Tamil Nadu CM Vijay shows off gifted cricket bat signed by Virat Kohli. See pictures.

On Friday, fans began posting pictures of CM-actor Vijay meeting the MRF team at the secretariat. CMD KM Mammen, VC and MD Arun Mammen and MD Rahul Mammen met him on Friday to discuss the company’s operations in TN. The team gifted the actor-politician a cricket bat signed by Virat, which he couldn’t help but show off. Pictures show him wearing an angavastram (a folded cloth on the shoulder) while dressed in a monochrome suit. He posed for pictures while holding the signed bat. This comes days after filmmaker Venkat Prabhu also gifted him something special. He framed the number plate from their 2024 film, The Greatest of All Time, which manifested Vijay’s win. The number plate reads ‘TN 07 CM 2026’, which Venkat proudly framed along with a poster of them both fistbumping. When Vijay became the CM, many tagged the director on social media while posting clips from the film, pointing out how he had predicted this win for Vijay. The actor-politician was all smiles while receiving it. Vijay’s transition from cinema to politics

Vijay, son of filmmaker SA Chandrasekhar, began his career as a child actor with the 1984 film Vetri, directed by his father. He debuted as a lead actor in 1992 with Naalaiya Theerpu, also directed by his father. While his films were successful, his first blockbuster hits were the 1996 films Coimbatore Mappillai and Poove Unakkaga.