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Rajini exercised his democratic right… |
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Come
election time, there always is a buzz
in the media about Super Star’s
activities. Which party will get his
support, whom he particularly likes,
when he will announce his stand –
these all become important subjects
for the media to do some intense speculation.
This time is no different too. But,
since Rajini has already put a lid
on all other questions, there was
nothing else to talk about. |
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only thing left to speculate upon
was, will he vote or not? Or will
he at least show up?
The question was uppermost in the
minds of Rajini watchers as he was
away in Hyderabad for the last several
days shooting for Shankar’s
‘Shivaji’. Hoping that
Rajini would make his usual early
morning appearance, all the leading
news channels had arrived much earlier
at the election booth at Stella Maris
College, but much to their disappointment,
there was no sign of him. |
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But,
when the media men and fans were about
to give it all up, Rajini walked in
around 3.45 pm, clad in a spotless
white shirt and dhoti, along with
wife Latha, in a sober-colored churidhar.
His two daughters, Aishwarya and Soundarya,
dressed simply in t-shirts and trousers,
also arrived following him. Fans went
berserk and cries of ‘thalaivaa!’
and ‘Shivaji!’ soon rent
the air.
Rajini did his usual ‘vanakkam’
to his fans and to the assembled crowd
and entered the booth to exercise
his franchise. |
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Aishwarya’s
name was found missing and looked
disappointed that she could not vote.
Latha Rajinikanth and Soundarya’s
names were in the voters list and
they were able to vote.
From the moment he came in, the flashbulbs
of photographers started popping up
non-stop and the press and TV journalists
too got into jostling act with each
other to get some newsbytes from the
great man. |
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Rajini
was his usual calm self and he could barely
make himself heard to the media men amidst
all the frenzied noise from his excited
fans. He obliged the TV journalists by giving
them an innocuous quote, “Like Tamil
Nadu, I am also expecting the results eagerly!”.
Rajini’s interaction with his fans
was only for a very brief time, but still
it left the fans in a happy frame of mind.
The way the expectations got raised this
time even for Rajini casting his vote prompted
a few political analysts to wonder whether
Rajini would take the plunge at least in
the next elections. But then, one should
also remember what ‘Thalaivar’
had said once: “Naan eppo varuven
eppadi varuvennu yaarukkum theriathu. Aana,
vara vaendiya naerathilae varuven!” |
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