{"id":19150,"date":"2026-05-27T01:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/27\/malayalam-actor-suresh-gopi-backs-cm-vijay-says-let-him-work-and-prove-himself-malayalam-movie-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T01:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:36:41","slug":"malayalam-actor-suresh-gopi-backs-cm-vijay-says-let-him-work-and-prove-himself-malayalam-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=19150","title":{"rendered":"Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi backs CM Vijay; Says &#8216;Let him work and prove himself&#8217; | Malayalam Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131339680,imgsize-92354,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/vijay.jpg\" alt=\"Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi backs CM Vijay; Says 'Let him work and prove himself'\" title=\"FB\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay continues to receive reactions from political leaders and film personalities following his rise to power. The latest to speak about the actor-turned-politician is <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/suresh-gopi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Suresh Gopi<\/a>, who believes it is too early to assess the performance of the new government.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Speaking to reporters, the actor and Union Minister said Vijay should be given enough time to prove his capabilities as an administrator before facing criticism.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>As quoted by Hindustan Times, he said, \u201cLet Chief Minister Vijay work. Let him work and prove himself. It would not be right to criticise him before that. People have given him a chance. Let him do a good job.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Welcomes Vijay&#8217;s party&#8217;s entry into Kerala<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>During the interaction, Suresh Gopi was also asked about reports and discussions surrounding the possible expansion of Vijay&#8217;s political movement beyond Tamil Nadu.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The senior leader made it clear that he had no objections to such a move and welcomed greater political participation. He suggested that any political party should have the freedom to expand its activities wherever it chooses.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Responding to the question, he said, \u201cWhat is the problem if the Tamil Nadu party which achieved victory starts in Kerala? If he is coming, let him come. Let him come anywhere (Kerala) he wants, let him start. Let everyone come and benefit the world and the Tamil people.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Mammootty chooses not to comment<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Malayalam superstar Mammootty was also asked about Vijay&#8217;s transition from cinema to politics.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>However, the veteran actor decided not to share his opinion on the subject. During a brief interaction with reporters, Mammootty responded with a smile and chose not to engage in a detailed discussion.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>He indicated that he was not aware of the matter and politely excused himself before moving on.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Mohanlal on Vijay&#8217;s stardom<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>While promoting Drishyam 3 recently, Mohanlal spoke about Vijay&#8217;s extraordinary popularity and the emotional connection audiences share with him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>Mohanlal explained, \u201cIt\u2019s basically the characters we play, not the personal stuff.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Mohanlal also reflected on how audiences have historically connected with some of Tamil cinema&#8217;s biggest legends.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>Drawing comparisons with iconic stars such as MGR and Rajinikanth, he suggested that their screen personas played a major role in building their enduring popularity. He added, \u201cWe never really looked at the personal life; that is something different.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>Coming to work front, Vijay has the most-awaited &#8216;Jana Nayagan&#8217; in the pipeline.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/entertainment\/malayalam\/movies\/news\/malayalam-actor-suresh-gopi-backs-cm-vijay-says-let-him-work-and-prove-himself\/articleshow\/131339673.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay continues to receive reactions from political leaders and film personalities following his rise to power. The latest to speak about the actor-turned-politician is Suresh Gopi, who believes it is too early to assess the performance of the new government.Speaking to reporters, the actor and Union Minister said Vijay should be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}