The influence of Tamil cinema
over politics is a thing that is not going out of trend for some time in
the future. As it has been evident with MGR using his acting skills and
the star power he had to change the face of politics back in 1977.
Following him, Tamilnadu has seen a flood of people entering politics
with cinema background with a mix of successes and failures.
Makkal Needhi Maiam President Kamal Haasan Journey
Dr
Kamal Haasan a renowned actor/writer started his journey into politics
rather subtlety. He tweets over the actions of ruling party MLA's
sparked controversy and made him viral on the internet. This was partly
because of his feud with the Tamilnadu government over the release of
his film Viswaroopam. During the period of hospitalisation of Ms J.
Jayalalitha, he grew bold and criticised the secrecy in revealing the
status of Jayalalitha's health and then commented on the resort
situation in Koovathur all of which gathered momentum to his becoming a
full-time politician.
Not to be like
Rajnikanth, Kamal Haasan started his party right away using the
opportunity of the conflict in the TN politics than to lure in undecided
voters and party members. He has been true to his word saying alliances
with corrupt parties with him contesting alone both in Lok Sabha polls
and in the by polls.