Supporters of Vijay compare him to MGR. Opponentsnote that MGR had decades of rich political and organisational experience working in the DMK. But that only makes Vijay a more interesting case study ...

Six months ago, predicting 69-film-old Tamil superstar C Joseph Vijay as the 18th chief minister of Tamil Nadu would have ...

As the doors of the Secretariat opened for the oath-taking ceremony of the members of the 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday, social media users finally got the ...

And today, one of the starkest outliers in the early trends is the performance of Vijay’s TVK. But who is Vijay, who, if trends hold, could become the new Thalapathy of Tamil Nadu politics?

The spectacular rise of former AIADMK general secretary and Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran (MGR), who was essentially embedded with the Dravidian movement even as an actor, to the top job in the ...

Did our AI summary help? The DMK-AIADMK duopoly in Tamil Nadu since 1967 is set to face a potential disruption by Actor-turned politician Vijay's TVK, according to Axis My India exit poll. TVK is ...

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However, this is a facile comparison. All comparisons stop at the single original fact that they both were actors who took the political route, jumping into elections when the chance came up. K.

In an interview with India Today, film director and critic K Hariharan discusses actor Vijay's entry into politics and upcoming Tamil Nadu elections. Hariharan states that Vijay cannot immediately ...

CHENNAI: Naan kuri vaithaal thavara maatten! Thavarumaanal kuri vaikka maatten. (I will not miss if I aim! I will not aim if I were to miss.) Such is the legacy of legendary actor-turned politician MG ...