Wow!
what
a
cheerful
and
eventful
year
for
our
Superstar
Rajinikanth!
In
the
beginning
of
the
year
2008,
he
received
ND
TV's
prestigious
'Entertainer
of
the
Year'
award
from
Prime
Minister
Dr.
Manmohan
Singh.
A
few
months
later
his
biography
'My
Name
Is
Rajinikanth'
hit
the
stalls
and
still
it
is
selling
like
hot
cakes.
Now
a
chapter
on
Rajinikanth's
life
has
been
added
to
Std
VI
English
prose
book
of
CBSE.
This
is
the
first
time
in
India's
history
that
a
chapter
about
an
actor's
success
history
has
been
included,
that
too
in
a
CBSE
text
book.
The
chapter
is
under
the
section:
Dignity
of
Work.
Published
by
Oxford
University
Press,
the
chapter
consist
the
extract
of
his
life
from
a
conductor
to
a
superstar
and
also
includes
excerpts
from
his
friend
Bahadur,
who
was
a
past
colleague
of
Rajini
later
became
a
bosom
friend.
In
1970s
Rajini,
a
bus
conductor
in
route
No.10
A,
and
Bahadur,
a
driver
in
the
same
bus
were
good
friends.
According
to
the
book,
young
Shivaji
Rao
alias
Rajini
sometimes
also
acted
in
plays
staged
at
the
Gubbi
Veeranna
Ranga
Mandir
in
the
city.
When
Bahadur
saw
his
friend
on
stage,
he
realized
that
the
young
man
had
great
acting
potential.
The
overwhelming
response
from
the
audience,
particularly,
when
he
played
Duryodhana
and
Yechhama
Nayaka,
the
Kannada
Warrior,
strengthened
his
belief.
"It
was
then
that
I
was
convinced
that
he
should
act
in
movies," Bahadur
said.
When
the
Madras
Film
Institute
was
set
up
in
Chennai
around
the
same
time,
Bahadur
suggested
to
Shivaji
Rao
that
he
should
pursue
a
course
in
acting
at
the
Institute.
The
young
man
was
obviously
reluctant
to
give
up
his
conductor's
job
and
do
the
course
since
he
was
worried
about
his
finances.
Bahadur
replied,
"Give
up
the
job.
I'll
look
after
all
your
needs." Bahadur
kept
up
his
promise
till
Shivaji
completed
his
course.
For
two
years,
from
1974
to
1976,
he
gave
a
significant
part
of
his
salary
to
Shivaji
and
ensured
that
he
completed
the
course
at
the
Film
Institute.
When
the
course
was
over,
the
famous
director
K
Balachander
signed
up
the
young
actor
for
his
new
Tamil
films
Apporva
Ragangal
and
Moonru
Mudichu.
And
the
rest
is
history!
Now
almost
all
children
in
CBSE
stream
can
read
about
our
superstar
and
his
hard
working
nature
and
how
he
became
an
example
for
true
friendship.
This
is
truly
the
biggest,
rare
and
worthy
honour
to
the
Superstar
and
even
superior
than
any
other
awards
he
received
so
far.