Captain Vijayakanth

In her first interview after the death of her husband, 'Captain' Vijayakanth, in December, Premalatha Vijayakanth, who has taken over as the chief of the DMDK, has outlined the party's stance on potential alliances, electoral strategies, and her visi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tribute to Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) founder and renowned actor Vijayakanth, saying he was 'captain' not just in the cinema but in politics too.

Captain Vijayakanth, DMDK founder who died today, played many roles in his long public life, from a hero performing captivating stunts and taking on a crowd of villains alone, to surprising political pundits by humbling bigger political forces

Sasikala is no Goddess and OPS no God. Neither has any background in Dravidian film-making. The failure in politics of very popular Tamil film stars like Sivaji Ganesan and "Captain" Vijayakanth shows that it is not film fan clubs that translate into political machines. but political machines that used the cinema like the social media is used today...

The result at Tamil Nadu's Ulundurpettai delivered an upset today as popular and charismatic actor Vijayakanth -- the state's most sought after ally -- lost. He also lost his deposit under an Election Commission rule that comes into play only when the candidate polls less than one-sixth of the valid votes.

The quickly cobbled together Third Front led by Captain is also an attempt by these parties to try and get enough of a share to play kingmakers if it's a close result.

Captain Vijayakanth explains why he spurned the advances of the two Tamil Nadu giants, AIADMK and DMK, and chose to lead a third front in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections now, a week away.

After being courted by various political parties in Tamil Nadu, actor-politician Vijayakanth has announced that his DMDK will go it alone in the May assembly polls.

With a 10 per cent vote-share and a maverick leader striking instant chord with his unconventional ways, DMDK is threatening to play spoilsport to Dravidian arch rivals DMK and AIADMK, who have much stake in the April 24 Lok Sabha polls.

In Tamil Nadu, flanked by the leaders of five regional parties, the BJP president Rajnath Singh publicly announced the party's large alliance. The BJP, which won none of the state's 39 parliamentary seats in the last national election, is carpooling this time with the DMDK, headed by actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth, the MDMK headed by Vaiko, th...

A Vijayakanth, better known as Captain, tried today to persuade the Nilgiris to turn its back on A Raja, who it elected to Parliament in 2009.

The national election marks a political coming of age for Vijayakanth, 62. The former actor, with roles in nearly 150 films, set up his DMDK party in 2005. In the last general election in 2009, his party did not win a single seat in Tamil Nadu. But in recent weeks, the Congress and the BJP both wooed him with the latter finally winning his partners...

Monday's peak-hour traffic rush came to a grinding halt following Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's whistle-stop visit to the city and actor-politician Vijayakanth's bid to greet him with black flags in protest against the Centre's alleged dilly-dallying on the Mullaiperiyar dam issue.

In her first interview after the death of her husband, 'Captain' Vijayakanth, in December, Premalatha Vijayakanth, who has taken over as the chief of the DMDK, has outlined the party's stance on potential alliances, electoral strategies, and her visi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tribute to Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) founder and renowned actor Vijayakanth, saying he was 'captain' not just in the cinema but in politics too.

Captain Vijayakanth, DMDK founder who died today, played many roles in his long public life, from a hero performing captivating stunts and taking on a crowd of villains alone, to surprising political pundits by humbling bigger political forces

Sasikala is no Goddess and OPS no God. Neither has any background in Dravidian film-making. The failure in politics of very popular Tamil film stars like Sivaji Ganesan and "Captain" Vijayakanth shows that it is not film fan clubs that translate into political machines. but political machines that used the cinema like the social media is used today...

The result at Tamil Nadu's Ulundurpettai delivered an upset today as popular and charismatic actor Vijayakanth -- the state's most sought after ally -- lost. He also lost his deposit under an Election Commission rule that comes into play only when the candidate polls less than one-sixth of the valid votes.

The quickly cobbled together Third Front led by Captain is also an attempt by these parties to try and get enough of a share to play kingmakers if it's a close result.

Captain Vijayakanth explains why he spurned the advances of the two Tamil Nadu giants, AIADMK and DMK, and chose to lead a third front in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections now, a week away.

After being courted by various political parties in Tamil Nadu, actor-politician Vijayakanth has announced that his DMDK will go it alone in the May assembly polls.

With a 10 per cent vote-share and a maverick leader striking instant chord with his unconventional ways, DMDK is threatening to play spoilsport to Dravidian arch rivals DMK and AIADMK, who have much stake in the April 24 Lok Sabha polls.

In Tamil Nadu, flanked by the leaders of five regional parties, the BJP president Rajnath Singh publicly announced the party's large alliance. The BJP, which won none of the state's 39 parliamentary seats in the last national election, is carpooling this time with the DMDK, headed by actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth, the MDMK headed by Vaiko, th...

A Vijayakanth, better known as Captain, tried today to persuade the Nilgiris to turn its back on A Raja, who it elected to Parliament in 2009.

The national election marks a political coming of age for Vijayakanth, 62. The former actor, with roles in nearly 150 films, set up his DMDK party in 2005. In the last general election in 2009, his party did not win a single seat in Tamil Nadu. But in recent weeks, the Congress and the BJP both wooed him with the latter finally winning his partners...

Monday's peak-hour traffic rush came to a grinding halt following Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's whistle-stop visit to the city and actor-politician Vijayakanth's bid to greet him with black flags in protest against the Centre's alleged dilly-dallying on the Mullaiperiyar dam issue.