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Early life

Rajinikanth was born as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad on December 12, 1950, into a Maratha Kunbi family in Bangalore, Mysore State (present-day Karnataka). He was named after the Maratha Empire king Shivaji and was brought up speaking Marathi at home and Kannada outside. 

His mother was a housewife, and his father, Ramoji Rao Gaekwad, was a police constable. His ancestors hailed from Mavadi Kadepathar, Pune, Maharashtra. He is the youngest of four siblings in a family consisting of two elder brothers (Satyanarayana Rao and Nageshwara Rao) and a sister (Aswath Balubhai). 

After his father\’s retirement from work in 1956, the family moved to the suburb of Hanumantha Nagar in Bangalore and built a house there. He lost his mother at the age of nine.

Rajinikanth had his primary education at the Gavipuram Government Kannada Model Primary School in Bangalore. As a child, he was \”studious and mischievous,\” with a great interest in cricket, football, and basketball.

 During this time, his brother enrolled him at the Ramakrishna Math, a Hindu monastery set up by the Ramakrishna Mission. In math, he was taught the Vedas, tradition, and history, which eventually instilled a sense of spirituality in him.

 In addition to spiritual lessons, he also began acting in plays at the theatre. His aspiration towards theatre grew at the math academy, and he was once given the opportunity to enact the role of Ekalavya\’s friend from the Hindu epic Mahabharata. 

His performance in the play received praise from the Kannada poet D. R. Bendre. After sixth grade, Rajinikanth was enrolled at the Acharya Pathasala Public School and studied there till the completion of his pre-university course. During his schooling at the Acharya Pathasala, he spent a lot of time acting in plays.

Upon completion of his school education, Rajinikanth performed several jobs, including that of a coolie, before getting a job in the Bangalore Transport Service (BTS) as a bus conductor. 

He continued to take part in plays after the Kannada playwright Topi Muniappa offered him a chance to act in one of his mythological plays. He decided to take up an acting course at the newly formed Madras Film Institute after coming across an advertisement.

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 Though his family was not fully supportive of his decision to join the institute, his friend and co-worker Raj Bahadur motivated him to join the institute and financially supported him during this phase. During his stay at the institute, he was noticed by the Tamil film director K. Balachander. 

Balachander gave Rajinikanth his stage name to avoid confusion with fellow actor Sivaji Ganesan, based on a character\’s name in his previous film Major Chandrakanth.The director advised him to learn to speak Tamil, a recommendation that Rajinikanth quickly followed. Though he can read the language, he cannot write it.