![]() ![]() And that's when he doesn't consider himself a hardcore fan-that appellation is reserved for those thousands who belong to his 38,000-strong fan clubs.ġ54 total number of films the star has acted in.Ĩ50 prints of the film were released across 25 countries ![]() He says he did not mind spending $200 for the privilege or missing out on visiting his parents in Chennai after a three-year gap. Like Anirudh, a 38-year-old IT specialist working in New Jersey-who cancelled his trip to India on June 14 after he managed to get the first-day first-show tickets at Cine Plaza to watch Sivaji. ![]() He is one of the few celebrities in India who is able to have a running conversation with people from all spheres, from an auto-driver to an IT expert, from a paatti(grandma) to a kuzhandai(child). To his fans, Rajnikant is more than an actor- as was evident on June 15 when cutouts of him, some 154 feet wide to signify his 154th film, were offered beer, a contemporary stand-in for the more traditional milk abhishekam. The film is as much about pop politics as it is about pop cinema. In Sivaji, clad in tailored suits and designer belt buckles handpicked by Manish Malhotra, the former bus conductor from Bangalore solidifies his status as a symbol-both of a vibrant film industry as well as a thriving region. Balachandar's Apoorva Ragangal, 1975, has been less about the person, and more about the persona, not so much the star, as much as the style. ![]() Whether it is his classic dialogues (pigs come in hordes, the lion walks alone, he says to resounding applause in Sivaji) or his physical agility (first it was the cigarette flick and later the magic of mint and coin), the 57-yearold who started his career as a villain in K. ![]()
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