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Referred to as ‘Thalaiva’ by his fans, Rajinikanth celebrates his 70th birthday today. On the occasion of his birthday, we bring to you some of the unknown facts about the superstar.
- Before venturing into the world of cinema, Rajinikanth worked as a coolie, bus conductor and others. When he was working as a bus conductor, his salary was reportedly around Rs 750.
- His mother passed away when he was just 5 years old.
- The 1983 Bollywood film ‘Andha Kanoon’, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini was the debut Hindi film of Rajinikanth.
- Besides starring in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films, Rajinikanth also starred in a Bengali film named ‘Bhagya Debata’ which starred Mithun Chakraborty, Soumitra Chatterjee and others.
- Till now, Rajinikanth has acted in over 160 movies.
- Rajinikanth has also worked as a screenplay writer and producer.
- Apart from being an actor, he is also a philanthropist, spiritualist and is soon planning to start his independent political party in South India.
- He gained a huge fan following, recognition and the tag of ‘superstar’ with his 1980 movie ‘Billa', which is the Tamil remake of Amitabh Bachchan's hit movie 'Don'.
- He appeared in a Hollywood movie ‘Bloodstone’ in the year 1988, helmed by Dwight Little where he portrayed the character of an English-speaking Indian taxi driver.
We wish the superstar a very Happy Birthday!