But neither of this state's most powerful politicians - the former film script writer Karunanidhi of the DMK, and the former actress Jayalalithaa of the AIADMK - is actually standing in this election.
Then destiny, in the form of smart producers, put him together with Simon Beaufoy's screenplay -- the writer's best-known script to that point had been "The Full Monty" -- and the result will make movie history.
Catching Fire seems predestined to be successful, what with the fabulous Jennifer Lawrence reprising her role as Katniss Everdeen and the fact that the Oscar-winning writer of Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy, is writing the script.