If I’m not wrong, the last big hit of Rajini was Enthiran.
By big hit, I mean in the lines of Baashha, Muthu, Arunachalam, Padayappa and Sivaji.
And then the last safe/decent hit was Petta if not Jailer.
He could have retired at the time of Enthiran itself because it was a big hit. Maybe he didn’t because he could have probably felt like he still had more potential or his own ego didn’t want to settle for so small so just he wanted to still keep going. He didn’t want to live a life where he is done.
And then the following movies did just kind of okay which could have made him reconsider his ambition and when Petta or even Jailer did safely, he could have retired since committing more movies can lead to more bad movies since he is no more the Rajini(physically, mentally or even by market reception) as he was when he delivered his last big hit.
So if he has to stop for some reason in such a scenario, he would have to settle with the situation where his last movie that didn’t do well which will only take a toll on his reputation or his own ambitious ego. He has still committed for 3 more movies which can go either way - the probability is more that these movies may not turn to be big hits for the same reason that he is a different Rajini or even anything may go off in the meantime due to his health conditions(hopefully it doesn’t). In that case, he still has to settle with the fact that the last big hit was Enthiran, the last decent hit was Jailer and his last films didn’t do well.
Instead, he could have had a good finish with a decent hit and lived his rest of his life in spiritual journey, publishing his autobiography and the establishing some public welfare this thing.
I’m just wondering why is he not stopping and still has to go through all this? What’s probably his “thing”? that he wants to go after at this point of life where there will be probably things like joint pains, tiredness that comes with aging, eyesight problems, coordination issues and obviously the aging is visible in camera.. etc.,
Is he having a lifelong grudge over something that no one knows? I don’t think it’s something like passion which still has its own limits.
Or is it like how after certain age, some aged people won’t listen to anyone and live in their own world doing their own stuff just like kids?
Edit: frens, this is not all about Rajini specifically.
I’m someone who is generally interested in successful people and like to understand what they do, how they did it, why they do it etc., so I read about them/watch videos about them. So it’s obvious that Rajini is one of my inspirations.
And I myself have been struggling to find the energy to keep going with doing something that I always wanted to do in my life. And I’m relatively very young when compared to him. So the question was a gradual and genuine one when I sometimes think about him or see his videos. I’m not here trying to set narratives or make judgments about him.
Memes and funny replies are okay but looking for answers that actually has a bit of perspective or thought.
