Popular politician and inimitable orator, Vaiko has heaped praise on Makkal Selvan Vijay Sethupathi's stating that next to Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan he is the one who has penetrated his heart and made him relate to his characters.

Vaiko has lauded the Vijay Sethupathi-Tamannaah starrer 'Dharmadurai' directed by Seenu Ramaswamy lamenting the fact that the National Award was denied for the film because it is by a Tamilian. Back to Vijay Sethupathi Vaiko has gone on in length praising his acting in the scenes where wakes up from a drunken stupor and shows love to his niece, his interactions with his mother played by Radhika and especially his emotional turn when Aishwarya Rajesh character commits suicide due to the machinations of VJS brothers. Vaiko has asserted that he did not see Vijay Sethupathi in the film but the character 'Dharmadurai'.