This blog gives life story of Actor Rajinikanth:
Superstars are not born, they are made.
SHIVAJI RAO GAIKWAD → CARPENTER → COOLIE → CONDUCTOR → ACTOR →RAJINIKANTH→ SUPERSTAR→ STYLISH → GREATEST LIVING INDIAN
Intro:
Rajinikanth (born 12 December 1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad), is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon. He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award–winning Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal (1975), directed by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers his mentor. After a brief phase of portraying antagonistic characters in Tamil films, Rajinikanth gradually rose to become an established film actor. He continues to hold a matinee idol status in the popular culture of India. His mannerisms and stylised delivery of dialogue in films contribute to his mass popularity and appeal. After being paid 26 crore (US$4.0 million) for his role in Sivaji (2007), he became the highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan. While working in other regional film industries of India, Rajinikanth has also appeared in the cinemas of other nations, including that of the United States. As of 2013, he has won six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards—four Best Actor Awards and two Special Awards for Best Actor—and a Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award. Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, was bestowed upon him in 2000. In addition to acting, Rajinikanth has also worked as a producer and screenwriter. Apart from his film career, he is also a philanthropist, spiritualist and serves as an influence in the Dravidian politics.
Bio-Data:
Name: Shivaji Rao Gaikwad
Born: (1950-12-12) 12 December 1950 (age 62)
Place: Bangalore, Mysore State, India
Residence: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation: Film actor, producer, screenwriter
Years active: 1975–present
Height: 5 ft 8 in
Spouse(s): Latha Rangachari (1981–present)
Children: Aishwarya R. Dhanush, Soundarya R. Ashwin
Relatives : Dhanush (son-in-law)
Awards: Padma Bhushan (2000)
Early Life:
Rajinikanth was born as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad,to mother Jijabai and father Ramoji Rao Gaikwad, a police constable, on 12 December 1950 in the Indian city of Bangalore in Mysore State, present-day Karnataka. Being the youngest of four siblings in the family he has two brothers and a sister. After his mother's death when he was nine years old, he struggled with an impoverished lifestyle during his childhood. During that time, he often did odd jobs as a coolie in his community. He attended the Government Model Primary School at Gavipuram, Bangalore, where he had his primary education in Kannada language.
Between 1966 and 1973 he worked in many places in Bangalore and Madras. He performed various jobs before joining the Bangalore Transport Service (BTS) as a bus conductor. He began to take part in stage plays after Kannada playwright and director Topi Muniappa offered him a chance to act in mythological moral plays. His most notable was that of the villainous Duryodhana. In 1973, his friend and co-worker Raj Bahadur motivated him to join the Madras Film Institute and also financially supported him during this phase. His performance in a stage play eventually caught the eye of film director K. Balachander.The director advised him to learn to speak Tamil, a recommendation that Rajinikanth quickly followed and which proved to be extremely useful in his career. Rajinikanth married Latha Rangachari on 26 February 1981, at the age of 31 in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The couple have two daughters named Aishwarya Rajinikanth and Soundarya Rajinikanth. His wife, Latha Rajinikanth, currently runs a school named "The Ashram". His elder daughter, Aishwarya, married actor Dhanush on 18 November 2004 and they have two sons named Yathra and Linga. His younger daughter, Soundarya, works in the film industry as a director, producer and graphic designer. She married industrialist Ashwin Ramkumar on 3 September 2010.
Rajinikanth is a follower of Hinduism, spiritualism, and a strong believer of spirituality. As a reader, he also enjoys books on such topics. He is also a practitioner of yoga and meditation. He also occasionally leaves for pilgrimage to the Himalayas.He has often referred to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Satchidananda, Ragavendra Swami,Mahavatar Babaji,and Ramana Maharishi as his favourite spiritual leaders.
He even offered his marriage hall, Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam in Chennai free of cost for the India Against Corruption members to hold their fast. 
- Rajini, the real mantra of Tamil Nadu.
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- There are heroes, there are superheroes but there is only one " Rajinikanth."
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Using SAP Lumira and Excel Data sources, here are some of the Graphically represented figures.
In NDTV’s 25th year, NDTV asked everyone to vote for the 25 greatest living Indians and NDTV Publish current ranking in NDTV website.
http://www.ndtv.com/ndtv-at25/poll
Here is the current list of the 25 Greatest Living Indians as chosen by NDTV surfers dated as on 9/9/2013 
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Highest Paid Actor in India :
No Doubt, the Highest Paid Actor in India is RajiniKanth, Rajini have fans around the world and one of the noted actor in the world 
. His payment is 27 Crore plus 25% profit of the Endhiran Film and he got the total payment of 57 Crore for the Film Endhiran (Robot) including share of the profit. Sources reveal that Rajini is getting anywhere 30-40 Crore per film apart from share of the film’s profit. As he not active frequently in acting, his remuneration goes up by the Producers, and his demand still touching the sky in south India.
3rd Highest Paid Actor in Asia :
He is an Indian Actor mainly works for Tamil Cinemas, born on 1950 in Bangalore, Karnataka, starred in Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil Movies.
Highest paid actor in India with Salary of around 8 to 9 million US dollars (400 to 450 Million INR), He was paid 54 Crore for the film Enthiran 
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Awards :
Rajinikanth Fans:
USA:
Film stars are worshiped in India and even temples have been dedicated to them by their devotee-fans . The fan clubs of South Indian film star, Rajinikanth have been publicly ritualizing his film posters and appropriating Hindu rituals to divinize their star deity. A similar practice has been started by Rajinikanth fan clubs in the US. Mostly comprising of engineers working for companies such as Google and Yahoo, these US based devotee-fans of Rajinikanth worshipped a garlanded poster of his recent film, Endhiran (Robot).
Japan:
Rajinikanth is one celebrity, who has fans across the world . His fans base in Japan increased leaps and bounds after the actor's Muthu hit screens. His song Thillana Thillana from the film became a runaway hit in the country and the film raked in the moolah at the Box Office.
China:
It’s a known fact that superstar Rajnikanth enjoys an amazing fan following not only in India but also in countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and in Europe. Therefore, it doesn’t come as a surprise that his popularity has extended beyond Japan to the neighbouring China, the country with the highest population in the world. ‘China Daily’, the largest read daily newspaper in China, has carried a huge cover story on superstar’s growing popularity in China in its latest edition.
Pakistan:
Believe it or not. Rajinikanth style finds eager fans in Pakistan too! 
Who is the Next SuperStar?
The Title "Super Star" is the dream or we can say a "passion" for many actors. Some may hide it, some may express it explicitly
Always I can say there is "one and only" Super Star and he is "Rajinikanth".
How many fans clubs does Rajinikanth have in Tamil Nadu?
Ajithkumar=70000+
Rajnikanth=60000+(30000 fanclubs without his permission)
mohanlal =50000+
vijayakanth=45000+
kamalhassan=45000+
vijay=42000+
(Note: Approximate Fan Clubs)
Actor Ajith having more than 70000 fan clubs in Film industry,which is higher than any other actor in south india (even more than rajnikanth).Because rajnikanth closed registration for his fan clubs in 1994 itself,if not considering registration rajni will be first.
Conclusion:
Some famous people are famous for specific things. Some are infamous. The Living Legend is famous because of where he's been, who he's been, who he's been with, and/or what he can do.
The Living Legend is respected for these things. Wherever he goes, people recognize him.
This blog will helps us to understand about living legend in India Cinema." Our Rajinikanth". Cool.