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Tamil Nadu politics

Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth: Star Wars

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They are the twin pillars of heroism in Tamil cinema. Will Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth now reinvent heroism in Tamil politics?

Being Kamal Haasan
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An aspiring political actor in search of a director

The Robotic Politics of Rajinikanth
K Hariharan

A divine comedy featuring an enigmatic superstar

Tamil Nadu: Vacancy for an Icon
V Shoba

There are no long-term winners in the Tamil Nadu power struggle

Trial and Error
Shahina KK

How the disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa and her associates dragged on despite conclusive documentary evidence against them

Puppet Part Two
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Sasikala goes to jail and a dummy comes to power in Chennai

An Honourable Man
Vaasanthi

O Panneerselvam joins the social churn that is deeper than the current succession struggle

In the Name of the Mother
V Shoba

Kitsch and skulduggery in Chennai as the struggle for power and legacy pits the ambitious against the dutiful

The MGR Magic: The Enduring Image Trap
Vaasanthi

One hundred years of the MGR magic

J Jayalalithaa (1948-2016): The Ideal and the Icon
S Prasannarajan

In Jaya’s Tamil Nadu, history and biography became one

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