Chennai, June 22 (BPNS)
Tamil super star , ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay is celebrating his 49th birthday today amid speculation rife over his imminent political entry. Vijay is one of the highest paid actors of India with rumours of him getting paid a whopping Rs 150 crore for a movie much more than several of his contemporaries.
The fans of Vijay under the umbrella organisation, Thalapathy Vijay Makkal Iyyakam (TVMI) has been conducting several welfare activities across the state to celebrate his birthday. Vijay has been active in social life of late with recently conducting a mass connect programme by inviting first three toppers in each assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu for the tenth and twelth class public exams. He paid a gift cheque , a memento and other gifts to the toppers and also felicitated their parents by draping them with shawls.
To get more vibe among the crowd, the actor was seen mingling with the children and their parents and he preferred to sit among the children and parents instead of sitting on the dais.
The programme held on June 17 at Chennai was a big hit and Vijay spoke extensively during the function calling upon the children to advise their parents not to take money for vote and that vote was a powerful harbinger for change.
The super star also evoked the memories of Tamil icons like Periyar, Ambedkar and Kamaraj and called upon the students to read about everything especially on Tamil icons.
Vijay will be seen next in the movie ‘Leo’ directed by Logesh Kanagaraj who has produced hit movies like Vikram, Master. The film will be released in October, 2023 and the shoot was held in Jammu and Kashmir.
The actor had faced brickbats for expressing political interests with the AIADMK government of Jayalalithaa banning his movie ‘Thalaivaa’ for having the tag line- ‘Born to Lead’.
After the June 17 show of Vijay, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) have come out with a statement that movie stars entering politics has been a curse of Tamil Nadu and should do away with that.
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