sentences:  In 2002 Rajinikanth produced, wrote and starred in the fantasy thriller "Baba", which fell short of market expectations and incurred heavy losses for its distributors.After a three-year sabbatical, he returned to acting with the comedy horror film "Chandramukhi" (2005); it went on to become the highest-grossing Tamil film to that point, and its theatrical run lasted 126 weeks at Shanti Theatre in Chennai.Rajinikanth was paid 260 million for his role in S. Shankar's "" (2007), which made him the second-highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan.