What are the lesser known facts about Indian actor Rajnikanth?

 Thanks to his insane popularity I think there is almost nothing about Rajnikanth which is not well known in public domain. Possibly the following are some titbits which his fans might still find interesting.

Rajni made his debut in a small role in Apoorva Ragangal starring Kamal Haasan in the lead in 1975. In the next few years he and Kamal costarred in about a dozen movies which were all commercially successful. Then it was Kamal who suggested that they should stop acting together, as this was hampering the career progression of both, especially that of Rajni. So they stopped acting together from 1980 and have never shared screen space in a movie since.

(Kamal and Rajni with their mentor, K.Balachander)

Rajni costarred with actress Latha, who was a favored heroine of M.G.R earlier, in the 1978 film Aayiram Jenmangal. It was widely rumored in those days that during the shoot of the film Rajni got emotionally involved in a relationship with Latha, which was resented by M.G.R. The story further goes that Rajni was kidnapped in a car to Pondicherry and was roughed up by MGR’s henchmen. In an interesting coincidence Rajnikanth later on fell in love with and married another girl, whose name was also Latha.

(A young Rajnikanth with his wife Latha)

Rajnikanth has been an ardent devotee of sage Sri Raghavendra right from his younger days, and by 1985, exactly after one decade in cinemas, Rajni is said to have felt burn out and wished to quit films after his 100th film. He personally chose the role of Raghavendra to be his swansong, and persuaded his mentor K.Balachander to produce the movie for him, and got his favorite director Sp. Muthuraman to direct it. However the film was not successful commercially, and later on,Rajni was also prevailed upon to drop his idea of quitting films.

(Rajnikanth in his role of a life time as sage Sri Raghvendra in the 1985 movie)

Way back in 1988 Rajnikanth has acted in a pivotal role in an Indian-American English language film titled Bloodstone . When asked about this Rajnikanth jokingly dismissed it saying that the producers were looking out for an Indian actor who could fit the role of a taxi driver, and possibly zeroed in on him because he was the only Indian actor who looked exactly like a taxi driver, while most others looked handsome,rich and aristocratic!

(Rajnikanth in the role of an Indian taxi driver in the English language film, Bloodstone. Incidentally Rajni’s son-in-law, actor Dhanush followed in his footsteps and featured in a Hollywood production titled “The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir)

After a string of blockbusters and ascent to the super stardom, Rajni wrote the story and screenplay, acted and produced his own film Baba in 2002 which bombed badly at the box office, leaving most of the Distributors of the film with huge losses. Rajnikanth reportedly made good some part of their losses from his own pocket and thus started this practice in the Tamil film industry for the first time. Though this gave a boost to his image at that time, it backfired later on himself when his films Kochadaiiyaan and Lingaa flopped one after the other in 2014, and the Distributors started clamoring for Rajni to compensate for their losses once again. It was said that Producer -Distributor “Kalaippuli” S. Thanu helped him sort out the issue with the recalcitrant distributors, and Rajni, as a token of his appreciation, acted in Kabali produced by S.Thanu a couple of years later, in which he also successfully tried for an image makeover.

(Rajnikanth in Kabali, in a new “avatar”)

So, these are some of the “lesser known” stories about the Super Star, which are predominantly in the realms of grapevine and gossip, for which one can not find any online sources or citation. But in my opinion, what is the biggest “unknown” fact about Rajnikanth is if at all he would take his plunge into politics as he has been promising for over two decades, and if so, when?

What movie franchise would not exist if it were not up to one actor or actress?

 Terminator.

Matrix.

Fast and Furious.

Pirates of the Caribbean.

Iron Man.

Captain America.

The Boys.

John Wick.

Alien.

Superman.

Deadpool.

The Mummy.

Mission Impossible.

Jumanji.

Venom.

What Hollywood actor/actress refuses to do love scenes with his/her co-star? How so?

 One of the most famous ones is Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte:

Julia Roberts called Nick Nolte “disgusting” and Nolte responded by saying that Roberts was “not a nice person.”

They clashed so much on the set that the director had to use body doubles for the love scenes, though, the director did get them to do a kiss on screen.

Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt

Brad initially refused to do a love scene with Cate to appease Angelina, Brad’s girlfriend at the time. The director David Fincher stepped in and eventually got him to do the scene.

Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams

Gosling hated McAdams so much he demanded that she be fired from the movie because they “lacked chemistry.” Director Nick Cassavetes refused to fire her and forced them to work it out. Ironically, the two ended up dating for several years after the movie.

Harrison Ford and Sean Young

These two could not stand each other. It got so bad that their love scenes were described by the crew as “hate scenes.”

Tom Cruise and Thandie Newton

On Mission Impossible 2, Thandie Newton was not a fan of Cruise’s kissing style and found it very off-putting.

Speaking to Elle, Thandie described her reluctance for the scenes: “Kissing Tom Cruise was slightly icky and sort of wet.”

Are there any Bollywood actor/actress who can be said the greatest example of hypocrisy?

 If we will start counting examples of hypocrisy in bollywood, it will take our whole day to finish counting.

Almost half of the bollywood stars can be termed as an example of hypocrisy. It is quite difficult to say about biggest or greatest one.

But I will mention a few names whom I can say one of the greatest example of hypocrisy.

So let's begin

1. Priyanka Chopra

I wrote about her fake nature in my previous answer too. Her comments can state her an example of hypocrisy.

Just look at this

This is what she told on Diwali. She is an asthmatic and wants to live a long life. Okay, well and good

Now see this

This is the picture of her wedding. This is how she will make her breath unstoppable.

Look this:

Now let's talk about the second celebrity of the list.

2. Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma is one of the most talented actress right now. She is beautiful and also have a very good speaking style.

But let's see why her name is here

The above pic shows how much she loves animals and how caring she is.

Now just look at this

janwaro se itni mohobbat dekh ke meri to aankhe bhar aayi.

Translation: How caring she is…

Now the third one

3. Amir Khan

“Mr perfectionist” is one of the best actor in bollywood. His acting skills are just awesome. He always try different roles in movies.

He is a good actor and acts in real life too.

Just see this

kuch yaad aya?

Remember this show?

Yes, it's Satyamev Jayte which was hosted by Amir Khan. He use to talk a lot about country and tried to show himself a patriot one.

He feel India intolerant and taking actions on anti nationals was a matter of shame for him.

See this also

He became a superstar due to Indian audience, he lived here for a long, India gave him so many things and he is feeling insecure here.

Kamaal ka doglapan hai

Translation: great job, Amir.

So according to me these were the greatest examples of hypocrisy from bollywood. There are many more hypocrites present in that industry and they are even more hypocrite than these, but I think they do not deserve to have their name in this answer.

Almost all of the people associated with that industry are fake. Insulting a particular religion lands them into controversies which ends up making them much more popular.

How did Ravi Teja become a successful actor in Tollywood despite not having a cinema background?

 He’s simple and come from an ordinary family. He decided to have acting career. He came to Chennai to learn acting and stayed there. During that time He made friends with Telugu screenwriters in Chennai. With the help of they both, he became assistant director and done small roles which were offered to him by his fellow friends. Then it went like that and no recognition. Then one of his film where he has done a small role has got National Award. So then he appeared in a film as a main role and won award. Then he went on and played as a main lead role.

Now he’s successful and has done good films.

Which Bollywood actors live alone in Mumbai?

 Ranbir Kapoor had recently moved out from his own family house and living alone in Mumbai

He said in an interview that his mom Neetu only had insisted him to live alone so he get to know about his responsibilities in life

He also said his connection with his parents has increased post his movement as he meet them atleast once in two days for lunch or dinner and spend quality time with them there .

I don't think normal people and celebrities life are similar in anyway . They almost have parties and celebrations everyday .

Which movies destroyed the actors’ or actresses’ career when they're at their peak?

Macaulay Culkin was paid $10.5 million (all figures in this answer have been adjusted for inflation for ease of reference) for his role in Home Alone 2 (1992). And thanks to a contract that secured him 5% of the net profits and 15% of all merchandising revenue (including the Talkboy toy that was a hit product that Christmas) it is estimated that he earned at least $46.2 million for that film alone.

To put this in perspective, this is more than Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo were paid combined for The Avengers (2012) despite that movie making far more money ($800 million for Home Alone 2 to $2.12 billion for The Avengers).

I bring this up because a lot of people forget just how successful Culkin was. He was absolutely on top of the world in 1992. He was the Hollywood celeb that other Hollywood celebs dream of one day becoming.

And then came ‘’Richie Rich’’ in 1994 that made $83 million domestic on an $87 million budget. After the marketing budget and cinema cut are added on (which is generally considered to be 50% on top), we are talking about a huge box office bomb.

So what changed in only two years?

The film itself did not help. The script was widely panned. The characters derided as boring. And even back then, no one really wanted to sympathise with a boy who had absolutely everything but felt a bit lonely. It is hard to feel sorry for someone who literally has his own branch of McDonalds in his mansion.

But a lot of the blame does also unfortunately fall onto Culkin’s shoulders. He was beginning to age out of that ‘’cute child phase’’ and needed to find his footing as a young adult actor. ‘’Richie Rich’’ was not that film. He was still being cast as the precocious child despite being well into his teens at this point. And unfortunately as the Nostalgia Critic pointed out, Culkin’s voice had broken, so it made him seem even older than the character that he was portraying than it already did.

This was effectively the end of his career and his many personal problems did the rest. He has been in nothing of real note since, although he has made somewhat of a comeback in recent years as an internet celeb.

It would be interesting to know if he could have eventually shaken the typecasting. Many child actors unfortunately do not.

Who’s a famous actor with an interesting background?

 Sayyesha Saigal

This beautiful actress has an interesting background

Born to Sumeet Saigal and Shaheen Banu.

Her dad is Hindu. He starred in some Hindi films. He’s an Producer too.

Her mom Shaheen is an aspring actress. She starred in few films. Then she wasn’t seen in acting field. She is Muslim.

Shaheen is the daughter of brother of Saira Banu . The 1st female superstar of Indian cinema Naseem Banu was her grandmother. Dilip Kumar is her uncle.

Her(Sayyesha) parents got divorced. So I get confused which religion she is. Before her parents got divorced, she followed Hindu. Now she’s Muslim.

Her son-in-law is Arya. Who is an South Indian film actor. He’s Malayali Muslim settled in Chennai.

Yesterday she’s blessed with baby girl.

I like her beauty. Her achievements at a young age. She is good dancer.

What are the known facts of the Tollywood actor Nani?

 1. Naveen Babu Ghanta was called Nani in his childhood and this became his screen name once he entered Tollywood

2. We all listen to radio every single day. This ‘Majnu ‘ was also a Radio Jockey at World Space Satellite in Hyderabad and got famous with a program by the name, ‘Nonstop Nani’. This name is really apt and we really wish Nani a nonstop success.

3. Nani was always interested to get into direction. Maniratnam was his inspiration and hence joined bapu films as a clap boy.

4. He started making his career into films as an assistant director with Bapu, Radha Gopalam. He did assistant direction for movies, one of which includes the very famous, ‘Dhee’.

5. He is a close friend of Nandini Reddy and they both tend to be together and discuss direction and scripts and that is really how he got into a lead role in ‘Ala Modalaindi’. Interesting one!

6. Nani got a sunshine on his face when he heard from his role model, Maniratnam, do dub for Dalquar’s voice in ‘OK Bangaram’. He definitely is eager to work with this legend.