Did you know superstar Rajinikanth almost made his Bollywood debut in 1981?

Indian actor Rajinikanth’s profession spans over 4 a long time during which the actor has appeared in over 160 movies. Whereas he primarily works in Tamil cinema, the Thailava has appeared in lots of Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and even Malayalam movies. Rajinikanth starred within the Bollywood remake of Sattam Oru Iruttarai, which was titled Andha Kanoon, in 1983. The movie marked the southern famous person’s entry into Bollywood, because it was his first-ever Bollywood film.

Andha Kanoon additionally starred Hema Malini and Reena Roy in lead roles together with him. The movie additionally featured an ensemble forged of actors in villain roles together with Pran, Danny Denzongpa, Amrish Puri, Madan Puri and Prem Chopra. Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan performed a particular look whereas Madhavi and Dharmendra additionally appeared in visitor roles. Whereas a lot of Rajinikanth’s followers are conscious of this piece of trivia relating to his Bollywood debut, do you know that the actor virtually made his debut in one other Bollywood movie 2 years earlier than this film? 

Do you know Rajinikanth virtually made his Bollywood debut in 1981? 

In accordance with IMDb, Indian director Nagi Reddy wished to launch Rajinikanth in a Hindi movie in 1981; nonetheless, the venture seemingly “fizzled out”. If the venture had labored out, perhaps the famous person would have ventured into Bollywood sooner. Over the course of his profession, nonetheless, Rajinikanth has had fairly a couple of ‘almosts’ close to his Bollywood ventures.

In accordance with the identical supply, in 1982, Rajkumar Kohli signed legendary actor Rajnikanth together with veteran actor Jeetendra for a remake of a Kannada movie in Hindi. Nevertheless, this venture apparently fizzled out as nicely. The identical supply additionally claimed that actor Ranjan additionally signed Amitabh Bachchan and Rajnikanth for a movie in 1982 which was to be directed by Shyam Benegal. Nevertheless, the movie was reportedly shelved on account of Amitabh Bachchan’s most well-known accident throughout his filming for Coolie that 12 months. 

Rajinikanth’s motion pictures 

Rajinikanth enjoys a standing parallel to virtually no star in India because the famous person is virtually worshipped by his followers. Rajinikanth’s motion pictures embody Padikkadavan, Mr. Bharath, Bhagwaan Dada, Velaikaran, Guru Sishyan, Avargal, 16 Vayathinile, Aadu Puli Attam and Gaayathri. He additionally has two biographies that are primarily based on his life and profession particularly, The Title is Rajinikanth by Gayathri Sreekanth and Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography by Naman Ramachandran which got here out in 2008 and 2012 respectively. The actor will subsequent be seen within the upcoming motion drama movie Annaatthe together with Meena, Khushbu, Keerthy Suresh, Nayanthara, Jagapathi Babu, Prakash Raj and Vela Ramamoorthy. The movie is slated to launch on November 4, 2021, on the event of Diwali.