Rajinikanth B’day Special: Top 10 roles of the Superstar

Rajinikanth B’day Special: Top 10 roles of the Superstar

Billa (1980): Billa was a remake of the 1978 Amitabh Bachchan starrer, 'Don'. Rajinikanth played a mafia don in the movie. Billa turned out to be the actor’s first-ever commercial success.

Rajinikanth B’day Special: Top 10 roles of the Superstar

Geraftaar (1985): Rajinikanth played a cameo in ‘Geraftaar’ as Inspector Hussein. The film became a major box office hit

Rajinikanth B’day Special: Top 10 roles of the Superstar

Johnny (1980): Rajinikanth played double roles in the film.

Rajinikanth B’day Special: Top 10 roles of the Superstar

Thalapathi (1991): Rajinikanth played the role of an abandoned teenager in the film.

Rajinikanth B’day Special: Top 10 roles of the Superstar

Muthu (1995): Rajinikanth played double role in Muthu, which was the first Tamil film to be dubbed in Japanese, as 'Mutu: Odoru Maharaja'.

Rajinikanth B’day Special: Top 10 roles of the Superstar

Baasha (1995): Baasha was an adaptation of Amitabh Bachchan’s Bollywood film Hum.

Rajinikanth B’day Special: Top 10 roles of the Superstar

Padayappa (1999): The film ran for nearly 275 days, thus making Rajni the Box office King.

Rajinikanth B’day Special: Top 10 roles of the Superstar

Chandramukhi (2005): Rajinikanth played the role of an Indian-American psychiatrist in the horror-comedy film.

Rajinikanth B’day Special: Top 10 roles of the Superstar

Sivaji (2007): Sivaji became the first Tamil film to be charted as one of the top-10 best films of United Kingdom and South Africa box offices.

Rajinikanth B’day Special: Top 10 roles of the Superstar

Enthiran (2010): Sci-fi film Enthiran turned out to be the most expensive Indian film ever made.