This article will have the must watch Rajni movies starting from his early days till Kabali. There is in no particular order and each of the movies has helped Rajni to move on through his career.
Please comment if I have missed any good Tamil Rajni Movies
Movie : Baasha
Year : 1995
Genre : Action
Direction : Suresh Krishna
Cast : Nagma, Janagaraj
The best Rajni action movie for 70% of Rajni fans in Tamil Nadu. This movie also started a trend in Tamil cinema where an action hero will be an silent Hero in the 1st part of the movie and real action starts in the next part.
Watchout for the scene where Auto Driver loses his cool to become action hero. Goosebumps Guarantee !!
Movie : Shivaji
Year : 2007
Direction : Shankar
Cast : Shreya, Suman, Vadivukarasi, Manivannan
Rajni joined Director : Shankar for the 1st time. It was mega Hit. The movie had the word "Grand" in all its scenes. Also, it had all the components of a complete family entertainment. Action, comedy, romance, drama, centiment, etc.
Must watch especially for dialogues, climax sequence and also the acting of innocent Rajni in 1st half.
Genre : Drama
Direction: Rajasekar
Cast : Shivaji, Ambika
Best known for the innocent Rajni getting betrayed by younger brother and saved by another elder brother" Shivaji"
Must watch for Rajni + Shivaji combination
Genre : Drama, action
Direction : K.S. Ravi Kumar
Cast : Meena, Sarath Babu, Raghuvaran
1st time A.R. Rehmann worked for a Rajni movie. The songs were such a Hit that we can even call Muthu a Musical Drama. This movie was a Hit in Japan and made few Rajni followers in Japan.
Watchout for the intense flash back and the Father Rajni's dialogue
Year : 1992
Genre : Drama
Direction : P.Vasu
Cast : Vijayashanthi, Kushboo, Visu
Must watch family entertainer. It was 1992 and the some of the dialogues against Vijashanthi was rumoured that it was kept there as reply for "Jayalalitha".
Watchout for Goundamani + Rajni combination for comedy. Rajni + Vijashanthi dialogues for punches
Year : 1979
Genre : Drama
Direction : S.P.Muthuraman
Cast : Cho, Jayalaxmi,
A man's struggle from his childhood to oldage. He dedicates most of his life for the betterment of his siblings but.....A must watch movie for Rajni fans who want to see Thalaivar's other acting face.
Watchout for the intense, emotional and life related dialogues with his wife and Cho Ramasamy.
Year : 1992
Genre : Drama, Comedy
Direction : Suresh Krishna
Cast : Kushboo, Janagaraj, Sarath Babu
This movie about friendship, betrayal, revenge is a must watch movie for Rajni fans. This movie and esp. the "Vetri Nichayam" has really provided energy to thousands of Rajni fans everytime they watch the song
Watchout for the "Vetrinichayam song" and 2nd half encounters with Sarath Babu and Radha Ravi
Year : 1991
Genre : Drama, Action
Direction : Mani Ratnam
Cast : Mamooty, Banu Priya, Shobana
Combination of legends Rajni+Mamooty + Mani Ratnam + Illayaraja +SPB + Yesudas. Based on Karnan's charecter from Mahabharatham, this movie is a must must must watch for any Movie lover across India.
My personal best among all Rajni movies.Everything about this movie is awesome.
Movie : Padayappa
Year : 1999
Cast : Rajni, Ramya Krishan, Soundarya
Direction : KS Ravi Kumar
Genre : Action and Drama( Masala)
Padayappa - Best punch dialogue movie of all Rajni movies. Also famous for One liners. This movie created box office record when released. First time in a Rajni movie Female actor got a great role and great name.
Watchout for the Rajni and Ramya Krishnan encounters and dialogues.
Year : 1978
Genre : Drama
Direction : J. Mahendren
Cast : Sarath Babu, Jayalakshmi, Shoba
Story : Novel having same title
Regarded as another master piece for Rajni's acting skills, this movie is must watch movie for his fans
An angry trouble maker on one side and an affectionate brother on other side. Rajni lived the character of handicapped Kali.
Watchout for the famous dialogues starting " Ketta Paiyan Sir Indha Kaali"
Genre : Comedy
Direction : K. Balachandar
Cast : Madhavi, Srinivasan, Nagesh
Only movie where I can write Genre as "Comedy". When we talk about Rajni, how can we miss K. Balachandar his "Guru". Rajni's attempt to do a complete comedy movie gave him a Hit.
"Watch out for comedy between Srinivasn and Rajni throughout the movie"
Year : 1988
Genre : Drama, Action
Direction : SP Muthuraman
Cast : Prabhu, Sugasini, Kushboo
One more complete family entertainer. Comedy in the 1st half and brother centiment in the 2nd half are some of the must watch moments.
Watch out for "Thenmadurai song" and "Comedy "
Year : 1985
Genre : Devotional
Direction : SP Muthuraman
Cast : Laxmi, Sathyaraj
Rajni's 100th movie in 1985. During his 1st 10 years he acted 100 movies. In next 30 years till date he has done only 50 movies :)
Watchout for exact resemblance of Rajni as Raghavendrar and his calmness.
Genre : Action
Direction : SP Muthuraman
Cast : Rati, Jai Shankar
One of the major turning point for AVM productions, this movie lived upto the expectation. Taken at a relatively higher budget during that time, movie was a great Hit.
The movie created a lot of legacies for Rajni. Title song for Rajni was 1st introduced.
Watch out for "Famous Train climax sequence and Podhuvaaga song"
Year : 2016
Direction : Ranjith
Cast : Radhika Apte, John Vijay
Rajni's answer to lot of movie fans who want to see Rajni's acting skills. Almost after 2 decades, Rajni gave a lot of emphasis to acting.
"Watch out for oldage romance and intensity"
Year : 1980
Direction : R.Krishnamurthy
Cast : Sri Priya, Rajappa, Srinivasan
A new kind of action movie in 1980's. It was a great Hit and must watch movie for Rajni fans. No wonder Ajith chose this movie for his remake.
Watchout for the famous Billa action sequence and Bills style elements
Movie : Moondru Mugam
Year : 1982
Genre : Action
Direction : A. Jagannathan
Cast : Senthamarai, Delhi Ganesh, Radhika,Sathyaraj
The Film ran for more than 250 days. Even though the script is not that great, the movie is mostly notable for the famous Alex Pandiyan role and Alex Pandiyan's encounter with Villain Thenthamarai.
Just watch it for the Alex Pandiyan's role and Rajni's dialogue.
Please note : Apart from Alex Pandiyan's role,Other parts are very average.
Year : 1981
Genre : Suspense thriller + Action
Direction : S.P. Muthuraman
Cast : Radhi, Cho , T.Srinivasan
One of the rare suspense thriller by Rajni. The suspense of the movie is maintained more than half of the movie and it is really a good movie.
Even apart from being a Rajni movie any movie lover can watch this movie as a suspense thriller.
Please note : Till Half time almost an average love story
Also lets talk about two important persons who helped Rajni grow as a Super star.
No 1: SP Muthuraman
No 2 : K. Balachandar
K. Balachandar gave Rajnikanth the opportunity to enter cine indutry in 70's.
Why I have mentioned these two names in this article is that, these two legends gave us Rajnikanth, who gave more energy , more passion, more moral values and more strength to his fans and lot of people ard world through his movies.
Please comment if I have missed any good Tamil Rajni Movies
