Rajinikanth : A life
Name : Rajinikanth - a life Author : Vaasanthi Year of Publication : 2021 Genre : Non-Fiction, Cinema, Biography Rating : * 1/2 (One and a half stars out of 5) Unlike two other previous English biographies of Rajinikanth, this new one by Vaasanthi focuses more on his politics though the author, with the benefit of hindsight by early 2021, knew that it ultimately amounted to nothing. Thus, his opinions on CAA or Article 370 and other such political issues are totally superfluous and merely fill pages. Vaasanthi's weakness for Jayalalithaa crops up rather unnecessarily, spoiling an already pointless narrative. Rajinikanth is a phenomenon which requires demystification,like how M.S.S.Pandian could do for M.G.R in the classic "Image Trap". Expecting that from Vaasanthi is only wishful thinking.