Key facts
- Born
- 12 December 1950, Bengaluru
- State of birth
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Sector
- Actors
- Profession
- Indian actor (born 1950)
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Shivaji Rao Gaikwad, known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bangla, and Malayalam. He is widely regarded to be one of the most successful and popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016, India's third and second highest civilian honours respectively, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2019, the highest Indian award in the field of cinema, and the IFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to world cinema.
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Timeline
- 1950Born in Bengaluru
- 2000Awarded the Padma Bhushan
- 2016Awarded the Padma Vibhushan
- 2019Awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Dani Charles Silverscreen Media Inc. (https://silverscreen.in)