Vijayakant, Action Icon Turned Politician, Shone Briefly Before Ill Health Halted His Rise
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An action icon who raised his voice against corruption in films, Vijayakant took the political plunge and shone briefly, raising hopes among his followers of seeing him as chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
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On February 1, 2012, when Vijayakant, then the leader of Opposition in the Tamil Nadu assembly, bit his teeth and gesticulated menacingly at chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
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From the dusty outskirts of Madurai to the tinsel town of Kodambakkam and later to the assembly, this rice mill owner’s son had an eventful journey.
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Sadly, ill health got the better of him
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But deep inside the angry man was a heart of gold.