1990-Present

Unlike the eighties, several movies of his during the nineties were successful, like Muthu and Baashha. Rajinikanth wrote his first screenplay for the film Valli (1993), and said to the media that it would be his last film (but it was not the case as he acted again). His film Muthu was the first Tamil film to be dubbed in Japanese as Muthu: The Dancing Maharajah and become very popular in Japan. At 53, his Baba released amid fanfare. Although the film grossed enough to cover its budget, it was viewed as a miserable showing and fell short of market expectations accumulating heavy losses for the distributors. Rajinikanth himself repayed the losses incurred by the distributors who had immense faith in him. His next film, Sivaji: The Boss, directed by S. Shankar is scheduled to be released on June 15, 2007.