Actor turn politician Makkal Needhi Maiyam (MNM) President Kamal Haasan during an election campaign, in Coimbatore
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Actor turn politician Makkal Needhi Maiyam (MNM) President Kamal Haasan addresses during an election campaign, in Coimbatore
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Makkal Neethi Mayyam (MNM) Chief Kamal Haasan wears a mask during a meeting with party officials ahead of Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2021, in Kanyakumari district.
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Makkal Needhi Maiam President Kamal Haasan during an election campaign for Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, in Madurai.
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Actor-turned-politician and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan reacts while interacting with the media after former IAS officer Santosh Babu joined his party, in Chennai....
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Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder and actor Kamal Haasan addresses a press conference, in Chennai.
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Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder and actor Kamal Haasan addresses a press conference, in Chennai.
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In this file photo, film actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Kamal Hasan seen interacting with each other during the inauguration of '23rd Kolkata International Film Festiv...
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Actor Kamal Haasan addresses the media as he arrives to appear before the Central Crime Branch police in connection with an accident on the sets of his upcoming film, ‘Indian 2...
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Actor-politician and Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan comes out of a mortuary after paying homage to three of the victims, who died after a crane crashed on the sets of upc...
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Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder and actor Kamal Haasan addresses a press conference on the Citizenship Amendement Act in Chennai.
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik with the actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan during a meeting at his residence, in Bhubaneswar
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Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan with superstar Rajinikanth unveiles a bust of late film director K Balachander at his production house, in Chennai.
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Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan and superstar Rajinikanth press a button to unveil a bust of late film director K Balachander at his production house, in Chennai.
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Badminton player PV Sindhu meets actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan at Makkal Needhi Maiam party office, in Chennai.
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Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan launches the 'Unstain', a campaign to distribute sanitary napkin to school girls, in Chennai.
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Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) President Kamal Haasan with the 20 students from the tribal hamlets of Bengal, Jharkand and Orissa with whom he is travelling as a part of ‘Flight of Fa...
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Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi and actor-politician Kamal Hassan at the special screening of the documentary 'Compassion for Children' in Chennai.
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Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Founder-President Kamal Haasan with his daughter and actress Shruti Haasan wait in a queue to cast their vote during the second phase of the general elect...
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Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Founder-President Kamal Haasan with Swaraj India President Yogendra Yadav at an election rally seeking votes for the party candidate Kameela Nasser for Lo...
While speaking to Outlook, writer-activist Meena Kandasamy talks about politics, literature, feminism, reservation, Periyarism and poses a few questions to the Indian judiciary.
Since the two have never used cinema for political messaging, they do not directly attract public opinion to their point of view, the Congress leader claims.
Responding to the ruling party's claim that MGR's legacy belongs only to the AIADMK, Haasan said anyone who shares MGR’s ideal can claim to be his heir
Sometimes driven by personal agenda or social issues like corruption, maverick Tamil leaders chew away crucial votes making bipolar contests a humdinger
Kamal Haasan is trying to be a new force in Tamil Nadu, combining his intellect, popularity and charisma in an attempt to change the political culture of a state hit by waves of corruption and larger-than-life leaders.
Conspicuously absent from Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth, has been the political acumen needed to make this transition from the predictable world of cinema to the rough and tumble of politics.