Sublime

In the end, he distributes his money for social-welfare schemes. It’s a terribly awkward fit: the man is a cold-blooded murderer, an action hero who jumps off buildings over hundred stories high … and yet he reminds audience of his caste.

A popular anecdote about the height of his stardom was that he once visited three different cities across Andhra Pradesh on the same day in a helicopter to celebrate the success of Gharana Mogudu.

Rajnikanth’s Naurku Oru Nallavan bombed in 1991, despite him playing a police officer in the film alongside Juhi Chawla. The Hindi version, titled Shanti Kranti (1991), did not generate as much traction as expected.

‘At that point, I saw a crowd outside a hair salon, talking about Hero Pawan Kalyan who had just arrived. I obviously wanted to see him, so I joined the crowd. Pawan Kalyan took the time to talk to almost all of us who were there. Imagine that. He spoke to all of us. When he saw me, he placed his hand on my shoulder and asked me my name. When I tol