Happy birthday thalaiva: Cigarette stunt hero Rajinikanth who asked fans to quit smoking

Tamil cinema icon Rajinikanth, whose inimitable style of popping a cigarette into his mouth earned him many youth fans, has urged them to kick the habit. Here’s a look at some of Rajinikanth’s iconic cigarette stunts in some of his movies.

Rajinikanth, whose inimitable style of popping a cigarette into his mouth earned him many youth fans, had urged them to kick the habit. A scene from the movie Mapillai.

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Rajinikanth had told his fans that his illness had been caused by smoking. A scene from the movie Billa.

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Rajinikanth lights his cigarette with a loaded gun in a film scene.

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A young Rajinikanth smokes a cigarette in a movie scene. Picture from Tamil Movies' Twitter feed.

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The actor smokes on the sets of the movie Geraftaar

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"I haven't quit smoking, but you should do so," Rajini told his fans.

Happy birthday thalaiva: Cigarette stunt hero Rajinikanth who asked fans to quit smoking

Tamil cinema icon Rajinikanth, whose inimitable style of popping a cigarette into his mouth earned him many youth fans, has urged them to kick the habit. Here’s a look at some of Rajinikanth’s iconic cigarette stunts in some of his movies.

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