India, May 26 -- Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan has candidly said he is jealous of fellow actor-politician Vijay, who recently became the CM of Tamil Nadu after a blockbuster debut at the ballot.

Kalyan, himself a star of the Telugu film industry which is India's biggest after Hindi, noted that he had to work for 15 years before he got success as a politician.

"I look at Tamil politics these days; they've done it so carefree. I felt jealous. They won using cutouts and holograms happily," he said with a laugh, NDTV reported on Tuesday. Addressing party members at an event, he added, "I have been wandering the streets for 15 years."

Kalyan established his Jana Sena Party (JSP) in March 2014 but did not enter the Lok Sa...