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By Vivek Shivakumar It is a common knowledge that Tamil cinema and politics have been intricately related to each other, isn’t it? Tamil films have for long been propaganda vehicles, carrying the political ideologies of its image-driven star. However, this article is about a movie which delivers to its respected audience the image of an ideal political leader and worker – Aayutha Ezhuthu. Aayutha Ezhuthu, written and directed by Mani Ratnam, and the powerful yet natural dialogues written by Sujatha, marvelous music by AR Rahman and produced by Madras Talkies, came out to theatres in the year 2004. Though the movie did meet with rave reviews, it did not quite strike the right chord on the commercial front back then. However, it very much is in today’s world, where people, not media, are looking at youngsters as the new hope towards better governance. Putting aside the question how the movie is relevant to today’s political scenario, which is quite apparent, let us look...

By  Vivek S Legendragod Tamil Nadu is not new to having a person from the film industry sitting on the chair of the most responsible servant of the state – the chair of the Chief Minister. But people often forget that they are the owners of the house, except when of course… it is election time! With the demise of former CM of Tamil Nadu J.Jayalalitha, called PuratchiThalaivi Amma by her followers, a huge political vacuum has been created on the political grounds of Tamil Nadu; a state in India. (Got to say that now and then to avoid being forgotten). Former CM “Kalaignar” Karunanidhi is also not active owing to his old age. So naturally, since old habits die hard, we - the media of Tamil Nadu is looking towards the glamorous film industry where “heroes” are beyond the screen that is supposed to differentiate between the reel and real. On the last day of the year 2017, “Superstar” Rajinikanth finally announced that he would be one of the contenders for the sea...