Tamil Nadu BJP leaders’ attempt to add ‘Star power’ during Amit Shah visit ends in a ‘no-show’

However, most people from the film industry avoided the meeting, even though the BJP said it was a non-political event. Sources close to Sivakarthikeyan said the actor conveyed to the BJP leaders that he was in Kashmir shooting a film, while Vishal told them that he would not be available in the city on the specified date.

The BJP team managed to get music composer GV Prakash, director RK Selvamani (husband of Roja Selvamani who is the minister for tourism, culture and youth advancement of Andhra Pradesh), and director Rajashekaran to meet Amit Shah.

A BJP functionary told South First that every time Amit Shah visits Tamil Nadu, it is the political leaders who meet him. “But this time, the state BJP leaders wanted personalities from different fields to meet Amit Shah to show that the BJP high command has a warm welcome in the state,” he said.

He added, “When stars from the cinema field meet Amit Shah, it will spread widely among the public. Moreover, the film fraternity is now under the control of the DMK and most of them are not interested to face the heat of DMK high command by meeting the BJP leader. That’s the reason most of the film personalities are hesitant.”