Today is Rajinikanth’s birthday. The superstar born in 1950 and began his film career through the Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal in 1975 seems to be all set to plunge into politics. But the political announcement will be delayed.

Earlier, there were speculations that he is likely to reveal his political entry on December 12, his birthday. But his brother gave a statement that Rajni indeed is interested in entering into politics but he won’t announce anything officially in this regard on the eve of birthday today. Asked when he would enter the field, Rajninikanth told reporters last month: “There is no urgency to enter the field. I will meet my fans after my birthday.” Kamal, on the other hand, is working towards building up base from the grassroots level and he was also expected to do political announcement on his birthday in November but he didn’t make any announcement regarding starting a new party or joining any existing party. Now the same is the case with Rajni.

As per the analysts in Tamil Nadu, by considering current political situations – Rajini may not win an election on his own. His success will depend on stitching together a winnable alliance, but that remains a big challenge. With chief ministerial aspirations, he cannot go with the DMK. He may go with the AIADMK and the BJP, but for that both CM Edappadi K Palaniswami and deputy CM O Panneerselvam will have to forgo their aspirations. We have to wait and see what turn Rajni’s career will take in future.