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      • After his stint in romantic and action films, MGR got his big breakthrough in cinema in 1950 with Karunanidhi’s ‘Manthiri Kumari’. The film catapulted him to fame. He followed its success with the 1954 film, ‘Malaikkallan’.
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  2. M. G. Ramachandran. Pon. Muthuramalingam. Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987), popularly known by his initials M.G.R., was an Indian actor, politician, and philanthropist who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987.

  3. Fondly known by the acronym MGR, Marudhur Gopalan Ramchandran was an Indian actor who went on to become a renowned politician. He was the first popular Indian actor to serve as Chief Minister of an Indian state.

  4. Jan 17, 2023 · Despite tasting the huge success, MGR gave up acting in 1977 after he became Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. His last film ‘Maduraiyai Meetta Sundarapaandiyan’ (Madurai Liberator Sundarapaandiyan ...

  5. Jan 17, 2017 · before MGR became a shining political figure, it was the Tamil film industry that paved his way to popularity. The film industry in Tamil Nadu had been intimately woven into politics ever since the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was formed in 1949 by writer and playwright C. N. Annadurai.

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  6. He was first elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1967. After the death of his mentor, Annadurai, MGR became the treasurer of DMK in 1969 after Karunanidhi became the chief...

    • Male
    • Actor/Director/Producer
    • LK
    • January 17, 1917
  7. Jan 17, 2020 · Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran was fondly known as MGR. He was a renowned actor of his time and went on to become an even renowned politician as well. He was the first actor from the Indian film fraternity who went on to become the Chief Minister of a state.

  8. Jan 17, 2017 · He was born a hundred years ago in Sri Lanka and went on to become one of the most popular matinee idols of Tamil cinema and one of Tamil Nadu’s most popular chief ministers.