Rajinikanth’s Journey From A Bus Conductor To Becoming India’s Highest Paid Superstar

During one of his onstage performances at the institute,Tamil film director K Balachander noticed him and advised him to learn Tamil, which Rajinikanth followed without delay. Rajinikanth was given an acting break by K Balachander in his Tamil movie titled ‘Apoorva Raagangal’ in 1975, with Kamal Haasan and Srividya in the lead. The movie was well received and went on to win three National Awards. The following year he forayed into Kannada films with ‘Katha Sangama’, directed by Puttanna Kanagal.

Director S. P. Muthuraman revamped Rajinikanth’s onscreen image entirely and first experimented with him in ‘Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri’ (1977) in a slightly negative role in the first half of he film and later as a protagonist. Soon after, J. Mahendran’s ‘Mullum Malarum’ established Rajinikanth in Tamil cinema.