ACTOR

Rajinikanth

1950 - Today

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Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth ( rə-JIN-ih-KAHNTH), is an Indian actor, screen writer, and producer who works mainly in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, and Malayalam. He is widely regarded to be one of the most successful and popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rajinikanth has received more than 20,863,823 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Rajinikanth is the 1,869th most popular actor (up from 3,281st in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from India (up from 437th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rajinikanths by language

Over the past year Rajinikanth has had the most page views in the with 4,020,568 views, followed by Hindi (172,695), and Tamil (52,151). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hindi (345.80%), Telugu (139.90%), and Malayalam (115.96%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rajinikanth ranks 1,869 out of 13,578. Before him are Nurgül Yeşilçay, Richard Conte, Toni Collette, Caterina Boratto, Edward Mulhare, and Lamberto Maggiorani. After him are Ellen Pompeo, Suzanne Pleshette, Debra Paget, Cansu Dere, Sam Worthington, and Götz George.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Rajinikanth ranks 143. Before him are Elya Baskin, Natalie Cole, Laura Esquivel, John Hughes, Kozo Arai, and Richard Chase. After him are Eric Maskin, Paul Watson, Angry Grandpa, Rambhadracharya, Princess Elena of Romania, and Jadranka Stojaković.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rajinikanth ranks 310 out of 1,861. Before him are Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952), Asha Bhosle (1933), K. Kamaraj (1903), Zail Singh (1916), Telesphore Toppo (1939), and Chandra Shekhar (1927). After him are Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861), Vallabha (1479), Rishabhanatha (null), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), and Nargis (1929).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Rajinikanth ranks 20. Before him are Rajesh Khanna (1942), Aamir Khan (1965), Sridevi (1963), Jaya Bachchan (1948), Bhupen Hazarika (1926), and Savitri (1936). After him are Nargis (1929), Puneeth Rajkumar (1975), Girish Karnad (1938), Shashi Kapoor (1938), Kajol (1974), and Vijay (1974).

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Television and Movie Roles

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Dr. Vaseegaran / Chitti
Dr. Vasi invents a super-powered robot, Chitti, in his own image. The scientific body, AIRD, that must approve the robot, declines it based on its not having emotions and the ability to make rational judgment. A sudden flash of lightning evokes emotions in the robot, and Chitti is seemingly ready for integration into the human world. Then, Chitti falls in love with Dr. Vasi's fiancée Sana and turns on his creator.
Oct 1o 20106.592 / 10
2.0
Dr. Vaseegaran / Chitti / Kutti
An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harming birds with mobile phone radiation. The only thing that is standing in his way is 2.0, the upgraded version of Chitti, the robot.
Nov 29o 20185.9 / 10
Sivaji: The Boss
Sivaji Arumugam
A software engineer arrives in India to serve the nation and invest in the country's welfare. A few corrupt officials and politicians try to stop him while he tries to overcome the obstacles.
Jun 14o 20077 / 10