The transition was not as seamless as C Joseph Vijay may have wished. But if the film star-turned-Tamil Nadu Chief Minister wanted to send the message that a new boss was in town, he couldn’t have tailored it better – literally. In a state where a loose white shirt and tied veshti is the de facto political uniform, Vijay took oath in a black suit , and has been making his political calls since dressed the same. If the shirt-and-veshti look signalled a leader who was one of the people – sweating in the same heat, standing in the same dust – the suit signified Vijay’s image as an “outsider” cut from another cloth. His was the dress of the change he promised – corporate, global, professional. Given his meteoric rise into politics and his origins rooted in cinema, Vijay’s look also signalled that he meant business. However, there are sceptics, including some who fear it puts Vijay at a “distance” from the public.…