3 min readKochiMay 5, 2026 08:06 PM IST As Tamil superstar Vijay gears up to take over as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, his colleagues and well-wishers in the film industry are elated and showering him with praise. From Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal, Mammootty, and Shiva Rajkumar to Nayanthara, AR Rahman, Mahesh Babu, Suriya, Dhanush,...
4 min readKochiMay 5, 2026 04:23 PM IST While the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is currently devising strategies to build a coalition in Tamil Nadu to help it cross the majority mark of 118 in the 234-member Assembly, it is almost certain that Vijay will be the next Chief Minister of the state. Although the...
3 min readKochiMay 5, 2026 03:03 PM IST Delivering a massive blow to critics and trolls who underestimated him and ridiculed his ambitions, actor-politician Vijay and his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) completed the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2026 with flying colours. In its debut poll, TVK emerged as the single-largest party in the state, bagging...
3 min readNew DelhiMay 5, 2026 10:14 AM IST Jana Nayagan may not have hit the screens yet, but Vijay has already become one in real life, sparking immense joy among his fans as celebrations pour in from all corners. Following his massive electoral victory, congratulatory messages have been flooding in from across the country....
3 min readHyderabadMay 5, 2026 08:16 AM IST Some lessons stay with you not because they ended well, but because they began beautifully. For Trisha Krishnan, Marmayogi is exactly that kind of story. A film that never made it to theatres, never completed its shoot, and yet sits in her memory with more clarity than...
Proving most political analyses and exit polls wrong, actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has emerged as the single largest party in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2026. Despite it being their debut polls, Vijay and TVK earned a landslide victory in the state, and when the final results are out, the party is likely...
3 min readHyderabadMay 4, 2026 08:17 PM IST As Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) eyes wins in over 100 of Tamil Nadu’s 234 Assembly seats, Vijay did not head to the party office. Instead, he went to his parents’ house. Videos circulated online showed the TVK chief arriving at his parents’ residence in Chennai on Monday,...
4 min readHyderabadMay 4, 2026 06:07 PM IST In November 2018, Vijay walked into Tamil Nadu’s political imagination through a film called Sarkar. The character Vijay played, Sundar Ramaswamy, was a successful NRI businessman who flies back home for one reason: to vote. He arrives at the polling booth and is told his vote has...
3 min readHyderabadUpdated: May 4, 2026 05:11 PM IST Birthdays usually come with cake and flowers. Trisha Krishnan‘s 43rd came with an election result. As counting got underway across Tamil Nadu on Monday morning and Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) began leading in constituency after constituency, Manchu Lakshmi posted a birthday wish for Trisha that...
5 min readHyderabadMay 4, 2026 04:46 PM IST A record MG Ramachandran set in 1969 survived nearly four decades of Tamil cinema. When Adimai Penn released on 1 May 1969, it drew the largest opening-week audience any Tamil film had ever pulled. MGR produced it, and starred in it. The film was many things at...
