A fascinating excerpt from Naman Ramachandran's Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography charts the rise of a bus conductor named Shivaji Gaekwad to the mega-phenomenon called Rajnikanth.
'You have to understand the realities of Tamil Nadu politics before you decide if you want to be a politician,' A Ganesh Nadar advises the actor.
'There will be significant political traction for him. But how much, we don't know yet'
How a bus conductor named Shivaji Gaekwad became the mega-phenomenon called Rajinikanth.