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Rajinikanth worked as an office boy, a coolie, a carpenter, in Mysore
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popular among passengers due to his style of issuing tickets and returning the change. They wanted to travel only by the bus which had
Rajinikanth. It was during this time he acted in stage plays, watched a lot of films, and imitated
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