A flag after him and he is considered no less than a God and the kind of following most Hollywood actors can only dream about.

His twitter account has 29 tweets and 3.04 million followers!

His latest movie released yesterday trended on Twitter in 53 cities across 9 countries in the last 24 hours

Several companies in Chennai and Bengaluru have declared holidays on July 22

Special plane to fly in people from other cities to watch the first-day-first-show of the movie.

The aircraft will be flying across the AirAsia India network covering destinations including Bengaluru, New Delhi, Goa, Pune, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Guwahati, Imphal, Vizag, and Kochi.

screening started at 6 am in the morning
people who did not understand the language also watch it
His latest movie made $30m (£20m) even before its release through theatrical deals, merchandise, and endorsement deals
A group of Japanese fans have flown all the way to Chennai to catch the "first day first show" of the movie.

So who is this guy! -> He is Rajinikanth

His full name is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad and the world knows him by his stage name Rajinikanth.

He is an Indian film actor.
used to a bus conductor.
debut in action in 1975
born on 12 December 1950
He is almost 65 year old and does lead roles only.
200+ movies http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707425/

Kabali - his latest movie released yesterday

The movie trailer:

https://youtu.be/9mdJV5-eias

Within an hour of the teaser's release, it also managed to cross a whopping 1 million views on YouTube
After 24 hours, that count stood at over 6 million views
Movie screening started at 6 am in the morning only for this movie
The movie made $30m (£20m) even before its release
In Muscat, there was a long queue for tickets, while in London, Google listed seven cinemas for the film.
Aarti performed as 'Kabali' hits Singapore cinemas
in The Le Grand Rex theater in Paris, which is said to be the biggest silver screen theater in Europe.

What people are saying:

How people are reacting:

Milk being poured on his poster as done when praying to many gods

The craze of the star and his movie
https://youtu.be/_l5O0tSt0iQ
Kabali Movie Public Review | First Day - First Show Review

So what is it about Rajinikanth?

It is his style..the way he moves, the way the sits, the way he talks, the way he puts on his shades, the way he fights, his gravity defying stunts every thing is just unique and defies laws of physics. I have been a childhood fan of his. I remember how we used to discuss the movie in the school.

Here are some of the acts he pulls up:

Can put on his shades in a way that you can not even imagine. In fact you can imagine most of his acts
he lights cigarettes with his pistol
catches grenades with his eyes closed
Once he ran out of bullets.. he catches the bullet fired at him.. puts it in the gun and fires back

What people lovingly joke on his superhuman capabilities

UFO in mars is rajni flying kite
when he does push-ups it the earth which goes up and down
When Rajnikant switches on his AC, then winter starts in India.
Facebook founder Mark Zukerburg is hospitalized with serious injury……Reason- Rajnikant poked him on facebook…
why ‘earthquake’ occurs on earth?? bcoz at that time rajnikant‘s mobile is on vibrate mode!!!

Read a ton of such jokes here

Kabali leaked online & the same day the owner of world’s biggest torrent site-Kickass Torrents,arrested in Poland
You still doubt Rajnikant!!!