Recently Rajinikanth celebrated his 75th birthday. This South superstar has also completed 50 glorious years in the cinema world and has left his indelible mark in the Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam cinema worlds. Although he has made many achievements in his illustrious career, but you may not know that Rajinikanth has also worked in Bengali films.

Rajinikanth was seen in which Bengali film
Let us tell you that Rajinikanth played a small but important role in the 1995 Bengali action drama film ‘Bhagya Devta’. In his career spanning more than five decades, Rajinikanth had worked only in this Bengali film. It is noteworthy that in the 1995 film ‘Bhagya Devta’ directed by famous choreographer Raghuram, Mithun Chakraborty played the lead role of Jagdish Mandal, a warrior fighting for the poor. Giving a special touch to the film, Rajinikanth was seen in its title song and marked his presence in Bengali cinema with a memorable cameo.

Cameo’s Mithun had requested Rajinikanth for this
According to the report of NDTV, Rajinikanth got the opportunity to do a cameo in the film on the personal request of Mithun. The song with his cameo became an instant hit among the audience. ‘Bhagya Devta’ also featured many brilliant Bengali stars including Soumitra Chattopadhyay and Rituparna Sengupta. Interestingly, Rajinikanth and Mithun had previously worked together in the 1989 Hindi film ‘Bhrashtachar’, which was their first on-screen collaboration.

Rajinikanth work front
In 2025, Rajinikanth returned to the big screen with the film ‘Coolie’ directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. This film is the 171st lead role of the superstar, in which he was seen as Dev. Nagarjuna, Satyaraj, Soubin Shahir and Shruti Haasan also played important roles in this action drama.

South superstar Rajinikanth is celebrating his 75th birthday today. On this special occasion, not only all the fans but also all the celebs from Bollywood to South are wishing him all the best. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also congratulated Rajinikanth on his birthday by tweeting. Amidst all this, Rajinikanth celebrated his birthday on the sets of his upcoming mega film ‘Jailor 2’. Pictures of Rajinikanth’s birthday party are now going viral on social media.

Rajinikanth ‘Jailer 2′ on the set of celebrated birthday
The cast and crew of the film surprised this veteran actor with a cake, which made the whole atmosphere pleasant. Sun Pictures has shared two pictures of Rajinikanth from the sets of Jailer 2 on its Twitter handle. In the pictures, he is seen cutting the cake with the entire team. The post along with the pictures read, “Some special moments from the sets of Jailer 2, celebrating our superstar’s birthday!”

All the celebs are congratulating Rajinikanth
Earlier, Kamal Haasan had shared a picture with Rajinikanth. The two are seen twinning in black and wrote, “75 years of a wonderful life. 50 years of cinema. Happy birthday, my friend Rajinikanth.”

Dhanush also wished the veteran actor and his ex-father-in-law a happy birthday on his social media handle. The Tere Ishq Mein actor had written in the caption of his post, “Happy Birthday Thalaiva.”

Moments from the sets of #Jailer2 celebrating our Superstar’s birthday!#HBDSuperstarRajinikanth #HappyBirthdaySuperstarRajinikanth pic.twitter.com/6WFooOICtD

— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) December 12, 2025

Rajinikanth’s latest upcoming movies
Rajinikanth is going to be seen in the action comedy film ‘Jailor 2’. This film is the sequel of the film ‘Jailor’ released in 2023. In this film, Rajinikanth will again play the main character of the first film ‘Jailor 2’. S in ‘Jailor 2’ J. Surya, Ramya Krishnan, Vinayakan, Yogi Babu and Mirna will also be seen in important roles. The film is scheduled to be released in theaters on June 12, 2026.

The tentative title of Rajinikanth’s another upcoming film is ‘Thalaivar 173’, which is scheduled to release in 2027. Produced under Kamal Haasan’s banner, the film was earlier announced with director Sundar C, but he backed out due to his busy schedule. There are rumors of Sai Pallavi and Kathir also being a part of the film, however, the makers have not made any official announcement yet.