Chronicling Karuppu as a comeback!
Updated On: 27 May, 2026 09:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Stepping into Suriya’s sunny world to figure what’s revived Tamil box office, after several months

A still from the Tamil film Karuppu, starring Suriya
I must confess, my interest in Tamil commercial cinema is, chiefly, cultural. As in to savour a film industry that supplies its audience entertainment and its partisan politics — often making both one, and the same thing. Consensual, collective hypnosis is complete. To the extent that it could equally befuddle local intellectual elites, sometimes.
As I noticed, closely following live coverage of 2026 Tamil Nadu (TN) elections on Prannoy Roy’s DeKoder, wherein The Hindu’s venerated journalist N Ram — as with pretty much everyone — suggested hardly any seats for superstar Vijay, in the fray, once results are in. Vijay became the chief minister of TN!
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