India iPhone Hub Stunned by Film Star Vijay’s Political Rise

In most of his films, Tamil superstar C. Joseph Vijay has saved the nation and its poor from powerful forces. He used that same script in politics this week to emerge as the unlikely winner in elections in one of India’s most economically important states.

In movies like Kaththi, he saves farmers from predatory billionaires. In Mersal, he takes on unethical doctors and corporate greed in healthcare. And in Beast, he protects civilians caught in a terrorist siege.