Actor Rajinikanth who has made his mark in acting from the South Film Industry to Bollywood. Rajini has ruled the cinema for the last 5 decades very few people know about the actor that Rajinikanth was a bus conductor before acting. Here we are giving you information about both Rajinikanths personal and professional life. Rajinikanth who lost his mother in childhood was born on 12 December 1950 in a Marathi family in Bangalore and has achieved this position today through hard work. Rajinikanths real name was Shivaji Rao Gaikwad. His childhood was spent in great poverty. His mother died in his childhood. The responsibility of running the house was on his shoulders. To run the house Rajinikanth even worked as a coolie. Later he also worked as a conductor in Bangalore Transport Services. However his childhood dream was to become an actor so along with working as a conductor he also started some stage shows. Meanwhile an advertisement for a film institute was published in a newspaper which provided courses for working in films. Rajinikanth talked about this at home although he did not get support from the family due to the poor condition of the family. His acting journey started with the help of a friend. Later Rajinikanths friend Raj Bahadur helped him and got him admitted to an acting institute. This is where his acting journey started. Rajinikanth started his acting career with Kannada plays. There his acting as Duryodhana of the Mahabharata was highly praised. Rajinikanth had studied Tamil language before entering the Tamil film industry. His first film was Apoorva Raagangal. Kamal Haasan was also seen in this film. Many people know that there was a time when Rajinikanth thought of quitting films but his family did not let him do so. Apart from Tamil and Telugu Rajinikanth was also not behind in spreading his charm in Bollywood. Rajinikanth started his career in Bollywood with the film Andha Kanoon and after this he also acted in many Bollywood films like Bhagwan Dada Aatank Hi Aatank and Chaalbaaz. If we talk about his South Indian films then he entered the world of acting in 1975 with the Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal. After this he worked in superhit films like Billu Muthu Bashaha Shivaji and Enthiran Apart from acting he had also considered joining politics but later in December last year citing ill health he cancelled his plans to enter electoral politics. He had said that he would not enter politics due to ill health. However Kamal Haasan is trying his best to get him to join politics. Recently he also met Rajini and appealed to him to support his party.