Rajinikanth usually stays away from Chennai on his birthday
Chennai:
Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, who turned 63 today, is said to be celebrating his birthday in nativetown Bangalore.
Sources close to the actor said he had earlier left for the city, keeping with his usual practice of staying awayfrom Chennai on his birthday every year. However, he had met his fans last year. Die-hard fans of the veteran actor have organised special prayers and welfare activities to celebrate their idol'sbirthday.
Rajinikanth's is a typical rags-to-riches story as he has transformed his mundane life as a bus conductor in Bangaloreto that of a most sought after actor, with a frenzied fan base hailing him as their Thalaivar (The Leader).From what started as a small role in his mentor K Balachander's Aboorva Ragangal in 1975, Rajinikanth soon charted his path as a preferred villain before opting for more positive roles.
Whether it be portraying struggles of a low-class printing unit employee in Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (From6 to 60) or portraying the divinity of Sage Ragavendra, the actor has proved he was second to none when it came tochallenging roles.
He broke many stereotypes of a hero, including holding a cigarette with much style while mouthing dialogues in his owninimitable way, that made many a young fan go razy. Previously, Tamil film heroes avoided scenes of smoking ordrinking.
However, the smoking scenes later turned against him, with the S Ramadoss-led party PMK objecting to his on-screensmoking, claiming he promoted cigarette culture among youth. He has since then largely avoided smoking in his films.
Known for his humility and outspoken nature, he had alsocourted controversy in 1996, making some remarks against thenruling AIADMK dispensation. He later supported a DMK-TamilMaanila congress alliance which swept the polls that year.
Rajinikanth has delivered some of the biggest blockbustersof Tamil cinema, and has worked with all big directorsincluding Maniratnam and Shankar.
Currently, he is working in his daughter Soundarya's film Kochadaiyaan, a 3-D film being shot using motion capturetechnology, starring Deepika Padukone, Jackie Shroff and Tamilactor Sarathkumar among others.
Sources close to the actor said he had earlier left for the city, keeping with his usual practice of staying awayfrom Chennai on his birthday every year. However, he had met his fans last year. Die-hard fans of the veteran actor have organised special prayers and welfare activities to celebrate their idol'sbirthday.
Rajinikanth's is a typical rags-to-riches story as he has transformed his mundane life as a bus conductor in Bangaloreto that of a most sought after actor, with a frenzied fan base hailing him as their Thalaivar (The Leader).From what started as a small role in his mentor K Balachander's Aboorva Ragangal in 1975, Rajinikanth soon charted his path as a preferred villain before opting for more positive roles.
Whether it be portraying struggles of a low-class printing unit employee in Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (From6 to 60) or portraying the divinity of Sage Ragavendra, the actor has proved he was second to none when it came tochallenging roles.
He broke many stereotypes of a hero, including holding a cigarette with much style while mouthing dialogues in his owninimitable way, that made many a young fan go razy. Previously, Tamil film heroes avoided scenes of smoking ordrinking.
However, the smoking scenes later turned against him, with the S Ramadoss-led party PMK objecting to his on-screensmoking, claiming he promoted cigarette culture among youth. He has since then largely avoided smoking in his films.
Known for his humility and outspoken nature, he had alsocourted controversy in 1996, making some remarks against thenruling AIADMK dispensation. He later supported a DMK-TamilMaanila congress alliance which swept the polls that year.
Rajinikanth has delivered some of the biggest blockbustersof Tamil cinema, and has worked with all big directorsincluding Maniratnam and Shankar.
Currently, he is working in his daughter Soundarya's film Kochadaiyaan, a 3-D film being shot using motion capturetechnology, starring Deepika Padukone, Jackie Shroff and Tamilactor Sarathkumar among others.
