Rajinikanth and Latha met in the late 1980s during an interview. They married in 1981 and are celebrating their 44th anniversary with their daughters, Aishwaryaa and Soundarya.
The couple tied the knot in 1981.
Rajinikanth’s heartwarming love story with his wife, Latha is one for the books. They first met in the late 1980s when Latha was a college student and Rajinikanth was a budding actor. In 1980, while filming Thillu Mullu, Rajinikanth was approached about an interview request from her for her college magazine. This is when he met her and it was love at first sight for him. Their friendship blossomed into romance, and the couple tied the knot in 1981. They are celebrating their 44th wedding anniversary today.
In a chat with Thanthi TV, she had said, “When he was walking down the stairs to meet me for an interview, I knew there was something about him… about us. I felt I had known him for a really long time.”
Latha said she felt drawn to Rajinikanth and just wanted to see him. “I had a premonition about him. There was something in my mind gravitating me towards him. I just wanted to see him,” said Latha. She also mentioned that her father, who was in the film industry, admired Rajinikanth. She recalled how after watching Moondru Mudichu, he came home and said, “After watching Moondru Mudichu, he came home and said, ‘Mark my words, he will go places.’ And he genuinely enjoyed watching him on screen.”
Latha remembered meeting Rajinikanth for the first time at veteran actor Sowcar Janaki’s house during the shoot of K. Balachander’s Thillu Mullu. She said, “Before the meeting, I did a small prayer at my home, and made a mental pact with Lord Krishna, and said, ‘I don’t know why you are sending me to him, but I am going.’ In fact, I had just tonsured my head in Tirupati, and my hair was just growing back.”
She described the moment their eyes met, saying, “It wasn’t love at first sight. It was like we knew each other very well right at the first sight. I had no fear etc… In fact, it was the day he had brought the house in Poes Garden, and it was also the premiere of his film, Kaali. He invited me for the film. And as the interview progressed, it was less about questions and answers about his career, and more about understanding each other. I think he too felt the same… a sense of closeness. I’d call it divine grace.”
Rajinikanth and Latha have two daughters, Aishwaryaa and Soundarya.
