On a day-long trip to the capital, actor Kamal Haasan on Wednesday met Congress President Rahul Gandhi and discussed the political situation in Tamil Nadu, where he has floated a new political party Makkal Needhi Maiyam.

"We did discuss politics but not the way you think," he told reporters after the meeting which he initially described as a coutesy call. To a question whether an alliance between his party and the Congress in Tamil Nadu was discussed, Kamal said: "We did not discuss that."