search india blog
Profiles of Indian Politicians
Cheap Tickets to India
 HomeTamil Nadu Politicians - M.G. Ramachandran Tamil Movies
Categories
Amazing America
America
Android
Arts
Auto
Bollywood
Books
Box Office
Business
Cloud Computing
Cricket
Diaspora
Digital Media
Economy
English
Food
Foreign Movies
Gandhi
General
Health
Hollywood
Humor
Immigration
Incredible India
iPhone
IT Industry
Legal
Linux
Liquor
Malayalam
Microsoft
Music
NYC
Pakistan
People
Photography
Pictures
Politics
Religion
Reviews
Science
Smartphones
Sports
Startups
Tablets
Tamil Movies
Telugu Movies
Terrorism
Tourism
TV
Weird Stuff
Profiles of Indian Political Leaders
M.G.Ramachandran
(1917-1987)
Marudur Gopalamenon Ramachandran, or MGR as he was widely known, was a unique phenomenon in Indian politics.

Idolized by his followers as a "Puratchi Thalaivar" (revolutionary leader), MGR was a prominent film star who parlayed his popularity with the masses into a successful second career as a politician.

Born in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 1917, MGR's family moved to India a few years later. Hard poverty compelled MGR to join the theater at the early age of seven and then enter the movie business as an actor.

After MGR's mentor C.W.Annadurai died in 1969, Muthuvel Karunanidhi became the leader of the DMK and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. MGR parted with the DMK and Karunanidhi in 1974 after making corruption the main issue. "They have corrupted a party that was once incorruptible," MGR told The New York Times in 1974. "What they do best is lie, give false accounts, take money." It's likely that Karunanidhi's efforts to promote his son Muthu as a film star also played a role in MGR's decision to leave the DMK.

After parting ways with the DMK, MGR launched the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. In the 1977 state Legislative Assembly elections, MGR's ADMK won a resounding victory over the DMK.

MGR and his political offspring, the ADMK never looked back after that. Until his death in 1987, MGR comfortably won the two subsequent state Legislative Assembly elections.

The name of his party was later changed to AIADMK, with the prefix "AI" standing for All India.

Even as the rural and urban poor idolized him, the middle class and the media was disdainful of the star.

Some political observers are dismissive of the MGR era. "His style of governance was autocratic, his demeanour feudal, his attitude vndictive, his administration inefficient," noted the writers from news magazine India Today in the aftermath of MGR's death.

Professor M.S.S.Pandian in his analytical study of the MGR phenomenon is even more critical describing MGR's 11-year rule "as undoubtedly one of the darkest periods in the contemporary history of the state. Under his dispensation, profiteers of different kinds...greatly prospered while a stagnant, if not declining economy forced the poor, who constituted the mainstay of MGR's support, into unbearable misery."

While it is true that the lot of the poor did not improve much during MGR's reign, the situation was not much different in other states of India. Most likely, the plight of the poor was far worse in several other states, particularly Bihar, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh.

MGR's best known program was the free mid-day meal scheme for poor children. Dismissed as a populist program by academics, the media and middle class, the program ensured for hundreds of thousands of children poor children the only hearty meal of the day.

Such was MGR's sway over the poor people in Tamil Nadu that his death on December 24, 1987 brought life to a standstill in Tamil Nadu. His fans engaged in an orgy of violence and looting.

After his death, MGR was succeeded by his wife Janaki as Chief Minister. However, Janaki's tenure was short-lived and she faded away from the political scene. Ever since, the political battle in Tamil Nadu has been fought primarily between Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha with the Congress party on the sidelines.
MGR - Filmography

Tamil

S. No

   1)
   2)
   3)
   4)
   5)
   6)
   7)
   8)
   9)
 10)
 11)
 12)
 13)
 14)
 15)
 16)
 17)
 18)
 19)
 20)
 21)
 22)
 23)
 24)
 25)
 26)
 27)
 28)
 29)
 30)
 31)
 32)
 33)
 34)
 35)
 36)
 37)
 38)
 39)
 40)
 41)
 42)
 43)
 44)
 45)
 46)
 47)
 48)
 49)
 50)
 51)
 52)
 53)
 54)
 55)
 56)
 57)
 58)
 59)
 60)
 61)
 62)
 63)
 64)
 65)
 66)
 67)
 68)
 69)
 70)
 71)
 72)
 73)
 74)
 75)
 76)
 77)
 78)
 79)
 80)
 81)
 82)
 83)
 84)
 85)
 86)
 87)
 88)
 89)
 90)
 91)
 92)
 93)
 94)
 95)
 96)
 97)
 98)
 99)
100)
101)
102)
103)
104)
105)
106)
107)
108)
109)
110)
111)
112)
113)
114)
115)
116)
117)
118)
119)
120)
121)
122)
123)
124)
125)
126)
127)
128)
129)
130)
131)
132)
133)
Year

1936
1936
1938
1938
1939
1939
1941
1941
1942
1942
1943
1945
1945
1946
1947
1947
1948
1948
1948
1949
1950
1950
1951
1951
1952
1952
1953
1953
1953
1954
1954
1954
1955
1956
1956
1956
1957
1957
1957
1957
1958
1959
1960
1960
1960
1961
1961
1961
1961
1961
1962
1962
1962
1962
1962
1962
1963
1963
1963
1963
1963
1963
1963
1963
1963
1964
1964
1964
1964
1964
1964
1964
1965
1965
1965
1965
1965
1965
1965
1966
1966
1966
1966
1966
1966
1966
1966
1966
1967
1967
1967
1967
1968
1968
1968
1968
1968
1968
1968
1968
1969
1969
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970
1971
1971
1971
1971
1972
1972
1972
1972
1972
1972
1973
1973
1974
1974
1974
1975
1975
1975
1975
1976
1976
1976
1977
1977
1977
1978
Movie Name

Sati Leelavati
Iru Sahodarargal
Dakshayagnam
Veera Jagathis
Maya Machindra
Prahalatha
Ashok Kumar
Vedavathi or Seethajananam
Thasippen or Jyothi Malar
Tamizhariyum Perumal
Harichandra
Meera
Salivahanan
Sri Murugan
Paithiakaran
Rajakumari
Abhimanyu
Mohini
Raja Mukthi
Rathnakumar
Maruthanattu Ilavarasi
Mandiri Kumari
Marmayogi
Sarvathikari
Andaman Kaithi
Kumari
Yen Thangai
Jenova
Naam
Panakkari
Malaikkallan
Koondukkili
Gul-E-Bakaavali
Alibabavum Narpathu Thirudargalum
Madurai Veeran
Thaikupin Tharam
Chakravarthy Thirumagal
Mahadevi
Pudumaipithan
Rajarajan
Nadodi Mannan
Thai Magalukku Kattiya Thaki
Bhagdad Thirudan
Mannathi Mannan
Raja Desingu
Arasilamkumari
Nallavan Vazhvan
Sabash Mapillai
Thai Sollai Thattathe
Thirudathe
Kudumpa Thalaivan
Madapura
Paasam
Rani Samyuktha
Thayai Kaatha Thanayan
Vikramathithan
Ananda Jyothi
Dharmam Thalai Kakkum
Kalai Arasi
Kanchi Thalaivan
Koduthu Vaithaval
Neethikkuppin Pasam
Panathottam
Parisu
Periya Idathu Penn
Theiva Thai
Yen Kadamai
Padakotti
Panakkara Kudumbam
Thayin Madiyil
Thozhilali
Vettaikaran
Asai Mugam
Ayirathil Oruvam
Yenga Veetu Pillai
Kalankarai Vilakkam
Kanni Thai
Panam Padaithavan
Tazhampoo
Anbe Vaa
Naan Anaiyittal
Mugarasi
Nadodi
Chandrodayam
Parakkum Pavai
Petralthan Pillaiya
Thali Bhagyam
Thanipiravi
Arasakattalai
Kavalkaran
Thaiku Thalaimagan
Vivasayee
Rahasiya Police 115
Thaer Thiruvizha
Kudiyiruntha Koil
Kannan Yen Kadalan
Pudiya Boomi
Kanavan
Oli Vilakku
Kathal Vaganam
Adimai Penn
Namnadu
Mattukara Velan
Yen Annan
Thalaivan
Thedi Vantha Mappillai
Yengal Thangam
Kumarikottam
Rickshawkaran
Neerum Neruppum
Oru Thai Makkal
Sange Muzhangu
Nalla Neram
Raman Thedia Seethai
Annamitta Kai
Naan Yaen Piranthaen
Idaya Veenai
Ulagam Sutrum Valiban
Pattikattu Ponnaiya
Netru Intru Nalai
Urimaikkural
Sirithu Vazhavendum
Ninaithathai Mudipavan
Naalai Namathe
Idaya Kani
Pallandu Vazhga
Neethikku Thalaivanangu
Uzhaikkum Karangal
Oorukku Uzhaippavan
Navaratnam
Intru Pol Entrum Vazhga
Meenava Nanban
Madurai Meeta Sundrapandian

****************************

Hindi

134)

1951

Ektha Raja


Telugu

135)

1951

Sarvathikari


Malayalam

136)
1953
Jenova
Profiles of Other Indian Politicians
C.N. Annadurai
Biju Patnaik
Indira Gandhi
Jayalalitha
Jayaprakash Narayan
Kamaraj
M. Karunanidhi
Laloo Prasad Yadav
Mayawati
Narendra Modi
Nitish Kumar
Rahul Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
M.G. Ramachandran
Sanjay Gandhi
M.K. Stalin

About us    Advertise    Disclaimer    Privacy    © 2019, All Rights Reserved