“MGR had the knack of assessing a person and then delegating responsibilities. No health minister in the state had as much power I had during MGR’s regime,” recalled former health and family welfare ...

In the February of 1948, as MGR went through the letter he had received from a hazy acquaintance, asking for his help to enter films as an actor, his mind raced through his own celluloid career. He ...

MGR was considered god on earth. Once, a Pondicherry farmer insisted on taking MGR to his land saying, ‘Your feet should touch my earth’ as it would bring him prosperity. Such was the faith among the ...

CHENNAI: It would not be an exaggeration to say that RM Veerappan, as MGR’s manager, was witness to and closely aided the leader’s emergence as a political leader from the big screen. MGR’s first ...

Saturday marks the birth anniversary of M G Ramachandran, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and film icon. Remembering the legend, fans poured their heart out on social media. Joining them, PM Narendra ...

T. Pichandi, former Deputy Secretary to former Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran, has written a book titled ‘Enakkul Manakkum MGR Ninaivugal’, which captures his work experiences and interactions with ...

The extensive media coverage of the maiden State-level conference of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor Vijay, has spurred interest among the intelligentsia in how the press fared at the ...

Scions of political and film families usually enter tinsel town while their succesful kith and kin are still in power. But, debutant Ramachandran bucks that trend. Despite being the grandson of the ...

Chennai: It is believed that the city of Madras (now Chennai) witnessed one of the world’s largest funeral processions in 1987, when one of the biggest phenomena in Indian politics, Marudur ...

MGR. The man who famously sang Naan Unga Veetu Pillai on screen and became the favourite son of most households in Tamil Nadu ...