10 facts about Superstar Rajinikanth you Probably don't know!

Rajinikanth born as Shivarjirao Gaekwad, who started off as a bus conductor, has went on to win millions of hearts with his style. He is an Indian film actor, media personality and cultural icon. After establishing himself as a lead actor in a number of successful films, he began to be referred as a “Superstar” of Tollywood. He is famous for his style and delivery of dialogues in his movies.

1, Tollywood superstar Rajinikanth’s full name is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad.

2. Rajinikanth is the highest paid actor in India and the second highest in Asia after Jackie Chain.

3.Life story of Rajnikanth is included in chapter for students of Central Board of Secondary Education. He is the only Indian actor to be featured in the CBSE syllabus.

4. He began acting in plays while working in the Bangalore Transport Service as a bus conductor. After that he joined the Madras Film Institute to pursue a diploma in acting. His family was not in support of his decision. But his co-worker and friend Raj Bahadur motivated and supported him to pursue film school.

5. As we all know Rajinikanth can do anything on silver screen. So the directors of his films are afraid to kill him on screen as it might cause riots by his fans.

6.Though Rajinikanth is a Tamil superstar, he was born in a Maharashtrian family. Rajinikanth has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Bengali films, but never in Marathi.

7. Unlike other actors, he doesn’t wear makeup or wig outside films.

8.Rajinikanth is a spiritual person. He love to spend time in the Himalayas for meditation. He stays away from media attention.

9.Rajinikanth’s first big commercial success was Billa, a remake of the 1978 Megastar Amitabh Bachchan-starrer, Don.

10. Rajinikanth’s favourite actor is Kamal Haasan, with whom he appeared in many films.