In Pictures : Lesser known facts about Rajinikanth

Rajinikanth – Kamal Haasan

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

Rajinikanth – Raj Bahadur

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.

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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.

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

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Tollywood superstar Rajinikanth's full name is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad.