It is common knowledge that Rajnikanth was born on the 12th of December 1950. When translated into digits his birthday this year falls on 12-12-12.

Lots of strange things are connected with this date. The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of beliefs according to which cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on 21 December 2012. This date is regarded as the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. Various astronomical alignments and numerological formulae have been proposed as pertaining to this date, though none have been accepted by mainstream scholarship.

A New Age interpretation of this transition is that this date marks the start of time in which Earth and its inhabitants may undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation. Whatever those beliefs may be, here in Tamil Nadu many people believe it is an important date only because it is Rajnikanth’s birthday.

Another interesting phenomenon is that 12-12-12 totals up to 36 which his fans consider to be Rajni’s lucky number.

Yet another interesting point is that if you reverse the number 36 you get 63, which is Rajnikanth’s age on this birthday. Believe it or not!