The holy sun
The rift is working fine for both Sun and Kalaignar Tv. The latter is busy carving a niche and is able to propagate Kalignar and his news much more than before. The former has changed color. It has become more religious, a freedom denied before for safeguarding Dravidian principle. Sakhthi kodu, Thiruvilaiyadal and Ramayan are few in its arsenal. If they were one, Sun would have faced the wrath of the kannadigas when hogenakkal was smoking. Sun still operates from arivalayam and the program schedule of both seems to be for avoiding internal competition and is more targeted at rivals.
A double barrel and probably the rift were managed. Well before or after is the question.
Thiruvilayadal has many well-known stars in it. Manorama, Radhika, sarath, Prithiviraj, Radha ravi etc. And the settings are grandeur worth crores, a first for Tamil television. With Kalanidhi by her side, Radhika is about to create one more milestone. Only she could do it and only he can afford it.