191-433: Annaatthe ( transl. Big brother ) is a 2021 Indian, Tamil -language, action drama film directed and co-written by Siva and produced by Kalanithi Maran under the banner Sun Pictures . The film stars Rajinikanth , Khushbu , Meena , Nayanthara , and Keerthy Suresh . The movie features Jagapathi Babu , Prakash Raj , Soori , Pandiarajan , Sathyan , and Sathish in supportive roles. D. Imman composed
382-640: A box office flop grossing an estimated worldwide collection of ₹ 172 crores against a budget of ₹ 180 crores . The Embassy of India announced the release of the film in Argentina to promote culture and tourism. Kaalaiyan is a sarpanch (decision maker) in the village of Soorakkottai , Thanjavur District , who respects the principles of fairness. His ideals lead him to clash with a rival village leader Nattadurai, who controls people by scaring them. When Nattadurai tries to extort land from an old man, he hires lawyer Pattammal to defend his case. Kaalaiyan exposes
573-468: A lexical root to which one or more affixes are attached. Most Tamil affixes are suffixes . Tamil suffixes can be derivational suffixes, which either change the part of speech of the word or its meaning, or inflectional suffixes, which mark categories such as person , number , mood , tense , etc. There is no absolute limit on the length and extent of agglutination , which can lead to long words with many suffixes, which would require several words or
764-480: A , as with other Indic scripts . This inherent vowel is removed by adding a tittle called a puḷḷi , to the consonantal sign. For example, ன is ṉa (with the inherent a ) and ன் is ṉ (without a vowel). Many Indic scripts have a similar sign, generically called virama , but the Tamil script is somewhat different in that it nearly always uses a visible puḷḷi to indicate a 'dead consonant' (a consonant without
955-740: A 2001 survey, there were 1,863 newspapers published in Tamil, of which 353 were dailies. Tamil is the primary language of the majority of the people residing in Tamil Nadu , Puducherry , (in India) and in the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka . The language is spoken among small minority groups in other states of India which include Karnataka , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh , Kerala , Maharashtra , Gujarat , Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India and in certain regions of Sri Lanka such as Colombo and
1146-629: A 4-minute digitally recorded voice message to the media, Rajinikanth, under the advice of Amitabh Bachchan, travelled from Chennai to Singapore with his family on 21 May 2011, where he was to undergo further treatment for nephropathy at Mount Elizabeth Hospital . After spending over two weeks at the hospital, he was finally discharged on 15 June 2011 and continued to recuperate in Singapore, before returning to Chennai on 13 July 2011. Despite several failed attempts to restart Rana upon his return, Rajinikanth reprised his Enthiran character, Chitti, in
1337-428: A box office success. Rajinikanth wrote his first screenplay for the film Valli (1993), in which he also made a special appearance. He also starred in the film Yajaman , in which he played the role of Vaanavaraayan, a village chieftain. His romantic-comedy Veera (1994) was controversial for its climax but went on to become one of the highest-grossing films in 1994. That year, he earned his eleventh nomination for
1528-533: A brief pause, Rajinikanth starred in Baba in 2002, for which he had also written the screenplay. Released with much fanfare and hype at the time, the film featured a story revolving around the reforming of a gangster, later revealed to be the reincarnation of the Hindu saint Mahavatar Babaji , and fights against political corruption. It fell short of market expectations and the high bids reportedly translated to heavy losses for
1719-430: A brief phase of portraying antagonistic characters in Tamil films. His major positive role as a scorned lover in S. P. Muthuraman 's Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri (1977), 1978's Mullum Malarum and Aval Appadithan received him critical acclaim; the former earned him a Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actor. By the end of the decade, he had worked in all South Indian film industries and established
1910-764: A career in Tamil cinema. He then played dual roles in the action thriller Billa (1980), a remake of the Hindi film Don (1978). It was his biggest commercial success to that point, earned him stardom and gave him the action hero image. He starred in triple role in Moondru Mugam (1982), which earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards ceremony. The following year, he made his Hindi film debut with T. Rama Rao 's top grossing Andhaa Kaanoon (1983). Nallavanukku Nallavan (1984) won him that year's Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor . In
2101-592: A career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil , Hindi , Telugu , Kannada , Bengali , and Malayalam . He is widely regarded to be one of the most successful and popular actors in the history of Indian cinema . Known for his uniquely styled mannerism and one liners in films, he has a huge fan base internationally and has a cult following . The Government of India honoured him with Padma Bhushan in 2000, Padma Vibhushan in 2016, India's third and second highest civilian honours , and
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#17328815034982292-486: A character's name in his earlier film Major Chandrakanth . The director advised him to learn to speak Tamil , a recommendation that Rajinikanth quickly followed. Although he can read the language, he cannot write in it. "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
2483-533: A child, he was "studious and mischievous" with a great interest in cricket, football and basketball. During this time, his brother enrolled him at the Ramakrishna Math , a Hindu monastery set up by the Ramakrishna Mission . In the math , he was taught Vedas , tradition and history, which eventually instilled a sense of spirituality in him. In addition to spiritual lessons, he also began acting in plays at
2674-429: A collage made out of the weaker moments from director Siva's filmography. We have the villains from Siruthai , the 'saviour who cannot reveal his identity' angle from Veeram , the brother-sister sentiment from Vedalam , and the rural backdrop from Viswasam . The result is a movie whose emotional beats feel blatantly calculated and manipulative. D. Imman's use of a sentimental score hardly adds an emotional punch to
2865-593: A computer-generated imagery film starring an animated version of her father titled Sultan: The Warrior . The film was set for release in 2008, however, it entered development hell , and its development status would become unknown over the next few years. He worked with P. Vasu again for Kuselan , a remake of the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol , which was made simultaneously in Telugu as Kathanayakudu , in which Rajinikanth played an extended cameo role as Ashok Kumar,
3056-457: A distinctive style, and these punchlines often have a message or even warn the film's antagonists. Rajinikanth is one of the highest-grossing actors in Tamil cinema history. After opening his first official Twitter account in 2014, Rajinikanth received over 210,000 followers within 24 hours, which according to The Economic Times was deemed by social media research firms as the fastest rate of followers for any Indian celebrity, as well as among
3247-511: A family of around 26 languages native to the Indian subcontinent . It is also classified as being part of a Tamil language family that, alongside Tamil proper, includes the languages of about 35 ethno-linguistic groups such as the Irula and Yerukula languages (see SIL Ethnologue ). The closest major relative of Tamil is Malayalam ; the two began diverging around the 9th century CE. Although many of
3438-410: A few stunt sequences with Rajinikanth; the team sought permission from the government and Hyderabad police to film the night scenes. The team ensured safety at the sets while filming at a brisk pace. Nayanthara joined the film's team in late April 2021, and scenes featuring Rajinikanth and Nayanthara were filmed within three days. On 10 May 2021, it was announced Rajinikanth had completed his portions of
3629-422: A film is compared to the crime range and criticized by some with cruelty, abuse, civility, and so on, It's painful! Some YouTube channel reviews have gone down so much, but despite those negative reviews, the success of Annaatthe will make your heads up" M. Suganth of The Times of India gave the film two stars out of five and wrote: If Petta felt like a pastiche of Rajinikanth's films, Annaatthe seems like
3820-453: A film star in the Indian cinema, and as a best friend to the film's protagonist. According to Rajinikanth, the film somewhat narrated his early life. The film, however, performed poorly at box offices and led to many distributors incurring major losses. Rajinikanth also stated that he would work with Pyramid Saimira again to compensate for Kuselan . "Is there anything left to be said about
4011-407: A film with Dhanush as producer, titled Kaala , in which Rajinikanth plays a Dharavi -dwelling gangster who fights against corporate takeover of the slum. The film was officially released on 7 June 2018 and received positive reviews from critics. In 2018 he also appeared in S. Shankar 's 2.0 reprising the roles of Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti, alongside Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson . The film
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#17328815034984202-460: A gangster. When the gangster tries to assault Meenatchi, Kaalaiyan secretly assaults him and moves Meenatchi to Pattammal's apartment, where he can safely watch her. Thugs threaten Meenatchi, and she falls ill. When Pattammal leaves the house to get her medicine, the thugs attack her. Kaalaiyan rescues Meenatchi and interrogates her attackers. When Meenatchi and her husband started a business in Kolkata,
4393-553: A guest appearance in his daughter, Aishwarya Rajinikanth 's directorial comeback, Lal Salaam . It was released on 9 February 2024 and featured Vishnu Vishal and Vikranth in the lead. His 170th film as the lead actor, Vettaiyan , is set to be produced by Subaskaran Allirajah of Lyca Productions and directed by T. J. Gnanavel of Jai Bhim (2021) fame; he will be playing a police officer. Amitabh Bachchan , Fahadh Faasil , Rana Daggubati , Manju Warrier , Ritika Singh and Dushara Vijayan have been roped in as part of
4584-457: A jet plane but you can see that the man is tired. The affection you have for the actor makes you forgive the obvious stiffness in his body, the glaring age difference between him and the woman he's romancing, the pasty make-up and much else. But even his biggest fan would admit that this film is a colossal mess. I know you want to ask the question—is it worse than Lingaa , worse than Darbar ? PACHAKILI, what do I tell you? Absolutely. Mirchi9 gave
4775-535: A lot of confusion and that he would not be able to serve the people and fulfil their expectations. However, he added that if Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa 's party returns to power in the 1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election , "even God cannot save the people of the State". Rajinikanth went on to wholeheartedly support the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Tamil Maanila Congress alliance and asked
4966-448: A man who, at 61, still manages to star in one of the most successful films of the year, not just in the south, but across India? Superstar Rajni once again proved that he is the actor with the Midas touch with the sci-fi flick Endhiran, where he played an ambitious scientist, a naive robot and an evil android bent on destroying the world [...] He did it with such aplomb that he's been the talk of
5157-458: A medium for it. Whether it's successful or not is a question for another day. But for a festival film, this might be a good option to celebrate with your family members. Moviecrow gave the film two out of five, writing: "Expected a cracker of a festival entertainer, but turns out as a disappointing formulaic outing majorly due to its bland storytelling". Janani. K India Today gave two stars out of five and wrote: "Overall, Annaatthe did have
5348-567: A mentally-ill person avenging the death of his parents. He then co-starred with N. T. Rama Rao in Tiger . Upon completion of Tiger , Rajinikanth had acted in 50 films over a period of four years, and in four languages. Some other popular films released during this period are the youthful entertainer Ninaithale Inikkum , the Tamil–Kannada bilingual Priya , the Telugu film Amma Evarikkaina Amma and
5539-570: A mild foodborne illness on the sets, which led to vomiting, dehydration, and exhaustion. He was treated at St. Isabel's Hospital for a day before being discharged. Five days later, he was rushed to the same hospital again after suffering from breathlessness and fever. He was diagnosed with bronchitis and was kept at the hospital for a week, while also spending a few days in an intensive care unit . Several conflicting reports of discharge dates arose, as well as claims of Rajinikanth's health deteriorating. Two days after his last discharge, Rajinikanth
5730-591: A number of apparent Tamil loanwords in Biblical Hebrew dating to before 500 BCE, the oldest attestation of the language. Old Tamil is the period of the Tamil language spanning the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE. The earliest records in Old Tamil are short inscriptions from 300 BCE to 700 CE. These inscriptions are written in a variant of the Brahmi script called Tamil-Brahmi . The earliest long text in Old Tamil
5921-650: A number of skeletons were found buried in earthenware urns dating from at least 696 BCE in Adichanallur . Some of these urns contained writing in Tamil Brahmi script, and some contained skeletons of Tamil origin. Between 2017 and 2018, 5,820 artifacts have been found in Keezhadi . These were sent to Beta Analytic in Miami , Florida , for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) dating. One sample containing Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions
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6112-512: A number of sound changes, in particular, a tendency to lower high vowels in initial and medial positions, and the disappearance of vowels between plosives and between a plosive and rhotic. Contact with European languages affected written and spoken Tamil. Changes in written Tamil include the use of European-style punctuation and the use of consonant clusters that were not permitted in Middle Tamil. The syntax of written Tamil has also changed, with
6303-445: A photo of her and Rajinikanth in his hospital ward, both posing with a thumbs-up , responding to fans' negative reaction to news reports. The hospital restricted unauthorised visitors. Rajinikanth's brother, Sathyanarayana Rao Gaekwad, reported that the cause of the sudden illness was due to stress from rapid weight-loss and changes in diet, as well as withdrawal of alcohol consumption and smoking cessation . After addressing fans in
6494-457: A pivotal role in Anthuleni Katha (1976), the Telugu remake of his own Tamil film Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974). In Moondru Mudichu —the first Tamil film to feature him in a prominent role—he played a character that "blithely row[s] away" when his friend drowns accidentally in the lake only to fulfill his desire to marry the former's girlfriend. His style of flipping the cigarette in
6685-701: A pivotal role in August 2021. Thavasi, who earlier appeared in Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013) and Rajinimurugan (2015), died in November 2020, making this his final film. Principal photography commenced on 11 December 2019. The film's cast and crew were present at the pooja ceremony held at the office of Sun TV Network in Chennai . Filming began on 18 December 2019 at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad with
6876-463: A post-graduate elective management course called Contemporary Film Industry: A Business Perspective . The course would also study Muthu . In January 2011, Rajinikanth was slated to appear in Rana , a period film to be produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, who would work with the actor for a third time. During the principal photography of the film on 29 April 2011, he suffered
7067-609: A recent interview, Lokesh Kanagaraj disclosed that the principal photography of the film is scheduled to begin either in the last week of March 2024 or in early April 2024. It will reportedly be a standalone film and not a part of the Lokesh Cinematic Universe , as confirmed by Kanagaraj. On 22 April 2024,the title of the project was revealed as Coolie with the teaser release. It was speculated that Rajinikanth would enter politics in 1995. He decided against it and declared that if he entered politics now, it would result in
7258-469: A record US$ 1.6 million in Japan in 1998 and was responsible for creating a large Japanese fan-base for the actor. Muthu ' s success in Japan led American news magazine Newsweek to comment in a 1999 article that Rajinikanth had "supplanted Leonardo DiCaprio as Japan's trendiest heartthrob". During a visit to Japan in 2006, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged the success of Muthu in
7449-621: A remake of Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), followed by Naan Vazhavaippen (1979), a remake of Majboor (1974). He was subsequently cast in a series of roles modelled after Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil remakes of his films. Rajinikanth starred in eleven Tamil remakes of Amitabh Bachchan films, as well as a Telugu remake of Amar Akbar Anthony , Ram Robert Rahim (1980), alongside Sridevi . The most successful of these were remakes of Salim–Javed films, such as Billa (1980), Thee (1981) and Mr. Bharath (1986). During this phase of his career, Rajinikanth abruptly chose to quit acting, but
7640-665: A screenplay adapted from a novel of the same name published in Kalki . It won the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film and a Special Prize (Best Actor) for Rajinikanth at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Following this, he made a foray into Malayalam cinema with I. V. Sasi 's fantasy film Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum , which was based on a story from the Arabian Nights . The same year, he acted in Dharma Yuddam , in which he played
7831-470: A sentence in English. To give an example, the word pōkamuṭiyātavarkaḷukkāka (போகமுடியாதவர்களுக்காக) means "for the sake of those who cannot go" and consists of the following morphemes : போக pōka go முடி muṭi accomplish Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth , is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema . In
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8022-620: A small number speak the language. In Reunion where the Tamil language was forbidden to be learnt and used in public space by France it is now being relearnt by students and adults. Tamil is also spoken by migrants from Sri Lanka and India in Canada , the United States , the United Arab Emirates , the United Kingdom , South Africa , and Australia . Tamil is the official language of
8213-627: A song shoot, while Khushbu filmed her scenes a few days after filming began. Rajinikanth went to film for an episode of Man vs. Wild at Bandipur National Park in Karnataka , which delayed filming. After the announcement of Nayanthara's casting, she joined the sets in February 2020. The producers planned to film some sequences in Kolkata and Pune after the completion of two schedules in Hyderabad but abandoned
8404-595: A subject of study in schools in the French overseas department of Réunion . In addition, with the creation in October 2004 of a legal status for classical languages by the Government of India and following a political campaign supported by several Tamil associations, Tamil became the first legally recognised Classical language of India. The recognition was announced by the contemporaneous President of India , Abdul Kalam , who
8595-509: A two-year absence from big screen, Rajinikanth's next film was director Pa. Ranjith 's crime drama Kabali , produced by S. Thanu . The film was released in July 2016. The film became the highest grossing Tamil film of the year grossing over ₹ 300 crore (equivalent to ₹ 353 crore or US$ 42 million in 2023) and became the fifth highest-grossing Tamil film of all time before being surpassed by his another film 2.0 . Also, at
8786-458: A variety of dialects that are all collectively known as Brahmin Tamil . These dialects tend to have softer consonants (with consonant deletion also common). These dialects also tend to have many Sanskrit loanwords. Tamil in Sri Lanka incorporates loan words from Portuguese , Dutch , and English. In addition to its dialects, Tamil exhibits different forms: a classical literary style modelled on
8977-438: A vowel). In other Indic scripts, it is generally preferred to use a ligature or a half form to write a syllable or a cluster containing a dead consonant, although writing it with a visible virama is also possible. The Tamil script does not differentiate voiced and unvoiced plosives . Instead, plosives are articulated with voice depending on their position in a word, in accordance with the rules of Tamil phonology . In addition to
9168-498: A wealthy businessman and underworld don Manoj Parekar approached them. Manoj wanted to purchase half of their shares, but Meenatchi's husband refused. Over the following weeks, Meenatchi's factory caught fire, they were forced to close it, and her husband was arrested on invented charges and tortured in police custody. Meenatchi had begged Manoj to get her husband released and signed over her company. Manoj had refused to get him released and had everyone who agreed to help her murdered. In
9359-576: Is Annaatthe : a moth-eaten mess whose mustiness even Rajinikanth at full tilt cannot mitigate. Ashameera Aiyappan of Firstpost gave two stars out of five and wrote: in a Rajinikanth film, the craft is secondary. One goes to the theatres purely for the man's electrifying screen presence. In Annaatthe , the Thalaivar looks good. He does what he usually does. The energy, the charisma—it is all there. But what used to look effortless, now seems arduous. Even though he tries hard to not let it show, you can sense
9550-525: Is a practicing Hindu and is a strong believer of spirituality . He is also a practitioner of yoga and meditation. Rajinikanth has religiously visited major Hindu temples prior to the release of each of his films; for instance he visited the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple before the release of Sivaji in 2007 and visited Sathya Sai Baba at Prasanthi Nilayam in Andhra Pradesh before
9741-604: Is arranged with Nattadurai's younger brother. Meenatchi goes missing on the day of the wedding; Kaalaiyan dispatches a search party who finds Meenatchi trying to elope on a train with her boyfriend from college. Torn by his love for his sister, Kaalaiyan allows Meenatchi to leave and deflects demands from relatives for an honour killing . Meenatchi and her husband move to Kolkata , and she loses contact with Kaalaiyan. Kaalaiyan and Pattammal travel to Kolkata. Kaalaiyan discovers his sister has serious financial troubles; he secretly follows her and discovers that she has borrowed money from
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#17328815034989932-457: Is based on the dialect of Jaffna . After Tamil Brahmi fell out of use, Tamil was written using a script called vaṭṭeḻuttu amongst others such as Grantha and Pallava . The current Tamil script consists of 12 vowels , 18 consonants and one special character, the āytam . The vowels and consonants combine to form 216 compound characters, giving a total of 247 characters (12 + 18 + 1 + (12 × 18)). All consonants have an inherent vowel
10123-452: Is deemed unlikely by Southworth due to the contemporary use of the compound 'centamiḻ', which means refined speech in the earliest literature. The Tamil Lexicon of University of Madras defines the word "Tamil" as "sweetness". S. V. Subramanian suggests the meaning "sweet sound", from tam – "sweet" and il – "sound". Tamil belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian languages ,
10314-563: Is extensively described in the oldest known grammar book for Tamil, the Tolkāppiyam . Modern Tamil writing is largely based on the 13th-century grammar Naṉṉūl which restated and clarified the rules of the Tolkāppiyam , with some modifications. Traditional Tamil grammar consists of five parts, namely eḻuttu , col , poruḷ , yāppu , aṇi . Of these, the last two are mostly applied in poetry. Tamil words consist of
10505-501: Is found in Tholkappiyam , which is dated as early as late 2nd century BCE. The Hathigumpha inscription , inscribed around a similar time period (150 BCE), by Kharavela , the Jain king of Kalinga , also refers to a Tamira Samghatta ( Tamil confederacy ) The Samavayanga Sutra dated to the 3rd century BCE contains a reference to a Tamil script named 'Damili'. Southworth suggests that
10696-405: Is generally taken to have been completed by the 8th century, was characterised by a number of phonological and grammatical changes. In phonological terms, the most important shifts were the virtual disappearance of the aytam (ஃ), an old phoneme, the coalescence of the alveolar and dental nasals, and the transformation of the alveolar plosive into a rhotic . In grammar, the most important change
10887-409: Is generally used in formal writing and speech. For instance, it is the language of textbooks, of much of Tamil literature and of public speaking and debate. In recent times, however, koṭuntamiḻ has been making inroads into areas that have traditionally been considered the province of centamiḻ . Most contemporary cinema, theatre and popular entertainment on television and radio, for example,
11078-410: Is in koṭuntamiḻ , and many politicians use it to bring themselves closer to their audience. The increasing use of koṭuntamiḻ in modern times has led to the emergence of unofficial 'standard' spoken dialects. In India, the 'standard' koṭuntamiḻ , rather than on any one dialect, but has been significantly influenced by the dialects of Thanjavur and Madurai . In Sri Lanka, the standard
11269-771: Is not always consistently applied. ISO 15919 is an international standard for the transliteration of Tamil and other Indic scripts into Latin characters. It uses diacritics to map the much larger set of Brahmic consonants and vowels to Latin script , and thus the alphabets of various languages, including English. Apart from the usual numerals, Tamil has numerals for 10, 100 and 1000. Symbols for day, month, year, debit, credit, as above, rupee, and numeral are present as well. Tamil also uses several historical fractional signs. /f/ , /z/ , /ʂ/ and /ɕ/ are only found in loanwords and may be considered marginal phonemes, though they are traditionally not seen as fully phonemic. Tamil has two diphthongs : /aɪ̯/ ஐ and /aʊ̯/ ஔ ,
11460-528: Is predominantly spoken in Tamil Nadu , India, and the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka . It has significant speaking populations in Malaysia , Singapore , and among diaspora communities . Tamil has been recognized as a classical language by the Indian government and holds official status in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Singapore. The earliest extant Tamil literary works and their commentaries celebrate
11651-409: Is the Tolkāppiyam , an early work on Tamil grammar and poetics, whose oldest layers could be as old as the late 2nd century BCE. Many literary works in Old Tamil have also survived. These include a corpus of 2,381 poems collectively known as Sangam literature . These poems are usually dated to between the 1st century BCE and 5th century CE. The evolution of Old Tamil into Middle Tamil , which
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#173288150349811842-590: Is the youngest of four siblings in a family consisting of two elder brothers (Satyanarayana Rao and Nageshwara Rao) and a sister (Aswath Balubhai). After his father's retirement from work in 1956, the family moved to the suburb of Hanumantha Nagar in Bangalore and built a house there. He lost his mother at the age of nine. Rajinikanth had his primary education at the Gavipuram Government Kannada Model Primary School in Bangalore. As
12033-772: Is used as one of the languages of education in Malaysia , along with English, Malay and Mandarin. A large community of Pakistani Tamils speakers exists in Karachi , Pakistan , which includes Tamil-speaking Hindus as well as Christians and Muslims – including some Tamil-speaking Muslim refugees from Sri Lanka. There are about 100 Tamil Hindu families in Madrasi Para colony in Karachi. They speak impeccable Tamil along with Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi. Many in Réunion , Guyana , Fiji , Suriname , and Trinidad and Tobago have Tamil origins, but only
12224-615: The Acharya Pathasala , he spent a lot of time acting in plays. Upon completion of his school education, Rajinikanth performed several jobs including that of a coolie , before getting a job in the Bangalore Transport Service as a bus conductor . He continued to take part in plays after the Kannada playwright Topi Muniappa offered him a chance to act in one of his mythological plays. He decided to take up an acting course in
12415-631: The Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards , the film was nominated at five categories winning all of them, and also won five awards, at the Edison Awards , and two nominations at the 6th South Indian International Movie Awards . He also received his eighteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. In August 2016, it was announced that Rajinikanth and director Ranjith would work together again for
12606-552: The Award for the Best Tamil Feature at the 23rd National Film Awards in 1976. A review from The Hindu noted that, "Newcomer Rajinikanth is dignified and impressive." His next release was Puttanna Kanagal 's Kannada anthology film Katha Sangama (1976). Rajinikanth appeared in the last segment of the film; he played the role as a village ruffian who rapes a blind woman in the absence of her husband. Balachander cast him in
12797-607: The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu . S. P. Muthuraman experimented Rajinikanth in a positive role in Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri (1977). The success of the film brought the duo together for 24 more films till the 1990s. Rajinikanth played supporting and "villainous" roles in most of the films released during the year. In Gaayathri he was cast as a pornographer who secretly films his relationship with his wife without her knowledge and in Galate Samsara he played
12988-659: The India Against Corruption members to hold their fast. He also provided lodging in the venue for sanitary workers hired to clean up after the 2015 South India floods . Rajinikanth's fan associations regularly organise blood donation and eye donation camps and distribute food during his birthday. Rajinikanth declared ₹ 6.11 million (equivalent to ₹ 22 million or US$ 270,000 in 2023), ₹ 17 million (equivalent to ₹ 60 million or US$ 720,000 in 2023) and ₹ 3.39 million (equivalent to ₹ 12 million or US$ 140,000 in 2023) as earnings for
13179-702: The Lok Sabha . Rajinikanth canceled his visit to Sri Lanka in March 2017 at the urging of Tamil Nadu politicians. Leaders of the BJP criticized this choice. In June 2017, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy alleged that Rajinikanth was illiterate and unfit for politics. He also accused Rajinikanth of financial fraud, claiming that he has strong proof of financial irregularities by Rajinikanth that will bring down Rajinikanth's political aspirations. However several political analysts state Rajinikanth has missed his chance and unlike 1996 when he
13370-458: The Pandiyan Kings for the organization of long-termed Tamil Sangams , which researched, developed and made amendments in Tamil language. Even though the name of the language which was developed by these Tamil Sangams is mentioned as Tamil, the period when the name "Tamil" came to be applied to the language is unclear, as is the precise etymology of the name. The earliest attested use of the name
13561-479: The Tamil people of South Asia . It is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India , along with Sanskrit , attested since c. 300 BCE. The language belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian language family and shares close ties with Malayalam and Kannada . Despite external influences, Tamil has retained a sense of linguistic purism, especially in formal and literary contexts. Tamil
13752-584: The University of Madras , was one of the earliest dictionaries published in Indian languages. A strong strain of linguistic purism emerged in the early 20th century, culminating in the Pure Tamil Movement which called for removal of all Sanskritic elements from Tamil. It received some support from Dravidian parties . This led to the replacement of a significant number of Sanskrit loanwords by Tamil equivalents, though many others remain. According to
13943-442: The comedy horror film Chandramukhi (2005); it went on to become again the highest-grossing Tamil film. His next, S. Shankar 's Sivaji (2007) was the third Indian film and the first ever Tamil film to enter the 100 Crore Club . He then played dual role as a scientist and an andro-humanoid robot in the science fiction film Enthiran (2010) and its sequel 2.0 (2018), both being India's most expensive productions at
14134-503: The math . His aspiration towards theatre grew at the math and was once given an opportunity to enact the role of Ekalavya 's friend from the Hindu epic Mahabharata . His performance in the play received praise from the Kannada poet D. R. Bendre . After sixth grade, Rajinikanth was enrolled at the Acharya Pathasala Public School and studied there till completion of his pre-university course . During his schooling at
14325-415: The second highest-grossing Tamil film of 2019. The combined gross earnings of Kaala , 2.0 and Petta by the end of January 2019 was determined to be over ₹ 1000 crore according to trade analysts. Rajinikanth then worked with AR Murugadoss in the film Darbar , alongside Nayanthara which released in 2020. He played the role of a police officer after 27 years since his last film as a police officer
14516-486: The 11th century, retain many features of the Vaishnava paribasai , a special form of Tamil developed in the 9th and 10th centuries that reflect Vaishnavite religious and spiritual values. Several castes have their own sociolects which most members of that caste traditionally used regardless of where they come from. It is often possible to identify a person's caste by their speech. For example, Tamil Brahmins tend to speak
14707-484: The 1980s, when superstitious beliefs in Tamil Nadu created a stigma towards eye donation, Rajinikanth took the case of campaigning in support of corneal transplantation via television and public speeches. In 2011, Rajinikanth announced his support for the anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare and offered his commercial wedding venue, the Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam, in Chennai free of cost for
14898-497: The 3D release of Sivaji in 2012, made Rajinikanth the first Indian actor to have appeared in four different forms of world cinema: black-and-white , colour , 3D and motion capture . Following the completion of Kochadaiiyaan , Rajinikanth began work in Ravikumar's next directorial venture, titled Lingaa . The film was released on 12 December 2014, coinciding with his birthday, and received mixed reviews from critics. After
15089-471: The Board gave the film a U/A certificate . The film's final runtime is 163 minutes; the first half runs for 83 minutes and the second half is about 80 minutes. D. Imman composed the soundtrack to Annaatthe , collaborating with actor Rajinikanth for the first time and director Siva for the second time after Viswasam (2019). Thamarai , Viveka , Yugabharathi , Arun Bharathi, Mani Amuthavan, and Arivu wrote
15280-477: The Bollywood science-fiction film Ra.One (2011) in a guest appearance alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor . In November 2011, it was decided that Rana would be shelved in favour of a new project, titled Kochadaiiyaan . The film became a huge disaster at the box office. The motion capture film, which is the first of its type in India, was released in 2014 to positive reviews. Kochadaiiyaan , and
15471-506: The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the action-drama Uzhaippali . He joined hands with Suresh Krishna for Baashha (1995), which emerged as an industry record, and is routinely touted by fans and critics alike as a major-hit, as the film elevated him from being just another very popular actor to nearly demigod status among the masses. He made a cameo in Peddarayudu for his friend Mohan Babu and also helped him in obtaining
15662-451: The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. In 1988, he made his only American film appearance in Bloodstone , directed by Dwight Little , in which he played an English-speaking Indian taxi driver. Rajinikanth finished the decade with films including Rajadhi Raja , Siva , Raja Chinna Roja and Mappillai while also starring in a few Bollywood productions. Raja Chinna Roja was
15853-532: The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. He also starred in Murattu Kaalai which was a commercial success. The success of Billa was a turning point in Rajinikanth's career, disproving detractors that claimed Rajnikanth was "finished" and which saw him accepted as a full-fledged hero. The success of Billa established Rajinikanth as one of the top stars of Tamil cinema. In 1981, he appeared in Garjanai which
16044-440: The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. Rajinikanth released his last film of the millennium with Padayappa (1999), which went on to become a blockbuster success, and earned him his fifteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. It starred Ramya Krishnan and Soundarya , the former critically acclaimed for her performance. It was also the last prominent role for veteran Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan . After
16235-510: The Hindu saint Raghavendra Swami . In the second half of the 1980s, Rajinikanth acted in commercially successful films, such as Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985), Geraftaar (1985), Padikkathavan (1985), Mr. Bharath (1986), Dosti Dushmani (1986), Velaikaran (1987), Manithan (1987), Insaaf Kaun Karega (1987), Guru Sishyan (1988) and Dharmathin Thalaivan (1988), with Velaikaran earning him his seventh nomination for
16426-476: The Indian state of Haryana , purportedly as a rebuff to Punjab , though there was no attested Tamil-speaking population in the state, and was later replaced by Punjabi , in 2010. In Malaysia, 543 primary education government schools are available fully in Tamil as the medium of instruction . The establishment of Tamil-medium schools has been in process in Myanmar to provide education completely in Tamil language by
16617-469: The Indian state of Tamil Nadu and one of the 22 languages under schedule 8 of the constitution of India . It is one of the official languages of the union territories of Puducherry and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands . Tamil is also one of the official languages of Singapore . Tamil is one of the official and national languages of Sri Lanka, along with Sinhala . It was once given nominal official status in
16808-535: The Tamil language, Kannada still preserves a lot from its roots. As part of the southern family of Indian languages and situated relatively close to the northern parts of India, Kannada also shares some Sanskrit words, similar to Malayalam. Many of the formerly used words in Tamil have been preserved with little change in Kannada. This shows a relative parallel to Tamil, even as Tamil has undergone some changes in modern ways of speaking. According to Hindu legend, Tamil or in personification form Tamil Thāi (Mother Tamil)
16999-673: The Tamils who settled there 200 years ago. Tamil language is available as a course in some local school boards and major universities in Canada and the month of January has been declared "Tamil Heritage Month" by the Parliament of Canada . Tamil enjoys a special status of protection under Article 6(b), Chapter 1 of the Constitution of South Africa and is taught as a subject in schools in KwaZulu-Natal province. Recently, it has been rolled out as
17190-487: The United Arab Emirates and 86 screens in Sri Lanka. In India, theatre owners in Tamil Nadu allotted 600 screens to the film's release. On 30 October 2021, advanced bookings for the film began at a limited number of screens in Tamil Nadu; sales were good despite the lack of promotional activities. The increase in seating capacity to 100% piqued the interest of the audience, according to trade analysts. The first show of
17381-526: The United Kingdom and South Africa box offices upon release. Rajinikanth received a salary of ₹ 260 million (equivalent to ₹ 780 million or US$ 9.4 million in 2023), for his role in the film highest in his film career at that time. He received his sixteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. During the production of Sivaji , Soundarya Rajinikanth announced her intention of producing
17572-480: The action scenes, which are shot in a generic manner. Sify gave two-and-a-half stars out of five and wrote: "The bottom line about Annaatthe is that, although the old Rajini formula is back, the entertainment we had witnessed in those days is missing in this 2021 film". Haricharan Pudipeddi of Hindustan Times wrote: "Annaatthe is unarguably the weakest film in Siva's filmography. For all those who complained Darbar
17763-404: The actor was reported to be paid ₹118 crore as his salary for the film but Kalanithi Maran asked to decrease the salary following the failure of Darbar and was prepared to shelve the project if Rajinikanth had refused to do so. After much deliberation, Rajinikanth agreed to decrease his salary. On 23 October 2019, Keerthy Suresh was signed in to act in a pivotal role. Later, comedian Soori
17954-619: The album through its production house; lyric videos were released on the official YouTube channel of Sun TV . The lyrics of all the songs are in Tamil rather than English. The opening track "Annaatthe Annaatthe" was the first to be released. Considering it as a heartfelt tribute to the deceased singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Rajinikanth wrote an emotional note about the singer, saying he will "live forever through his voice". Another two singles, "Saara Kaatrae" and "Marudhaani", were released on 6 and 11 October 2021, respectively. The song "Vaa Saamy"
18145-442: The ancient language ( sankattamiḻ ), a modern literary and formal style ( centamiḻ ), and a modern colloquial form ( koṭuntamiḻ ). These styles shade into each other, forming a stylistic continuum. For example, it is possible to write centamiḻ with a vocabulary drawn from caṅkattamiḻ , or to use forms associated with one of the other variants while speaking koṭuntamiḻ . In modern times, centamiḻ
18336-757: The audience and emerged a blockbuster at the box office. In 1984, he appeared in Naan Mahaan Alla , a remake of Subhash Ghai 's directional Vishwanath , the film proved to be a superhit. That same year, he played a small role in Anbulla Rajinikanth and delivered three more successful Hindi films, Meri Adalat , Gangvaa and John Jani Janardhan (in which he played a triple role). His performance in Nallavanuku Nallavan earned him his first and only Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil . In his 100th film Sri Raghavendra (1985), he played
18527-405: The biggest stars of India, and all it has to offer is a bunch of questionable wisdom on affection and relationships. There is something really wrong with what we consider big movies." Tamil language Sri Lanka Singapore Malaysia Canada and United States Tamil ( தமிழ் , Tamiḻ , pronounced [t̪amiɻ] ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by
18718-523: The box office became the highest-grossing Tamil film of the year and second highest grossing Tamil film of all time . 2.0 is the fourth highest-grossing film in India and is the seventh highest-grossing Indian film worldwide . In 2019, Rajinikanth starred in Karthik Subbaraj 's Petta , in which his performance received praise for his return to his vintage stereotypical style of acting and grossed over ₹ 250 crore (US$ 30 million), becoming
18909-465: The cast and Anirudh Ravichander will be composing the music for the film. The film began shooting on 4 October 2023. It is also scheduled to be released in theatres on 10 October 2024. Sun Pictures officially announced his 171st film with Lokesh Kanagaraj as the director, confirming the rumors of his collaboration with Rajinikanth, which is tentatively titled Thalaivar 171 on 11 September 2023. The music will be composed by Anirudh Ravichander . In
19100-403: The cast. On 31 January 2020, Sun Pictures announced Nayanthara had been cast as a lawyer in the film. Vela Ramamoorthy also joined the cast in a crucial role. Telugu actor Gopichand was reported to have been cast as the film's antagonist, but the actor refuted such claims. Jackie Shroff was hired for the role but was replaced by Jagapathi Babu in March 2021. Abhimanyu Singh was cast in
19291-449: The collections made by other Tamil films such as Master and Maanaadu . After a two-year absence from big screen, his 169th film is Jailer , which was directed by Nelson Dilipkumar . He played a retired jailer in the film and it was released on 10 August 2023. The film received predominantly positive reviews upon its release and achieved tremendous commercial success, grossing over 600 crores worldwide. Rajinikanth then did
19482-556: The companies he stole to their former owners. Kaalaiyan decides to spare Manoj's life. Enraged and humiliated, Manoj visits his estranged brother Udhav Parekar, where he demands the death of Annaatthe and then kills himself. Udhav finds Meenatchi and takes men to attack her. Pattammal, instructed by Kaalaiyan, hides Meenatchi. Udhav's men chase Pattammal and Meenatchi, who become separated by a crashing auto-rickshaw. Kaalaiyan arrives, assaults all of Udhav's men, and kills Udhav. Kaalaiyan reveals himself to Meenatchi, who tearfully apologizes for
19673-480: The country during a speech, justifying the positive relationship between the two nations . He received his twelfth and thirteenth nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performances in Baashha and Muthu . He also entered Bengali cinema through Bhagya Debata , which was released at the end of 1995. 1997's Arunachalam , another commercial success, earned him his fourteenth nomination for
19864-670: The culture associated with the Neolithic complexes of South India, but it has also been related to the Harappan civilization . Scholars categorise the attested history of the language into three periods: Old Tamil (300 BCE–700 CE), Middle Tamil (700–1600) and Modern Tamil (1600–present). About of the approximately 100,000 inscriptions found by the Archaeological Survey of India in India are in Tamil Nadu. Of them, most are in Tamil, with only about 5 percent in other languages. In 2004,
20055-936: The dialect of Madurai , and iṅkaṭe in some northern dialects. Even now, in the Coimbatore area, it is common to hear " akkaṭṭa " meaning "that place". Although Tamil dialects do not differ significantly in their vocabulary, there are a few exceptions. The dialects spoken in Sri Lanka retain many words and grammatical forms that are not in everyday use in India, and use many other words slightly differently. Tamil dialects include Central Tamil dialect , Kongu Tamil , Madras Bashai , Madurai Tamil , Nellai Tamil , Kumari Tamil in India ; Batticaloa Tamil dialect , Jaffna Tamil dialect , Negombo Tamil dialect in Sri Lanka; and Malaysian Tamil in Malaysia. Sankethi dialect in Karnataka has been heavily influenced by Kannada . The dialect of
20246-399: The differences between Tamil and Malayalam demonstrate a pre-historic divergence of the western dialect, the process of separation into a distinct language, Malayalam, was not completed until sometime in the 13th or 14th century. Additionally Kannada is also relatively close to the Tamil language and shares the format of the formal ancient Tamil language. While there are some variations from
20437-415: The director on Viswasam (2019), was reported to be scoring for the film. His inclusion was confirmed by the producer in mid-November. It was reported that the film will be titled as Viyugam and Mannavan , however the team denied the rumours. The film's title Annaatthe was revealed on 24 February 2020. Keerthy Suresh, speaking in 2021, said: "I shot for a few days with Rajini sir before lockdown and I
20628-430: The distributors. Rajinikanth himself repaid the losses incurred by the distributors. The film was received with comments such as "the bloom was off the rose" and that "the gold does not glitter any more". Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader S. Ramadoss condemned him for smoking and posing with beedis in the film. He was criticised for spoiling the Tamil youth by glorifying smoking and drinking. PMK volunteers attacked
20819-634: The district of Palakkad in Kerala has many Malayalam loanwords, has been influenced by Malayalam's syntax, and has a distinctive Malayalam accent. Similarly, Tamil spoken in Kanyakumari District has more unique words and phonetic style than Tamil spoken at other parts of Tamil Nadu. The words and phonetics are so different that a person from Kanyakumari district is easily identifiable by their spoken Tamil. Hebbar and Mandyam dialects, spoken by groups of Tamil Vaishnavites who migrated to Karnataka in
21010-501: The end of his filmography (there are constantly rumours about what might be his last film), there's the temptation to lap up whatever we get. That's perhaps why Siva went all the way back to the 90s in search of a winning recipe. And that's also perhaps why Annaatthe might have been better served with a final scene that establishes happiness and joy among the characters, as opposed to its rather downing end. After all, when Rajinikanth laughs, it makes everyone happy. Ananda Vikatan rated
21201-565: The family drama Dharmadorai (1991), did above-average business at the box office. His stint with Bollywood continued since the past decade as he went on to star in more Hindi films. Hum released in 1991 saw him doing the second main lead with Amitabh Bachchan became an inspiration for Baashha . In 1991, he worked with Mani Ratnam in Thalapathi , which was heavily inspired by the Mahabharata . in which he co-starred with actor Mammooty ;
21392-458: The film 39 out of 100. Only Kollywood gave two-and-three-quarters stars out of five and wrote: It's been years since we have seen the Superstar in such a rural outing, and he rules the roost from the very first scene in his own style. The mischief and the frolic that we usually associate with his earlier films such as Padayappa and Muthu is back and roaring here, as we get to see him performing
21583-446: The film dealt with the friendship between two unknown characters based on Karna and Duryodhana , respectively, and was set in a more contemporary milieu and was both critically acclaimed and successful upon release. He received his ninth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the film. He went on to appear in remakes of films from other languages, mostly from Hindi and Telugu. Annamalai , which released in 1992,
21774-599: The film in Tamil Nadu . UFO Moviez acquired the theatrical rights for the film's Tamil version in North India . Qube Cinema acquired the theatrical rights in the US and Canada. Ahead of the Indian theatrical release on 4 November 2021, Qube planned to release Annaatthe on 3 November in over 700 screens across 56 locations, the most for a Tamil film. 4Seasons Creations bought the film's distribution rights in Europe. Sun Network bought
21965-486: The film made him popular among the audience. In his final release of the year, Baalu Jenu , he was cast as the main antagonist who troubles the female lead. He played similar roles in Balachander's Avargal (1977), and Bharathiraja 's 16 Vayadhinile (1977). The same year, he made his first-ever appearance as a lead actor in the Telugu film Chilakamma Cheppindi (1977), which earned him his only nomination for
22156-439: The film one-and-three-quarters stars out of five and wrote: "Overall, Peddanna is a very formulaic and routine mass sentiment fare that is predictable and outdated from the word go. The biggest of names go through the motions providing no fun and vigour. It will be a favour to every Superstar fan if they forget the movie exists." Manoj Kumar R. of The Indian Express gave one star out of five and wrote: " Annaatthe features one of
22347-436: The film score was completed by February 2021. The soundtrack album would reportedly have five songs and a theme, and lyrics would be written by Thamarai , Viveka , Yugabharathi , Arun Bharathi, Mani Amuthavan and Arivu . Imman said the songs would be of varied genres; a mass track that is the film's opening song, melody, dance and festive numbers. Sun Pictures had planned to withhold the audio, satellite and digital rights of
22538-404: The film was scheduled at 4:00 AM on the day of the release. In mid-October 2021, the co-founders of Asian Cinemas Narayandas K Narang and D. Suresh Babu announced they had acquired the theatrical rights to Annaatthe in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana valued at ₹ 12 crore (US$ 1.4 million), for the film. Udhayanidhi Stalin 's firm Red Giant Movies purchased the distribution rights of
22729-496: The film would be released Sales of Annaatthe cinema tickets exceeded 1.3 million on BookMyShow, becoming the first film to sell a million tickets on the platform after the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the theatrical release, Rajinikanth watched the special screening of the film with his daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth , and grandsons Yathra and Linga. Soundarya, in her newly launched social-media platform Huut, shared her review about
22920-497: The film's music, Vetri handled the cinematography, Dhilip Subbarayan arranged stunts and Ruben edited the film. The movie's plot revolves around Kaalaiyan, a sarpanch (decision maker) in Thanjavur , who strives to protect his sister from a businessman and his elder brother. The film was officially announced in October 2019, marking Rajinikanth's first collaboration with Siva. Principal photography began on 11 December 2019 and
23111-478: The film, and had planned to release the entire soundtrack itself. Veteran singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam recorded an introduction song, which was later titled "Annaatthe Annaatthe", for Rajinikanth in the film, which marked his last song before his death on 25 September 2020. Other singers on album are K. S. Chithra , Sid Sriram , Shreya Ghoshal , Anirudh Ravichander , Diwakar , and the composer Imman. Deciding not to tie-up with music labels, Sun Pictures released
23302-473: The film, except for a few patchwork sequences. The final filming schedule took place at a private studio in Chennai in July 2021. In August, except for minor portions, the stunt sequences of the film had been completed, and Rajinikanth and Khushbu began dubbing their portions. The final copy of the film was ready by September 2021 and the film was sent to Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for public viewing;
23493-552: The film, saying: The people haven't still watched what you've done in Annaatthe Siva sir, but I've witnessed it. I came out and shook hands with you in tears after watching the movie. I told you that what you've done is not magic but an undescribable feeling. As an ardent fan of Thalaivar and as a daughter to my father, I am moved by the way you looked after him. Annaatthe was released in over 2,100 theatres worldwide, including 900 in India, due to Enemy ' s huge demand. It
23684-516: The first Indian film to feature live action and animation . Rajinikanth began the new decade with a mega blockbuster in Panakkaran (1990), which was a remake of Amitabh Bachchan 's 1981 film Laawaris . The film earned him his eighth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. His next two Tamil films, the fantasy comedy Athisaya Piravi , (a remake of Chiranjeevi 's 1988 film Yamudiki Mogudu ) which also released in 1990 and
23875-550: The first day of release, including ₹ 34.92 crore (US$ 4.2 million) in Tamil Nadu, exceeding Sarkar with ( ₹ 32 crore (US$ 3.8 million)). On the second day, Annaatthe grossed 42.63 crore with the two-day gross standing at 112.82 crore. During its theatrical run, Annaatthe grossed an estimated revenue between ₹ 227-239 crores worldwide and became the second highest-grossing Tamil film of 2021 . Annaatthe received negative reviews from critics. According to Perarasu : "A film manages to entertain as well as inform. But
24066-406: The first time, earned him his fifth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. By 1983, he was a popular actor across South Indian cinema , including Telugu and Kannada films. In 1983, he starred in his first Bollywood film, Andhaa Kaanoon , alongside Hema Malini , Reena Roy and Amitabh Bachchan (in an extended cameo appearance). The film opened to excellent response from
24257-606: The future. Rajinikanth is widely regarded as one of the most popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. His popularity has been attributed to his distinctively delivered dialogue and eccentricities showcased in his movies, alongside his political pronouncements and charitable work. Many also cite reasons for Rajinikanth's popularity as coming from his larger-than-life super-hero appearance in many films, supported by gravity-defying stunts and charismatic expressions, all while attempting to maintain modesty in real-life. Almost every film of Rajinikanth has punchlines delivered by him in
24448-403: The highest award in the field of cinema Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the 67th National Film Awards ceremony (2019) for his contributions to Indian cinema. He has won many film awards including seven Tamil Nadu State Film Awards , a Nandi Award and one Filmfare Award . Following his debut in K. Balachander 's 1975 Tamil drama Apoorva Raagangal , Rajinikanth's acting career commenced with
24639-699: The hill country . Tamil or dialects of it were used widely in the state of Kerala as the major language of administration, literature and common usage until the 12th century CE. Tamil was also used widely in inscriptions found in southern Andhra Pradesh districts of Chittoor and Nellore until the 12th century CE. Tamil was used for inscriptions from the 10th through 14th centuries in southern Karnataka districts such as Kolar , Mysore , Mandya and Bengaluru . There are currently sizeable Tamil-speaking populations descended from colonial-era migrants in Malaysia , Singapore , Philippines , Mauritius , South Africa , Indonesia, Thailand, Burma , and Vietnam . Tamil
24830-451: The idea due to the COVID-19 pandemic and decided to continue filming in Hyderabad. Filming was further delayed due to the pandemic. It was reported the team would film some sequences in Chennai after lockdown because they would find difficulty travelling to Hyderabad for the shoot. After the government gave permission to resume film and television production following the pandemic, Rajinikanth
25021-432: The introduction of new aspectual auxiliaries and more complex sentence structures, and with the emergence of a more rigid word order that resembles the syntactic argument structure of English. In 1578, Portuguese Christian missionaries published a Tamil prayer book in old Tamil script named Thambiran Vanakkam , thus making Tamil the first Indian language to be printed and published. The Tamil Lexicon , published by
25212-526: The latter half of the 1980s, he starred in several successful films in Tamil and Hindi, including Geraftaar (1985), Padikkadavan (1985), Mr. Bharath (1986), Dosti Dushmani (1986), Velaikaran (1987), Manithan (1987), Dharmathin Thalaivan (1988) and ChaalBaaz (1989). In 1991, Mani Ratnam 's Tamil crime film Thalapathi , earned him major critical acclaim for his performance. He collaborated with Suresh Krissna for many films including Annaamalai (1992) and Baashha (1995);
25403-456: The latter of which is restricted to a few lexical items. Tamil employs agglutinative grammar, where suffixes are used to mark noun class , number , and case , verb tense and other grammatical categories. Tamil's standard metalinguistic terminology and scholarly vocabulary is itself Tamil, as opposed to the Sanskrit that is standard for most Indo-Aryan languages . Much of Tamil grammar
25594-436: The latter was the biggest commercial success in his career yet as well as the highest-grossing film in Tamil for many years. His other success includes P. Vasu 's Mannan (1992), Uzhaippali (1993) and K. S. Ravikumar 's Muthu (1995) and Padayappa (1999); the latter which went on to become his and Tamil cinema's highest-grossing movie, exceeding Baashha . After a few years of hiatus, he returned to acting with
25785-535: The lyrics. In an interview with Sudhir Srinivasan of The New Indian Express , Imman said: "Fans expect certain factors from Rajinikanth's songs. On the other hand, I want the album to carry my identity as well. I have to cater to both. In addition to that, Rajini sir is acting in a full-fledged rural entertainer after a while. So, the album should justify all these aspects." Songs were composed between January and March 2020, and after being interrupted due to COVID-19 lockdown in that month, composing resumed in November and
25976-586: The melodrama Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai . Priya , based on a detective novel by Sujatha , had the distinction of being the first film of Rajinikanth to be shot mostly outside India, mainly in Southeast Asia. A arilirunthu Arubathu Varai earned him his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. Raijinikanth, who credited Hindi film star Amitabh Bachchan as his inspiration, began playing Amitabh Bachchan's roles in Tamil remakes of his films. This began with Shankar Salim Simon (1978),
26167-423: The name comes from tam-miḻ > tam-iḻ "self-speak", or "our own speech". Kamil Zvelebil suggests an etymology of tam-iḻ , with tam meaning "self" or "one's self", and " -iḻ " having the connotation of "unfolding sound". Alternatively, he suggests a derivation of tamiḻ < tam-iḻ < * tav-iḻ < * tak-iḻ , meaning in origin "the proper process (of speaking)". However, this
26358-512: The newly formed Madras Film Institute after coming across an advertisement. Although his family was not fully supportive of his decision to join the institute, his friend and co-worker Raj Bahadur motivated him to join the institute and financially supported him during this phase. During his stay at the institute, he was noticed by the Tamil film director K. Balachander . Balachander provided Rajinikanth with his stage name to avoid confusion with fellow actor Sivaji Ganesan , having taken it from
26549-536: The non-theatrical rights for television and streaming of Annaatthe on Sun TV (Tamil version) and Sun NXT , tying with Netflix for a wide digital release in all South-Indian languages. The film premiered on 25 November 2021 just 22 days after the theatrical release on Sun NXT and Netflix. The film premiered on Sun TV on the Pongal festival, and became the third-highest TRP-rated Tamil film of all time. Annaatthe grossed ₹ 70.19 crore (US$ 8.4 million) worldwide on
26740-475: The offer and proceeded with his acting career, Rajinikanth has since lost contact with her. Rajinikanth married Latha Rangachari , a student of Ethiraj College for Women who interviewed him for her college magazine. The marriage took place on 26 February 1981, in Tirupati , Andhra Pradesh. The couple has two daughters: Aishwarya and Soundarya . He has four grandchildren through his daughters. Rajinikanth
26931-531: The old aspect and time markers. The Nannūl remains the standard normative grammar for modern literary Tamil, which therefore continues to be based on Middle Tamil of the 13th century rather than on Modern Tamil. Colloquial spoken Tamil, in contrast, shows a number of changes. The negative conjugation of verbs, for example, has fallen out of use in Modern Tamil – instead, negation is expressed either morphologically or syntactically. Modern spoken Tamil also shows
27122-405: The original cast of the Tamil film. His next film, Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye , had an introductory song to mark his entry, a trend that would soon catch on in with his later films. Mullum Malarum , released during the same period, received critical acclaim, and earned him his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil nomination. The film marked the directional debut of Mahendran , with
27313-524: The people of Tamil Nadu and his fans to vote for that alliance. This alliance had a complete victory in the elections. He also supported the same alliance in the 1996 and 1998 Indian general elections . Later in 2004, Rajinikanth said he would personally vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but would not extend his support to any front during the upcoming Indian general election . The party, however, failed to win any seats in Tamil Nadu in
27504-509: The potential to be a moving family drama. However, it is the screenplay that tests everyone's patience." Aditya Srikrishna of The Quint wrote: " Annaatthe has Rajinikanth in probably his worst film since Baba and in a performance that displays the weariness of a hitchhiker air dropped in the middle of a desert and left with an empty water bottle". Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) gave two-and-a-half stars out of five and wrote: "despite some original dialogues and Imman's foot-tapping music, on
27695-559: The present, Meenatchi is still trying to get her husband released with Pattammal's help and realises that she is pregnant. Kaalaiyan is very happy to hear this; he and Pattammal organise a baby shower for her. After learning about Meenatchi's misfortune, Kaalaiyan wants to kill the gangsters using his sister as bait and swears to destroy Manoj Parekar. Using the pseudonym Annaatthe, Kaalaiyan and his village friends storm Manoj's office and issue an ultimatum. After more drama, Annaatthe corners Manoj and forces him to sign papers saying he will return
27886-546: The release of Kuselan the following year. He also occasionally leaves for pilgrimage to the Himalayas . He has often referred to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa , Swami Satchidananda , Ragavendra Swami , Mahavatar Babaji , and Ramana Maharshi as his favourite spiritual leaders. According to Naman Ramachandran , the author of Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography , most of Rajinikanth's philanthropic activities went unpublicised because he chose to keep them undisclosed. In
28077-520: The remake rights. The same year, he acted in yet another gangster film, Aatank Hi Aatank with Aamir Khan which was also his last Hindi film in a major role till date. His film Muthu , a remake of Mohanlal 's blockbuster Malayalam film Thenmavin Kombathu , was another commercial success, directed by K. S. Ravikumar and produced by K. Balachander, and became the first Tamil film to be dubbed into Japanese, as Mutu: Odoru Maharaja . The film grossed
28268-516: The residential property was allocated to professional purposes. Moreover, when Rajinikanth was questioned by the I-T department if he's in the money lending business, he initially denied it. Later, though, he admitted to the IT-Department that he was indeed a money lender , and that he had loaned money as a source of profit at an interest rate of 18 percent. Later, for all three years in dispute, Rajinikanth
28459-425: The respective nations. Following Chandramukhi ' s release, it was reported that AVM Productions was set to produce a film directed by Shankar starring Rajinikanth – the largest collaboration yet for a Tamil film. The film was titled Sivaji and was released in the summer of 2007, following two years of filming and production. It became the first Tamil film to be charted as one of the "top-ten best films" of
28650-453: The right 'Rajinisms'. Overall, Annaatthe works out as a templated family entertainer that has nothing special going for it except for Superstar Rajinikanth's screen presence and energy levels. Sowmya Rajendran of The News Minute gave the film one star out of five and wrote: Meena and Khushbu appear in a completely jarring comedy track, and it's sad to see the actors being reduced to this. Rajinikanth reels off punch dialogues faster than
28841-465: The role of a married man who develops an affair with a cabaret dancer . He had 15 of his films released during the year. In 1978, Rajinikanth had 20 releases across Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. His first film of the year was P. Madhavan 's Shankar Salim Simon , in which he was among the three leads. Following that, he co-starred alongside Vishnuvardhan in the Kannada film Kiladi Kittu . He played
29032-430: The scheduled date, and Nayanthara was present on the film's sets. Sources said Rajinikanth worked for more than 14 hours to complete the film before his entry into politics. Filming was halted on 23 December 2020 after eight crew members were diagnosed with COVID-19 although Rajinikanth tested negative and underwent self-quarantine in Hyderabad. Rajinikanth was hospitalised on 25 December due to fluctuating blood pressure and
29223-464: The second lead in Annadammula Savaal , which starred Krishna ; Rajinikanth reprised his role from the Kannada original . He then played an important role in the supernatural thriller Aayiram Jenmangal . In Maathu Tappada Maga , he was the main antagonist. Bairavi , directed by M. Bhaskar , was the first Tamil film to cast Rajinikanth as a solo hero. It was for this film that he earned
29414-449: The sobriquet "Superstar". S. Thanu , one of the film's distributors, set up a 35 feet (11 m) high cut-out of Rajinikanth. His next appearance Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu , a quadrangular love story written and directed by C. V. Sridhar , saw him play the role of a man who sacrifices his love for his friend, played by Kamal Haasan . The film's success prompted Sridhar to remake the film in Telugu, Vayasu Pilichindi , which retained
29605-465: The standard characters, six characters taken from the Grantha script , which was used in the Tamil region to write Sanskrit, are sometimes used to represent sounds not native to Tamil, that is, words adopted from Sanskrit, Prakrit , and other languages. The traditional system prescribed by classical grammars for writing loan-words, which involves respelling them in accordance with Tamil phonology, remains, but
29796-696: The stereotyped action-hero mould by which he was getting famous at the time. Thillu Mullu earned him his fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. 1981 also saw the release of Thee , a remake of blockbuster Hindi film Deewaar (1975), also originally written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan; in Thee , Rajinikanth reprised the role of Bachchan. In 1982, he starred in Pokkiri Raja , Moondru Mugam , Thanikattu Raja , Puthukavithai and Enkeyo Ketta Kural . Moondru Mugam which starred Rajinikanth playing three different roles for
29987-539: The theatres which screened the film and usurped film rolls and burned them. Two years later, Rajinikanth signed up for P. Vasu's Chandramukhi (2005), a remake of the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu . Upon release the film was highly successful at the box office, and in 2007 it set the record of being the longest running Tamil film. Chandramukhi was also dubbed in Turkish and in German as Der Geisterjäger and released in
30178-463: The time of their release and among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time . In 2023, his most recent blockbuster Jailer , made a significant impact in the Tamil film industry, earning over ₹ 600 crore and establishing him as the sole actor with two ₹ 500 crore grosser films in the industry. Rajinikanth was also named one of the most influential persons in South Asia by Asiaweek . He
30369-483: The tiredness. His past few releases have been attempts to recreate the vintage Rajini, but the Superstar has so much more to offer. Will we get to see that though? I am not sure." Indiaglitz gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of five, stating: " Annaatthe settles as a routine entertainer that works in parts. It brings back the vintage Rajini film formula but fails to amaze the audience." Sudhir Srinivasan of The New Indian Express stated: As we seem to slowly near
30560-641: The top-10 in the world. In 2015, a film about his fandom, For the Love of a Man , premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival . While he was working as a bus conductor in Bangalore , Rajinikanth met a medical student named Nirmala and started a relationship. After seeing him perform in a stage play, she encouraged him to pursue an acting career and sent an application to the Adyar Film Institute on his behalf and unbeknownst to him. Although he took up
30751-512: The town for months. He might do one film in two years, but when he does, he pulls out all the stops." — Rediff.com on Rajinikanth's performance in Enthiran (2010) Rajinikanth worked again with Shankar for the science fiction film Enthiran . The film was released worldwide in 2010 as the most expensive Indian film ever made, ultimately emerging an All Time Blockbuster and the second highest-grossing film in India of its time. Rajinikanth
30942-523: The trouble she put him through. In mid-October 2019, media reports stated that Rajinikanth would be working with director Siva after the release of Darbar (2020). On 11 October, Kalanithi Maran , whose production house Sun Pictures was bankrolling the venture, confirmed the project, which had the working title Thalaivar 168 . The project was Rajinikanth's 168th film. It was also Rajinikanth's third collaboration with Sun Pictures after Endhiran and Petta . Composer D. Imman , who had worked with
31133-597: The truth, and Pattammal betrays her client and withdraws the case. Pattammal and Kaalaiyan fall in love. Kaalaiyan's world revolves around his sister Thanga Meenatchi, whom he raised after the deaths of their parents. Meenatchi returns home, having completed her education. Kaalaiyan has difficulty finding a husband for his sister because everyone is afraid of him. Kaalaiyan's annoying cousins, sisters Angayarkanni and Mangaiyarkarasi, both of whom wanted to marry Kaalaiyan but he had not agreed, propose their brothers marry Thanga Meenatchi. Without her consent, Thanga Meenatchi's marriage
31324-444: The whole, Annaatthe ends up being a sentimental drama that has very little to offer in terms of entertainment". Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave Annaatthe two stars out of five and wrote: The moniker is absolutely apt and not for him alone. What does the superstar do in this lumbering movie to help its stale cocktail of sentimentality, swag and silliness gather momentum? He parrots lines that we have heard before. That, in short,
31515-517: The word for "here"— iṅku in Centamil (the classic variety)—has evolved into iṅkū in the Kongu dialect of Coimbatore , inga in the dialects of Thanjavur and Palakkad , and iṅkai in some dialects of Sri Lanka . Old Tamil's iṅkaṇ (where kaṇ means place) is the source of iṅkane in the dialect of Tirunelveli , Old Tamil iṅkiṭṭu is the source of iṅkuṭṭu in
31706-490: The world. He went and conquered it." — K. Balachander about Rajinikanth Rajinikanth began his film career with the Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal (1975), directed by K. Balachander . He was cast in a small role as the ex-husband of the female lead played by Srividya . The film explored relationships between people with wide age differences and was deemed controversial upon release. However, it received critical acclaim and won three National Film Awards including
31897-472: The years 2002–2003, 2003–2004 and 2004–2005, respectively. However, the Income Tax Department observed that he had claimed a considerable sum of professional expenses and thus carried out a survey in 2005 at his residence at Poes Garden. During the survey, the IT-Department found out that he had accounted for a lost of costs as his professional costs and it was also discovered that not even one-tenth of
32088-417: Was Rajinikanth's lamest film in recent years, they'll change their opinion as they step out of Annaatthe ." Behindwoods gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of five, writing: Overall, it's a template driven formulaic film that's high on brother-sister sentiment. One unique aspect is that the film doesn't want to entirely depend on Rajinikanth. The director wants the sentiment to work out, with Rajini being
32279-526: Was a Tamilian himself, in a joint sitting of both houses of the Indian Parliament on 6 June 2004. The socio-linguistic situation of Tamil is characterised by diglossia : there are two separate registers varying by socioeconomic status , a high register and a low one. Tamil dialects are primarily differentiated from each other by the fact that they have undergone different phonological changes and sound shifts in evolving from Old Tamil. For example,
32470-488: Was admitted to the Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute on 16 May 2011 for recurring respiratory and gastrointestinal problems. The hospital maintained that Rajinikanth was in stable condition and showed positive response to treatment. It was widely reported that he required a kidney transplantation , which was later denied by Dhanush . On 21 May 2011, Aishwarya Rajinikanth released
32661-413: Was also named by Forbes India as the most influential Indian of the year 2010. Rajinikanth was born as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad on 12 December 1950 in a Marathi Hindu family in Bangalore , Mysore State (present day Karnataka ). His mother was a homemaker, and his father Ramoji Rao Gaekwad was a police constable. His ancestors hailed from Mavadi Kadepathar , Pune district , Maharashtra . He
32852-568: Was also shown in 1,193 screens outside India, the widest release for a Tamil film after the COVID-19 lockdown. Naman Ramachandran of Variety magazine reported the film would be released in 677 screens in United States, 17 screens in Canada, 110 screens in Malaysia, 23 screens in Singapore, 35 screens in the United Kingdom, 43 screens across Europe, 85 screens in Australia and New Zealand, 117 screens in
33043-546: Was at his peak it will be very difficult for him to make a significant impact in 2019. Rajinikanth announced entry into politics on 31 December 2017 and confirmed his intention to contest in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections in all 234 constituencies. He stated that his party would resign if it was unable to fulfill its electoral promises within three years of coming into power. Rajinikanth dissolved his organisation Rajini Makkal Mandram (RMM) on 12 July 2021 and also said that he has no plans to enter politics in
33234-586: Was claimed to be dated to around 580 BCE. John Guy states that Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders from India. Tamil language inscriptions written in Brahmi script have been discovered in Sri Lanka and on trade goods in Thailand and Egypt. In November 2007, an excavation at Quseir-al-Qadim revealed Egyptian pottery dating back to first century BCE with ancient Tamil Brahmi inscriptions. There are
33425-503: Was coaxed to return with the Tamil film Billa (1980), a remake of the Bollywood blockbuster Don (1978), written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan. Billa had Rajinikanth playing dual roles and eventually became his first solo commercial success. His pairing with Sridevi continued in Johnny , where he was once again cast in a double role, earned him his third nomination for
33616-567: Was completed in September 2021. The COVID-19 lockdown in India and Rajinikanth's health issues in late-December 2020 delayed the film's production. Filming was primarily done in Ramoji Film City , Hyderabad , and a few sequences were shot in Chennai . Annaatthe was released on 4 November 2021, coinciding with the Deepavali festival. The movie received negative reviews from critics and became
33807-528: Was created by Lord Shiva . Murugan , revered as the Tamil God, along with sage Agastya , brought it to the people. Tamil, like other Dravidian languages, ultimately descends from the Proto-Dravidian language , which was most likely spoken around the third millennium BCE, possibly in the region around the lower Godavari river basin. The material evidence suggests that the speakers of Proto-Dravidian were of
33998-400: Was discharged on 27 December. Following Rajinikanth's health issues, the filmmakers planned to resume filming in Chennai on 15 March 2021 with a single schedule within 30 days. In April, after the Tamil Nadu state legislative assembly election, Rajinikanth went to Hyderabad for the next scheduled shoot. Filming happened quickly despite a night-time curfew and other restrictions. The team filmed
34189-469: Was forced to submit revised reports, confessing he had earned more than what was reported in the initial report on 14 February 2005. But the I-T department penalized him ₹ 6.6 million (equivalent to ₹ 7.8 million or US$ 93,000 in 2023), since he filed revised returns only after they surveyed him. This was challenged by Rajinikanth and his lawyers, and in January 2020 the I-T department wrote off
34380-472: Was paid a remuneration of ₹ 450 million (equivalent to ₹ 1.0 billion or US$ 12 million in 2023) for the film. He received his seventeenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. The film's success lead to the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad to use the film as a case study to analyse the business of cinema and its success story in
34571-398: Was released on 25 October 2021, along with the audio jukebox on YouTube. The songs were later released through music streaming platforms. a week later, on 1 November 2021, without any promotional event due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The soundtrack, including the earlier released singles, received a positive response from audiences and topped the charts online. Annaatthe
34762-512: Was released on 29 November 2018 and was commercially successful at the box office. The film earned over ₹ 117.34 crore (US$ 14 million) worldwide on its first day, which was the second-highest ever for an Indian film. The film crossed ₹ 520 crore (equivalent to ₹ 696 crore or US$ 83 million in 2023) in its opening weekend to be the highest-grossing film worldwide for that week. The film also grossed over ₹ 655.81 crore (US$ 79 million)– ₹ 800 crore (US$ 96 million) at
34953-417: Was released on 4 November 2021, coinciding with Diwali . Initially the film was scheduled for release on 25 October 2020, coinciding with the eve of Dusshera . In May 2020, Sun Pictures announced the movie was to be scheduled for release on 14 January 2021 during Pongal . The film's release was again postponed due to the delay in filming caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In January 2021, the producers announced
35144-648: Was reported to be playing another prominent role. Sun Pictures confirmed the casting of Soori and Keerthy Suresh in December 2019. Keerthy Suresh was reported to have been cast as Rajinikanth's stepsister in the film. In December 2019, the producers also confirmed Meena and Khushbu would be the female leads in Thalaivar 168 . Prakash Raj and Sathish joined the film's cast before the start of filming; and Kabali Vishwanth , who worked with Rajinikanth in Kabali (2016), also joined
35335-408: Was reported to have joined the sets in October 2020. The producers postponed filming until November, citing the team's safety. In mid-November 2020, the producers stated filming would resume on 15 December with Rajinikanth joining the schedule, and was expected to be completed within a single session to quickly complete filming. Rajinikanth travelled to Hyderabad on 14 December and started filming before
35526-434: Was shot simultaneously in Kannada and Malayalam , making it his last film in those two languages up until 2023. In K. Balachander's first home production, Netrikan , he played dual roles as a womanising father and a responsible son. His first full-length comedy was Thillu Mullu , directed by K. Balachander. He agreed to it solely due to the strong suggestion by his mentor that he should do non-commercial roles, to break
35717-440: Was starstruck throughout the shoot. I am sure it is going to be the same until I complete the film. Annaatthe is going to be special." Siva's usual technical crew consisting of Vetri , Ruben , and Milan , as well as first-time collaborator Dhilip Subbarayan , were reported to be the film's cinematographer, editor, art director and stunt choreographer, respectively. Rajinikanth had penned some punch lines in his film. Initially,
35908-466: Was the Tamil film Pandian . In spite of the huge expectations, the film received mixed to negative reviews and flopped at the box office. His 168th film was with director Siva , titled Annaatthe co-starring Nayanthara and Keerthy Suresh . The film was released on 4 November 2021. The film became a commercial success at the box office by grossing around ₹ 240 crore (equivalent to ₹ 269 crore or US$ 32 million in 2023) beating
36099-504: Was the lingua franca for early maritime traders, with inscriptions found in places like Sri Lanka , Thailand , and Egypt . The language has a well-documented history with literary works like Sangam literature , consisting of over 2,000 poems. Tamil script evolved from Tamil Brahmi, and later, the vatteluttu script was used until the current script was standardized. The language has a distinct grammatical structure, with agglutinative morphology that allows for complex word formations. Tamil
36290-451: Was the emergence of the present tense. The present tense evolved out of the verb kil ( கில் ), meaning "to be possible" or "to befall". In Old Tamil, this verb was used as an aspect marker to indicate that an action was micro-durative, non-sustained or non-lasting, usually in combination with a time marker such as ṉ ( ன் ). In Middle Tamil, this usage evolved into a present tense marker – kiṉṟa ( கின்ற ) – which combined
36481-465: Was yet another friendship-centric film and was loosely based on the 1987 Bollywood film Khudgarz . The film was the first to have the Superstar graphic title card. He received his tenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for the film. Mannan , directed by P. Vasu , a remake of Kannada actor Rajkumar 's 1986 blockbuster Anuraga Aralithu , also was released in 1992 and became
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