Updated On: 11 December, 2023 04:07 PM IST | Chennai | mid-day online correspondent
In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 169 films that include films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, and Malayalam.

Rajinikanth in the film Jailer
Megastar Rajinikanth started his career with the 1975 K. Balachander directorial, Apoorva Raagangal, where he shared the screen with Kamal Haasan and Srividya. The national award-winning actor, who has spent nearly five decades in the Indian Film Industry, has garnered critical success globally for his roles in notable movies such as Enthiran, Sivaji, and Baasha.
Rajinikanth`s most recent outing was in Nelson Dilipkumar’s crime-thriller, Jailer, which was on 6th position in the recently released IMDb’s Most Popular Indian Movies of 2023 (Theatrical) list, and co-starred Mohanlal and Tamannaah Bhatia. The actor will be seen next in his daughter Aishwarya Dhanush’s directorial, Lal Salaam.