 You have to keep the hair. I know that's what I love about Rajnikanth because he has the he could have and wear the greatest Wigs that people would believe his full head of hair and he does not give a Crap that he has lost his hair at all. He is so he is so selfish and aware of himself I love the man super star rationing come love the man super star rationing come. Yep. Oh cool Hey, welcome back to our stupid direct season Corbett. I'm Rick you follow the Instagram Twitter for more juicy content Today we got an interview with superstar rationing come wow That's not not kidding In the intro it's a exclusive interview with superstar rationing come awesome And I think it's mostly in English. I do believe hope he talks about the I want to give I want to hear him tell me Who is the master? That creates those wigs Her name is Helen. It's the it's the he has the best wigs in the business. Here we go from humble beginnings to super stada. Wow Great man a few words From humble beginnings to super stada and becoming one of the most loved actors with a following in millions His has audience a lot. Yeah, the visual and audio is a little after par excellence Who's acted in more than hundred and sixty films an acting career of over forty four years and inspiration for the actors yet So humble and simple. I've had two feature film releases Acting Golden jubilee award the icon award Which is a special award that has been conferred on him on the golden jubilee year of the International Film Festival of India Welcome to the Russian yes survivors back in 2014 you were conferred with centenary award of Indian film personality of the year this time around you're being honored with The icon of golden jubilee of easy award you represent 50 years of cinematic excellence your thoughts on these honors First when they announced this award to me. It was a very pleasant shock. I Really thought actually I mean really I mean do I deserve this honor? An icon award I'm pretty sure you deserve deserving of an icon award True I'm very humble Moses said that about himself. I am natural So nobody is actually unnatural become I mean Common I'm living my life like how the people are the people they live like so it looks like I mean different Just normal yeah Your life's journey has been dramatic. You have very humble roots very humble beginnings. You've had When you look back, what do you feel from other humble beginning what I am today? All great goes to actually first my parents and God's blessings and The all this one that uses directors and especially my fans Who are loving me? From the beginning till today What was that turning point in your life because you went to something totally different and then you moved into films You joined the film Institute in Madras Then there was K Balachander who noticed you. So what was that turning point in the entire journey? My entire the film journey the turning point is meeting K Balachander He completely he changed my life Yeah, I mean, of course, I mean I came to Maras and join the music to become an actor But I never thought actually becoming a hero and Actually, I'm interested to a film is to draw swimming. I was in Karanabash. I don't know him Also, yeah So Barshan Sriman identified me. No, he's he's genius everyone knows about it and He only told me just learn Tamil. They will see that I'm taking you to So he was so much confidence So in me so he identified and he told me I mean something in me And then a poor Raghangal happened in 1975 How was your journey since then because like you said You began with villainous rules and then you became a hero and then you became a superhero You have 50 to 50 years of cinematic experience with you So how has the journey been since a poor Raghangal that was way back in 1975 and viewers should know that Incredible one the best film award in the National Film Awards and it got three national film awards. Yeah It is actually may not be very small character number Attracted in that but when sharing the pictures of the buzzings are told me it is only a beginning He speaks English like he speaks Tamil. Yeah, really fast really fast That is actually a proper introduction actually he gave me as a villain as anti-hero kind of character Even KBS are himself. Of course he identified and he wants me to be a good character artist Like that he never even thought actually I'd become a hero That not surprising considering how he started So there actually he actually he came with the proposal of I offered me as a hero and unfortunately the picture clicked in a very big way So then that hero brand Stucked on me So it is like You know it is like from that day onwards till today by last days Yeah And you doubled into so much of regional cinema because like you said you began with Telugu And then Tamil cinema happened. You've done Kannada cinema as well. You've done Hindi cinema. You've acted in Hollywood too So was it a seamless transition for you? What did he act in Hollywood? This would be very challenging for a normal actor. Did I already know this so many languages? Yes, the language is a problem. So other days when acting the emotions everything is the same But when the language is a problem in the initial actually I felt really difficult to act in the Hindi films Yeah, so then actually I picked up gradually later I picked up But actually to cope up with norm in all three languages, two languages mainly then actually I was concentrating only Tamil and in Hindi Actually in 90s 83 to 90s Then I find a difficult norm in competing coping up with that We hear Bombay because in Bombay south is very I mean Planned actually Okay, now actually Bombay market has changed then it was not like that So then I find it difficult then I started acting in Hindi films then I started acting only in Tamil But in a film institute days did you train in any particular language? Okay, yeah, I was in Karnataka there then in 75 70 to 74 So you did so much of hard work learning so many languages and then acting into films Yeah, here being in Bangalore is a gospel but in the city you know being in Bangalore Bangaloreans They know three languages their mother tongue Kannada and hindi Yeah, and Marathi being my language So In India, so I'm because in cinema language Do you say Marathi is his language? Friendships and legendary I mean the story his original language is Marathi Legendary so to say Are you still in close touch with your old friends with those you were in touch with maybe from your film institute days? Yes, there is my real fortune That is my real fortune really I really relax with them myself She was your only quote Uh-huh Yeah, that's the very different actually it is It's completely different Whereas you know, no Those are your real friends? Yeah, you can say she was your only quote Yeah, they knew me they knew me when Really happy They don't know you at Superstar Roshnikanth They know you as You're a friend to your friends You're a friend to the world of us You are a father to your children You are a husband to your life You know, how is that part of Rajnikanth different from what we see? Everything is acting in life Everything is acting Yes, yes, yes She was not acting before the end of that So off camera everything is acting But you have to act properly Yeah, absolutely You have to do the character sincerely and honestly You're a director's actor aren't you? Yes, I'm a director's actor So when the script comes to you How do you decide How to go with it? You see the script, director, what do you say? Yes, first director's voice The first preference So then actually if you have any suggestions Then I will discuss with you So this is like what I would like to do like this So if he accepts, yes Yeah, so actually you know he improvised a lot Because basically I'm from the family institute Your emotions are also with the thought So just whatever they have to say is if you do that Do that, I mean why we need you You know what is your Input Input, not your input So actually we discussed To bless you, double portion So if everything is fine Sagarapai has been prepared, there is need We do that And your mannerisms, your signature moves They are a rage Your films have created their own iconic scenes And your signature moves like that are a rage So what motivated you to develop your own style? Because I understand that when you began You didn't have your own mannerisms And then slowly you developed your mannerisms And they are such a hit Needless to say So in the beginning days actually I mean I made a point actually Every picture I think every picture I have to introduce some style Some gimmicks Because it is easy to do gimmicks Or in mannerism for a villain For a hero actually it won't For villain, yes But in a villain character there is no boundaries There is no limitation for a villain He can do a bad character He can do anything Whereas the heroes there are so much limitations Right So in every picture I have made a point I actually need to create some new gimmicks Or new mannerisms I used to work on that Yes, the gate openings stand Throwing the gate open And these two days And the flip of goggles These are really legendary so to say So do you give your own inputs Yeah, yeah, our gimmicks actually I give my one And you do a lot of practice I am sure I do, I do Months and weeks It depends on some types And it comes just like that You know it will play And sometimes you have to work in home And sometimes we take solution from others also Yeah And the director who discovered you Like you said was K Balachandar So how did you know that happen And he also remarked when he looked at you During an audition that this guy has fire in his eyes Does that fire still burn bright? I don't know, you should say Yeah, of course it does From my perspective From your fans' perspective it does Yeah, yeah, yeah He's God's gracer, he's God's gracer maybe But what keeps you going You know that energy that you exude That is I enjoy my profession I enjoy my acting I won't take that as about the work Like that, I enjoy it like a game So this way there's no tensions That's why it's called a play That creativity, you know Creativity will come actually When you start enjoying Anything what you do You have to enjoy first You did a film on your guru, Raghavendra Does spiritualism drive you in your career? For my, not only for my career And for my life Yeah, the spiritualism actually has a lot to do Is that the reason you go to the Himalayas Yeah, yes, yes To get recharged You're a believer Very much Okay, now you know Three generations have senior movies And each generation has liked them As much as the previous generation Are you a legend or a phenomena? I'm just an act Great answer It's not for him to say, really Exactly The illusion that they have for you is mesmerizing I remember how your pictures were bathed in milk I mean, does all this amaze you sometimes? Yes, definitely Definitely, actually I mean, really, sometimes it makes me very emotional The way actually how they love me The way actually they give love No, I can't, I don't know how to give back that So that's all that No, I will picture to picture No, I will, I will do my level best To please them To do something Something new No, I will try I will try to please them That is for their love No, only that only I can give back In normal life you're so different You don't wear your makeup, wigs Which other actors do In that sense, you've broken tradition Because you are very original You are the way you are Like you're talking to me without any paraphernalia That other actors carry Is it because you're comfortable with your own selves? Absolutely You know, true I'm comfortable I want to be comfortable So in camera, in front of camera We're to act, we're wearing all that and everything So you're not the camera No, if you, if you, if you know that Even what you do in front of camera We feel like all the time No, we are in front of camera Yeah, so I am very much I've been, people accepted it They're fine You worked with young actors Glad she brought that out That you would have for many young aspirants Also who are going to join the film industry First of all, actually, they should enjoy their work Yeah, whatever they do They should enjoy They should enjoy That is the most important thing And what's been your inspiration? Has it been the Almighty? Has it been the Richter, Mr. Balachandar Or your own family? I'm sure, you know, there's something that The family tells you to keep you going You have your own drive So what is it that's inspired you the most? One should be busy If it's the most important Especially, especially when you are across 40 or 50 or 55, this thing Mr. Balachandar is a great inspiration for me Great inspiration for me Absolutely Yeah, so actually, he strongly Believed and actually advised me He's a very good friend of mine Doesn't he keep busy, busy, busy? You're in constant touch with him? Yes, yes, yes, yes Yeah, yeah, yeah That is the most important thing And do what I like to do Do what you don't, don't bother about what people say It is the highest, don't give ear to them There was a great equation with him, wasn't there? Yeah, very much Bye, Vajnikant Thalaivar, it was a pleasure to have you under the darshan years My pleasure Really a privilege for two darshan years to have you Thank you It's actually kind of crazy that He's one of the biggest superstars in India, right? If not the biggest, you know, you can make a debate for that, obviously But he plays these larger than life characters Like these characters that are God-like, superhero-like Oh, that's so confident Yes That he's just this like It's so braggadocious He's much more in real life Just a sweet small guy I'm just an actor, I don't understand really why people Like I'm glad they do Right But I just do what I do for fun They shower me with love I love Are you a legend or a phenomenon? Which is what you want to hear Yeah It'd be really weird He's like, no, I'm a legend Yeah I mean, he is He is That's really not for him to say though No And that's across the board in anything I've heard people who, you know, they say I'm the goat Typically, you're not if you say it Meryl Streep, she's the old goat That's right, the old goat That was great If you don't know that story, it's a great story Look it up Meryl Streep, the goat story The old goat's coming around Yeah, the old goat's coming around I love It says so much about her That she just accepted that they were calling That he was calling her I'm not just calling you a goat The old goat just walked in She's like, yep, that's me Pretty much The old goat Yep So yeah, he's wonderful Just like Yeah, Shavokan was asked that question Oh, you were a legend or anything He'd probably give a sarcastic answer He'd give a sarcastic answer that sounds arrogant But ultimately it's not Yeah, he's like, no, I'm just an actor No, I'm just an actor He's the exact same as me He's like, I don't understand why I've got this love And somebody else didn't I mean, he's very grateful for it Just like superstar One of the questions I would love to ask Because we really haven't talked to anybody at that level Of O'Rajnakanth, Big B, and SRK How they balance Because they do it I mean, SRK makes it a point To express his love to the fans Big B makes it a point to express his love to the fans And I know he does that I mean, we watched the video The Japan frenzy over him Yeah And I would love to know Some of the details of how they How they manage their life and their career By receiving and expressing that love to their fan base Without it becoming all consuming Of, because it could be These kinds of legends could spend 24 hours a day Seven days a week Just reciprocating the kindnesses That are sent to them by fans Yeah And I'm sure they have a very particular way Of expressing it and feeling like, okay I know I can't be all things to them I've got to pull back Because that's very rarefied air to be at that level Yeah I agree That was a lot of fun to listen to He has one film coming out this year That I know of at least And it's Jailer With Yogi Babu With Yogi Babu It's also Ani is the composer Oh, awesome It's going to have a lot of really good Great music Song, let me see Anything else, pre-production? Yeah, that's him, that's his page, right? Yeah, that's not, I don't think it's No, but right there Oh, it's a special appearance I think he's got a script and a pitch And this is just what's on IMDb He only has one film of his coming out this year That would make sense to do one film a year Jailer One or two Same director as Beast I know a lot of people thought it was a really fun film Not Beast, I mean Master is what I Yeah, Master What I meant Yeah Master, a lot of people thought it was a really fun film So I would love to see some Superstar Rastakant film Especially of his big, bombastic hero-ness Opening the gates Yes, that we've seen some Flipping the shades Like fight scenes from and stuff like that So let us know what the next Superstar Because we've seen him act and we know he's a good actor Oh, yeah But I want to see the Superstar side of him as well Yeah, the hero Superstar Let us know what that film should be Down below