Rajinikanth filmography

Rajinikanth is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 160 films, predominantly in Tamil cinema.[1] He began his film career by playing antagonistic and supporting roles before graduating to a lead actor.[2] After starring in numerous commercially successful films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he has continued to hold a matinée idol status in the popular culture of Tamil Nadu.[3] Writing for Slate, Grady Hendrix called him the "biggest movie star you've probably never heard of."[4] Rajinikanth has also worked in other Indian film industries such as Bollywood, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali.[5]

Rajinikanth (pictured in 2010) during audio release of Robot in Mumbai.

He made his cinematic debut with K. Balachander's 1975 Tamil drama Apoorva Raagangal, in which he played a minor role of an abusive husband.[6][7] He had his first major role in Balachander's Telugu drama film Anthuleni Katha (1976), and got his breakthrough in Tamil with Moondru Mudichu (1976)—also directed by Balachander. His style and mannerisms in the latter earned recognition from the audience.[8] In 1977, he acted in 15 films, playing negative characters in most of them, including Avargal, 16 Vayathinile, Aadu Puli Attam and Gaayathri.[2][6] He had positive roles in Kavikkuyil, the Kannada film Sahodarara Savaal,[9] and the Telugu film Chilakamma Cheppindi, in which he played the protagonist for the first time in his career.[10] His role as a failed lover in S. P. Muthuraman's Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri (1977) won him critical acclaim.[11] In 1978, he was cast as the main lead in the Tamil film Bairavi.[2] The same year, he received critical acclaim for his roles in Mullum Malarum and Aval Appadithan; the former earned him a Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actor.[6] He made his Malayalam cinema debut with I. V. Sasi's fantasy Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum (1979), an adaptation of a story from One Thousand and One Nights.[12][13] By the end of the decade, he had worked in all South Indian languages and established a career in Tamil cinema.[6][14]

He played dual roles in the action thriller Billa (1980), which was a remake of the Bollywood film Don (1978). It was his biggest commercial success to that point and gave him the action hero image.[15][16] Balachander's Thillu Mullu (1981), the Tamil remake of the Bollywood film Gol Maal (1979), was Rajinikanth's first full-length comedy film.[17] He played triple roles in the 1982 Tamil film Moondru Mugam, which earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards ceremony. The following year, he made his Bollywood debut with Tatineni Rama Rao's Andha Kanoon; it was among the top-grossing Bollywood films in 1983.[18] Muthuraman's Nallavanukku Nallavan (1984) won him that year's Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor.[5] In 1985, he portrayed the Hindu saint Raghavendra Swami in his 100th film Sri Raghavendrar,[19] a box-office failure.[20] In the latter half of the 1980s, he starred in several films in Tamil and Hindi, including Padikkadavan (1985), Mr. Bharath (1986), Bhagwaan Dada (1986), Velaikaran (1987), Guru Sishyan (1988) and Dharmathin Thalaivan (1988).[21] During this time, he made his debut in American cinema with a supporting role in the mystery adventure film Bloodstone (1988), a box-office failure.[22]

Rajinikanth continued to act in Bollywood, often playing supporting roles in films such as Hum, Khoon Ka Karz, and Phool Bane Angaray (all in 1991). Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Thalapathi (1991), based on the Indian epic Mahabharata, earned him critical acclaim.[22] Suresh Krissna's Annaamalai (1992), P. Vasu's Mannan (1992) and Uzhaippali (1993) are among his box-office successes in Tamil.[23] He made his debut as a screenwriter with Valli (1993), a commercial failure.[lower-alpha 1][13] The Suresh Krissna-directed Baashha, in which he played a crime boss, was a major commercial success in his career and earned him a "demigod" status in Tamil Nadu.[23] Later that year he acted in K. S. Ravikumar's Muthu, which was dubbed into Japanese.[lower-alpha 2] In Japan, the film grossed a record US$1.6 million in 1998 and was largely instrumental in creating a fan-base for Rajinikanth in the country.[25] Padayappa (1999), his second collaboration with Ravikumar, went on to become the highest-grossing Tamil film to that point.[26] In 2002 Rajinikanth produced, wrote and starred in the fantasy thriller Baba,[27] which fell short of market expectations and incurred heavy losses for its distributors.[28] After a three-year sabbatical, he returned to acting with the comedy horror film Chandramukhi (2005); it went on to become the highest-grossing Tamil film to that point,[26] and its theatrical run lasted 126 weeks at Shanti Theatre in Chennai.[lower-alpha 3] Rajinikanth was paid 260 million for his role in S. Shankar's Sivaji (2007), which made him the second-highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan.[30] He played dual roles, as a scientist and an andro-humanoid robot, in the science fiction film Enthiran (2010). It was India's most expensive production at the time of its release,[31] and is among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.[lower-alpha 4][33] He played triple roles in the 2014 animated film Kochadaiiyaan, the first in India to be shot with motion capture technology;[34] it was a commercial failure.[35] Two years later, Rajinikanth played a Malaysian Tamil crime boss in Pa. Ranjith's Kabali,[36] which had the biggest weekend opening for an Indian film.[37][38]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of films acted by Rajinikanth
Year Film Role(s) Language(s) Director(s) Notes Ref.
1975 Apoorva Raagangal PandiyanTamilK. Balachander [39]
1976 Katha Sangama KondajiKannadaPuttanna Kanagal [39]
1976 Anthuleni Katha MurthyTeluguK. Balachander [8]
1976 Moondru Mudichu PrasadTamilK. Balachander [8]
1976 Baalu Jenu VasuKannadaBalan,
Kunigal Nagabushan
[8]
1977 Avargal RamanathanTamilK. Balachander [9]
1977 Kavikkuyil MuruganTamilDevaraj Mohan [9]
1977 Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram VeeraiyanTamilDurai [40]
[41]
1977 Chilakamma Cheppindi RaviTeluguEranki Sharma [9]
1977 Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri SampathTamilS. P. Muthuraman [9]
1977 Ondu Premada Kathe Local school chairmanKannadaS. M. Joe Simon [40]
1977 16 Vayathinile ParattaiTamilP. Bharathiraja [9]
1977 Sahodarara Savaal ShekharKannadaK. S. R. Das [9]
1977 Aadu Puli Attam RajniTamilS. P. Muthuraman [9]
1977 Gaayathri RajarathnamTamilR. Pattabhiraman [9]
1977 Kumkuma Rakshe MuraliKannadaS. K. A. Chari [9]
1977 Aarupushpangal RaviTamilK. M. Balakrishnan [9]
1977 Tholireyi Gadichindi Chitti Babu Telugu K. S. Rami Reddy [40]
1977 Aame Katha Unknown Telugu K. Raghavendra Rao Guest appearance [40]
1977 Galate Samsara SundarKannadaC. V. Rajendran [9]
1978 Shankar Salim Simon SimonTamilP. Madhavan [12]
1978 Kiladi Kittu SrikanthKannadaK. S. R. Das [12]
1978 Annadammula Savaal RangababuTeluguK. S. R. Das [40]
[42]
1978 Aayiram Jenmangal RameshTamilDurai [12]
1978 Maathu Tappada Maga ChandruKannadaPeketi Sivaram25th Film [40]
1978 Mangudi Minor KumarTamilV. C. Guhanathan [40]
[43]
1978 Bairavi MookaiahTamilM. Bhaskar [12]
1978 Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu MuraliTamilC. V. Sridhar [12]
1978 Sadhurangam SundaresanTamilDurai [40]
[44]
1978 Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye JoeTamilA. C. Tirulokchandar [12]
1978 Vayasu Pilichindi MuraliTeluguC. V. Sridhar [40]
1978 Mullum Malarum KaaliTamilJ. MahendranTamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize [12]
1978 Iraivan Kodutha Varam RajnikanthTamilA. Bhimsingh [40]
[45]
1978 Thappida Thala DevuKannadaK. Balachander [12]
1978 Thappu Thalangal DevaTamilK. Balachander [12]
1978 Aval Appadithan ThyaguTamilC. Rudhraiya [12]
1978 Thai Meethu Sathiyam BabuTamilR. Thyagarajan [12]
1978 En Kelvikku Enna Bathil SaravanaTamilP. Madhavan [40]
1978 Paavathin Sambalam HimselfTamilDuraiGuest appearance [40]
1978 Justice Gopinath RaviTamilDasari Yoganand [12]
1978 Priya GaneshTamilS. P. MuthuramanTamil–Kannada bilingual film [12]
Kannada [12]
1979 Kuppathu Raja RajaTamilT. R. Ramanna [12]
1979 Iddaru Asadhyule BhaskarTeluguK. S. R. Das [40]
1979 Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum KamruddinMalayalamI. V. SasiMalayalam–Tamil bilingual film [12]
Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum Tamil [12]
1979 Ninaithale Inikkum DeepakTamilK. BalachanderTamil–Telugu bilingual film [12]
[40]
Andamaina Anubhavam DileepTelugu [40]
1979 Thaayillamal Naan Illai Bichwa BakriTamilR. ThyagarajanGuest appearance [12]
1979 Dharma Yuddham RajaTamilR. C. Sakthi [12]
1979 Naan Vazhavaippen Michael D'SouzaTamilDasari Yoganand [12]
1979 Tiger RashidTeluguN. Ramesh50th Film [40]
[46]
1979 Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai SanthanamTamilS. P. Muthuraman [12]
1979 Annai Oru Aalayam VijayTamilR. ThyagarajanTamil–Telugu bilingual film [12]
Amma Evarikkaina Amma Telugu [12]
1980 Billa David Billa, Rajappa[lower-alpha 5]TamilR. Krishnamurthy [47]
1980 Natchathiram HimselfTamilDasari Narayana RaoGuest appearance [40]
[48]
1980 Ram Robert Rahim RamTeluguVijaya Nirmala [47]
1980 Anbukku Naan Adimai GopinathTamilR. Thyagarajan [40]
1980 Kaali KaaliTamilI. V. SasiTamil–Telugu bilingual film [40]
Telugu [40]
1980 Mayadari Krishnudu KrishnuduTeluguR. Thyagarajan [40]
1980 Naan Potta Savaal RamTamilPuratchidasan [40]
1980 Johnny Johnny, Vidyasagar[lower-alpha 5]TamilJ. Mahendran [47]
1980 Ellam Un Kairasi RajaTamilM. A. Thirumugam [40]
1980 Polladhavan ManoharTamilMuktha V. Srinivasan [40]
1980 Murattu Kalai KalaiyanTamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
[47]
1981 Thee RajashekarTamilR. Krishnamurthy [40]
1981 Kazhugu RajaTamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
1981 Thillu Mullu Chandran (Indiran)[lower-alpha 6]TamilK. Balachander [40]
[49]
1981 Garjanai VijayTamilC. V. RajendranTamil–Malayalam–Kannada multilingual film [40]
[50]
Garjanam Malayalam [40]
[50]
Garjane Kannada [40]
[50]
1981 Netrikkan Chakravarthi, Santhosh[lower-alpha 5]TamilS. P. Muthuraman [47]
1981 Ranuva Veeran RaghuTamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
1982 Pokkiri Raja Ramesh, Raja[lower-alpha 5]TamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
1982 Thanikattu Raja SuryaprakashTamilV. C. Guhanathan [40]
1982 Ranga RanganathanTamilR. Thyagarajan75th Film [40]
1982 Puthukavithai AnandTamilS. P. Muthuraman [47]
1982 Nandri, Meendum Varuga HimselfTamilT. S. B. K. MouleeGuest appearance [40]
[48]
1982 Enkeyo Ketta Kural KumaranTamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
[51]
1982 Moondru Mugam Alex Pandian, Arun, John[lower-alpha 7]TamilA. JagannathanTamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize [47]
[51]
1982 Agni Sakshi HimselfTamilK. BalachanderGuest appearance [47]
[48]
1983 Paayum Puli BharaniTamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
1983 Uruvangal Maralam Himself (Raghavendrar)TamilS. V. RamananGuest appearance [47]
1983 Thudikkum Karangal GopiTamilC. V. Sridhar [40]
1983 Andha Kanoon Vijay Kumar SinghHindiTatineni Rama Rao [40]
[52]
1983 Thai Veedu RajuTamilR. Thyagarajan [40]
1983 Sivappu Sooriyan VijayTamilMuktha V. Srinivasan [40]
1983 Jeet Hamaari RajuHindiR. Thyagarajan [40]
[53]
1983 Adutha Varisu KannanTamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
1983 Thanga Magan ArunTamilA. Jagannathan [40]
1984 Meri Adaalat AshokHindiA. T. Raghu [40]
1984 Naan Mahan Alla VishwanathTamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
1984 Thambikku Entha Ooru BaluTamilRajasekhar [40]
[54]
1984 Kai Kodukkum Kai KaalimuthuTamilJ. Mahendran [40]
[49]
1984 Ethe Naasaval RamTeluguPuratchidasan [40]
1984 Anbulla Rajinikanth HimselfTamilK. Natraj [51]
[40]
1984 Gangvaa GangvaaHindiRajasekhar [40]
1984 Nallavanukku Nallavan ManikkamTamilS. P. MuthuramanFilmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil [55]
1984 John Jani Janardhan John A. Mendez, Janardhan B. Gupta, Jani[lower-alpha 7]HindiTatineni Rama Rao [40]
1985 Nyayam Meere Cheppali AathmaramTeluguG. Rammohan RaoGuest appearance [40]
[56]
1985 Naan Sigappu Manithan VijayTamilS.A. Chandrasekhar [40]
[51]
1985 Mahaguru Vijay (Maha Guru)[lower-alpha 6]HindiS. S. Ravichandra [40]
[57]
1985 Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal RaviTamilBalu Mahendra [40]
1985 Wafadaar RangaHindiDasari Narayana Rao [40]
[58]
1985 Sri Raghavendrar Sri RaghavendrarTamilS. P. Muthuraman100th Film [40]
1985 Geraftaar HussainHindiPrayag RajGuest appearance [40]
[59]
1985 Yaar? HimselfTamilSakthi–KannanGuest appearance [40]
[48]
1985 Bewafai RanvirHindiR. Thyagarajan [40]
[60]
1985 Padikkadavan RajendranTamilRajasekhar [40]
1986 Mr. Bharath BharathTamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
1986 Naan Adimai Illai VijayTamilDwarakish [40]
1986 Jeevana Poratam RaviTeluguRajachandra [40]
1986 Viduthalai RajaTamilK. Vijayan [40]
1986 Bhagwaan Dada Bhagwan DadaHindiJ. Om Prakash [40]
[61]
1986 Kodai Mazhai HimselfTamilMuktha S. SundarGuest appearance [40]
1986 Asli Naqli Birju UstadHindiSudarsan Nag [40]
[62]
1986 Dosti Dushmani RanjithHindiTatineni Rama Rao [40]
[63]
1986 Maaveeran RajaTamilRajasekharAlso co-producer [40]
[47]
[64]
1987 Daku Hasina Mangal SinghHindiAshok RaoSpecial appearance [40]
[65]
1987 Velaikaran RaghupathiTamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
[66]
1987 Insaaf Kaun Karega Vikram SinghHindiSudarsan Nag [40]
[49]
1987 Oorkavalan KangeyanTamilManobala [40]
[67]
1987 Manithan RajaTamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
[68]
1987 Manathil Uruthi Vendum HimselfTamilK. BalachanderGuest appearance [40]
[48]
1987 Uttar Dakshin ShankarHindiPrabhat Khanna [40]
[69]
1988 Tamacha Vikram Pratap SinghHindiRamesh Ahuja [40]
[70]
1988 Guru Sishyan Raja (Guru)[lower-alpha 6]TamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
[71]
1988 Dharmathin Thalaivan Balasubramanian, Shankar[lower-alpha 5]TamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
[72]
1988 Bloodstone Shyam SabuEnglishDwight H. Little [40]
[73]
1988 Kodi Parakuthu Erode Shivagiri [lower-alpha 6]TamilP. Bharathiraja [40]
[49]
1989 Rajadhi Raja Rajashekar, Chinnarasu[lower-alpha 5]TamilR. Sundarrajan [40]
[51]
1989 Gair Kanooni Azam KhanHindiPrayag RajSpecial appearance [40]
[49]
1989 Siva Siva (Tiger)[lower-alpha 6]TamilAmeerjan125th Film [40]
[74]
1989 Raja Chinna Roja Raja /Kumar[lower-alpha 6]TamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
1989 Mappillai AarumugamTamilRajasekhar [40]
1989 Bhrashtachar Abdul SattarHindiRamesh SippySpecial appearance [40]
[75]
1989 ChaalBaaz JagguHindiPankaj Parashar [40]
[76]
1990 Panakkaran MuthuTamilP. Vasu [40]
[77]
1990 Periya Idathu Pillai RajinikanthTamilSenthilnathanGuest appearance [40]
1990 Athisaya Piravi Kaalai, Balu[lower-alpha 5]TamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
[78]
1991 Dharma Durai Dharma DuraiTamilRajasekhar [40]
1991 Hum Kumar MalhotraHindiMukul S. Anand [40]
1991 Farishtay Arjun Thange[lower-alpha 8]HindiAnil Sharma [40]
[78]
1991 Khoon Ka Karz KishanHindiMukul S. Anand [40]
[79]
1991 Phool Bane Angaray Ranjit SinghHindiK. C. Bokadia [40]
[80]
1991 Nattukku Oru Nallavan SubhashTamilV. Ravichandran [40]
[81]
1991 Thalapathi SuryaTamilMani Ratnam [40]
[51]
1992 Mannan KrishnanTamilP. VasuAlso playback singer [40]
[78]
1992 Tyagi Shankar G. "Dadhu" DayalHindiK. C. Bokadia [40]
[49]
1992 Annaamalai AnnaamalaiTamilSuresh Krissna [40]
[82]
1992 Pandian PandianTamilS. P. Muthuraman [40]
[49]
[83]
1993 Insaniyat Ke Devta AnwarHindiK. C. Bokadia [40]
[84]
1993 Ejamaan Kanthavelu Vaanavarayan (Yajaman)TamilR. V. Udayakumar [40]
[51]
1993 Uzhaippali Thamizharasan[lower-alpha 6]TamilP. Vasu [24]
[40]
1993 Valli VeeraiyanTamilK. NatrajCameo appearance
Also producer and screenwriter
[24]
[40]
1994 Veera Muthuveerappan [lower-alpha 6]TamilSuresh Krissna [24]
[40]
1995 Baashha Manikkam / Manik Baashha[lower-alpha 6] TamilSuresh Krissna [40]
[82]
1995 Pedarayudu PaparayuduTeluguRavi Raja Pinisetty [24]
[40]
1995 Aatank Hi Aatank MunnaHindiDilip Shankar150th Film [40]
[85]
1995 Muthu Muthuvel, Zamindar Rajalingam[lower-alpha 5]TamilK. S. RavikumarTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor [24]
[40]
[55]
1995 Bhagya Debata Singer Bengali Raghuram Special appearance [40]
1997 Arunachalam Arunachalam, Vedachalam[lower-alpha 5]TamilSundar C. [40]
[82]
1999 Padayappa AarupadayappanTamilK. S. Ravikumar

Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor

[40]
[55]
[82]
2000 Bulandi Ghajraj ThakurHindiTatineni Rama Rao [40]
[86]
2002 Baba Baba, Mahavatar Babaji (voice only)[lower-alpha 5]TamilSuresh KrissnaAlso producer and screenwriter [40]
[87]
2005 Chandramukhi Saravanan, Vettaiyan Raja[lower-alpha 5]TamilP. VasuTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor [40]
[55]
[88]
2007 Sivaji Sivaji (M. G. Ravichandran)[lower-alpha 6]TamilS. ShankarTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
[5]
[55]
[89]
2008 Kuselan Ashok KumarTamilP. VasuCameo appearance
Tamil–Telugu bilingual film
[40]
[90]
Kathanayakudu Telugu [40]
[90]
2010 Enthiran Vaseegaran, Chitti[lower-alpha 5]TamilS. ShankarNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil [5]
[55]
[91]
2011 Ra.One ChittiHindiAnubhav SinhaSpecial appearance [40]
[92]
2014 Kochadaiiyaan Kochadaiiyaan, Rana, Sena[lower-alpha 7]TamilSoundarya RajinikanthAlso playback singer [34]
2014 Lingaa Raja Lingeswaran, Lingaa[lower-alpha 5]TamilK. S. Ravikumar [93]
2016 Kabali Kabaleeswaran (Kabali)[lower-alpha 6]TamilPa. RanjithNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil [94]
[95]
[96]
2017 Cinema Veeran Himself (voice-over)TamilAishwarya R. DhanushDocumentary film,
Narrator
[97]
[98]
2018 Kaala Karikaalan (Kaala)[lower-alpha 6]TamilPa. Ranjith [99]
2018 2.0 Vaseegaran, Chitti, Kutty Chitti[lower-alpha 7]TamilS. Shankar [100]
[101]
2019 Petta 'Petta' Velan / Kaali[lower-alpha 6] Tamil Karthik Subbaraj [102]
2020 Darbar Aaditya Arunachalam Tamil AR Murugadoss [103]
2020 Annaatthe TBA Tamil Siva Filming [104]

See also

  • List of awards and nominations received by Rajinikanth

Notes

  1. He was also the producer.[24]
  2. The Japanese title is Mutu: Odoru Maharaja.[3]
  3. The film broke the 63-year-old record set by the 1944 Tamil film Haridas, which ran for 112 weeks at Broadway Theatre, Madras.[29]
  4. The film grossed 2.89 billion (approximately US$43 million) worldwide, surpassing Sivaji's collection of 1.55 billion (approximately US$24 million). As of June 2016, it remains the highest-grossing Tamil film.[32]
  5. The full name of the character is Ranoji Rao Shivaji Rao Gaekwad Jadichmul Arjun Thange.[78]

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