. The rest of the story is all about how Eeswar solves the problem of ghost and how he unites the warring families as well.
4.Baasha (1995) - Baashha is a 1995 Tamil action thriller film starring Rajinikanth, Nagma, and Raghuvaran. The film was directed by Suresh Krishna, and features music by Deva. The film enjoyed a highly positive box office response and considered one of Rajinikanth's most commercially successful films. The film's soundtrack, as well, was critically acclaimed. After release the movie created much impact in politics too. The punch dialogues and the mannerisms of Rajini was extremely well received. The film is a revised adaptation of Amitabh's Hum.
5.Padayappa (1999) - Padayappa (Tamil) is a 1999 Tamil drama film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film features Rajinikanth, Soundarya and Ramya Krishnan playing lead roles, whilst Sivaji Ganesan, Lakshmi and Nassar play pivotal supporting roles. With soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman, it was highly successful at box office.
6.Annamalai (1992) - Annamalai is a 1992 Tamil film directed by Suresh Krishna. starring Rajinikanth, Kushboo and Sarath Babu in the lead roles. It is a remake of Krishnam Raju's movie Prana Snehitulu, which was a remake of Rakesh Roshan's Hindi movie Khudgarz, which was inturn based on Jeffrey Archer's novel Kane and Abel. It was again remade into Telugu in 1993 as Kondapalli Raja with Venkatesh, Suman and Nagma.
7.Arunachalam (1997) - Arunachalam is a 1997 Tamil action-comedy film directed by Sundar C and written by Crazy Mohan. The film features Rajinikanth, Rambha and Soundarya in the lead roles, with Jaishankar and Ravichandran in other pivotal roles. The soundtrack and background score for the film was composed by Deva, while U. K. Senthil Kumar handled the cinematography.
The film opened in April 1997 to positive reviews from film critics and performed very well at the box office. Arunachalam went on to win three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, including an award for Best Film.
8.Murattu Kaalai (1980) - Murattu Kaalai was a blockbuster Rajnikanth film of the 1980's. This was the first film for Rajnikanth with AVM Productions. AVM had stopped producing films by 1970 and Murattu Kaalai was their re-entry into Tamil films. The famous song 'Podhuvaaga en manasu thangam' was featured in this film. This song is till date, one of the best Rajnikanth songs and will remain so forever. Rajnikanth played the character named Kaalaiyan and he became a larger than life figure and a true superstar of Tamil film industry after this film. S.P.Muthuraman who directed this film went onto direct 25 films with Rajnikanth.
9.Billa (1980) - Billa is a 1980 Tamil film produced by K. Balaji and directed by R.Krishnamurthy. The film stars Rajinikanth, K. Balaji, Thengai Srinivasan, Manorama, Sripriya, Reena Roy and Major Sundarrajan. It is extensively based on the Hindi film Don (1978), with changes made in the script to suit the Tamil audience.
10.Muthu (1995) - Muthu is a 1995 Tamil film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by A. R. Rahman. The film stars Rajinikanth, Meena, Raghuvaran, Sharath Babu, Radharavi, Senthil and Vadivelu. It is a remake of Malayalam film Thenmavin Kombathu with some suitable changes for Rajanikanth and Tamil audiences. The film was dubbed in Telugu under the same title. It was later released in Japanese as Muthu Odoru Maharaja which means Muthu - The Dancing Maharaja. The film was also dubbed in Hindi as Muthu Maharaja and was distributed by Eros Labs.
2.Sivaji (2007) - This movie is one of the costliest one made in India,but we cannot expect jurrasic park,titanic or terminator because tamil film industry is more into business pressure rather then creativity.That too superstar Rajini,director Shankar both this celebrities want to safeguard their position rather then trying something new. I swear that this movie is not bad.The story is about the man Sivaji who wants to invest his money into social service,but politicians,rival enterpreneurs doesn't let him to do good(as per the rule of screenplay),he overcomes the troubles by making black money into white money in robinhood action style.The story is told reaaonably in good pace with good treat for eyes.Especially 5 songs were great,visually stunning.Next thing comes to our mind after songs in sivaji is Comedian vivek.He does good job.After this obviously some glimpses of rajini's style in the movie is also good.Action,romance scenes were average since it is not story oriented,its not gripping. Especially astrology related scenes,heroine letting down sivaji by trapping him into police were simply boring.The only question i have about this movie is why rajini is not fluent,comfortable,firing in all ways.I guess may be pressure riding 60crore business?Overall the movie is average,not a let down. The only question i have to director Shankar is,"Is there no story available to be told in entertaining way?Don't you feel innovation is primary yardstick of movie making.
3.Chandramukhi (2005) - Kailash (Prabhu) and Ganga (Jyothika) is happily married wealthy couple. Kailash buys an abandoned palatial mansion on the insistence of Ganga. Legend has it that this mansion is a haunted one. Eeswar (Rajnikant) is the foster brother of Kailash and also an excellent psychiatrist. He visits haunted house and studies it. He comes to know that a Rajah who used to live in the same place around 150 years back. He forcibly got a danseuse called Chandramukhi from Tamilnadu and made her dance in his court. When she involved herself in an affair with another dancer, Rajah killed Chandramukhi and her lover together. The ghost of Chandramukhi haunts this palatial mansion. The rest of the story is all about how Eeswar solves the problem of ghost and how he unites the warring families as well.
4.Baasha (1995) - Baashha is a 1995 Tamil action thriller film starring Rajinikanth, Nagma, and Raghuvaran. The film was directed by Suresh Krishna, and features music by Deva. The film enjoyed a highly positive box office response and considered one of Rajinikanth's most commercially successful films. The film's soundtrack, as well, was critically acclaimed. After release the movie created much impact in politics too. The punch dialogues and the mannerisms of Rajini was extremely well received. The film is a revised adaptation of Amitabh's Hum.
5.Padayappa (1999) - Padayappa (Tamil) is a 1999 Tamil drama film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film features Rajinikanth, Soundarya and Ramya Krishnan playing lead roles, whilst Sivaji Ganesan, Lakshmi and Nassar play pivotal supporting roles. With soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman, it was highly successful at box office.
6.Annamalai (1992) - Annamalai is a 1992 Tamil film directed by Suresh Krishna. starring Rajinikanth, Kushboo and Sarath Babu in the lead roles. It is a remake of Krishnam Raju's movie Prana Snehitulu, which was a remake of Rakesh Roshan's Hindi movie Khudgarz, which was inturn based on Jeffrey Archer's novel Kane and Abel. It was again remade into Telugu in 1993 as Kondapalli Raja with Venkatesh, Suman and Nagma.
7.Arunachalam (1997) - Arunachalam is a 1997 Tamil action-comedy film directed by Sundar C and written by Crazy Mohan. The film features Rajinikanth, Rambha and Soundarya in the lead roles, with Jaishankar and Ravichandran in other pivotal roles. The soundtrack and background score for the film was composed by Deva, while U. K. Senthil Kumar handled the cinematography.
The film opened in April 1997 to positive reviews from film critics and performed very well at the box office. Arunachalam went on to win three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, including an award for Best Film.
8.Murattu Kaalai (1980) - Murattu Kaalai was a blockbuster Rajnikanth film of the 1980's. This was the first film for Rajnikanth with AVM Productions. AVM had stopped producing films by 1970 and Murattu Kaalai was their re-entry into Tamil films. The famous song 'Podhuvaaga en manasu thangam' was featured in this film. This song is till date, one of the best Rajnikanth songs and will remain so forever. Rajnikanth played the character named Kaalaiyan and he became a larger than life figure and a true superstar of Tamil film industry after this film. S.P.Muthuraman who directed this film went onto direct 25 films with Rajnikanth.
9.Billa (1980) - Billa is a 1980 Tamil film produced by K. Balaji and directed by R.Krishnamurthy. The film stars Rajinikanth, K. Balaji, Thengai Srinivasan, Manorama, Sripriya, Reena Roy and Major Sundarrajan. It is extensively based on the Hindi film Don (1978), with changes made in the script to suit the Tamil audience.
10.Muthu (1995) - Muthu is a 1995 Tamil film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by A. R. Rahman. The film stars Rajinikanth, Meena, Raghuvaran, Sharath Babu, Radharavi, Senthil and Vadivelu. It is a remake of Malayalam film Thenmavin Kombathu with some suitable changes for Rajanikanth and Tamil audiences. The film was dubbed in Telugu under the same title. It was later released in Japanese as Muthu Odoru Maharaja which means Muthu - The Dancing Maharaja. The film was also dubbed in Hindi as Muthu Maharaja and was distributed by Eros Labs.
