Rajinikanth
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Rajinikanth, who celebrated his 64th birthday on Friday, along with the release of his latest film "Lingaa", thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, DMK head K Karunanidhi, actor Amitabh Bachchan, fans and the entire film fraternity for wishing him 'Happy Birthday'.

The actor thanked everyone through his Twitter handle, which is being followed by more than 1.5 million followers.

"My thanks to respected Dr. Kalaignar and all my politician friends for the warm birthday wishes."

"To the ones who mean everything to me ... MY FANS ...from all over the world who wished me today ... THANK YOU #touched God bless."

"Here's thanking @srbachchan ji, Kamal Hassan, my entire film fraternity and all my dear friends for the birthday wishes."

Meanwhile, Rajinikanth's "Lingaa", which was the highly-anticipated and most-talked-about movie of 2014, is receiving average reviews from audience and below average from critics.