Know Rajnikanth In 10 Seconds

- December 12, 2011 | 5:13 PM IST

On the occasion of superstar Rajnikanth’s 62nd birthday today (December 12, 2011), Koimoi.com gives you a peek into a few lesser known facts about his personal and professional life.

Rajinikanth

is a Tamil superstar, but not a Tamilian
his father was a Maharashtrian police constable
learned Tamil on the advice of Tamil film director K. Balachander
his first Bollywood film was Andha Kanoon in 1983
wrote the screenplay for two films, Valli (1993) and Baba (2002)
sung a song, Adikuthu kuliru, from the film, Mannan
majority of his hits are remakes of Amitabh Bachchan’s films
believes in simple living in real life; is often seen wearing a kurta and mundu (white dhoti)
is known to visit the Himalayas every year on a spiritual journey
decided to return money to the distributors of the film Kuselan and Baba as the films incurred huge losses