'Thalaiva' Rajinikanth completes 40 years in Indian Cinema

Superstar Rajinikanth, who has acted in over 170 films and bagged many awards over the years including a Padma Bhushan, has completed four decades in the Indian Cinema.

'Thalaiva' as he is popularly known, started his career with Tamil film APOORVA RAANGAGAL in 1975 before churning some hits down South, the biggest being ENTHIRAN opposite Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The superstar was last seen opposite Deepika Padukone in KOCHADAIIYAAN which released earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Rajinikanth's LINGA co-star and Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha got on to a micro-blogging site and posted about the 40 years celebration of the superstar. "40 years of entertaining ppl like a boss! I was just part of a historic celebration! Congrats @SuperstarRajini sir!"