Over the times now, RJ Balaji has gained quite a reputation for speaking his mind regarding any social or political issues. Recently, in an interview with News 7, Balaji said that he feels that the time for Rajinikanth to join politics has long gone. He was quite open with his thoughts and compared the Superstar with his father-in-law and said, “If I tell my 65-year-old father-in-law to do 10 things, he will possibly do two. He doesn’t have the strength to do more than that. He is happy playing with his grandchildren and I want him to stay that way.” His view brought in quite a retaliation from some Rajini fans.

As I have already dealt with the ‘Rajini joining politics’ issue before, I clearly felt that RJ Balaji’s way of putting things is too crude. When things can be put simply, he tries to make it complex. Why need to compare a man trying to make a change with someone normal? A simple no would have sufficed.

This is not the first time RJ Balaji has created a controversy. In fact, Balaji seems to have always found himself deep in controversies and disagreements. You can call him “vocal” or “honest,” but it just doesn’t do justice to his ways. Perhaps there is more to it than it seems. 

Let us take his Big FM days. Before Balaji became an actor and a social “vocalist,” he used to be an *wait for it* RJ at Big FM. His show Take It Easy was very popular. He did reviews of latest movies in his segment “120 Rs.” However, he had to stop his reviews due to a lot of complaints he received from actors and other film-based employees. His reviews always contained negative criticisms and sarcastic comments. It created a huge controversy until he finally had to take it down.