South Indian actor Dhanush is scheduled to meet over 3,000 women executives and volunteers of his official fan club on Sunday.
When asked about Dhanush’s reported visit to the Capital and his entry into politics, a former state minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) veteran leader S Regupathy said: “In a democratic country, anyone can enter politics. They have the democratic right. Tamil Nadu politics has a long history of film personalities turning to public life, including AIADMK founder and former chief minister M G Ramachandran and the late actor and party supremo J Jayalalithaa. The late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi wrote scripts and songs for Tamil cinema, while his son and DMK president M K Stalin also acted in a few films.
On October 15, former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) minister K T Rajendra Balaji said the party would welcome Dhanush with open arms if he wished to join.
“He is a top actor and if he wants to join AIADMK, we will welcome him,” he said.
The 43-year-old actor is expected to hold the meeting at a private engineering college on the outskirts of Chennai, according to people aware of the details. At an event in Tiruvallur district on July 27, Dhanush urged his fans to engage in various social welfare activities, besides attending his music and film launches. The campus has been decorated with banners and posters of the actor. “You need to give this unity a purpose. Not just by attending audio launches (of his movies) but joining hands to do welfare work in your neighbouring areas.
Noting the turnout at the event, he said that kind of unity has real strength. Do whatever you can for the people in your respective region, for the families living near you,” he said.
