The actor passed away on Sunday, December 15 after a prolonged illness.
'He was the manliest of them all, a true man's man. Warrior, King, Pioneer, Thespian, Womaniser, Drunkard, Scoundrel -- he made it all look grander than ever, and he did so with fluent effortlessness.' Raja Sen salutes the great actor who passed into the ages on Sunday.
While we will indeed miss him, we are mercifully left with his films, his performances.
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The Egypt-born actor's agent Steve Kenis said, "He suffered a heart attack in a hospital in Cairo."
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Lingaa can get tiresome, especially with the too-long fight scenes, but remains constantly watchable because of the miraculously light way in which Rajinikanth continues to wear his megastardom around him, says Raja Sen.
'The biggest disappointment at the Berlinale is the very small representation of Indian films.'
'He was a magnificent looking man -- perhaps the best looking international actor of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, even in the current century. And quite definitely the first actor from Asia to make it big in the West,' says Aseem Chhabra.
Ananth Mahadevan takes on the audience.
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