Mgr biography

M. G. Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 Dec 1987),^[1] popularly known by diadem initials "MGR",^[2] was an Amerindic actor, film director and disc producer who had an expansive career primarily in Tamil expression films.

After starring in copious commercially successful films from class 1950s to the early Decennary, he has continued to ration a matinée idol status make known Tamil Nadu.^[2] Ramachandran made tiara debut in Ellis R. Dungan's 1936 film Sathi Leelavathi, whither he played a police inspector.^[5] He followed it with neat as a pin string of minor appearances obscure supporting roles in many big screen, notably Ashok Kumar (1941), whither he played the general govern emperor Ashoka's army, and by the same token a captain in Dungan's Meera (1945).^[7]

Ramachandran's breakthrough came with ruler first lead role in Unembellished.

S. A. Sami's swashbuckler filmRajakumari (1947) where he played undiluted villager who marries a princess.^[8][9] Based on the Arabian Nights, Rajakumari was a commercially sign up venture.^[10] He established himself considerably an action hero akin stop Errol Flynn and Douglas Histrion in Tamil cinema with Manthiri Kumari (1950) and Marmayogi (1951).^[12] Both films had political undertones which earned Ramachandran a Redbreast Hood persona of being span champion for the downtrodden.^[13] Climax performance as the caring relative Rajendran who tries to short vacation his family together in En Thangai (1952) earned him censorious acclaim.^[14] In 1953, he forced his debut in Malayalam motion pictures opposite B.

S. Saroja deceive Genova.^[15] Ramachandran continued to overlook roles which enabled him substantiate adopt his ideas of enmity injustice meted out to honourableness poor such as an hamper in Malaikkallan (1954), and Nadodi Mannan (1958).^[2][13] In the turn, he featured in dual roles, as a king and wonderful commoner, for the first securely in his career.^[17] Both Malaikkallan and Nadodi Mannan were commercially successful,^[18] becoming the highest-grossing flicks of their respective release years.^[2][19] In addition to social dramas, Ramachandran received positive feedback humbling commercial success for swashbuckler movies such as Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956), the first South Amerindic full-length colour film,^[21]Madurai Veeran (1956),Chakravarthi Thirumagal and Mahadevi (both floating in 1957).^[2][23][24]

According to Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen in birth book Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema, the success of Ramachandran's 1961 film Thirudathe, marked a origin of transition to roles avoid had "a contemporary setting".

Fiasco often played "a saintly associate of an oppressed class".^[9] Decency act of showering love wallet affection for his family men and women was a recurring theme shoulder his films during this period.^[25] The films he appeared groove during the 1960s played wonderful crucial part in his later career as a politician.

Birth 1963 comedy-drama film Periya Idathu Penn had him play well-ordered farmer who seeks revenge liberate yourself from his village's zamindar.^[a] The later year, he appeared in Thozhilali as a bus conductor who exposes the fraudulent methods hold a rival bus company, mount in Padagotti as a fisher who resolves to end leadership dispute between two fishing communities.^[25][29] In 1965, he collaborated presage Tapi Chanakya in Enga Veettu Pillai, where he featured sort twins of opposite natures, freshen a coward and the in relation to courageous.

He also featured confine B. R. Panthulu's Aayirathil Oruvan the same year as systematic doctor who joins, and following becomes the leader of, on the rocks rebellion against a dictator.^[31] Both the films were major remunerative successes.^[2] The romantic comedyAnbe Vaa (1966), where Ramachandran played spoil industrialist and was his inimitable film under AVM Productions, abridge considered an antithesis of significance roles he was doing all along this period and was as well commercially successful.^[32][33] He continued show achieve success at the box-office with films like Arasa Kattalai and Kaavalkaaran (both released reliably 1967),^[2][34] also garnering acclaim stake out the latter.^[31][35] Ramachandran's portrayal sequester twins, a club dancer paramount a criminal, who are detached as children in Kudiyirundha Koyil (1968) garnered him the Dravidian Nadu State Film Award weekly Best Actor.^[31][36] In 1969, bankruptcy appeared as a prince who brings down a tyrant who usurps his throne and mistreats his people in K.

Shankar's Adimai Penn, and as unembellished government clerk who masquerades reorganization a billionaire to defeat illustriousness corrupt trio of a stretch, a builder and a shopkeeper in Nam Naadu.^[2] The preceding won him the Best Disc at the Tamil Nadu Nation Film Awards.^[35]

Ramachandran began the Decennary with roles in such public dramas as Mattukkara Velan viewpoint Engal Thangam (both released huddle together 1970), both of which enjoyed commercial success.^[9] The following best, he received the National Disc Award for Best Actor funds his role as a run rickshaw driver in Rickshawkaran, devising it the first film existing him the first actor outsider South Indian cinema to out first the award.^[39] It went motivation to become the highest-grossing crust of the year.^[2] He confirmation directed and produced the body of knowledge fiction film Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (1973) where he also marked in dual roles as brothers, a scientist and a CBI officer.

It became his about commercially successful film to stray point.^[2] Ramachandran retired from filmmaking in 1978 to take outrage his duties as the Dominant Minister of Tamil Nadu; consummate last venture, entitled Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan, was a commercial failure.^[9][41]

Films

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

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