{"id":783988,"date":"2026-05-09T09:53:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783988\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:53:19","slug":"venkat-prabhu-khushbu-sundar-sibi-sathyaraj-root-for-c-joseph-vijay-as-uncertainty-continues-in-tn-cm-thalapathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783988\/","title":{"rendered":"Venkat Prabhu, Khushbu Sundar, Sibi Sathyaraj root for C Joseph Vijay as uncertainty continues in TN: \u2018CM Thalapathy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"content\">Despite sweeping the polls in the Tamil Nadu elections, Tamil superstar <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/topic\/vijay\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Vijay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vijay<\/a>\u2019s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) struggled to prove a majority to TN governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar. Even as the question of when Vijay will resume his position as the next Chief Minister looms over the state, his Kollywood colleagues such as Venkat Prabhu, Khushbu Sundar and Sibi Sathyaraj are rooting for him. (Also Read: <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/tamil-cinema\/vijays-bodyguard-posts-about-hard-battles-amid-tamil-nadu-government-formation-struggles-tvk-hits-majority-101778237995907.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Vijay&#039;s bodyguard posts about \u2018hard battles\u2019 amid Tamil Nadu government formation struggles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vijay&#8217;s bodyguard posts about \u2018hard battles\u2019 amid Tamil Nadu government formation struggles<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Venkat_Prabhu_Vijay_1778295030886_1778295037851.jpg\" alt=\"Venkat Prabhu and Vijay on the sets of The GOAT.\" title=\"Venkat Prabhu and Vijay on the sets of The GOAT.\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" loading=\"eager\"\/>Venkat Prabhu and Vijay on the sets of The GOAT.<strong>Is Vijay close to becoming Chief Minister?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The events after the TN election results announcement on May 4 are ones that will give any Vijay film a run for its money. What started as TVK in a post-election alliance with Congress, struggling to prove an 118 majority, soon turned into confusion and chaos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">The latest being accusations of forgery and misinformation flying around by TTV Dhinakaran, the General Secretary of the AMMK party, even as TVK posts a video to prove that AMMK MLA Kamaraj had signed the papers they submitted to the governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Amid all this, news spread that TVK has secured a majority, leading to premature celebration by fans and celebrities alike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kollywood celebrities cheer for Vijay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actor and BJP leader <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/tamil-cinema\/khushbu-sundar-kamal-haasan-vishal-stand-with-vijays-tvk-as-tn-governor-says-majority-not-established-101778159636111.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Khushbu Sundar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Khushbu Sundar<\/a>, who thinks of Vijay as her \u2018thambi\u2019 (younger brother), posted a picture from one of his rallies, writing on X (formerly Twitter), \u201cC. Joseph Vijay ennum naan (clapping and thumbs-up emojis) Vaazhthukkal Mudhal amaichar avargale. (I, C Joseph Vijay. Congratulations, Chief Minister) #Vijay #chiefminister @actorvijay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">On May 6, when news broke of the trials being faced by TVK and Vijay, Venkat Prabhu, who directed the actor\u2019s 2024 film The GOAT, wrote in Tamil, \u201cGod tests the good ones, but He won&#8217;t abandon them!!! Only good things will happen.. Let&#8217;s stay confident.\u201d He re-shared that post on X, writing, \u201cI, C Joseph Vijay (fire emojis).\u201d Both Khushbu and Venkat refer to the oath taken by the CM while resuming charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Writer-filmmaker Ajay R Gnanamuthu wrote, \u201cCan\u2019t wait to see thalaivan swearing in (fire and heart eye emojis) #CM @TVKVijayHQ.\u201d Actor Sibi <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/bollywood\/papa-kattapaa-sathyaraj-reveals-how-salman-khan-introduced-him-to-father-salim-khan-calls-it-a-great-opportunity-101742785982041.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Sathyaraj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sathyaraj<\/a>, aka Sibiraj, wrote, \u201cCongratulations once again to our Honourable Chief Minister Thalapathy Vijay Anna on winning the final battle. His historic victory is a true lesson in how a person must remain resilient during times of adversity and stay committed to one\u2019s principles despite all the obstacles that come his way. This is not just political success, but the people\u2019s mandate for a new path and new hope for Tamil Nadu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">It remains to be seen if Vijay and <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/tamil-cinema\/heartbroken-vijay-fan-tvk-supporter-breaks-down-after-actor-politician-not-sworn-in-as-tamil-nadu-chief-minister-101778232595195.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"TVK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TVK <\/a>will be able to prove a majority and resume power soon. TVK won 108 seats in the election and needs 118 to prove a majority. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite sweeping the polls in the Tamil Nadu elections, Tamil superstar Vijay\u2019s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) struggled to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":783989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[171,104225,53,320696,67,132,68,320695,298167],"class_list":{"0":"post-783988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-khushbu-sundar","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-sibi-sathyaraj","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-venkat-prabhu","16":"tag-vijay"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116544012844157188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}