M. G. Ramachandran
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-01-17 (70 years old)
Deathday
1987-12-24
Place of Birth
Kandy, British Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]
Also known As
MGR
Makkal Thilagam
Puratchi Thalaivar
Ponmanachemmal
Vaatthiyaar
Idhayakkani
Idhaya dheyvam
M. G. R.
M.G.R.
M.G. Ramachandran
M.G.Ramachandran
MG. Ramachandran
MG.Ramachandran
മരത്തൂർ ഗോപാല രാമചന്ദ്രൻ
ம. கோ. இராமச்சந்திரன்
M. G. Ramachandran
Biography
Marudhur Gopalan Ramachandran, known by the initialism MGR, was an immensely popular Indian film actor, director, producer, and politician who also served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu successively for three terms. Renowned as a cultural icon in Tamil Nadu, Ramachandran is considered as one of the most influential actors of Tamil cinema, and a pioneering force in cinema's popularity in Tamil Nadu.
Acting
1969
as Durai
1963
1974
as Gobinath
1971
1954
1966
as JB
1965
as Manimaran
1970
as Ranga
1968
1970
1971
1970
1977
as Thangam
1977
as Kumaran
1975
1975
1972
1975
1971
1968
1964
1971
as Selvam
1966
1965
1978
as The Poet Païntamizh Kumaran alias The Prince Sundharapandhiyan
1969
1967
as Mani
1972
as Murugan
1975
as Sundaram / Ranjith
1969
1966
1965
1962
as Vasu
1961
1964
1964
1963
1961
1963
1962
1962
as Prithviraj Chauhan
1961
1968
as Sundharam
1965
1966
as Muthaiya
1966
1966
1966
as Murugan
1963
1962
1972
1965
as Ramu / 'Ilango' Lakshmanan
1968
1967
1964
as Raju
1966
1965
1964
1963
1968
1964
as Maran
1957
1967
1956
as Veeran
1952
as Nataraj
1957
1957
1951
1953
1960
1960
1960
1952
1953
1952
1958
1954
1955
1950
as Veeramohan
1949
1951
1941
1941
as Mahendran
1936
as Police constable
1948
as Mahendra Varman
1938
1948
1943
1946
1939
1936
as Rangaiah Naidu
1947
1938
1947
1970
1977
as Murugan
1972
1990
as Raju (in archival footage)
1945
as Jayamal
1948
as Arjunan
1974
as Manickam (the East Africa doctor) and Kumar
1939
Production
1978
as Director
1973
as Producer
1973
as Director
1969
as Producer
1958
as Producer
1958
as Director
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