According to sources former chief ministers the late C N Annadurai, M G Ramachandran (MGR) and Jayalalitha besides other actors like S S Rajendran, Sarath Kumar and D Napoleon have forayed into politics for successful careers. Meanwhile according to Rajinikanth, the "system is rotten" as he asked his fans to "prepare for a war".
Moreover Hassan, in particular, went ballistic against the ruling AIADMK on corruption, throwing regular barbs against the government, with the ministers criticizing him and a self-declared rationalist, he courted controversy when he hit out at what he called Hindu extremism.
Ailing DMK chief M Karunanidhi, now in his
90's, too is not a novice to Tamilnadu filmdom, having been a successful
script-writer. Further the patch-up between Panneerselvam and Palanisamy saw
the former becoming deputy chief minister in the government. Moreover the camp
got a shot in its arm when the Election Commission awarded the 'two leaves'
symbol to it. Now, Dhinakaran is fighting the December 21 by poll to RK Nagar
as an independent.
