Friday, December 14, 2007

Rajnikanth: The Super Star





(shriya ang genelia)

Apart from acting in Tamil, Rajinikanth has acted in 173 movies, including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Bengali. Rajinikanth made a foray into Bollywood with 'Andha Kanoon', but couldn't make as much of an impact as he had in the south. He stillmade a few films in Hindi, like 'Chaalbaaz' with Sridevi, 'Uttar Dakshin', 'Girafthar' and 'Hum'. He also had a brief stint in Hollywood with the movie 'Bloodstone' in 1988. 'Sivaji The Boss' was reported to be Rajinikanth's 100th Tamil movie.Rajinikanth was named as one of the influential persons in South Asia by Asiaweek. He has won the Filmfare Best Actor award and many other awards. He has received awards in the Best Actor category for his performance in the films 'Chandramukhi', 'Padayappa', 'Peddarayudu', 'Basha', 'Muthu', 'Annamalai', 'Thalapathy', 'Velaikaran', 'Sri Raghavendra', 'Nallavanuku Nallavan', 'Moondru Mugam', 'Engeyo Ketta Kural', 'Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai', 'Mullum Malarum' and '16 Vayathinile'. He received an award forBest Actor in a Supporting Role for 'Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri'. He has also received awards in Best Story Writer and Best Producer categories for 'Valli'. He has also received honours such as the Raj Kapoor Award (2007) from the Government of Maharastra, Padma Bhushan (2000) from Government of India, Kalaichelvam Award (1995) from the Nadigar Sangam, MGR Award (1989) and Kalaimamani Award (1984) from the Government of Tamilnadu.

No comments:

Post a Comment