For Rajkumar, Tamil cinema was the launching pad; for Tamil audiences, he remained an adopted son who chose to serve his linguistic homeland in Kannada. His legacy in Tamil Nadu is not measured by box-office records in Kollywood but by the respect he commanded across the Kaveri border. The list of his Tamil movies is a testament to a time when South Indian cinema was one large, collaborative family, and at its heart was a man named Rajkumar—a prince of the screen in any language.