Rajinikanth was born in Karnataka as fourth child in the Marathi family of Ramabai and Ramoji Rao. His mother tongue is marathi. He lost his mother at the age of five. He had his schooling at the Acharya Patasala in Bangalore and then at the Vivekananda Balak Sangh, a unit of the Ramakrishna Mission.Before starting his career in the film industry, he served as a bus conductor for Karnataka State Transport Corporation in Bangalore. It was during this time that he nurtured his acting interests.
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