The desire for one strong, unifying leader is one draw, though experience shows voters don't go by charisma alone and only stars with a movement behind them tend to be successful
In his superhit Tamil film Beast, actor Vijay pronounced dramatically: "I am not a politician. I am a soldier." Fans went into raptures in theatres across Tamil Nadu.
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Stalin still enjoys a lot of sympathy and empathy as someone wishing well for the state, but not full-throated support as in 2019 and 2021, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
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