3 min readHyderabadJul 12, 2026 02:07 PM IST Filmmaker AR Murugadoss has addressed long-running speculation about whether his political dramas with Vijay, particularly Kaththi and Sarkar, were crafted with an eye on the actor’s real-world political ambitions. In a recent interview, the director traced Kaththi’s origins back to his early career and firmly rejected any suggestion of a hidden agenda. “I was an assistant to a dialogue writer. I wanted to do a dialogue-based movie after Ramana, a film that connects with society. That’s how the Kaththi script started,” Murugadoss said in an interview with Sudhir Srinivasan. “I wrote it based on the situation at that time and Thalapathy Vijay’s mood. We wanted to make a movie that was the complete opposite of Thuppakki.” He was direct about motive. “It was not done for Vijay sir’s political aspirations,” he said, adding, “We didn’t even do Sarkar with that intention.” The remarks carry added weight now that Vijay has moved from cinema into active politics, having gone on to become Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister following his …