MGR: Three Letters That Stood for ‘Superstar’ and ‘Charisma’
- 5 years ago
17 January 1917, Kandy, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Exactly a hundred years ago, MGR – the charismatic film superstar and beloved Tamil Nadu CM – was born.
Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran was a little boy when he lost his father Maradhur Gopala Menon in that far-off land of tea-plantations, a country he could not call his own. So his widowed mother Satyabhama brought her sons to India. But schooling and playtime were not 'affordable luxuries'. So he began acting in plays.
Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran was a little boy when he lost his father Maradhur Gopala Menon in that far-off land of tea-plantations, a country he could not call his own. So his widowed mother Satyabhama brought her sons to India. But schooling and playtime were not 'affordable luxuries'. So he began acting in plays.