Before Thalapathy Vijay, many South superstars have launched their political parties including Jayalalithaa, Chiranjeevi, Kamal Haasan among others. Scroll down to check the list of those political parties launched by popular South actors.
MGR birth anniversary: A hugely successful actor, Ramachandran was a member of the DMK but founded the AIADMK following differences with M Karunanidhi.
Being a successful actress who came into prominence in the mid-1960s, she worked in almost 140 movies between 1961-1980 primarily in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada languages. She entered into politics and joined AIADMK in 1982 when MG Ramachandran was Tamil Nadu's chief minister.
After Kangana Ranaut impressed the masses with her first look as former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa, actor Arvind Swami unveiled his first look as MGR from the film Thalaivi.
The passing away of Dravidian stalwart Muthuvel Karunanidhi has signaled the virtual end of personality-driven bi-polar politics in the state, dominated by charismatic individuals of arch-rivals DMK and AIADMK in the past five decades
'Kalaignar' Karunanidhi's contribution to Indian cinema remains unparalleled and exceptional. Let's look back at DMK patriarch's journey in Tamil cinema as a screenwriter.
Rajinikanth said he has learnt politics from DMK leader M. Karunanidhi and Congress leader late G.K. Moopanar.
Chennai: When 800 Dalits of the Pallar caste which included 200 out of total 300 families in Meenakshipuram village of Tamil Nadu, converted to Islam on February 19, 1981, the incident of mass conversion brought
New Delhi: On February 19, 1981, when the late M G Ramachandran was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, the nation woke up to a news item which said nearly 800 Dalit Hindus in the
Chennai: Ruling AIADMK party general secretary and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J.Jayalalithaa Sunday said her public life is akin to swimming in a river of fire. In a statement issued here a day after she
Chennai: Vennira Aadai Nirmala, who made her debut in Tamil cinema along with now Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, will be one of the star campaigners for the AIADMK in the Lok Sabha polls.The
New Delhi: M G Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, was first film actor to become Chief Minister of any state in India.Starting off his career as an actor in Tamil films, MGR joined politics later
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