Rajnikanth Packs A Punch: Celebrates 45 Years In Tamil Cinema

Superstar Rajnikanth, who changed the face of Indian action films will complete 45 years in Tamil cinema in a week.

On Sunday, he thanked all those who wished him on his twitter handle, The Indian Express (TIE) reported.

A Common Display Picture (CDP) was released on Sunday evening celebrating 45 years of ‘Rajinism’ in Tamil cinema. The picture encapsulates several avatars of Rajinikanth in Tamil cinema since his early days in the field.

The hastags #45YearsofRajinismCDP and #Neengal Illamal Nan Illai (roughly translated as Without you I am not there) in Tamil trended on Twitter.

Rajinikanth’s debut Tamil movie, a K Balachander directorial, ‘Apoorva Ragangal’ released on August 15, 1975, and the 69-year old actor has acted in over 170 movies, TIE added.

Among those who wished him were actor Mohanlal, directors Ranjith, Karthick Subbaraj, dance master Raghava Lawrence, producer Thanu, former cricketer Hemang Badani greeted the top star and released the CDP, the report added.