POLITICS IS RAJNIKANTH'S 2.0
“Tell them that I have arrived”,
says Rajni in his latest flick Kabali. This is how the social media
is describing his entry into the political arena.
Eighteen years after dropping hints of
his political aspiration, 'Super Star' Rajnikanth finally announced
his plunge into politics as a year-end bonanza for his fans, sweet
surprise for many voters and packed with jitters for fellow
politicians of Tamil Nadu. As promised, our 'Annamalai' stuck to the
date Dec 31 to make his positive announcement. After a fruitful film
career, he has now logged in to the second version 2.0 for politics.
The troubled waters of Tamil Nadu
politics is a perfect launch pad now for this new fisherman from Poes
Garden. What could have been a better opportunity for this 'Kollywood
Basha' to explore than the political vacuum created by the death of
'Puratchi Thalaivi' J. Jayalalithaa and the AIADMK becoming a
'divided house', deterioration of health condition of DMK veteran M
Karunanidhi and the inability of his scion Stalin to fill his shoes,
irrelevance of Dr.Ramadoss' PMK, insignificance of Captain
Vijaykanth's DMDK, the BJP's failure to bloom, disappearance of
Vaiko's MDMK and the near washout of Left parties.
It is not as simple as God proposed
and our 'Arunachalam' announced his foray, but proper home work had
apparently gone behind the decision. As a former bus conductor, he
would have not only planned the journey better, but also decided on
the passengers who would get the 'tickets'.
Rajni was at the butt of ridicule in
the social media in the form of trolls and memes, thanks to his
initial hesitation and subsequent vacillation. The much-debated,
though delayed, political entry has put an end to speculation among
his fans, who are visibly enthused to work for his success like
'Robots'. The younger lot among the sexagenarian hero's fans would
have by now turned 40 plus, having perennially waited for the golden
word from 'Sivaji - The Boss'. It is a plus point for him as the
fans will also bring along their family votes. The delay is a
blessing in disguise, indeed!
Spirituality, charity and
righteousness are his Moonru Mugam (three faces). It seems to be in
tune with his avowed policy that Rajni has coined a new term
'spiritual politics' (Aanmeega Arasiyal) to offer to the public,
which he will have to elaborate the next time he wields the
microphone. Be it a policy decision or announcement, Rajni should
ginger it up with a big bang and dramatise it better than his fellow
stars from the tinseltown Vijaykanth, Sarath Kumar and the latest
entrant and long time pal Kamal Haasan.
Let us hope that Rajni will not
retreat from his decision to stay in politics. Of course, if this
'Chatrapathi' says it once, it is understood to have been uttered a
hundred times...!
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