Over the past five decades, Rajini has regaled us in multiple avatars. On his birthday, we look back at the roles that turned him into a demi-god 
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Happy Birthday Superstar Rajinikanth: Memorable characters that Thalaivar made his own

Rajinikanth's career graph is the kind of stuff you would normally associate with fairy-tales. No one, even in his wildest imagination, would have thought that the nondescript man in Aboorva Ragangal, who had the least attention in the film, would go on to win millions of hearts in India. But it happened, thanks to his unique style and charisma. 

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