Rise To Fame: After a lot of experimentations and breakthrough in the first half of the 1980s, Rajinikanth started giving a series of commercially successful films like Naan Sigappu Manithan, Padikkathavan, Mr. Bharath, Velaikaran and Dharmathin Thalaivan. By the time of 1990s, the actor had already established himself as a commercial entertainer doing films like Thalapathi, Annamalai, Mannan, Veera and Baasha. It was the same time when his venture in Bollywood began.