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Kamal Haasan exclusive from Harvard University: 'Tie-up with Rajinikanth unlikely'

“I am honest. I am not here to improve my bank account. I decided to join politics because I do not want to die merely as an actor, but die while serving the people.”

Megastar Kamal Haasan, who confirmed his political innings recently, gets candid with Rahul Kanwal of India Today about his passion and political will to do the people's way.

Haasan talks about the structuring of his party, creation of model villages, the 'black' hue of his politics and the shift of Tamil politics from Dravidian to spiritual tendencies.

As Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to make inroads in the politically vibrant state of Tamil Nadu and superstar Rajnikanth is reportedly entering into politics, watch Haasan and his ideas on his experiments at the political 'box-office'.

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