15 Superstar Rajinikanth movies you should never miss

With just a couple of days to go before the release of ‘Kabali’ we take a look at 15 movies of the Superstar that are completely different from one another with the dasher keeping you completely mesmerized in each role.

Moondru Mudichi

KB unearthed the raw diamond Sivaji Rao and re-christened him as Rajinikanth in ‘Apoorva Raganagal’ and then gave him the full fledged role of a completely gray anti-hero in ‘Moondru Mudichi’. Rajini rocked in the role of a young man who goes to the extent of letting his best friend die in order to get the girl he lusts for who becomes his step mother by the twist of fate.

Gayathri

You got to see this to believe it. The Superstar plays a blue film maker who marries many young women and discards them after filming their private moments. During the seventies the villains had to be menacing and loud, but Rajini was all style and subtle. Especially in the song ‘Vaazhvey maayamaa….perunkanava…’ the evil twinkle in his eyes and the way he blows out his cigarette smoke is enough to send chills down the spines.

Aadu Puli Aatam

Fans are so used to watching Rajini as an enthusiastic hero full of energy but will be surprised by the great actor’s natural performance of a tragic hero. The emotions he displays caught between loyalty to his friend and pining for the love of the girl who takes refuge with him is simply classy.

Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri

Fans are so used to watching Rajini as an enthusiastic hero full of energy but will be surprised by the great actor’s natural performance of a tragic hero. The emotions he displays caught between loyalty to his friend and pining for the love of the girl who takes refuge with him is simply classy.

Nettrikann

The actor-director who is the messiah of rural films wears a permanent beard and the one time he tried a clean shaven look in 'Brahmman' led to undesirable results.

Aarilirundhu Arubathuvarai

Rajini’s mass hero image forces people to forget the intense performer, which in turn made the superstar himself forget it. As the title suggests Rajini portrayed the role of the elder brother who sacrifices to bring everything up to his brother and sister facing tragedy in his own life.

Engeyo Ketta Kural

Director SPM has given many rank masala movies with Rajini but ‘Engeyo Ketta Kural’ stands out as one of the movies in which Rajini took on and gave his best to the difficult role of a villager whose wife runs away with another and comes back years later causing havoc in his new life with her sister.

Mullum Malarum

Director Mahendran brought out the best in Rajinikanth extracting a flawless performance as a hot headed estate worker who loves his sister more than anything else in the world. Rajini mesmerized audiences in a role that had many shades and the final moment he brought tears to the eyes when his sister comes running back to him.

Thillu Mullu

Thalaivar excelled in this rip-roaring comedy holding his own against such stalwarts like Thengai Srinivasan, Sowkar Janaki, Kamal Haasan and Nagesh in the role of Chandran and impersonating Indran a creation of his own.

Thambikku Yentha Ooru

Perhaps the only film of Superstar Rajinikanth that can be called a wholesome entertainer for it had the father-son relationship, a strong romantic element, high comedy quotient, pulsating action and Illayaraja’s immortal ‘Kadhalin Deepam Ondru’. Need we say more.

Padikadhavan

The original ‘Padikadhavan’ is all about relationships and Rajini proved his caliber as an extraordinary actor living the role of the brother to Sivaji, Indira and Vijay Babu, the adopted son to Nagesh, the naughty lover to Ambika and a loving friend of his Fiat car Lakshmi. Entertainment Unlimited.

Thalapathy

According to Rajini himself the Manirathn

15 Superstar Rajinikanth movies you should never miss