Himself From The People

The words are spoken by the hero with a view to pooh-poohing a strong woman character in the film, Padayappa.So, can the superstar do an MGR in Tamil Nadu politics? To put it succinctly, of course he cannot. China Hollow Dismountable Seperation Wall System And when it comes to votes, women form 50 per cent of the electorate. The ‘thai’ (mother) title series of films that MGR came out with was remarkable.Comparing that with the open seething misogyny in Rajinikanth films -of course he, too, has acted in a few films that portray his love and respect of the mother - it is doubtful if he enjoys the kind of women following that MGR did.

So even if his films are drawing crowds for the ‘first day first show’ with fans going agog by worshipping him, it is not clear how many of them will vote for him and how many of them will campaign for him.Though Rajinkanth may not lag behind in looks and dresses well in films, he cannot match MGR in his fairness and consistent dapper turnout in real life. Above all, his latest comments on Periyar, CAA and NPR have distanced himself from the people of Tamil Nadu in general.One of the major reasons for subaltern women’s love for MGR was his good looks and dapper turnout. He was unanimously considered as a ‘handsome man’ both in reel and real life.So, MGR played along with the trend and became part of the political movement that was sweeping through Tamil Nadu and was seen as an actor and a politician.

Then of course his fair skin was a matter of great appeal to all. For, the fans will be supporters, members and even functionaries of diverse political parties now and it is a big question is if they would switch just because their celluloid icon has launched a new outfit. In fact, it was a well known fact that in homes where the men voted for MGR’s rival party, the DMK, they could not restrain their mothers, wives and sisters from favouring MGR. When he came MGR had the support of that elite class as well as the subaltern masses. MGR was one major actor for whom stories and dialogues were written not only to build a clean positive image of him but also to take across the Dravidian ideology.