{"id":8609,"date":"2016-07-31T10:33:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T05:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/?p=8609"},"modified":"2016-07-31T10:38:23","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T05:08:23","slug":"how-to-be-rajnikanth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/how-to-be-rajnikanth.html","title":{"rendered":"Being Rajnikanth: Life Lessons From The SUPERSTAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vaipugal Amayadhu, Namdhan amaithukolla vendum (<\/strong>Opportunities don\u2019t just happen; One has to make them happen) \u2013 <\/strong>Kochadaiyaan\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

His aura, his presence makes the crowd go frenzy. His larger than life persona can absorb anyone. His movies have special screenings, some as early as 4 a.m. People bathe his cutouts with milk, holidays get declared when his movies release. Some hail him as a SUPERSTAR, while to others he is a GOD. But to a whole lot of us, he is a mystery!\u00a0He is RAJNIKANTH!<\/p>\n

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Rajnikanth fans pour milk on his cutouts. Image source:Linked<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Women Fans of Rajnikanth. Image source: Quora<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Rajnikanth fans in Japan. Image source: Wirally.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Long queue in Oman to buy movie tickets for a Rajnikanth movie. Image Source: Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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A\u00a0young Rajnikanth Fan. Image source: Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Rajnikanth, born as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad’s, story is no fairy tale. It’s full of struggle and hardship. Born on 12th December\u00a01950, in a Marathi family, he is the youngest of four siblings. He was named after the famous Marathi king, Shivaji. His mother died when he was very young and his family went through severe financial crisis; that’s when he was forced to take odd jobs like carpentry, coolie\u00a0to support his family, while he was still a kid.\u00a0But even as a kid he was deeply inclined towards cinema and would often participate in school plays. It’s probably where he nurtured his acting talents.<\/p>\n

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When he grew up he began working as a bus conductor for The Bangalore Transport Service. It was the time when he was drawn to the stage and he began acting in Kannada plays. \u00a0In 1973, he joined the Madras Film Institute. During that time, he got in touch with K. Balachander, an Indian Film director who worked primarily in Tamil film industry. He wasn’t instantly impressed with Rajnikanth and advised\u00a0him to develop his own unique style. In 1975, when they met again, Rajnikanth was able to impress K. Balachander and bagged a small role. His first success came through Bharavi, where he was first cast in a lead role. The world soon recognized his acting prowess and the rest, as we know, is history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

K.Balachander quotes\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“Rajinikanth claims that I am his school. But I must admit that this wasn’t the Rajinikanth I introduced. He has evolved on his own merits and strengths. I gave him an opportunity and unveiled him to the world. He went and conquered it.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

During the next many years, he gave many super hits and performed in movies other languages as well. Through the\u00a01990s,\u00a0he established himself as a commercial entertainer and worked on many commercially successful and critically acclaimed movies such as\u00a0Thalapathi <\/em>(1991), Annamalai<\/em> (1992), Baasha<\/em> (1995) and Padayappa <\/em>(1999). This lifted his status from an actor\u00a0to an icon. His dialogues and style resonated with everyone be it a six-year-old, or a sixty.<\/p>\n

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In 2000, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan award by The Government of India.\u00a0Since then he has been part of many philanthropic activities\u00a0and gave even more hits such as Shivaji<\/em> (2007) and Enthiran <\/em>(2010), enchanting everyone with his style, pulsating action sequence, and dialogues.<\/p>\n

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En <\/strong>vazhi thani vazhi<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0(My way, is the original (unique) way!)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But it’s not just his onscreen persona that drives people crazy. He is a SUPERSTAR in real life as well.<\/p>\n

Let’s derive some lessons through his life journey, something which we all can learn from.<\/h2>\n