It's Thalaivar's birthday month! What better way there is than to celebrate it by making him our Artist of The Month?! 

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Say your vanakkams to Rajinikanth, the bus conductor who decided to live by the magical words 'un vaazhkai, un kaiyil' and inspire many people out there! As we celebrate his birthday today, let's go down the memory lane to reminisce some of the best roles he has played in at least 116 of his movies! 

We definitely can't list them all down, but here are our favourites! 

1. APOORVA RAAGANGAL

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In his screen debut, Rajinikanth played the role of Srividya’s abusive husband.

2. BILLA 

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A remake of Amitabh Bachchan’s 1978 hit Don, Rajiniknath play a feared Madras gangster.

3. BASHA

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Rajini was a rickshaw driver who avoids violence at all costs. When his brother gets into trouble with some goons, it triggers a set of events that revive his old violent self.

4. PADAYAPPA

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The plot revolves around Padayappa, an engineer whose father dies of shock soon after he is defrauded and loses his property to his foster brother.

5. MOONDRU MUDICHI 

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Rajinikanth played roommate to Kamal Haasan, pretending to support his love for Sridevi but actually plotting to topple him over. In an iconic scene, he watches Haasan drown to death without jumping in to save him.

6. ENTHIRAN

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In S.Shankar’s blockbuster science fiction film, Rajinikanth plays a scientist and his robot creation which later turns evil, opposing its own master. The film co-starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was released as Robot in Hindi and Robo in Telugu.

7. MOONDRU MUGAM 

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Rajinikanth took on a police officer role in this movie in which before dying at the hands of a criminal, a police officer swears that he will return as a reincarnation to seek revenge. Consequently, fate brings together his twin sons who were separated at birth.

8. DARBAR 

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Rajinikanth's latest movie that is soon to be released! He is giving a comeback as a police man! We haven't watched the movie but from the trailer we can say that it's going to be pakka mass!! 

Thalaivaa, you are great! All the best to you in your future movies. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 

We know there just so many movies out there and if we were to list them all out, a day won't be enough. But tell us, which is your favourite movie of Rajinikanth?