In the year 1983, he made his Bollywood debut with Rama Rao Tatineni's Andha Kanoon which was among the top-grossing Bollywood films of the year. Sasi's fantasy Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum (1979).
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Rajinikanth’s debut film in Malayalam was I. A few movies in which he had positive roles are Kavikkuyil, the Kannada film Sahodarara Savaal and the Telugu film Chilakamma Cheppindi. He acted in 15 films in the year 1977, playing negative characters in most of them, including Avargal, 16 Vayathinile, Aadu Puli Attam, and Gayathri. Rajinikanth got his first breakthrough in Tamil with Moondru Mudichu (1976)-also directed by K. He played his first lead role in Balachander's Telugu drama film Anthuleni Katha (1976). He first appeared in a Tamil drama Apoorva Raagangal (1975) directed by K. She is married to industrialist Ashwin Ramkumar and a son named Ved Krishna. Soundarya, his younger daughter, works as a director, producer and graphic designer in the Tamil film industry. His elder daughter Aishwarya is married to actor Dhanush and they have two sons. Rajinikanth has two daughters named Aishwarya Rajinikanth (born 1 January 1982) and Soundarya Rajinikanth (born 20 September 1984). Rajinikanth married Latha Rangachari on 26 February 1981, in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. He mainly played supporting roles before becoming a lead actor. Rajinikanth has also worked in other language films such as Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Bengali. Rajinikanth has appeared in more than 160 films, mostly in the Tamil language. He began his acting career in plays while working in the Bangalore Transport Service as a bus conductor in Bangalore, Karnataka. He is a megastar in the Tamil film industry from the 1970s.
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One of the legends of Tamil cinema, Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, popularly known by his stage name Rajinikanth, is also amongst the highest-paid actors in Asia.