“Vijay has political ambitions and is using films as a powerful medium. As it happened with Rajinikanth and ‘Baasha’, it has become a pattern for actors including Vijay and Kamal Haasan to play around with politics in their films. While Vijay would be happy with the free publicity and hence remains silent, the fact that ‘Sarkar’ is produced by Sun Pictures has made it more controversial,” says political analyst M Kasinathan