On Tuesday, the morning after Tamil Nadu’s election results had turned the state’s political order on its head, with Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam emerging victorious, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma posted an old, unseen photograph of the young actor on X. The photograph showed M. Karunanidhi at what appears to be a film function. He is at the front of the frame, as he usually was. Standing somewhere behind him, barely noticeable, is a young Vijay. RGV’s caption read: “Kalaignar wouldn’t have dreamed that the kid behind him would one day destroy his party.” Kalaingar wouldn’t have dreamed that the kid behind him would one day destroy his party 🙏👍🔥 pic.twitter.com/7NNp6Ge73S — Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) May 5, 2026 The tweet spread quickly, and the reason was not hard to understand. Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam had won 108 seats in its very first election on Monday, making it the single largest party in Tamil Nadu . The DMK, the party Karunanidhi ran for nearly five decades, finished with 59.…