Rajinikanth turns 73: Fans gather outside Thalaiva's home to celebrate his birthday
Rajinikanth turns 73: Fans gather outside Thalaiva's home to celebrate his birthday Image Credit: ANI

As superstar Rajinikanth turned a year older on Tuesday, fans gathered outside his residence in Chennai to celebrate his birthday.

Several pictures and videos from the superstar’s residence went viral on social media, showing fans waiting to wish Thalaiva (leader) on his special day.

Rajinikanth’s fans have also flooded Twitter and Instagram with birthday wishes in the form of creative posters and videos.

Music composer Anirudh shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, “Happy birthday to the emperor Thalaiva @rajinikanth #HBDSuperstarRajinikanth.”

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin also wished the superstar and wrote on X, “Happy Birthday to my beloved friend Rajinikanth. I wish you to continue to make people happy by giving successful movies with happiness and fulfilment.”

Several Indian celebs, including Dhanush, Kamal Haasan, Jr NTR, Jackie Shroff,and Raghava Lawrence took to their social media handles and extended heartfelt wishes.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Rajinikanth is basking in the success of ‘Jailer’. He plays a man seeking to avenge the death of his cop son in the movie. Mohanlal, Shivarajkumar, and Jackie Shroff were seen in important cameos in the film.

In the coming months, he will be seen sharing screen space with Amitabh Bachchan in ‘ ‘Thalaivar 170’. It is being directed by TJ Gnanavel. Bachchan and Rajinikanth last worked together in the 1991 film ‘Hum’, directed by Mukul Anand.