Thala, Thalapathy and Thalaivar: Glimpses of star power from Tamil Nadu voting booths

As voters came out to exercise their franchise on the busiest day of this election season, Tamil Nadu is scripting a political history which will not only decide the next five years but the decades ahead.

Actor Ajith coming to cast his vote at Tiruvanmaiyur government high school in Chennai. (Photo | Ashwin Prasanth, EPS) 

Actor Rajinikanth cast his vote, in Chennai. (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)

DMK president MK Stalin cast his vote at the SIET college polling booth in Chennai. (Photo | P Jawahar, EPS)

Actor Vijay cycles to the polling booth in Nellankarai, Chennai. (Photo | Express)

MNM president Kamal Haasan shows his inked finger after casting his vote at Teynampet in Chennai. (Photo | Debadatta Mallick, EPS)

Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan casting her vote at Virugambakkam polling booth in Chennai. (Photo | Martin Louis, EPS)

V Narayansasamy coming out after casting his vote at Mission Street, Pondicherry. (Photo | G Pattabi Raman, EPS)

Members of Tamil Nadu association of the blind 'Thandiar' on their way to the polling booth to cast their vote, in Chennai. (Photo | P Jawahar, EPS)

Tamil Nadu fisheries minister Jayakumar casting his vote at a school in Mandaveli. Express/Ashwin prasath

A 74-year-old differently abled voter taken to cast his vote in Tiruchy. (Photo | M K Ashok Kumar, EPS)

Fearing the heatwave warning senior citizens at large showed up in the earliest hour to cast their votes at Nagamangalam in Tiruchy. (Photo | M K Ashok Kumar, EPS)

People waiting to cast their votes wearing plastic gloves at kurichi in Tirunelveli. (Photo | V Karthikalagu, EPS)