00:00In a stunning political development, actor Vijay's newly floated party, TVK, has emerged as a dark horse in its debut
00:06elections.
00:08I am from the southern part of the country and what I observe here is a lot of actor worship.
00:12We saw like NTR, MGR and now what we are seeing in the Tamil Nadu state.
00:16That reflects a relatively more honest electorate.
00:19At least you know that the actor has now become the politician.
00:24In the north, the politician continues to remain the actor and still be known as the politician.
00:30Just as we have no self-knowledge, just as we don't know who we are, just as we know ourselves
00:37only as this face, only as this skin and the superficiality, the personality.
00:43Similarly, all we care for in the political arena is the face, the voice, the image.
00:50The one who will excel at image making will succeed.
00:54That's the mark of the ignorant democracy.
00:58You will be a democracy that sells and buys faces, pictures, images.
01:04Who looks the best on screen?
01:06Not that who performs the best in office.
01:10Who performs the best in front of the camera?
01:13Just that the south, I would say, seriously, is a little more open about it.
01:17So, in fact, the south is probably saying, well, everybody is an actor.
01:21So, what's the problem if I elect a professional actor?
01:24We are anyway acting all the time.
01:26The north, we would say then, can be, in comparison, accused of hypocrisy.
01:32We say we are electing serious leaders.
01:34Oh, your serious leaders are all just serious actors.
01:38Are they not?
01:39And on their bio, they don't even disclose that.
01:43You won't find their filmography there.
01:45Whereas, they are shooting all the time.
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