Feb 21, 2018 13:59:21 (IST)

Superstar Kamal Haasan's hectic Wednesday morning, as he set off from Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram to formally begin his political career, included some strategic name-dropping. Delhi chief minster Arvind Kejriwal was joining him for the launch of his new party in Madurai, he said, and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu had phoned last night to say he is a fan and would have loved to attend but was unable to.