Originally Posted by
Dylan
combination of factors... political entry is just one of them...
tracking ulla ellaa idathum ethra lead eduthaalum TN overall varumbo Rajini films inu kurachu parayum, with NO area-wise split-up or authentic evidence... box office tracking in TN has become a circus... ethrayum pettennu idapettillenkil it's going to go way out of control.
BOI had exposed this after 2.0 release... athinu shesham sreedhar pillai polullavar onnu guarded aayittundu. but at the same time, kaushik, ramesh bala and others are continuing to do this... even I post updates from them knowing fully that they have vested interests... some update is better than nothing. ramesh bala calls himself a "Thala veriyan" and is a blue-tick verified BO tracker. athaanu avastha.
the problem is trackers ennu parayunnavar operate mainly on money/favours exchanged, social media visibility and fan wars... I don't think even 30% of rajini fans on twitter even bother about this. athe samayam mattulla top stars inu aggressive presence undu... positive to one star's film aanel likes, shares, angane pokum... negative aanelum widely discussed aakum. win-win situation.
having said that, it's ALSO true that rajini has lost some of his audience in the B and C centres and south TN. first two-three days padam kaanaan irangunna young age group il nalla kuravu vannittundu... that's natural after four decades at the top. and the rise of vijay and ajith as mass heroes with strong pull in the non-urban centres. pinne yes political entry (interestingly, many of his fans are also disappointed that he is delaying the entry after the announcement and is continuing to make movies), opposition by hardcore Tamil groups, angane factors um undu...