There are a lot of rumors going on about the political debut of Tamil Superstar Vijay. Keeping an end to all the speculations, Vijay announced the entry of him into Tamil politics. His party is named Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam. The actor will make himself available for full time politics after completing the shoot of his 69th film. Vijay will prepare for the 2026 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. The top actor said that politics is not his other career and he has been preparing to serve the people from a long time.

“The current politics are corrupted and divisive. The people of the state are waiting for a change and some transparent, caste free and corruption free politics” told Vijay. Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam should get an approval from the Election Commission of India along with the party symbol after which Vijay will participate in public meetings in Tamil Nadu. This makes clear that Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam will not contest in the Parliament elections that are due in summer this year.

Thalapathy Vijay is setting up his base for political exposure. Vijay is reportedly planning a state-wide padayatra before entering into politics. The latest information is that he is in plans to set up night study centres in the state in all regions by picking up launching centres in the Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu.

Thalapathy Vijay Payilagam will be launched today in all 234 constituencies of Tamil Nadu. Students will be provided with notebooks, pens and pencils after the launch under the name of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu K Kamaraj. Recently Vijay met students who topped in 10th and 12th. All these plans are clear that he is focused to be the future CM and focusing on future voters. He recently wrapped up the shoot of Leo directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj and the film is aimed for Dasara 2023 release.

Super star of Tamil movies, ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay is planning a political entry and is aiming to fill the vacuum caused by the passing away of towering leaders and former Chief Ministers, M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa.

Vijay on Saturday interacted with the first three rank holders in the Calss 10 and Class 12 examinations from all the Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu. The actor made all the arrangements for their travel, stay and other incidental expenses along with their parents in Chennai.

While interacting with the students, Vijay evoked the names of B.R. Ambedkar, Thiruvallur and Kamaraj, all highly-respected personalities in Tamil Nadu. He also called upon the children to advise their parents not to cast their precious votes by accepting money from different political parties.

It may be noted that the Thalapathy Vijay Makkal Iyyakam (TVMI), which is Vijay’s fan club, has been active for the past few years in social activities. For the past few years, TVMI has been active in its social and community outreach across the state.

Sources close to the actor told IANS that Vijay is aiming to fill the vacuum created by the demise of towering leaders of Tamil politics, M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa.

As per the information he received following a detailed survey conducted at the grassroots level using a national agency of repute, other than Stalin, there is no leader with pan-Tamil Nadu presence at the moment.

Also, with the AIADMK bruised and battered following back-to-back electoral defeats since the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there is no proper opposition to Stalin in Tamil Nadu.

Even though state BJP President Annamalai is trying hard to put up an opposition to Stalin, the BJP doesn’t have strength across the state and hence he is not able to fit in as an opposition leader.

Sources in the TVMI told IANS that Vijay has met a few retired bureaucrats, journalists and some influential social and political leaders to discuss about his political entry. While the superstar is not planning a move ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he is clearly targeting the 2026 Assembly polls.

Vijay has taken a decision for a grand political entry after the reigning superstar of Tamil movie industry, Rajinikanth, backed out from making a political entry at the last moment after having serious discussions with the BJP leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home minister Amit Shah.

Vijay has reportedly studied the bylaws of both the Dravidian parties, DMK and AIADMK, and has asked his strategists to structure the new party’s bylaw by blending the essence of the two Dravidian parties.

It may be recalled that Vijay’s fans had contested the 2021 rural body polls as Independents. As many as 129 of those who contested won the elections.

Bussy N. Anand, a former Congress MLA from Puducherry, is now the general secretary of TVMI. Anand is responsible for structuring the steps of Vijay’s movement. However, he was not available for comments.

It has to be seen how the people of Tamil Nadu, who had accepted the transformation of MGR and Jayalalithaa from Tamil matinee idols to political leaders, takes the entry of Thalapathi Vijay in state politics.

One of the most popular actors of Tamil cinema, ‘Thalapathi’ Vijay, has announced that his next movie would be with acclaimed director Venkat Prabhu.

The movie is tentatively titled “Thalapathy 68” and is slated for release in 2024. The details of other cast and crew are not known at the moment.

In a social media post on Sunday, Vijay said the film produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram’s AGS Entertainment will have all the ingredients of a movie expected from a young super star of Kollywood. This is the second movie produced by AGS Entertainment after “Bigil”.

The director, Venkat Prabhu, has a distinct style of filmmaking and the movie with Vijay could be a captivating experience for the audience.

This, incidentally, will be the 68th movie of Vijay, whose popularity is ranked only next to the South Indian mega star Rajanikanth. His last movie, “Varisu”, became Vijay’s first to enter the Rs 300-crore club, making it his all-time big hit.

The Venkat Prabhu movie’s music is by Yuvan Shankar Raja, whose experiments were said to have opened the ‘era of remixes’ for Kollywood. This is the second ‘Thalapthy’ Vijay movie where Yuvan Shankar Raja will give the music after “Pudhiya Geethai” in 2003.

Vijay will next be seen in “Leo” directed by ace Tamil director Lokesh Kanagaraj. The movie was shot in Kashmir and features Trisha and Sanjay Dutt in lead roles. The movie is set for an October 19, 2023, release. ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay will also be seen in a cameo in the Shah Rukh-Nayanthara-starrer “Jawan”.

Interestingly Venkat Prabhu becomes one of the select few in Tamil industry to have made films with both Vijay and his on-screen rival in the popularity sweepstakes, Ajith.

Venkat Prabhu has made super hit movies such as “Mankatha”, “Chennai 28”, and “Maanadu”. His latest movie, the Tamil-Telugu bilingual “Custody”, starring Telugu star Naga Chaithanya was released earlier this month.