Speaking to news agency ANI after the trends showed TVK leading in Tamil Nadu, actor Vijay’s father, SA Chandrasekhar, was every bit. “First of all, as a father, I’m very proud and happy. Totally, me and my wife, because my wishes to my son because I’ve been seeing his confidence level over the last two years.”
The actor’s father recalled TVK chief telling him “I will be the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.”
He added that his son had not carried even a trace of self-doubt through the campaign. “I will stand with my own legs, no alliance,” Chandrasekhar recalled Vijay telling him. “So, it’s a good thing for Tamil Nadu and Tamil Nadu people, Tamil people. Definitely, I think it’s a historical success, a historical victory for Vijay,” he said.
“In the last 30 years, he had been thinking that he had to do something for society, for the Tamil people. It was there in his mind. Slowly, he has developed these things. Today, he is going to be the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu,” he added.
Talking about the relationship Vijay shares with the people of his state, Chandrasekhar said, “Tamil people loved him not only as a leader. Every lady considers him as his own son. Young people consider him their own brother. Everyone calls him Anna. Anna means brother. Old ladies, they consider him their own son. Some 60-year-old ladies they are considered him their grandson. He has developed that relationship between the public and him.”
