Superstar Rajinikanth was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the best award in Indian cinema. During the 67th National Film Awards ceremony, Rajinikanth, while accepting the award, mentioned his 50-year-old friend Raj Bahadur. Rajinikanth said, “I would like to dedicate this award to my friend Raj Bahadur.” Let us know that Rajinikanth’s friend is Raj Bahadur and why the actor dedicated his Dadasaheb Phalke Award to him.
Rajinikanth said during the award ceremony, “Raj Bahadur, who hails from Karnataka, is a bus driver. He is my colleague and my friend. When I was a bus conductor, he was one of those people who recognized my acting talent and gave me cinema. encouraged to go in.”
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Taught Rajinikanth to speak Tamil
The name of Raj Bahadur is not new for the fans of Rajinikanth. They know these Rajinikanth and Raj Bahadur friendship for a long time. Raj Bahadur lives in Chamarajpet, Bangalore. Raj Bahadur is the person who inspired Shivaji Rao Gaekwad to become Rajinikanth. This is the person who taught Rajini to speak Tamil language indiscriminately.
Similar story to Krishna-Kuchela
Very few people know that the story of these two is similar to the mythological story of Krishna-Kuchela. The only difference is that the two have swapped the role of Kuchella with Krishna several times. Rajinikanth had come to Bangalore just two weeks ago to visit his dearest friend and by the time this article is published, Raj Bahadur must have reached Rajinikanth’s Chennai home to celebrate receiving the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
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50 year old friendship
Raj Bahadur said in a conversation with our partner channel News18, “Our friendship is 50 years old.” He said, “I met him in 1970. Then Rajni joined the job as a bus conductor and I as a driver. He was the best actor in our transport staff. Whenever there was a cultural program of the department, Rajinikanth would perform on stage. Even after finishing his duty, he used to act in various plays. Needless to say, he was no match for acting.”
Rajinikanth sent to Chennai to learn acting
Rajbahadur said, “I asked him to go to Chennai and join the acting course. After completing the two-year acting course, that institute organized a program in which Rajinikanth acted. Prominent filmmaker K Balachandran said that program was the chief guest of . I was asked to speak and after that, what happened became history.”
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The salary was Rs 400, used to give Rs 200 to Rajinikanth every month
Although apart from this there is another thing which Raj Bahadur does not mention, but Rajinikanth himself has said this on many occasions. Raj Bahadur used to get Rs 400 as salary. When he forcibly sent Rajinikanth to take admission in an acting school in Chennai, he did not send Rajinikanth there empty-handed. He used to send half of his salary of Rs 200 to Rajinikanth every month. With the help of this money, Rajinikanth was able to complete an acting course of two-three years in Chennai. Raj Bahadur has now retired from his job and is leading a simple life with his brother’s family.
Rajinikanth surprises his friend like this
Rajinikanth may be a huge star, but to his friend, he is the same old man with whom he never gets tired of talking about the world. Rajinikanth always surprises Raj Bahadur by suddenly reaching his house. To avoid the sight of the common people, they knock on their house in the early hours in disguise. No one calls, no one sends messages, just catches a flight and rushes to his friend’s place. This is a 50 year old friendship. A room is reserved for Rajni in Raj Bahadur’s house.
Rajinikanth gave proof of strong friendship
Rajni was the conductor of bus number 10A, which ran from Majestic to Srinagar. He lived in Hanumantnagar while Raj Bahadur in Chamarajpet. Both the areas are very close to each other. Even at that time he had his own special style. He used to toss the coins to the passengers and entertained them during the journey. Even after all these years, 77 years old Raj Bahadur has only one best friend whom the world knows as Thalaiva. When the superstar thanked his best friend from the stage in exchange for his family, the world also got a solid proof of this at that time.
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