Malayalam- Tamil actor Ravindran known as Disco Ravindran in an interview says that Rajinikanth in his intial days was very depressed and angry. In a fit of rage, he broke a glass door at Chennai airport and was jailed. He said that on sets of Alibaba and Albhuthavilaku, Rajinikanth used to engage in fights with stunt men who teased him. Ravindran says that Rajinikanth once tried to finish off a journalist who wrote gossip about him by trying to run him over by a car. Ravindran says that Raghavendra Swami made an impression on him and slowly the transition took place to spiritualism. Ravindran said that Rajinikanth and Mohanlal are God’s special child and they cannot be dislodged from the top position.
He made his
feature film debut in the Tamil mega
hit Oru Thalai Ragam (1980) and later he
acted in 140 films in different languages including Malayalam, Tamil and
Telugu. He played the second lead in Kamal
Haasan and Rajnikanth movies like Sakalakala Vallavan, Per
Sollum Pillai, Ram Lakshman, Ranga,
Thankamagan and Pokkiri Raja. Often cited as Disco
Raveendran[7] for
his dance movements, he concentrated more in Malayalam with I. V. Sasi movies
like Ashwaradham, Ee Nadu, John Jaffer Janardhanan, Innalenkil
Nale, Sindoora Sandhyakku Mounam, Iniyengilum,
Athiratram, Idanilangal, Karimpinpoovinakkare, Rangam, Abhayam Thedi and
was a part of numerous hit films until he decided to quit movies. In Tamil, he
has also done major roles in Echchil
Iravugal, Poikkal Kudhirai, En
Priyame and Kutravaaligal.
He became a notable film star through his acting in almost 80 superhit films
like Ram Lakshman, Sakalakala Vallavan, Ee Nadu, Madrasile
Mon, Pappayude Swantham Appoos, etc. He did a
wide variety of genres like action, romantic, and comedy who has exposed his
artistic villain characters and has become a sensation who did equal par roles
with the South Indian superstars at his prime. He has acted in films directed
by famous South Indian directors like K.
Balachander, S. P. Muthuraman, I. V. Sasi,
and Hariharan. He has also worked with big
production companies like AVM, Navodaya, Devar
Films, Sathya Movies and Dwarakesh.
In thethe
song ‘Melle Melle Thottu Ennai...’ from the 1984 Tamil movie, ‘Vaazhkai’, in
which Silk Smitha spellbound the viewers with perky dance moves. Raveendran
shared the screen with her.
