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รชินิกานต์
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Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bangla, and Malayalam. He is widely regarded to be one of the most successful and popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016, India's third and second highest civilian honours respectively, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2019, the highest
Rajinikanth is an Indian actor who has become one of the most successful and popular figures in Indian cinema over his five-decade career, appearing in over 170 films across multiple languages including Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, and Malayalam. His cultural significance is reflected in major honors from the Indian government, including the Padma Vibhushan (second-highest civilian honor) and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (highest national film award).
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- Works
- 4
Top works
- Biomedical Signal and Image Examination with Entropy-Based Techniques
- Advances in Artificial Intelligence Systems
- Signal and Image Processing Techniques for the Development of Intelligent Healthcare Systems
- Applications of Bat Algorithm and its Variants
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Film & TV
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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…
Known for
- Jailer 2 — Muthuvel 'Tiger' Pandian2026
- Coolie — Devaraj 'Deva'2025
- Vettaiyan — SP V. Athiyan IPS2024
- Lal Salaam — Moideen Bhai2024
- Jailer — Muthuvel 'Tiger' Pandian2023
- Annaatthe — 'Annaatthe' Kaalaiyaan2021
- Family - A Made at Home Short Film2020
- Darbar — Aadithya Arunachalam IPS2020
- Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Rajinikanth2020
- Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Akshay Kumar2020
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 200
- Total plays
- 1,246
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- Rajinikanth
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- Shivaji Rao Gaikwad
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- Bangalore, Mysore State, India
- Person.alma_mater
- Adyar Film Institute
- Person.years_active
- 1975–present
- Person.works
- Full list
- Person.relatives
- See Rajinikanth family
- Person.honours
- Padma Vibhushan (2016) Padma Bhushan (2000)
- Person.awards
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2019) NTR National Award (2016)Kalaimamani (1984)(See full list)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Bengaluru
- Spouse
- Latha Rajinikanth
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Rajinikanth Felicitates Writer Kalaignanam.jpg
- Residence
- Chennai
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- Rajinikanth
- date of birth
- 1950-12-12
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- Rajinikanth
- birth name
- Shivaji Rao Gaekwad
- name in native language
- ரசினிகாந்த்
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- filmography
- Rajinikanth filmography
- social media followers
- 6378057
- ethnic group
- Marathi people
- nickname
- Thalaivaa
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