Times Rajinikanth worked as a producer and screenwriter for his Tamil films

Rajinikanth started his acting journey from  1975 Tamil flick Apoorva Raagangal. He showcased his acting versatility in numerous movies and various genres. Rajinikanth is famous for his larger-than-life, iconic characters in his movies. Take a look at times when megastar donned producer's hat and even wrote screenplay of films. 

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Rajinikanth movies as a producer and screenwriter

Valli

1993 movie Valli saw Rajinikanth as producer for first time in his film career. Tamil movie was directed by K.Natraj. Rajinikanth even made a cameo in film as well as wrote screenplay of film. movie was female-oriented and was based on story of a girl named Valli. film starred Hariraj and Priya Raman as main leads along with Vadivelu and Sanjay portraying pivotal roles. Rajinikanth was credited for writing script of film as well as  dialogues. Even though movie couldn't garner much at box office, it was still loved by Rajini's fans. film was even dubbed in Telugu and titled as Vijaya. 

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Baba

2002 movie Baba saw Rajinikanth donning producer hat again after 1993. movie was based on life of a carefree aist named Baba and how his life is influenced by his past life. movie was a supernatural mythological action film which was directed by Suresh Krishna and produced under Rajinikanth's production banner called Lotus International. cast of film included Manisha Koirala, Sujatha, Ashish Vidyarthi, Vijayakumar, Sayaji Shinde, Bharath Dhabolkar, and Amrish Puri, among ors. Actors like Ramya Krishnan, Sarath Babu, Raghava Lawrence, Prabhu Deva, Radha Ravi and Nassar were seen as guest roles in movie. 

film's soundtrack was given by A.R.Rahman. film's story was about a young aist who is a reincarnation of great saint from Himalayas named Mahavatar Babaji. movie Baba performed poorly at box office, and post this film, Rajinikanth was t seen as a producer. 

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Rajinikanth was last seen in film Darbar in 2020 and post this film he would be next seen in film Annaat in 2021. He is currently filming for his Tamil film Annaat which is being directed by Siva. movie features Rajinikanth, Meena, Khushbu Sundar, Keerthy Suresh, Nayanthara, Prakash Raj, Soori, Sathish and Vela Ramamoorthy in pivotal roles. 

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