Superstar Rajinikanth’s cameo appearance in ‘Lal Salaam’ directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth is being appreciated by many. His role in this sports drama helps in taking the movie forward with some mass scenes as well. However, this is not the first time that the actor is seen in a cameo role. Let us take a look at some of the movies in which the actor played a cameo.
‘Valli’:
In Valli, Rajinikanth, who also wrote the film, played Veeraiyan, a man with a tragic past, who helps out the film’s lead character, played by Priya Raman, when she is cheated by her lover.
‘Anbulla Rajinikanth’:
The Superstar plays himself in this 1984 film, which was about an orphan girl with terminal illness, played by Meena. The story revolved around how this girl befriends Rajinikanth, and her idol’s attempts at keeping her smiling until her death.
‘Kuselan’:
In this remake of the Malayalam film ‘Kadha Parayumbol’, Pasupathy plays the protagonist as a barber. Rajinikanth appears as a Superstar, who happens to be the barber’s childhood friend. What happens when the movie stars lands up in the village of his friend for a shoot forms the plot.
‘Ninaithale Inikkum’:
Even though he had started playing hero roles by this film, and had become quite a successful star, Rajini appeared as a supporting character in this musical romance, directed by his mentor K Balachander and starring his good friend and onscreen rival Kamal Haasan. Rajini plays a guitarist of the musical troupe and provides the film with moments of great fun.
‘Ra One’: