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Rajinikanth
From the time that Rajnikanth announced that he would definitely stand for elections, there have been changes and setbacks. On 12 March 2020, Rajinikanth met briefly with the mandram [Rajini Makkal Mandram] chiefs and then left for the Leela Palace where his fans were gathered to hear his latest announcement. As his black Audi approached the hotel’s entrance, frenzied fans rushed forward shouting, ‘Superstar vaazga! Varungaala mudalvar vaazga! (Long live the Superstar! Long live the future chief minister!)’.
Once inside, the seventy-year-old actor, clad in his trademark white kurta-pyjama, walked briskly onto the dais and stood before the microphone. As the thunderous applause subsided, he began to speak. It was a thirty-minute monologue, emotional and defensive. He outlined ‘three novel proposals’ – ‘limited number of party posts to curb corruption, bringing youngsters and clean people to politics and place them in pole positions in the corridor
Politics A turf Rajinikanth chose to skip despite promises
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Last Updated: Apr 01, 2021, 05:11 PM IST
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Named for India s highest cinema honour, the Dada Saheb Phalke Award on Thursday for the year 2019, Rajinikanth s larger than image life in screen, his mega hits that raked in the moolah and finally a frenzied fan base that often hailed him as Thalaiva (Leader) turned him into a colossal figure in the celluloid world.
His roar of now or never in politics last year ended with a whimper.
When he thundered in 1996 that even God cannot save Tamil Nadu if the then Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa won a successive term in elections, many saw it as Rajinikanth s prelude to the political entry of the uncrowned king of Tamil cinema known for his sureshot hits.