swearing-in ceremony Thalapathy Vijay as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has become one of the biggest talking points online this week. While videos of the event — from the actor-politician’s speech to the power dressing — quickly went viral, it was Trisha Krishnan She unexpectedly grabbed the attention of social media with her stylish look at the event.The actor attended the function held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, where he greeted the guests, hugged Vijay’s mother and then left the venue amid a frenzy of fans.
The internet is comparing it to Trisha Krishnan’s saree look Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
For the high-profile event, Trisha Krishnan opted for an icy blue silk saree from Pothys. She paired the saree with a custom blouse by Niram and accessorized the look with diamond and ruby jewelery from GRT Jewelles.Keeping her style traditional and understated, the actress completed the look with a low bun adorned with gajra, kohl eyes and soft dewy makeup.Soon after pictures of the event surfaced online, several social media users started comparing Trisha’s look to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s iconic early 2000s social media look.Internet users surfaced an old photo of Aishwarya from her meeting with the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee In 2000, the actress wore a similar blue saree with gold embroidery.Aishwarya accessorized the saree with traditional gold jewellery, a center bun, winged eyeliner and pink lipstick.
‘Nandini and Kundavai’
As the pictures went viral, fans also started linking the two actors through their characters in Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan: I and Ponniyin Selvan: II.A user X shared the side-by-side pictures and captioned it “Nandini and Kundavai”, referring to the characters played by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Trisha Krishnan in the films.Another user compared Trisha’s look to a still of Aishwarya from Kandukondain Kandukondain, while several others termed Aishwarya’s original look a ‘template’.An Instagram post comparing the two looks also wrongly claimed that Aishwarya wore Iruvar’s saree. However, fans later clarified that the viral image was actually from the meeting with Atal Bihari Vajpayee and not from the film.
He becomes Vijay Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
On 10 May 2026, Vijay, the president of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, was officially sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.His victory marked a major political shift in the state as Tamil Nadu got its first non-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government and non-Indian Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in nearly six decades.
