Captain Takes the Plunge!

After bashing up all the villains on the silver screen, 'Captain' Vijaykanth has decided to take on the real-life baddies too.

It's such a predictable series of events and the easiest possible route for an aspiring politician in Tamil Nadu. Enter Kollywood, make films for 20 odd years, gather a mass following for yourself, then towards the end of your film career, come out with movies having a 'political message', slowly ease out of making films, create a splash in philanthropy and education, and one fine day, you're ready to launch your own political party!

Anyways, our man's party is called the Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhalagam (DMDK) and staying true to his Murpokku (progressive) philosophy, he stressed on the importance of English in today's world.

"..Though Tamil is our mother tongue, we must not stop the youth from learning other languages which will help them get employment outside the State..."

Atleast we don't have another Ramadoss in the making. Thank God for small mercies!

And being the bold Captain he is, Vijaykanth plans to contest next year's Assembly Elections all by himself. Can't see him making much of an impact just yet, but maybe a few years down the road...could we have a three-pronged struggle for power in the state? It does get a bit boring watching Amma and Kalaignar at each others' throats all the time.

Anyways, till then, this venture is just another acronym with K's, M's and D's and just another red and black flag.

While on the subject, I got to see Mr. Lal Krishna Advani in the flesh today, even if it was only through the window pane of his airconditioned car. Just the second national politician I've ever seen after Rajiv Gandhi, which was...well, aeons ago. Interestingly, he was leaning forward in the car, looking out at the world as inquisitively as we might have been looking in at him...quite different from the withdrawn, introspective mood I was expecting, considering all the turmoil and flashpoints expected in the BJP Chennai meet today.