India, Nov. 29 -- Rajinikanth was honoured with a prestigious lifetime achievement award at the closing ceremony of the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, marking his remarkable 50-year milestone in the film industry. Taking the stage at the event, the 74-year-old superstar reflected on his journey, saying his five-decade-long career felt far shorter than it sounds.

A clip of the superstar's speech surfaced online in which Rajinikanth expressed his overwhelming gratitude, stating, "Fifty years of acting in cinema felt like 10 or 15 years. If there are 100 more janams (lives), I would like to be born as an actor and as Rajinikanth. All this honour goes to the cinema industry and mainly to the Tamil people, the gods w...