The clip is becoming a rage on Whatsapp, Twitter and Facebook. And whether they love it or hate it, people seem eager to pass it on. The dubbed trailer projects the superstar as the 'voice of the people'.
An action sequence showing the star hounding up people is being projected as example of how "bad politicians" will be punished. A message at the end of the trailer refers to the alleged cash-for-votes campaigning strategy of AIADMK. "Do you think if you come in a lungi, twirling your moustache and offer money, people will vote for you?
We have reformed," the voice-over goes. While there's a buzz that supporters of the opposition DMK could be behind this new "campaign", the party has denied that it had anything to do with it. DMK spokesperson A Saravanan said, "The DMK doesn't do such things. Our memes are vetted by the Election Commission and they are on TV". In 1993, Rajinikanth famously said, "Even God can't save Tamil Nadu if Jayalalithaa was voted to power" had helped the DMK-TMC alliance sweep polls.