Tamil Nadu elections starring Kamal Haasan. Can this Kamal bloom?
Tamil Nadu elections starring Kamal Haasan. Can this Kamal bloom?
With a 3.72 per cent vote share in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections - the debut outing of the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) - Kamal has emerged as the pivot of a possible Third Front in the Tamil Nadu political theatre.
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UPDATED: March 1, 2021 14:16 IST
Actor-turned-politician and the founder of Makkal Needhi Maiyam Kamal Haasan during a political campaign in January 2021 (Photo: India Today)
In January 2017, actor Sarath Kumar had slammed Kamal Haasan ahead of the elections to the South Indian Film Artists Association or the Nadigar Sangam. His charge was that Kamal was creating a rift between actors and breaking the Nadigar Sangam. The angst was because the Universal Hero, as Kamal is popularly referred to, had supported the team opposing Sarath in the elections.