"I’m not a politician" - Ilayathalapathy Vijay

Article about Ilayathalapathy Vijay's Thalaiva with Director A.L.Vijay

‘I’m not a politician’

…says Ilayathalapathy Vijay about his role in his upcoming flick Thalaivaa with director Vijay!

The poster of the Vijay-Vijay film came out and everyone has been buzzing about how the movie looks like a film involving politics and Vijay donning the role of a politician. When CT asked him whether he played a politician in Thalaivaa, Vijay said, “No, the movie has nothing to do with politics.” He preferred not to reveal more about the flick. The producer of the film, Sunil Chandraprakash Jain, also denied the film has any political undertone. He said about the title, “We zeroed in on Thalaiva because it suits Vijay’s image and the film’s story. Even the poster is designed keeping it in mind. The film has nothing to do with politics.”

The Ilayathalapathy’s political ambitions have always been much debated about and any movie relating him to politics gets the audience talking. Last year, he had stated that he would enter politics at the right time. Thus, he’s constantly asked when he will officially enter the political race. Recently, when asked what politics meant to him, Vijay said, “Everyone should vote.”