They had wished to see me only as an actor. So many actors have come to politics. Have all of them become leaders?” As late as 1978, MGR himself said: For any man, it is not enough what he ...

MGR sir is remembered as an actor for his fights and his style ... What were you more curious about—the creative side or the craft? It’s always the creative process for me, as the technical ...

MGR Was The First Indian Actor to Do a Space Movie: Indian cinema was ahead of Hollywood’s genius minds when it came to thinking out-of-the-box beyond conventional storytelling. While the nation ...

DMK organisational secretary RS Bharathi indirectly took a jibe at actor Vijay, who floated his ... Not everyone who floats their own party can become like MGR." Notably, MGR left the DMK and ...

invited the actor-politician for the inauguration, Arvind recalls “walking alongside him and just looking at him”. “It was quite exciting and a big responsibility, because MGR is probably ...

MGR was born in a Malayali family in Nawalapitiya near Kandy, Sri Lanka on 17 January 1917 to Melakkath Gopala Menon a Palakkad Nair and Maruthur Satyabhama.

Rajini is the first one to realise that emulating MGR wouldn’t be easy. Politics is a matter of image building and perception. Actors would do well to learn from the Loyola College episode and ...