Date of birth: 1950-12-12
Place of birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, Rajini, Super Star, 拉吉尼卡特, ラジニカント, Раджникант, 라지 니칸 스, රජිනිකාන්ත්, ரஜினிகாந்த், راجینیکن, Rajni kanth, Rajnikanth, Rajini kanth, Rajni Kanth

Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, known by his mononymous stage name Rajinikanth, is an immensely popular actor in Tamil film industry of South India. He received the coveted Padma Vibhushan Award in 2016. At the 45th International Film Festival of India (2014), he was conferred with the "Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year". At the 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India (2019), he was honoured with the Icon of Global Jubilee award. At the 67th National Film Awards, he was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

2007-06-08
A wealthy engineer arrives in India with the mission of serving the nation and investing in the coun

2011-10-24
When the titular antagonist of an action game takes on physical form, it's up to the game's less pow

2008-08-01
Balakrishnan and Ashok are two childhood friends who lose touch with each other. One of them goes on

2024-10-10
A sought-after Supercop gets caught in a series of unexpected events when he encounters a suspect wh

1988-10-07
When a newlywed American couple goes to India on their honeymoon, little do they realize that they a

1991-11-05
Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends

1992-01-14
Circumstances force the union leader of a factory to marry his own boss, a rich and arrogant lady wh

1995-10-23
The story concerns Muthu, a charismatic, well-respected and loyal servant and charioteer of Raja Mal

1997-04-10
Arunachalam, the son of a prominent village elder, discovers the truth about his past.

1993-08-20
Valli returns to her village after studying for 15 years in the city. Her cousin celebrates her arri

1987-05-01
The Story of a young man who returns from jail after imprisonment on crime he commits for justice du

1989-11-10
A mafia leader tries to kill policeman Sivagiri, who took down his illegal businesses, with the help
1987-09-04
Despite protests, Kangeyan helps his brother marry a girl who is engaged to another man. But his bro

1988-09-24
When Raju loses his soft-spoken, loving elder brother Balu in a fight, he gives up his violent ways.

1989-07-20
Raja, an aspiring actor from a village, relocates to a big city to follow his dream. There, he meets

1994-04-14
The hero falls in love with a girl and learns music for her. The girl's house is destroyed in a cycl

1990-06-15
Kalicharan is killed by goons. In heaven, he opposes and gets sent back in the body of Balwant, who

1987-03-07
Ragupathy leaves his village for the city and finds a job at a 5-star hotel owned by a man in a rela

1986-01-10
Businessman Gopinath abandons Shanti, his first love, to marry a rich heiress. Later, Bharath, Gopin

1986-11-01
A rude princess acts arrogantly towards everyone around her. However, when she meets a simple villag
1987-10-21
Suhasini, a divorced nurse, is the sole wage earner of her large family and navigates various strugg

1986-03-01
Vijay and Priya fall in love and get married against her father's wishes. However, when they get sep

1986-04-11
Raja, a thief, and Amar, a goonda, plot to settle in London with the money earned from a robbery. Bu

1983-01-14
Uruvangal Maralam is a Tamil language film starring Y. Gee. Mahendra in the lead role of the protago

1985-06-20
Dharmaraj sets up false charges against Ravi, an honest policeman, which leads to Ravi's suspension.

1984-10-22
Manickam, a youngster, gets reformed by Gangadharan, a kind man, who eventually appoints him in char

1985-09-01
The story of the great Indian saint Raghavendra Swami. Born as Venkatanatha, he proved to be a very

1984-04-20
Thambikku Entha Ooru (English: Which town are you from, my brother?) is a 1984 Indian Tamil language

1983-11-04
Thanga Magan is a man's search for his roots. It is his search for the truth about his lineage.

1984-06-15
Veer marries a blind girl and is disowned by his brother. He rents a room and takes care of his wife

1983-05-27
Sivappu Sooriyan is one man's hunt for his missing family and to bring to book the perpetrators of t

1984-08-02
Rosy, an orphan, is physically challenged and bitter towards everyone. However, when she watches Raj

1983-07-07
When the sole person to inherit the family wealth is missing, her grandmother desperately searches f

1982-03-12
Thanikattu Raja is a Tamil film directed by V.C.Gohanathan.This movie is starring Rajnikanth, Sridev
1982-11-17
Anand, a wealthy man, meets his dream girl, Janaki and they are happily engaged. However, Janaki's l

1982-04-14
A young man goes to the city looking for a job suitable for his education, but in due course of time

1983-03-04
Balu works as a clerk in Ramesh's estate and is very loyal to him. However, when Ramesh accidentally

1982-07-11
Anand is a motocycle champion for six years in a row. Winning the championship brings him the introd

1982-08-14
Ponni wants to live a lavish life but gets married to her cousin Kumaran. Her love for worldly pleas

1983-01-14
When a smuggler kills his sister, a mentally impaired man vows to deliver justice and joins a martia

1982-08-01
A sincere police officer is killed by a liquor dealer. Years later, his twin sons set out to avenge

1981-08-15
The story revolves around Chakravarthy (Older Rajini) who is a successful textile businessman in Coi

1981-03-06
Raja, an atheist, is constantly at a war of wits with his brother who is a firm devotee of a god man

1980-07-03
After being released from jail, Kaali is in search of Raja Rao, a rich businessman who is responsibl

1979-10-19
Rajinikanth catches forest animals through traps and sells them. Rajni's mother will tell him to sto

1979-06-29
Rajini's parents are killed by Thengai Srinivasan. He is adopted and brought up by a rich man. After

1980-06-04
This is the story of a street dancer, a policeman, and a thief - and the latter two are brothers
1980-08-17

1979-04-14
A rendering of the classic Arabian tale of Aladdin and his magic lamp.
1979-08-10
A dying travel agent confesses to a murder he did not commit.

1979-04-14
Raja falls in love with Bhuvana, the daughter of a landlord. However, the landlord declares that he

1980-10-09
Movie features a mechanic, who constantly gets into a brawl with a well-known smuggler. All hell bre

1979-09-14
Santhanam gives the best education to his siblings and takes care of all their basic needs. However,

1978-05-19
Tragedy strikes a family of four when the train they are travelling in meets with an accident and se

1980-12-20
Although Kaalaiyan and his brothers can afford a luxurious lifestyle, they choose to live modestly.

1978-03-10
Aayiram Jenmangal is a 1976 Tamil Horror film directed by Durai, starring Vijayakumar, Latha, Rajini

1978-10-30
Manju, a modern woman who works for a male chauvinist boss, helps Arun to film a documentary on the

1979-01-12

1979-04-14
The film tells the story of Chandru, a singer who is touring Singapore with his band where he meets

1978-10-01

1978-12-16
Justice Gopinath is a man known for his rigid upholding of the law and honesty. His wife Radha is pr

1978-06-02

1978-12-22
A leading film actress is controlled by her producer who even refuses to let her get married. Theref

1978-10-30
Babu vows to take revenge on Balu and Johnny, who killed his family members, and trains himself for

1978-02-10
Shankar is the son of a corrupt businessman. When his sister is married against her wishes, she esca

1978-08-15
A young man, Kaali and his sister, Valli, who were orphaned as children, share a close bond. However
1978-06-30

1978-10-30
When Devu, a local thug, meets Sarasu, a prostitute, he falls in love with her. They decide to a lea

1999-04-10
Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then

1978-07-14
After an accident, Shanti develops extra sensory perception. Since she can foresee future events, pe

1978-06-09
Murli (Rajnikanth) and Prabhu (Kamal) are owner and manager respectively, of an advertising agency i

1977-08-11
Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram is a Tamil film is directed by Durai.
1977-10-07
A man tries to sell provocative footage of his wife. When she finds out, he tries blackmailing her.

1977-09-15
Sixteen-year-old Mayil is secretly loved by her handicapped cousin, Chappani, and the village rowdy,
1977-11-10
Aarupushpangal is a Tamil film is directed by K.M.Balakrishnan.

1977-07-29
Kavikkuyil, Kavikuyil or Kavi Kuyil is a 1977 Tamil film directed by Devaraj Mohan and starring Siva

1977-09-09
Two pals, Nagaraj and Sampath, live life on their own terms. Nagaraj, being careless, lives without

1976-10-22
Roommates Prasath and Balaji are both in love with Selvi. However, life takes an ugly turn when Bala

1977-09-30
Madan dreams of joining the police force but falls into bad company with Rajni. Eventually, he reali

1975-08-18
A young man and an older woman fall in love and decide to marry. However, their lives become more co

1981-05-01
Chandran lies to his boss that his mother is unwell to get a leave but gets caught. In order to save

1995-01-12
Auto rickshaw driver Manickam avoids violence at all costs. When some thugs begin to intimidate Mani

1992-06-27
A class-divided friendship goes through highs and lows through several decades.

1992-10-25
Pandiyan, a police officer, is enraged when his sister's husband dies. In order to find and catch th

2005-04-14
Creepy happenings in an abandoned mansion are attributed to the ghost of an ancient courtesan, back

2020-04-06
Presenting ‘Family’, a made-at-home short film featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Rajnikanth, Ranbir Kapoor

2023-08-10
Muthuvel Pandian, a retired, stern yet compassionate jailer lives a peaceful life with his family, b

1976-02-27
Saritha sacrifices her comforts and the prospect of a life with her boyfriend for the sake of her fa

1995-06-15
Pedarayudu, the eldest brother, sits on an ancestral throne that is cursed and whoever delivers a wr

2025-08-13
Deva, once living a quiet life, is shaken when his close friend dies under suspicious circumstances.

1995-08-18
Chased out of their village, a poor farmer, his wife, son and daughter attempt to survive the harsh

2000-01-07
A noble family presides over a small town in India.

1989-12-08
Twins separated at infancy are brought up differently. One weak, one strong. One day, they end up at

2008-08-01
Balakrishna and Ashok Kumar. Balu stops at nothing to make his friend happy. As time passes by, they

1983-04-08
When his parents are killed by three men, Amar, Akbar and Anthony, Vijay teams up with a forest offi

1984-09-14
Gangvaa embarks on a quest for revenge against a crooked landlord after he orders the death of his f

2014-05-23
A noble warrior seeks revenge against the ruler of his kingdom, who killed his father. At the same t

1984-01-14
Viswanath (Rajnikanth), a famous lawyer, stays with his widowed mother (Vijayakumari) and physically
1981-08-06
Vijay, an honest doctor, finds out that Mithra and his team are responsible for the death of many ch

1985-11-11
Two brothers are ousted from their house by their stepbrother's wife. Years later, when one of the b

1983-04-14
A father and son are separated when their enemy tries to steal a pair of swords that hold a map to t

1978-12-09
Two brothers get separated in their childhood after their uncle dupes their father. Years later, whe

1985-04-12
A young man turns into a vigilante to fight injustice after his loved ones are killed.

2002-08-15
Baba is an atheist who always questions the existence of a higher power. But when a turn of events b

1993-02-18
A chieftain is loved by everyone in the village. His arch rival poisons his wife, making her incapab

1980-01-26
Billa, a powerful outlaw with a long list of enemies, kills Rajesh, a member of his gang, after he q

1989-03-04
A rich estate owner is killed by his second wife and her brother Aadimoolam. The estate owner's son

2014-12-12
After being turned down by the ruling Britons, the rightful heir to a famous dynasty inspires local

1988-04-13
Guru and Babu meet a man who has been framed for murder. To help him and find the real culprit, Guru

1977-02-25
After a break-up with her boyfriend and a troubled marriage with Ramanathan, Anu is devastated. She

1982-11-14
Aravindhan runs a dance school where he falls for his student Kannamma. However, soon after they get

1985-09-20
Yaar? is a 1985 Indian horror Tamil film, directed by Sakthi-Kannan and produced by S. Thanu, G. Se

1989-03-17
When police officer Kapil Khanna discovers that his son was abducted at birth, and switched with a g

1988-03-26
Growing up, nothing could separate best friends Vicky and Raju. But when one chooses a career as a r

1991-02-22
After the death of her husband, the Police Inspector, Gayatri sets out to find his murderer, and is

1987-11-13
At the time of his mother's death, Raja comes to know that his father is still alive and living a we

1984-01-13
A tough cop's life is torn apart after his sister and her lover are brutally murdered. He then decid

1993-02-12
A story of two best friends who love to help the needy, and when a group comes under threat of losin

1991-03-01
Three orphans are arrested for committing multiple crimes. During their trial, they start recounting
1985-04-26
A Goon-For-Hire is taught to be a better person..when the time comes, will he choose the path of goo
1978-03-03
A 1978 Telugu movie.

1986-04-25
A young man, Swaroop, moves to Bombay and is immediate mugged and left without shelter. He meets a m

1983-05-30
Thakur Vikram Singh (Om Shivpuri) is informed by a museum curator that an ancestral sword donated by

1980-08-15
Johnny loves Archana, a popular singer, but their lives are disrupted when Johnny's lookalike kills

1976-01-23
An anthology of short stories centred on a poor university teacher's dilemma, an old woman's life st
1978-03-30
Kumar falls for Latha but is unable to marry her as his father opposes their relationship. After Kum

1980-11-06
While travelling to a new job location, Sita is attacked, and saved by a man who kills the offender.

1977-08-12
When Bharati's associate, Malli, gets pregnant before marriage, she suspects Ravi to be responsible

1980-04-11
A movie buff befriends a popular actress as he believes that she is leading a happy life. However, o
1984-06-15
A 1984 Telugu film.

1986-10-31
Sandeep, Ranjit and Prakash are best friends from childhood. A misunderstanding between Ranjit and S
1977-12-02
Film starring Balkrishna, Rajinikanth and Vishnuvardhan
1977-09-01
A 1977 Kannada film.

1977-09-16
Two brothers get separated when they are young but dislike each other after reuniting as adults. Tho
1977-11-17
A 1977 Telugu movie.
1978-09-11
A 1978 Tamil movie.

1980-05-31
Three brothers, who were separated at birth, are brought up in different religions and are reunited

1984-06-20
Jageera Singh has always lived a life of crime, drinking alcohol and frequenting brothels, even thou

1989-05-05
Siva and John, two best friends, get separated due to the atrocities of a gangster. Siva becomes Tig
1978-03-03
A 1978 Kannada movie.

1981-01-26
Raja and Suman, two sons of a labour leader, choose different professions in their life after facing

1984-10-25
A 1984 Hindi movie.

1976-12-10
Geetha, who had a one-night stand with Chandru while in college, must struggle to keep it a secret f

1985-09-01
Chanda's parents disapprove of her boyfriend Ranga and want her to marry Prasad. Ranga is accused of

1986-04-10
Despite being a gold medalist, Bharath remains unemployed. When he turns to corrupt means in order t

1993-06-24
Rajini is working as a coolie in a factory. He is asked by three brothers to act as a foreign-return
1979-01-25
A 1979 Telugu movie.

1979-09-05
Legends of Indian cinema, NTR and Rajinikanth, unite on screen as "Raja" and "Rashid," two men with

1989-11-22
Journalist Bhavani intends to expose and bring to justice a corrupt politician who pretends to be a

1991-01-14
Dharmadurai, a simple villager, helps his brothers financially against his father's wishes. He goes

1985-09-20
Asha's jealousy gets the better of her when she finds out that the man she loves, Ashok, is showerin

1977-10-13
The story centers on a doctor who discovers that the patient he is treating is the husband of his fo
1977-11-18
A 1977 Telugu movie.

1986-10-17
Seth Laxmi Narayan and his wife had a son who was separated at an early age. The only clue they have

1986-09-26
Motion picture from India directed by Muktha S. Sundar

1982-01-14
Ramesh joins a businessman's factory to eradicate irregularity and corruption, but gets dismissed du

1992-05-29
Shankar, as the eldest son of Choudhry Gangaprasad Dayal, has always made sacrifices for his two sib
1985-02-08
A 1985 Telugu movie.

1989-10-28
Rajarajeswari gets Aarumugam's sister arrested after she learns that she is in love with her son. Aa

1991-07-12
Dutta babu is standing for elections against a cunning, corrupt, & established gangster, Bishamber P

1987-03-06
A 1987 Hindi movie.

1997-09-09
Jagdish leads an ordinary life with his wife, Savitri, but, one day, a man is murdered before his ey

1990-01-14
The illegitimate son of a rich man and a singer is raised by a poor drunkard. Before he can commit t
1985-01-01
A 1985 Hindi movie.

2024-02-09
When a cricket game between two brothers goes wrong, a group of Indian villages are torn apart in th

2010-02-20
Behind the Scenes of Shankar's Tamil sci-fi epic "Endhiran"

2016-07-22
A gangster in Malaysia goes in search of his family after 25 years of imprisonment.

1990-06-02
A 1990 Tamil film.

1985-03-15
A 1985 Tamil film.

2018-11-29
An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harmi

1985-09-13
Brothers Karan and Kishan are separated when Karan is framed for a murder, leading him to commit sui

2018-06-07
Karikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutch

1991-02-01
Tiger works for the local Don Bhaktawar but never hesitates to revolt against him if he harms his fr

1978-08-04
Vayasu Pilichindi (lit. Youth is Calling) is a 1978 Telugu-language film directed by C. V. Sridhar.

2019-01-10
A hostel warden becomes the target of a dreaded politician and his gangster son, but little do they

2020-01-08
Aaditya, the commissioner of Mumbai Police, sets out to catch Ajay, a drug peddler. However, he unco

1980-11-28
Adaikalam, an accused, who has been imprisoned for many years helps two other men to escape from jai

2021-11-04
Kaaliyan is a village president in the Madurai district, who is fondly called Annaatthe. His nieces
1983-01-01
Film with a soundtrack featuring the music of Seerkazhi S Govindarajan and Malaysia Vasudevan

2017-06-22
An ode to the fighters and stunt coordinators of Tamil cinema, this documentary, with a voice-over b
1989-04-12
Two estranged childhood friends, Raghu and Suresh, find themselves at loggerheads when Raghu joins t

2026-06-12
Sequel to Jailer (2023)
An Upcoming Film Starring Rajnikanth Directed by Nithilan Saminathan Produced by Sun Pictures

1991-09-19
An honest police officer investigates an organ trafficking racket. He soon discovers that it is oper

2010-10-01
Dr. Vaseegaran creates Chitti, a powerful robot in his own image, but it is rejected by the scientif
Nelson Dilipkumar's 3rd venture with Rajinikanth.
2027-01-10

1988-04-07
Hend is a young widow who works as a maid, she meets Eid the conman who goes to prison and leaves he