TN CM C Joseph Vijay (L) and Arjun (R)
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19 May 2026, 3:00 pm
On Tuesday, Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay was hired by star Arjun. The event was an appealing celebration as one of Arjun’s well gotten movies, Mudhalvan (1999), saw the star play the CM of TN for a day.
Directed by Shankar, the 1999 movie, included Arjun as Pugazhenthi a tv anchor, who is challenged by the sitting TN CM Aranganathar (Raghuvaran) to work as the CM for a day, after the latter is challenged on his governance.
The movie likewise stars Manisha Koirala, Manivannan, Vadivelu, Laila, Kochi Haneefa, and Vijayakumar, to name a few. Shankar later on remade the movie in Hindi, entitled Nayak: The Real Hero (2001 ), with Anil Kapoor in the lead.
Arjun will be seen next in the action drama Blasttogether with Abhirami and Preity Mukundhan. In a press occasion for the movie, Arjun praised Vijay on his success at the elections and praised Vijay on signing up with the long list of winners.