Rajini in Mullum Malarum (1978). Rajini in Mullum Malarum (1978). There was once a Tamil cinema where Rajinikanth was not the macho hero going about bashing hundred-odd villains. Rajinikanth knew that he has lost the momentum of 1996 elections when the public sentiment was so overwhelmingly in his favour. That 1996 poll moment that would have ensured a place for him in Tamil Nadu’s political history is now gone.

Source: Indian Express May 16, 2017 14:41 UTC