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<image:caption><![CDATA[ While there are many factors in play when casting the antagonist in a Rajini film, over the past 25-30 years, there is one question--can the villain be better than Raghuvaran's Mark Antony in Baasha?]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Such is the impact of that one film - Baasha and the one actor - Raghuvaran - that almost no villain since has been able to create that kind of euphoria in a Rajinikanth film since then.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Though Mark Antony does overshadow the wide spectrum of villains Rajinikanth has vanquished over the years, he did face pretty formidable resistance from some of Tamil cinema's finest actors.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ So here, we write about some of the best villains who stood their ground opposite one of the greatest manifestations of superstardom in Indian cinema  — Rajinikanth. Read on...]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sathyaraj -  The villain of villains: The similarities between Rajini and Sathyaraj can't be unseen. Both of them started their career with minor roles, found their identity by playing antagonists.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ But Sathyaraj has truly been the 'Villadhi Villain' of his times, having played the nemesis of Rajini in more than nine films and it is always a delight to see this dynamic duo take on each other.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Though every negative role of Sathyaraj has been iconic, his Gopinath in Mr Bharath set a new benchmark for the baddies in a Rajini film and the streak was only broken by the irrepressible Raghuvaran.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Shankar tried to recreate this magic by roping in Sathyaraj to play the role of Suman in Sivaji and Danny Denzongpa in Enthiran.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ But, unfortunately, Sathyaraj turned down the offer citing that he couldn't settle for a film that seemed lesser than Mr Bharath.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ We wish Sathyaraj had taken, and made Shankar write his character better. Imagine Kasimedu Aadhi going, 'Ennama kannu, indha Aadhi character eh purinjika maatengriye!' during the interval block. `````]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Nana Patekar - The Evil in White: Speaking at the audio launch of Kaala, Rajinikanth said, “In my entire career, I have found only two villains, who were challenging to me.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ 'One is Baasha’s Antony (Raghuvaran) and the other is Padayappa’s Neelambari (Ramya Krishnan). And, now, it is Hari Dhadha! You wait and see… Enakke oru maja vandhurchu… vaa pathurlaamnu.”]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ But, Hari Dhadha was not much spoken about once the film was released. He was not exalted to the levels of Mark Antony and Neelambari. Yet, Haridev Abhyankar is the most unique of all Rajini villains.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Hari was not just someone who was in Superstar’s vazhi. He represented something abstract. It was not just about Kaala vs Hari Dhadha or Rajinikanth vs Nana Patekar. It was more like Batman vs Joker.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Or simply put, it was the good old fight: light vs darkness (just that here the light is clad in black and dark in white).]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ If restraint can be considered to be an important aspect of acting, then Patekar, it must be said, aced the role of this cunning politician. A hat tip to his efforts in dubbing the Tamil dialogues.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Ramya Krishnan - The Mad Queen: You can’t speak of villains in Rajinikanth films without talking of Neelambari.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ It is one of those rare characters where most of the adjectives you typically ascribe to the hero, apply — like the dialogue, which is attributed to Padaiyappa in the film, “Vayasanalum, un style um a]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Strong, sophisticated, headstrong, powerful and intelligent, Neelambari and Padaiyappa were two sides of the same coin.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ And Ramya Krishnan plays this assertive woman with unbridled power. In an era where women were constantly relegated to playing meek roles, Neelambari was a landmark shift in the narrative.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Of course, there's the mansplaining and the blatant sexism. But Neelambari handled it all like a boss, with confidence and authority that could quieten even the alpha in the room.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Radharavi - The good-bad, yin-yang: Another villain who was instrumental in making Rajini the star into a Superstar is Radharavi.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The duo, who began their careers almost together, rose in their respective ladders, from playing the hero & villain fitting the archetype to experimenting on various characters within those parameters]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Take Guru Sishyan (1988), for example. Rajini's Raja played the usual cheerful conman in extreme to Muthuraj (played by Radharavi), who is a rapist and a murderer.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Something which both the actors loved and were loved doing was humour and Rajadhi Raja (1988) is a classic example where both of them stuck to the hero-villain paradigm in a hilarious backdrop.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ After sticking to the basic baddie in films such as Uzhaippali and Panakkaran, Radharavi experimented with unconventional roles in the 90s.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Though Ramya stole the show in Padayappa, Radharavi as her father who keeps Padayappa's family at bay during their tough times, showed us that he can also play a villain, who is made a victim of fate.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ That's something he did in some of his best works in a Rajini film during the 90s —Muthu and Annamalai where he played the menacing chieftain Ambalathar and an avaricious Gangadharan respectively.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Who can forget his iconic line from Suresh Krishna's Annamalai, 'Kooti kazhichu paaru, Kanakku seriya varum'.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Rajinikanth - The Villain in the Mirror: Before he became the much-loved, can-do-no-bad Superstar, Rajinikanth was someone who revelled in playing the bad guy.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ An abusive husband, a sadistic bully, an ungrateful friend, and wait for it... an adult filmmaker - there was almost nothing he couldn't do.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ His villainous avatar as a sadist hubby in Avargal (1977), in particular, has been lauded. ‘What do you want?’ asks the wife, to which Rajini replies, ‘for you to weep, for me to watch with pleasure.']]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Even though he's been playing roles with grey shades in his inimitable style even after turning hero, the full-fledged villain roles have become sparse over the years.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ We did see flashes of the dormant antagonist in him in films like Netrikann and Billa.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ But then, almost a decade back, Rajinikanth played one of the most memorable cinema villains of the 21st century — Chitti in Enthiran.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ It was fitting that in a film about an all-powerful man-made marvel, it was Rajinikanth who was the Enthiran. While the 'good' robot was nice, it's the Red Chip Enthiran who oozes menace delectably.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film gets elevated once villain Rajini takes control of the proceedings, and what's better than one Rajinikanth? Thousands of them!]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ And the sounds of the whistles and applause bringing the roof down in 2010 for the iconic Black Sheep scene still rings loud and clear.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ It's always fun to see Rajini being allowed to loosen up, put his guard down, and do what he did when he opened the rusty gates in the 1975 film Aboorva Ragangal - act without inhibition.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ So, Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the baddest villain of them all?]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ How do you sell Rajinikanth losing to someone? How do you convince the audience that Rajinikanth is vulnerable enough?]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ After his film Aathi in January 2006, for nearly six months Vijay was listening to stories, but none had appealed.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Vijay was supposed to do a Tamil version of Dharani's Bangaram first, until that film's failure made him look at other options]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ That's when he got to watch the Telugu Pokiri, starring Mahesh Babu, he felt that it would work.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ After difficulty in finding directors, Prabhudeva was selected as director, directing his first film in Tamil after the failure of his Telugu film Pournami]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The movie was launched on 6 July 2006.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Asin was signed up as the female lead, pairing with Vijay for the second time after Sivakasi. The character was played by Ileana DCruz in the original.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The first day of shoot for the film was held at the new Pillayar Kovil at AVM studios, with various dignitaries gracing the occasion.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Vijay's mother Shobha Chandrasekhar gave the clap for the first shot.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The first scene shot was with Asin and Vijay, the lead pair in the film, in an elevator that was specially designed for the film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The soundtrack has 8 songs composed by Mani Sharma. Two of the songs from the original Telugu version were retained and remade in Tamil.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The soundtrack also features a remix of the song 'Vasantha Mullai' from Sarangadhara (1958).]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film was released for Pongal 2007, alongside Ajith's Aalwar and Vishal's Thaamirabharani.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film was distributed by Aascar Films.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Pokkiri grossed 6.1 crore in Tamil Nadu in opening week from 142 screens.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film was commercial success and ran over 200 days in Tamil Nadu, and 100 days in Kerala.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The original Telugu film Pokiri, directed by Puri Jagannadh, was remade in several other languages and still found success in the respective regional cinemas. Pokkiri is the first remake.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The second one was Wanted, the Hindi version in 2009. Both Pokkiri and Wanted were directed by Prabhu Deva.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Prakash Raj reprises his role as the villain in both the remakes.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A Kannada remake, Porki, directed by M. D. Sridhar, was released in 2010.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A Urdu version titled Wanted Target also got made.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Despite the Hindi remake, the Telugu film Pokiri, its Tamil remake Pokkiri and Kannada remake Porki were dubbed in Hindi as Tapori Wanted, Wanted Baghi (2013) and Main Hoon Wanted (2012) respectively.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A dialogue spoken by Vadivelu in the film, 'Vada Poche' became very popular.The dialogue inspired a comedy show in Sun Music with same name]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The dialogue, Vada Poche, also inspired a song sung by Velmurugan and Powerstar Srinivasan in Arya Surya (2013)]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ As the film is set to complete 15 years, we give you some interesting trivia regarding the film's making.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film, directed by Sudha Kongara, is said to be loosely based on the life of the famous entrepreneur, GR Gopinath, the founder of India's first budget airline, Air Deccan.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ After the success of their 2001 collaboration Dhill, Dharani and Vikram announced in February 2002 that they were to come together again for a project titled Dhool.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Actually, Dhool's script was written for Vijay by Dharani.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Vikram was signed up after Vijay refused the offer.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Jyotika shared screenspace with Vikram for the first time in the film.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film's song, 'Aasai Aasai', was partially shot in Denmark.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Initially, plans were made to shoot the film's action sequences in London, but, the team later opted against doing so, citing budget concerns.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A huge set of a temple, a church, some houses and a shopping area, was erected at The Indian Express office premises for the film]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film's music was composed by Vidyasagar.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The 'Madurai Veeran' song, which played over an action sequence, became a trend-setter, and subsequently inspired several such scenes in Tamil cinema, till the latest Darbar.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The tunes of 'Ithanundu Muthathile' and 'Koduva Meesa' were used for two songs of Naaga, another Telugu film that Vidyasagar composed the music for.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Upon release in January 2003, the film was financially successful, despite opening alongside other prominent ventures such as the Kamal Haasan-Madhavan starrer Anbe Sivam and Vijay's Vaseegara.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The film, which was made by AM Ratnam at a budget of 7 crores (equivalent to 25 crores now), made 30 crores at the BO (equivalent to nearly 95 crores now).]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Dhool was Reemma Sen's third film in Tamil after the 2001 Minnale and the 2002 Bhagavathi.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Dhool was Pasupathi's breakout film as the villain.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Telangana Shakuntala played the iconic character of Sornakka, which also influenced several such female villains in Tamil cinema.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Vikram's comedy track in the film involving Paravai Muniyamma and Mayilsamy, became a part of the pop-culture of the early 2000s.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Dhool was dubbed and released in Malayalam under the same title.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Dhool was remade and released in Telugu in October 2003 by Ravi Raja Pinnisetty as Veede, with Ravi Teja and Arthi Agarwal taking up the lead roles, while Reemma Sen retained her role]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The Sinhala remake of the film released in Sri Lanka in 2014 starred Ranjan Ramanayake as Ranja. A sequel titled Ranja 2 was shot and released as well.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A Bengali remake titled Ghatak and a Punjabi remake titled The Lion of Punjab, starring Diljit Dosanjh, has been made.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A Bengali remake titled Ghatak and a Punjabi remake titled The Lion of Punjab, starring Diljit Dosanjh, has been made.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Here a few more rare pictures from the film...]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ As the movie steps into its 18th year, we give you some interesting trivia on its making...]]></image:caption>
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