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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has extended his warmest congratulations to his friend and South Indian cinema icon Vijay on his election as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

Anwar, in his Facebook post on Tuesday (May 12), said that for many years, fans had watched Vijay defeat corrupt politicians and various villains within the span of a three-hour film, often punctuated by a short interval.

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00:01Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has extended his warmest congratulations to his
00:07friend and South Indian cinema icon Vijay on his election as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
00:14Anwar, in his Facebook post on Tuesday, said that for many years, fans had watched Vijay
00:20defeat corrupt politicians and various villains within the span of a three-hour film, often
00:26punctuated by a short interval. He also said that Malaysia and Tamil Nadu share deep historical,
00:33cultural and people-to-people ties across generations, and that he is looking forward
00:39to working closely with Chief Minister Vijay in the years ahead. Vijay, or his true name Chandrasekharan
00:46Joseph Vijay, who recently transitioned from a prolific acting career to full-time politics,
00:52led his party Tamilaga Vetri Kajagam to a significant victory in the state elections,
00:58following in the footsteps of several legendary film figures in Tamil Nadu's political history.
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