Rajinikanth honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke award
Actor Rajinikanth has been honoured with the 51st Dadasaheb Phalke award. Confirming the information, Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar wrote, “Happy to announce #Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2020 to one of the greatest actors in history of Indian cinema Rajnikant ji. His contribution as actor, producer and screenwriter has been iconic.”
The union minister additionally thanked the jury which comprised Asha Bhonsle, Mohanlal, Subhash Ghai, Biswajeet Chatterjee and Shankar Mahadevan.
Happy to announce #Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2019 to one of many best actors in historical past of Indian cinema Rajnikant ji
His contribution as actor, producer and screenwriter has been iconic
I thank Jury @ashabhosle @SubhashGhai1 @Mohanlal@Shankar_Live #BiswajeetChatterjee pic.twitter.com/b17qv6D6BP
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) April 1, 2021
Popular throughout generations, a physique of labor few can boast of, numerous roles and an endearing character…that’s Shri @rajinikanth Ji for you.
It is a matter of immense pleasure that Thalaiva has been conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Congratulations to him.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 1, 2021
His colleagues of the movie trade and different necessary personalities rushed to want the celebrity through social media. One of the primary folks to want him was the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The PM tweeted, “Popular across generations, a body of work few can boast of, diverse roles and an endearing personality…that’s Shri@rajinikanth Ji for you. It is a matter of immense joy that Thalaiva has been conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Congratulations to him.”
Rajinikanth had made his debut within the movie trade with the 1975 Ok Balachander film Apoorva Raagangal. Post this, he was primarily seen essaying ‘negative’ roles in movies. Many movies adopted, but it surely was the 1995 launch Baashha, whereby Rajini performed a criminal offense chief, that catapulted him additional into the trail of tremendous stardom. A bit greater than a decade later, the artiste set a brand new benchmark in Indian cinema together with his 2007 film Sivaji, which was the third Indian film to hitch the Rs 100 crore membership on the time.
In his illustrious profession, Rajinikanth has received 4 Tamil Nadu State Film awards. He was awarded the distinguished Padma Bhushan in 2000, and was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan award in 2016. Besides this, Rajinikanth was given the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year on the forty fifth version of International Film Festival held in Goa.
Apart from being an actor, Rajinikanth can be a producer and a screenwriter. In December, 2017, Rajinikanth had introduced his choice to contest within the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections.
Superstar Rajinikanth was final seen in 2020’s Darbar. He is presently filming his subsequent, Annaatthe.