Until 'Annamalai', the Rajni style was limited to flicking the cigarette from odd angles, the way he wore his sunglasses, and the occasional use of English. Political punchlines began post-Jayalalitha. But Rajnikanth's political meaning was always read between the lines.
Annamalai: 1992 " I'll do what I say, and also what I don't say."
Uzhaippali: 1992 " Yesterday I was a coolie, today I'm an actor, tomorrow...People may say what they want. But what I'll become, only god knows."
Veera: 1994 "I won't fall at Amma's feet. I don't need to do such things."
Badhsah: 1995 "What I say once, consider it said hundred times."
Muthu: 1995 " When I will make an entrance, where and how...nobody will know. But when I do make one, it will be at the right time."
Padayappa: 1997 "The path I walk will be unique."
