“Shivaji Rao Gaekwad” is known as God in south known by his mononymous stage name “Rajinikanth”, is an Indian film actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He is a leading actor in south and now is still working very hard for his upcoming films. After establishing himself as a lead actor in a number of commercial successful movies he since continued to hold a matinée idol status in the popular culture of Tamil Nadu. His mannerisms and stylised delivery of dialogue in films contribute to his mass popularity and appeal. The Government of India has honoured him with the “Padma Bhushan” in 2000 and the “Padma Vibhushan” in 2016 for his contributions to the arts. At the 45th International Film Festival of India (2014), he was conferred with the “Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year”.
The buzz around Rajinikanth’s ‘Kabali’ is increasing by each passing day. Recently in an interview with a popular daily, the producer of the movie S Thanu had disclosed the actual budget of the movie. He said that he made ‘Kabali’ with a huge budget of Rs 110 crore. Out of this enormous amount a major chunk has gone as a part of the Thalaiva’s fees. According to the reports, Rajinikanth has been paid almost Rs 35 crore for this action thriller.
Also, speculations suggest that Rs 45 crore from ‘Kabali’s first week collections are a part of Rajinikanth’s fees. So that makes a total of Rs 80 crore for just one film. Isn’t that huge? Considering the star power that this God of South cinema demands, this price is not that unusual.
Well it seems that South Actor seems to be charging very high and it might give a problem on director’s strategy and might even create problem to the Directors in writing the script with him.
