CHENNAI, Jan. 4 -- The DMK had the last laugh when reigning superstar Rajinikanth declared last Monday that he would not launch his political outfit as he had told his fans earlier in December 2020. On December 3, 2020, the actor accompanied by his close friend Tamilaruvi Manian and newly appointed coordinator Arjunamurthy announced from the forefront of his Poes Garden residence that 'it will be now or never'. Everything associated with Tamil Nadu will change and we will see a new Tamil Nadu," the actor had said on that Monday noon.

But within four weeks he made a volte-face and said that doctors had advised him not to go ahead with the formation of political party. Rajinikanth was acting in "Annaatthe", his latest venture, the shooting o...