Between the two, it's actor Kamal Haasan who seems to have taken the political plunge first.

Rajinikanth, who has been testing waters, is yet to announce his political debut. 

Kamal Haasan said yesterday that he will form his own political party as none of the existing ones can provide a platform for his reformatory ideology.

In a recent interview to The Quint, the actor said he was thinking of launching a political party, out of compulsion and not choice.

Yes, I am thinking on those lines, not out of choice but compulsion. Which existent political party can provide me with a platform or an ideology that will match my reformatory goals in politics? the actor told the website.

In the interview, the actor also took issue with the media linking him to any political party whose leader he happens to be meeting. The other day, I met the Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and I was supposed to have developed a penchant for communism.... A political party is about an ideology. And I dont think my goals in politics can match the ideology of any political party, he told The Quint.

Kamal Haasan, who is currently hosting the Tamil edition of reality show Bigg Boss, had also recently said that saffron was not his colour, a veiled reference to the BJP and the RSS.

"My colour is definitely not saffron. That much I can say now," he had told reporters, in response to questions whether he would swing to the Left or Right.


Image: Kamal Haasan with Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.