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Posted: 11 years ago
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To understand this we need to understand the cultural differences in the North and South. There are many factors at play here.

In short, Rajini will always be a super star like Spider man or Bat man. He has the highest number of fans across the world and is the top earning actor. He has not done any endorsements till date and still makes 40-50 crore per movie.

The reason he is loved is apart from his onscreen style...his offscreen image. In South, humility and simplicity is considered star material. Rajini Sir is the epitome of both. He does not use a wig or dons tonnes of make up and wears Armani suits like his BW contemporaries. I have personally seen him catch a nap on the floor in a busy shooting spot using his towel as a bed sheet. Can we imagine any one do that? Not that this is the only correct way or this is the best thing to do - but this quality is what attracts South Indians to him in hoardes.

He is a unmatchable star and he has fans all across the world. Japanese whistle and throw yens at the screens when he comes on screens, Polish love his style and South Indians love everything about him.

We don't care if he is national star or not and we are trying to shove him down anyone's throats in North India. What will he do if SRK and KJ fan boy him? He is as humble as ever.

Take it or leave it. Ponder about it endlessly...but he is the biggest star for atleast 10 million people all over the world.
So well said...i think now these brainless people should shut up...👏👏
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Possible. Supposedly Enthiran (Robot) made more than Dabaang.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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All black's - yes. Definitely 10 mn. Please don't compare him with Salman. He is thousand times a better human being than Salman.
Why south stars fail in BW - the plain answer is they don't put in that effort and the requirements of north and south are different. They are used to good pay, star roles in south. FYI - South Cinema is of the same size as BW. They make almost similar number of movies and invest even a little more than BW in the movie business. The reach is limited because of the language. However they are self sufficient. The demand and supply gets exhausted in South itself.

I can totally get why north Indians don't get why an old 60 yr old bald man is celebrated so much and it's definitely unfair to expect everyone to like an actor. That kind of superstardom is anyways over. No star even in south can ever enjoy this kind of success ever.

True incident in Chennai airport - A BW actress ( not taking names here as I don't want fan bashing) refused to stand in line for customs along with other normal people (her quote exactly) and made a fuss about it. The customs guy got irritated and showed her that Rajini kanth was standing silently some 15/20 people behind her carrying his own luggage and patiently waiting. This is mostly why he's loved.

One more... My uncles daughter 9 years old travelling alone from blire to chennai - flight. Uncle is a bit worried and was waiting to talk to the air hostess. He spots Rajini in the airport and tells him that he's the only known face for my uncle and to take care of his kid while in flight. He promises to do it and ensured that the girl reached her relatives safely in the airport, called my uncle to inform the same. He just won a entire family fandom for life.


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Posted: 11 years ago
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10 million is a very conservative number. Tamil nadu population is 74 million... so I should have said at least 25 million.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: meribaat


Possible. Supposedly Enthiran (Robot) made more than Dabaang.


Tamil movies crossing Rs.100cr itself is a big achievement considering that a big market (Tamil Nadu itself) has maximum ticket price of Rs 120 for multiplexes and Rs.50 for single-screen. Compare that to the wider reach of BW and the much higher ticket prices in the core market, the number is mind boggling. Or am I missing something?
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Posted: 11 years ago
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He might be a bigger or more loved figure for his fans but his outreach is not as big as the Bollywood superstars. They have a bigger global market and therefore they reach more fans.

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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: meera27


The reason he is loved is apart from his onscreen style...his offscreen image. In South, humility and simplicity is considered star material. Rajini Sir is the epitome of both.


@Bold: I think you nailed it here. I haven't seen even one pompous over egoistic superstar in South. Similar to Rajnikanth,RajKumar in Kannada industry was respected for his simplicity and humility. Mohanlal,Mammootty along with acting talent are very humble ppl. Vikram,Ajith,Vijay are really humble too. 👏 I do admire all these ppl for not getting on my nerves with their arrogant behavior.😆
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Posted: 11 years ago
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His outreach is not to the the level of well marketed Bollywood actors is a very correct and fair statement. I agree. They have a much much wider market.

Honestly - it doesn't matter for most south Indians. :-) we are happy eating our idli dosa and watching Baasha for the 100th time in our family get together and having him all to ourselves.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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South Indians are not too expressive with their emotions nor are they proud of their achievements. They are sometimes too humble. Good and bad at the same time. However for stars, humility is a wonderful thing to have.
Some south wannabes have become too big for their shoes and they definitely don't last in the movie business at least in South.

Oh ya, let me indulge in this once here. No one can walk like Rajini Sir. The style, speed - unmatchable.
Edited by meera27 - 11 years ago
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Posted: 11 years ago
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The thing about Southern superstars is unlike BW stars they do not flaunt their wealth or wear designer stuff. And it is not just Rajni. Mammooty is mostly dressed in a simple dhoti, but he has several houses in different states, hotels and other businesses.
The Akkineni family (now Nagarjuna) own Annapurna studios, a film institute. But you will not see them flaunt their wealth, especially ANR.

Rajni is like that. Does not wear a wig or do anything really to keep up his image. Wears very simple clothes, does not flaunt his wealth. But his Enthiran pay I think was in the double digit millions of dollars.


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