May 1st of 2021 on KH

Another media hype that befools people is the projection of Kamal Hasan.( KH )

As an actor, he shines best in comedy roles. He cannot weep or look sorrowful. This was commented on by producer Mukhta Srinivasan when he said audience booed him when he showed his reaction to his son’s death in “Naayagan”, copying Marlon Brando forgetting that this is a different culture.

If his film image and popularity are to help his politics what then is his Reel image?

He was a playboy in Manmatha leelai. He took delight in hurting sentiments of others in reel and in real lives. If people worshipped God in Temple Chariots, he delighted in breaking them into two.( Thevar Magan ) and he teased vegetarians by putting fish in their sambar.(MMK). He mocked the Brahmins by making his side-kicks do Sandhyavandanam with whiskey.(Panchavarnam)

MGR carefully cultivated an image of a good man fighting the evil and was a winner in films. This helped him to be a winner in real politics. His songs gave him a boost thanks to Vaali, his lyricist. In real life, MGR was a great philanthropist and a humanist. He knew he did not know. MGR respected women in reel and perhaps in real life too.

But KH had no such handle. KH played negative characters; glorified violence till the end of the film. His message was means did not matter as long as the end was good. In real and reel life, he never respected women. His dances were obscene, the type the youngsters used to see in the late 60s stealthily in what was known as Record dance . ( his dance with Ramya Krishnan in Panchavarnam is one such.) He claimed to be a rationalist but changed his name from Kamalahasan to Kamal Hassan believing in numerology.

How will this image boost his politics ? May be persons of similar thinking would be inspired to vote for him. His knowledge of public affairs, leave alone constitution, is next to nothing. His debate with Smriti Irani in Republic TV exposed his depth of ignorance. . He was using his Padma Shree Award as a title, which is prohibited. ( My earlier post on this perhaps stopped that.) Two people in Andhra Pradesh had been deprived of their awards in the eighties.

He called himself Gandhiji’s follower and his B team. People may remember how he set Karate Hussiney to raid Burma Bazar to stop the piracy of his movie DVDs and how one died in the scuffle. KH has now aligned with IJK Parivendar of SRM college which was selling PG Medical seats for crores. In a recent election speech, he said that the AIADMK Government worked against him and caused him a loss of Rs.66 crores. Otherwise, his wealth, now shown as Rs.174 crores would have crossed Rs.200 crores. He has a revenge to take. He did calculate that his anti-BJP postures would please the minorities and take him past the winning post. Mayura Jaikumar of Congress is also targeting the same section.

KH ‘ s party obtained 3.72% of votes in 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Has he done anything to improve on that ? Hardly anything. He will get less than 3% this time. His convoluted sentences are meat for Memes. Clear thinking alone would bring forth clear speech. Yet he draws a crowd. Any actor of his standing should get that. Remember the crowd that Vadivelu drew in 2011 ? His failure to take off is media’s failure too. But sometimes, failures are remunerative.

 

On May 1^st, 2021 :

Having watched and read analysts of all types informed, half-baked, and unbaked, I think I should write this as I cannot postpone this any longer because tomorrow this might become irrelevant.

This is about pumping done by all the people mentioned above for AMMK leader Dinakaran  and it was even said that he might cut into AIADMK votes and thus be an additional factor for DMK’s “inevitable” win.

Times are such that plain truths need to be reiterated. Dinakaran promises one job for each household. There are 1, 96,16,093   house holds/Fair price shop cards in TN. If someone believes,   he is going to achieve that he needs to be initiated in common sense. His other promises like essential goods delivery at the door step ( no one has asked for it since that is the only kind of shopping for the poor ) and subsidy for gas cylinders are all impractical. Therefore, anyone voting for him on the basis of promises is less likely.

What then is his strength? Sasikala has distanced herself from him. To begin with, she never associated herself. She has not uttered the word, AMMK.” Even when she came out of the jail in the so-called 23 hour road show, her car for some distance carried the AIADMK flag , and not the AMMK flag. This was hardly commented upon.

Dinakaran has the support of   Mukkulathors and hence his support would be a deciding factor, it was said. Even a reputed magazine like Thuglak believed in this myth. Sasikala is a greater Mukkulathor icon than Dinakaran. When she has not supported him, one does not expect other Mukkulathors to support him.

But then he polled a good enough percentage in 34 Assembly segment s in 2019 Parliamentary polls. Much water has   flown since then. Sasikala’s card was closely held then and he could convince voters that she was backing him. Besides, his aides, Vetrivel ( since deceased), Pugazhendhi, Thanga Tamizhselvan  are no longer with  him. Even during the 2019 Lok sabha polls, his decline could be seen by those who kept their eyes open.  He secured 89,013 votes in the RK Nagar by poll. But, his party candidate could get only 10,551 votes in the same RK Nagar assembly segment in the recently concluded LS polls.

Between  the parliamentary poll results   and October 24, when the Vikravandi and Nanguneri ( with AMMK not contesting )     results were announced, nearly 70 per cent of his state and district functionaries switched their loyalties to the ruling AIADMK or the DMK.  Grass root workers know better.

Even in the midst of 2021 assembly election, one of his candidates deserted him and joined AIADMK.  His candidates complained  that he did not fund them enough to meet even legitimate expenses.   Buying votes as he did in R. K. Nagar and   cannot be  replicated  in a large number of constituencies.

Compare this to the hype by media and print and electronic on his importance. He is likely to lose in his constituency, his party will score a zero and his percentage my not exceed 3. .

 S>Pushpavanam  just a day before counting of votes;