In 2002, three long years after the mega success of Padayappa, ‘Superstar’ Rajinikanth’s Baba came. The film’s story penned by Rajini himself was extremely suggestive of the superstar entering politics. This had the entire TN state in an instant uproar and the political party PMK condemned him for suggesting such things through movie and also raked up controversy about his habit of smoking on screen misleading young fans.