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

He then took a sabbatical of almost three years, after which he starred in his home production, ‘Baba’, which released on August 15, 2002 amidst much fanfare and extreme hype. However, the film failed to live up to the expectations of his fans due to a weak script, which was written by Rajinikanth himself. This was Rajinikanth’s second failure as a screenwriter after ‘Valli’. Though the film covered its budget, it was considered a huge loss when compared to his other work.

He did big budget movies such as Sivaji (2007), Robot (2010) and Kochadaiiyan (2014)around this time. Robot, made at a cost of over Rs 100 crore, was considered to be the most expensive movie at the time. Sivaji became the first Tamil movie to be charted as one of the top-10 best films of United Kingdom and South Africa Box-Offices upon release.