The Superstars the kind who can sweep people off their feet with mere screen presence, get thousands of fans do their bidding, sell tickets and influence the way fans vote are perhaps, a vanishing phenomenon in Kollywood and except for the ageing stars who create a huge buzz periodically, none of the heroes as of now wants to venture into politics.
The only exception is Vijay who has nurtured political ambitions and has extended his support to the AIADMK in the run-up to the 2011 Assembly polls and the BJP during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls but this time he is silent.
Meanwhile the Media Development Foundation chairman Sashi Kumar has told that Mr. Sashi Kumar has described the new directors who double up as actors particularly Sasikumar and Samuthirakani as subaltern stars working from the underbelly of the society and they are very different from the others and have little hesitation in doing films on anti-hero subjects if there is a strong storyline.
While MG. Ramachandran with his meticulously cultivated screen image has converted his fans club into a political outfit, when Jayalalitha has inherited his mantle she was already popular thanks to films. Vijayakanth too has made a bold entry, fashioning his style on Rajinikanth and has called himself ‘karuppu MGR”.
