Megastar Rajinikanth, known as Thalaiva, is one of the most famous actors in Indian cinema. He has mainly worked in Tamil cinema with Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali and Malayalam languages in five decades in his career. Rajinikanth collaborated with many popular actresses over the years, and Sridevi was among them.
Do you know that Rajinikanth fell in love with Sridevi? There is a quick throw from those days when he wanted to propose it once.
When Rajinikanth visited Sridevi’s housewife party to propose marriage
It is believed that Rajinikanth was more heel than her head in love with Sridevi. Allegedly, the experienced actor once visited his residence during a housewife party and wanted to propose a marriage to the late actress.
In an old interview reported by Atims, the filmmaker. Balchander once opened about how Rajinikanth was very serious about his feelings towards him. Recalling the incident, the director shared that when Mondru Mudichu arrived at his co-star’s house during actor Griha-Pravesh ceremony, the power supply stopped, leaving the residence in the dark.
Rajinikanth felt that it was a bad omen and chose not to talk about it. Left home without proceeding with experienced proposal.
Despite her strong feelings for Sridevi, Rajinikanth chose to maintain a healthy bond with the moonlight actress.
About all Rajinikanth and Sridevi’s films
Rajinikanth and Sridevi worked together in many films in four languages in Indian cinema: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Rajinikanth collaborated with Sridevi under the direction of 1976 of Balanchandar for the first time, Mondru Mudichu. At the age of 13, Sridevi played her on-screen mother.
He also acted in films like 16 Vyathinile, Johnny, Bhagwan Dada, Adutha Varisu, and Ranuva Veeran to keep some names. The 1986 film Nan Adimai Ilai was Sridevi’s last film, which was with Rajinikanth in Tamil language. He was part of Sridevi’s 1989 Hindi film, Chalbaaz.
Rajinikanth gears for the coolie
Rajinikanth will now be seen in the upcoming film, Coolie. The Tamil Action thriller is ready to hit the screen on August 14, 2025 with Independence Day Weekend. It will hit the Hindi box office with War 2.
Sridevi’s last film in the lead role was MAA, which was released in 2017. A year later, the late actress made a cameo appearance posthumously in Shah Rukh Khan’s 2018 film Zone.
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