Let
alone
the
fact
that
it
has
not
been
a
great
decade
so
far
for
the
Superstar
of
Indian
cinema,
Rajinikanth.
In
the
last
decade
too
it
was
not
an
ideal
beginning
for
Rajinikanth.
His
film
Baba,
which
was
released
in
2002
bombed
at
the
box
office
sending
warning
signals
to
the
Superstar's
camp.
But
the
boss
of
box
office
came
back
with
quite
a
big
bang
as
his
next
two
films
Chandramukhi
and
Sivaji,
which
came
out
in
2005
and
2007
respectively
went
on
to
set
box
office
records.
However,
the
decade
did
not
end
on
a
good
note
as
Kuselan(2008)
failed
to
collect
enough
money
to
keep
its
producers
happy.
This
decade
too
has
not
been
productive
enough,
for
Rajinikanth's
factor
too
has
not
been
able
to
showcase
its
usual
magic.
Blame
it
on
luck
as
the
Sivaji
star
was
kept
silent
for
four
years
because,
he
was
hospitalized
right
after
his
blockbuster
movie
Enthiran
in
2010.
Though
this
decade
began
on
a
positive
note
for
our
Superstar,
it
has
not
been
good
ever
since.
After
a
gap
of
four
years,
Kochadaiiyaan,
India's
first
motion
capture
movie
flopped
leaving
some
distributors
with
no
choice
but
to
ask
for
compensation
from
Rajinikanth.
Lingaa,
which
was
completed
in
just
six
months
predominantly
to
compensate
for
the
loss
incurred
from
Kochaidaiiyaan
too
failed
to
keep
the
cash
registers
ringing
post
two
weeks
at
the
box
office
which
once
again
left
the
distributors
in
a
spot
of
bother.
Considering
what's
happened
in
the
last
two
decades,
it
is
very
much
evident
that
in
forty
years
Tamil
cinema
is
experiencing
something
different
with
Rajinikanth
films.
For
the
first
time
in
forty
years,
it
feels
as
if
Rajinikanth
films
too
are
prone
to
fail
at
the
box
office
consistently.
Slowly
but
surely
suggestions
regarding
what
kind
of
roles
Rajinikanth
should
choose
are
emerging
within
Kollywood
post
his
Lingaa
debacle.
While
some
experts
say
that
a
phenomenon
called
Rajinikanth
cannot
be
written
off
this
early,
others
say
that
it
is
time
for
the
face
of
Tamil
cinema
to
prepare
itself
for
a
make-up
or
should
I
say
makeover?
As
of
now,
what
we
all
know
is
that
Rajinikanth's
next
move
is
as
crucial
as
it
can
get.