Rank 34- RAJINIKANTH// NEW 66 | Actor Rajnikanth LEADER IN WAITING Because the BJP wants to tap his phenomenal popularity and fan base that steadily chants 'thalaiva, thalaiva (leader, leader)' every time he makes a public appearance and project him as a potential chief minister in Tamil Nadu post-Jayalalithaa. Because the prime minister requested that he shoot his next film, 2.0, in India in keeping with the Make in India campaign. The Enthiran sequel will release later this year. Because even a humanitarian exercise of him flagging off a housing scheme to rehabilitate Sri Lankan Tamils in Jaffna became political dynamite and had to be called off. GOLD STANDARD This one-time Bengaluru bus conductor has eaten wafer-thin gold sheets with his meals given his faith in the Siddha system of medicine, yoga and meditation. GENERATION NEXT Elder daughter Aishwarya, 35, is married to actor Dhanush ; the younger, Soundarya, 32, is...