‘In South, they make actors Chief Ministers straight away’: Ravi Kishan hints at Vijay | Bollywood News
3 min readNew DelhiJul 24, 2026 04:58 PM IST Actor-politician Ravi Kishan, who has appeared in over 700 films in his three-decade-long career, recently opened up about his political career, whilst also balancing a fairly active career in the movies. Ravi was a guest at The Indian Express’ Idea Exchange on Friday, July 24. During the conversation, Ravi was asked about Aamir Khan’s production Laapataa Ladies, where Ravi played a pivotal role. He shared that director Kiran Rao offered him the role when he was a newly elected parliamentarian. He also spoke about taking his career as a parliamentarian quite seriously and made a remark, without naming Vijay, “If you go to south, they make actors Chief Ministers straight away.” Ravi was asked about Aamir auditioning for the same role as him and he shared, “Aamir did his own audition. He wanted to play my character. He got his uniform also but Kiran Rao, she saw me in Mukkabaaz, and she wanted me in that role.” ALSO READ | Jana Nayagan movie review: Vijay’s last …
