Deccan Chronicle and Times of India have comeup with a superb articles and news pieces on Superstar's birthday. Most FM channels and Music Channels are playing Rajini songs. Some FM channels are are announcing the various fan club activities across the city scheduled today.
Hello FM 106.4 (Thanthi group) will be broadcasting chandramukhi tonight at 9PM.
There is an ad related to this in today’s dinathanthi.
Hello FM has dedicated the entire day today to Thalaivar.
Many famous personalities are sharing their views about thalaivar today on Hello FM.
NDTV announced in news as Headlines about the birthday.
I started receiving lots of birthday wish SMSes from our friends by 12.00 am itself. Hereby i present one of the most interesting SMS.
Rasigargal and Makkal: Kadavulae thalaivar nalla irukka vaendum.
Thalaivar: Kadavulae en rasigargalum, thamizhaga makkalum nandraaga irukka vaendum.
Kadavul: En padaippil ippadi oru adhisaya piraviyaa?
The below is the full page article on today Deccan Chronicle, Chennai edition in the Main issue as 2nd page. The news piece where Cho speaks on Thalaivar is amazing. "HE IS NOT IMPULSIVE BUT INTUITIVE". Do read without fail.
Kindly click the image to ZOOM and READ the text.
Happy birthday Rajini, the undisputed Baasha at the box-office - (Times of India, Chennai)
CT wishes the Superstar a wonderful birthday as he turns 58 today
SREEDHAR PILLAI Times News Network
December 12 is a red letter day in the Tamil film calendar. It is the birthday of Superstar Rajnikanth and his fans celebrate it with a lot of fervour and enthusiasm. Rajinikanth has been ruling the Tamil box-office for over two decades. In most of the 153 odd movies he has done in a career spanning 33 years, Rajinikanth has reached out to the mass audiences with his electrifying screen presence mixed with heroism, peppy songs and famous punchlines.
Today, he turns 58, and he will be in Hyderabad at the Ramoji Rao studio shooting for daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth’s animation film Sultan — The Warrior. This year, he has urged his fans not to celebrate his birthday as he has been pained by what is happening to the Tamils in Sri Lanka. Added to that, the Mumbai massacre has also shell-shocked the nation and the film industry.
On the career front, this year 
will go down as one of the worst years for the star as Kuselan, in which he did a
cameo role, took a drubbing at the box-office. Then, he had to clarify on a Kannada television channel for his remarks on the Hogenekkal issue, which also created problems for the actor. But he has bounced back from every setback and remains the undisputed Baasha at the box-office.
Meanwhile, work is progressing on his prestigious magnum opus Enthiren, directed by Shankar. The shooting of the film is taking place in different locations in and around Chennai. Two songs have been shot and nearly 30 percent of the talkie portion has been completed. The producers are trying their best to release it for Diwali 2009. Rajinikanth, it seems, has passed the test of a true superstar as people who know nothing about Tamil cinema still recognise him as an icon!
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