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Over to Padayappa… Unlike Ambitabh who has come out into the open, Rajini is not yet tired of playing the ‘keep-guessing-game.’ He has been a silent observer and sitting on the fence for a long number of years now. One group is vociferously inviting him to join them while the other vituperatively opposes his anticipated entry. Both the groups have one thing in common though. They gain their political mileage, either way! The ‘crucial question’ was lying under the carpet for four years and more. Recently, Rajini probably wanted to play hide-and-seek again. He has been so very meticulously avoiding public meetings with a possibility of discussing politics. His participation in the anniversary of the magazine ‘Thuklak’ is once again raising good amount of dust. Cho came out with an open statement in the function, advising him to take charge of the third front and that made it to the headlines immediately. It is not unusual for this kind of rigmarole to surface whenever there is an election is round the corner and it has come up again. But the volume is a little high now. The BJP and the TN Congress have openly welcomed the entry of Rajini while the CPI and the CPI (M), though they have not spelt it out explicitly, have been against it. The very bold and open attitude taken by Rajini during the 1996 elections attracted differing opinions from all around. It cannot be denied that he had a big role to play in the establishment and development of TMC and also in the victory that the combine secured. But that cannot be a pointer for a solid ground for the personal success of the Superstar in politics. Examples are many. As far as Rajini is concerned, he has not indicated his stand clearly in the matter so far. It definitely looks like that he enjoys all the tamasha that is going around with him at the centre, discussing for and against, without even making an attempt to get a firm commitment from him. Some feel that Rajini himself is behind all the controversies that are going on. ‘It is not that Rajini did not know that Cho would speak like that in the function. He participated in the function with the full knowledge what statement Cho would come out with. Considering the fact that the fans of Vijayakanth have contested and won several seats in the Corporation elections and taking into account the present unsatisfactory performance of ADMK government, it is not difficult to see the soft corner that Rajini has for the third front and Cho has echoed what is there in the innermost recesses of Rajini’s heart,’ said a VIP who belongs to the inner circle of Rajini and who wishes to remain anonymous. Another observer quotes the interview of Aishwarya, daughter of Rajini in a Tamil magazine when she felt that her father should enter politics for the good of the people. There is every likelihood that Rajini may say that he is not aware of such a thing. But then it is obvious that Aishwarya would not have spoken without his knowledge. It is now for Rajini to put a full stop to all such needless empty talk, which is sure to continue till he comes out openly with his stand. He should realise that he owes a responsibility to the public and should not keep them guessing for long. There are precedents like Sivaji, Bhagyaraj, T. Rajendar and others who tried their best to make it to the seats of power and failed miserably. Things do not move as easily in real life as on the silver screen, by lifting an index finger and warning ‘What I say once is equal to saying a hundred times.’
The stars twinkle and do not exude steady light. May be it is because of this fact that the Super Star, Supreme Star and the Captain are still in two minds about their career in politics. Let them take a firm stand to serve the people and lead them in a clear and good path in actuality or let them keep doing so on the screen. If they opt for choice number two, let them not emerge in the horizon every now and then, campaign for this party or that - whichever appears to be good for the moment - and afterwards shroud themselves with silence, reclining in nonchalance and taking a care-a-damn attitude in the following years, till the next elections. concluded...
Saravanan
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Having seen the tall star of the north, let us now see the polestar of the south. (Who says polestar is in the north? In the world of tinsel anything is possible)
And there are also other examples like Karunanidhi, NTR, MGR, Jayalalitha and others who have made it from the studio sets to the Secretariat. But it requires taking a firm and clear decision and working towards that goal. 
