Super Star Rajinikanth was born on 12th December 1950 (real name Shivaji Rao Gaikwad). Super Star Rajinikanth is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon.He made his acting debut through the National Film Award-winning Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal in 1975, which as directed by K. Balachander. Super Star Rajinikanth r considers K.Balachander as his mentor. Super Star Rajinikanth has also appeared in the cinemas of other nations, including that of the United States. Super Star Rajinikanth was born and brought up in the city of Bangalore. Rajinikanth's ancestors hailed from a village called Mavdi Kade Pathar which is in present-day Pune District in Maharashtra. Super Star Rajinikanth was the youngest of four siblings in a family consisting of two brothers and a sister, his father Ramoji Rao Gaikwad was a police constable.After his father's retirement from work in 1956, the family moved to the suburb of Hanumanthanagar in Bangalore and built a house there. Rajinikanth had his primary education at the "Gavipuram Government Kannada Model Primary School". Rajinikanth was a studious and "mischievous" child with a great interest in games such as Cricket, Football and Basketball. It was during this time that his brother enrolled him at the Ramakrishna Math a Hindu monastery. Here he learnt the Vedas, tradition and history which eventually instilled a sense of spirituality in him. Along with spiritual lessons he also began acting in plays at the math. His interest towards theatre grew at the math. When the Super Star was eleven years old he lost his mother. After completing sixth Standard the Super Star was enrolled in Acharya Pathasala Public School where he comlpeted his pre-university course.He acted in many plays in the school. During his childhood Super Star Rajinikanth struggled with an impoverished lifestyle. After completion of his school education, Rajinikanth performed various jobs in the cities of Bangalore and Madras (Present day Chennai) including that of a coolie and carpenter and fiinally ended up working for the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation as bus conducter where he began acting in plays. He came to Chennai in 1973 to join the Madras Film Institute to persue a diploma in acting. While he was performing in a stage play in the institue he got noticed by Tamil film director K.Balachander who went on to introduce Rainikath as an actor. Super Star Rajinikanth's mannerisms and his style of dialogue delivery in films contribute to his mass popularity and appeal. After being paid 260 million (US$4.2 million) for his role in the Movie Sivaji (2007), he became the highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan.
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