Rajinikanth filmography
Films

Rajinikanth filmography

Section Title: Films
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Film	Year	Role(s)	Language(s)	Director(s)	Notes	Ref.

Apoorva Raagangal	1975	Pandiyan	Tamil	K. Balachander

Katha Sangama	1976	Kondaji	Kannada	Puttanna Kanagal

Anthuleni Katha	1976	Murthy	Telugu	K. Balachander

Moondru Mudichu	1976	Prasad	Tamil	K. Balachander

Baalu Jenu	1976	Vasu	Kannada	Balan, Kunigal Nagabushan

Avargal	1977	Ramanathan	Tamil	K. Balachander

Kavikkuyil	1977	Murugan	Tamil	Devaraj Mohan

Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram	1977	Veeraiyan	Tamil	Durai

Chilakamma Cheppindi	1977	Ravi	Telugu	Eranki Sharma

Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri	1977	Sampath	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Ondu Premada Kathe	1977	Local school chairman	Kannada	S. M. Joe Simon

16 Vayathinile	1977	Parattai	Tamil	P. Bharathiraja

Sahodarara Savaal	1977	Shekhar	Kannada	K. S. R. Das

Aadu Puli Attam	1977	Rajini	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Gaayathri	1977	Rajarathinam	Tamil	R. Pattabhiraman

Kumkuma Rakshe	1977	Unknown	Kannada	S. K. A. Chari

Aarupushpangal	1977	Ravi	Tamil	K. M. Balakrishnan

Tholireyi Gadichindi	1977	Unknown	Telugu	K. S. Rami Reddy

Aame Katha	1977	Unknown	Telugu	K. Raghavendra Rao

Galate Samsara	1977	Sundar	Kannada	C. V. Rajendran

Shankar Salim Simon	1978	Simon	Tamil	P. Madhavan

Kiladi Kittu	1978	Srikanth	Kannada	K. S. R. Das

Annadammula Savaal	1978	Rangababu	Telugu	K. S. R. Das

Aayiram Jenmangal	1978	Ramesh	Tamil	Durai

Maathu Tappada Maga	1978	Chandru	Kannada	Peketi Sivaram

Mangudi Minor	1978	Kumar	Tamil	V. C. Guhanathan

Bairavi	1978	Mookaiah	Tamil	M. Bhaskar

Ilamai Oonjaladukirathu	1978	Murali	Tamil	C. V. Sridhar

Sadhurangam	1978	Kumaresan	Tamil	Durai

Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye	1978	Joe	Tamil	A. C. Tirulokchandar

Vayasu Pilichindi	1978	Murali	Telugu	C. V. Sridhar

Mullum Malarum	1978	Kaali	Tamil	J. Mahendran	Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize

Iraivan Kodutha Varam	1978	Rajinikanth	Tamil	A. Bhimsingh

Thappida Thala	1978	Devu	Kannada	K. Balachander

Thappu Thalangal	1978	Deva	Tamil	K. Balachander

Aval Appadithan	1978	Thyagu	Tamil	C. Rudhraiya

Thai Meethu Sathiyam	1978	Babu	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan

En Kelvikku Enna Bathil	1978	Saravana	Tamil	P. Madhavan

Paavathin Sambalam	1978	Himself	Tamil	Durai	Guest appearance

Justice Gopinath	1978	Ravi	Tamil	Dasari Yoganand

Priya	1978	Ganesh	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman	Tamil–Kannada bilingual film

Kannada

Kuppathu Raja	1979	Raja	Tamil	T. R. Ramanna

Iddaru Asadhyule	1979	Bhaskar	Telugu	K. S. R. Das

Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum	1979	Kamruddin	Malayalam	I. V. Sasi	Malayalam–Tamil bilingual film

Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum	Tamil

Ninaithale Inikkum	1979	Deepak	Tamil	K. Balachander	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film

Andamaina Anubhavam	Dileep	Telugu

Thaayillamal Naan Illai	1979	Bichwa Bakri	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan	Guest appearance

Dharma Yuddam	1979	Raja	Tamil	R. C. Sakthi

Naan Vazhavaippen	1979	Michael D'Souza	Tamil	Dasari Yoganand

Tiger	1979	Rashid	Telugu	N. Ramesh

Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai	1979	Santhanam	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Annai Oru Aalayam	1979	Vijay	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film

Amma Evarikkaina Amma	Telugu

Billa	1980	David Billa, Rajappa	Tamil	R. Krishnamurthy

Natchathiram	1980	Himself	Tamil	Dasari Narayana Rao	Guest appearance

Ram Robert Rahim	1980	Ram	Telugu	Vijaya Nirmala

Anbukku Naan Adimai	1980	Gopinath	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan

Kaali	1980	Kali	Tamil	I. V. Sasi	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film

Telugu

Mayadari Krishnudu	1980	Krishnudu	Telugu	R. Thyagarajan

Naan Potta Saval	1980	Ram	Tamil	Puratchidasan

Johnny	1980	Johnny, Vidyasagar	Tamil	J. Mahendran

Ellam Un Kairasi	1980	Raja	Tamil	M. A. Thirumugam

Polladhavan	1980	Manohar	Tamil	Muktha V. Srinivasan

Murattu Kalai	1980	Kalaiyan	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Thee	1981	Rajashekar	Tamil	R. Krishnamurthy

Kazhugu	1981	Raja	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Thillu Mullu	1981	Chandran (Indran)	Tamil	K. Balachander

Garjanai	1981	Vijay	Tamil	C. V. Rajendran	Tamil–Malayalam–Kannada multilingual film

Garjanam	Malayalam

Garjane	Kannada

Netrikkann	1981	Chakravarthi, Santosh	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Ranuva Veeran	1981	Raghu	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Pokkiri Raja	1982	Raja, Ramesh	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Thanikattu Raja	1982	Suryaprakash	Tamil	V. C. Guhanathan

Ranga	1982	Ranganathan	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan

Puthukavithai	1982	Anand	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Nandri, Meendum Varuga	1982	Himself	Tamil	T. S. B. K. Moulee	Guest appearance

Enkeyo Ketta Kural	1982	Kumaran	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Moondru Mugam	1982	Alex Pandian, Arun, John	Tamil	A. Jagannathan	Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize

Agni Sakshi	1982	Himself	Tamil	K. Balachander	Guest appearance

Paayum Puli	1983	Bharani	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Uruvangal Maralam	1983	Himself (Raghavendrar)	Tamil	S. V. Ramanan	Guest appearance

Thudikkum Karangal	1983	Gopi	Tamil	C. V. Sridhar

Andha Kanoon	1983	Vijay Kumar Singh	Hindi	Tatineni Rama Rao

Thai Veedu	1983	Raju	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan

Sivappu Sooriyan	1983	Vijay	Tamil	Muktha V. Srinivasan

Jeet Hamaari	1983	Raju	Hindi	R. Thyagarajan

Adutha Varisu	1983	Kannan	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Thanga Magan	1983	Arun	Tamil	A. Jagannathan

Meri Adaalat	1984	Ashok	Hindi	A. T. Raghu

Naan Mahan Alla	1984	Vishwanath	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Thambikku Entha Ooru	1984	Balu	Tamil	Rajasekhar

Kai Kodukkum Kai	1984	Kaalimuthu	Tamil	J. Mahendran

Ethe Naasaval	1984	Ram	Telugu	Puratchidasan

Anbulla Rajinikanth	1984	Himself	Tamil	K. Natraj

Gangvaa	1984	Gangvaa	Hindi	Rajasekhar

Nallavanuku Nallavan	1984	Manickam	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil

John Jani Janardhan	1984	John A. Mendez, Janardhan B. Gupta, Jani	Hindi	Tatineni Rama Rao

Nyayam Meere Cheppalli	1985	Aathmaram	Telugu	G. Rammohan Rao	Guest appearance

Naan Sigappu Manithan	1985	Vijay	Tamil	S.A. Chandrasekhar

Mahaguru	1985	Vijay (Maha Guru)	Hindi	S. S. Ravichandra

Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal	1985	Ravi	Tamil	Balu Mahendra

Wafadaar	1985	Ranga	Hindi	Dasari Narayana Rao

Sri Raghavendra	1985	Raghavendra	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Geraftaar	1985	Hussain	Hindi	Prayag Raj	Guest appearance

Yaar?	1985	Himself	Tamil	Sakthi–Kannan	Guest appearance

Bewafai	1985	Ranvir	Hindi	R. Thyagarajan

Padikkadavan	1985	Rajendran	Tamil	Rajasekhar

Mr. Bharath	1986	Bharath	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Naan Adimai Illai	1986	Vijay	Tamil	Dwarakish

Jeevana Poratam	1986	Ravi	Telugu	Rajachandra

Viduthalai	1986	Raja	Tamil	K. Vijayan

Bhagwaan Dada	1986	Bhagwan Dada	Hindi	J. Om Prakash

Kodai Mazhai	1986	Himself	Tamil	Muktha S. Sundar	Guest appearance

Asli Naqli	1986	Birju Ustad	Hindi	Sudarsan Nag

Dosti Dushmani	1986	Ranjith	Hindi	Tatineni Rama Rao

Maaveeran	1986	Raja	Tamil	Rajasekhar	Also co-producer

Daku Hasina	1987	Mangal Singh	Hindi	Ashok Rao	Special appearance

Velaikaran	1987	Raghupathi	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Insaaf Kaun Karega	1987	Vikram Singh	Hindi	Sudarsan Nag

Oorkavalan	1987	Kangeyan	Tamil	Manobala

Manithan	1987	Raja	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Manathil Uruthi Vendum	1987	Himself	Tamil	K. Balachander	Guest appearance

Uttar Dakshin	1987	Shankar	Hindi	Prabhat Khanna

Tamacha	1988	Vikram Pratap Singh	Hindi	Ramesh Ahuja

Guru Sishyan	1988	Raja (Guru)	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Dharmathin Thalaivan	1988	Balu, Shankar	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Bloodstone	1988	Shyam Sabu	English	Dwight H. Little

Kodi Parakuthu	1988	Erode Shivagiri (Dada)	Tamil	P. Bharathiraja

Rajathi Raja	1989	Raja, Chinnarasu	Tamil	R. Sundarrajan

Gair Kanooni	1989	Azam Khan	Hindi	Prayag Raj	Special appearance

Siva	1989	Siva (Tiger)	Tamil	Ameerjan

Raja Chinna Roja	1989	Raja (Kumar)	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Mappillai	1989	Aarumugam	Tamil	Rajasekhar

Bhrashtachar	1989	Abdul Sattar	Hindi	Ramesh Sippy	Special appearance

ChaalBaaz	1989	Jaggu	Hindi	Pankaj Parashar

Panakkaran	1990	Muthu	Tamil	P. Vasu

Periya Idathu Pillai	1990	Rajinikanth	Tamil	Senthilnathan	Guest appearance

Athisaya Piravi	1990	Kaalai, Balu	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Dharma Durai	1991	Dharma Durai	Tamil	Rajasekhar

Hum	1991	Kumar Malhotra	Hindi	Mukul S. Anand

Farishtay	1991	Arjun Thange	Hindi	Anil Sharma

Khoon Ka Karz	1991	Kishan	Hindi	Mukul S. Anand

Phool Bane Angaray	1991	Ranjit Singh	Hindi	K. C. Bokadia

Nattukku Oru Nallavan	1991	Subhash	Tamil	V. Ravichandran

Thalapathi	1991	Surya	Tamil	Mani Ratnam

Mannan	1992	Krishnan	Tamil	P. Vasu	Also playback singer

Tyagi	1992	Shankar G. "Dadhu" Dayal	Hindi	K. C. Bokadia

Annamalai	1992	Annamalai	Tamil	Suresh Krissna

Pandiyan	1992	Pandiyan	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman

Insaniyat Ke Devta	1993	Anwar	Hindi	K. C. Bokadia

Yejaman	1993	Vaanavarayan	Tamil	R. V. Udayakumar

Uzhaippali	1993	Thamizharasan (Thamizhazhagan)	Tamil	P. Vasu

Valli	1993	Veeraiyan	Tamil	K. Natraj	Cameo appearance Also producer and screenwriter

Veera	1994	Muthuveerappan (Veera)	Tamil	Suresh Krissna

Baashha	1995	Manickam (Manick Baashha)	Tamil	Suresh Krissna

Peddarayudu	1995	Paparayudu	Telugu	Ravi Raja Pinisetty

Aatank Hi Aatank	1995	Munna	Hindi	Dilip Shankar

Muthu	1995	Muthuvel, Zamindar	Tamil	K. S. Ravikumar	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor

Bhagya Debata	1995	Unknown	Bengali	Raghuram	Special appearance

Arunachalam	1997	Arunachalam, Vedachalam	Tamil	Sundar C.

Padayappa	1999	Aarupadayappan	Tamil	K. S. Ravikumar	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor

Bulandi	2000	Ghajraj Thakur	Hindi	Tatineni Rama Rao

Baba	2002	Baba, Mahavatar Babaji (voice only)	Tamil	Suresh Krissna	Also producer and screenwriter

Chandramukhi	2005	Saravanan, Vettaiyan Raja	Tamil	P. Vasu	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor

Sivaji	2007	Sivaji (M. G. Ravichandran)	Tamil	S. Shankar	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil

Kuselan	2008	Ashok Kumar	Tamil	P. Vasu	Cameo appearance Tamil–Telugu bilingual film

Kathanayakudu	Telugu

Enthiran	2010	Vaseegaran, Chitti	Tamil	S. Shankar	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil

Ra.One	2011	Chitti	Hindi	Anubhav Sinha	Special appearance

Kochadaiiyaan	2014	Kochadaiiyaan, Rana, Sena	Tamil	Soundarya Rajinikanth	Also playback singer

Lingaa	2014	Raja Lingeswaran, Lingaa	Tamil	K. S. Ravikumar

Kabali	2016	Kabaleeswaran (Kabali)	Tamil	Pa. Ranjith	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil

Cinema Veeran	2017	Himself	Tamil	Aishwarya R. Dhanush	Documentary film, Narrator

Kaala	2018	Karikaalan (Kaala)	Tamil	Pa. Ranjith

2.0	2018	Vaseegaran, Chitti, Kutty Chitti	Tamil	S. Shankar

Petta	2019	Kaali (Petta Velan)	Tamil	Karthik Subbaraj

Darbar	2020	TBA	Tamil	AR Murugadoss	Filming

Sentence(s)

Rajinikanth appeared in Suresh Krissna's Tamil films Annamalai (1992), P. Vasu's Mannan (1992) and Uzhaippali (1993).
Suresh Krissna's Annamalai (1992), P. Vasu's Mannan (1992) and Uzhaippali (1993) are Rajinikanth films in Tamil.

final_sentence: Rajinikanth appeared in Suresh Krissna's Tamil films Annamalai (1992), P. Vasu's Mannan (1992) and Uzhaippali (1993).
final_sentence: Suresh Krissna's Annamalai (1992), P. Vasu's Mannan (1992) and Uzhaippali (1993) are Rajinikanth films in Tamil.