South Superstar Rajinikanth will receive Special Icon Award at 50th IFFI for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
India’s Information and broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on 2nd of November announced that South Superstar Rajinikanth will be honoured with Special Icon Award at the Golden Jubilee of International Film Festival of India.
Why IFFI Selected Rajinikanth for Special Icon Award?
The Information and broadcasting Minister said, the special icon award will be presented in recognition of Rajinikanth’s outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, during the past several decades.
As of 2019, Rajinikanth has won six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards—four Best Actor Awards and two Special Awards for Best Actor—and a Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award.
The Government of India has honoured him with the Padma Bhushan (2000) and the Padma Vibhushan (2016).
At the 45th International Film Festival of India (2014), he was conferred with the “Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year”.
