Makkal thilakam mgr part-11

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madurai- ram

indru mudhal

makkal thilagam m.g.r in
'' puthiya boomi''

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மக்கள் திலகம் துவக்கிய ''அண்ணா திமுக '' -இயக்கம் இன்றுடன் 42 ஆண்டுகள் நிறைவு பெறுகிறது .

42 ஆண்டுகள் அதிமுக வரலாற்றை சற்று நினைவு படுத்தி பார்த்தால் புரட்சித்தலைவரின் தீர்க்க தரிசனம் -

சாதனைகள்- அவருக்கு பின்பும் இயக்கம் வெற்றி நடை போடும் மாட்சி - 2016 தேர்தலிலும் எம்ஜிஆர் என்ற தனி

மனிதரின் ஓட்டு வங்கி என்று எல்லாமே தெளிவாக புரிகிறது .


எம்ஜிஆர் ஒரு சகாப்தம்
எம்ஜிஆர் ஒரு சரித்திரம்
எம்ஜிஆர் ஒரு பொற்கால சிற்பி .

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A synopsis of the chronological highlights of MGR’s political career is given below.

mid 1930s-1947: a sympathizer of pre-independence Congress Party.

1947-1951: Unaffiliated with any party.

1953: formerly joined the DMK party founded by C.N. Annadurai, during its Tiruchi district conference (25-26 April).

1967: elected as a MLA from DMK party.

1968: After Anna’s death, was influential in electing M. Karunanidhi as the successor to Anna’s vacated chief minister position.

1971: re-elected as a MLA from DMK party.

1972: sacked by the DMK party, led by Karunanidhi; founded his own party,

named Anna DMK; Later, revised the name to All India Anna DMK (AIADMK).

1977: Elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, after his AIADMK party was voted to power.

1980 Feb: Ministry dismissed by Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India.

1980 June: AIADMK party elected to power for the second time.

1984 Dec: AIADMK party elected to power for the third time, while MGR was recuperating in Brooklyn Hospital, New York.

1985 Feb: Assumed third consecutive term of Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and held it

until his death in Dec.24, 1987.

courtesy - srikantha

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MGR’s revolution in Tamil cinema

Of course, MGR was adept in dialogue delivery. But a ‘revolution’ he made in Tamil cinema of 1950s was to reduce dialogue delivery in his movies, and deliver the same message in inspirational songs.

He might have adapted this strategy for two reasons. First is to differentiate himself from his fellow DMK rival – Sivaji Ganesan, a genius in that segment. Secondly, to escape from the scissors of Congress Party-sponsored censor board. That MGR was a quick study of trends had never been disputed in cinema circles.

How the DMK-sponsored movie ‘Sorga Vaasal’ (Gates to Heaven, 1954) scripted by Anna, featuring DMK’s singer-actor K.R. Ramaswamy was mangled by the censor board for political reasons might have influenced MGR’s sensible antenna. Having chosen the path of not singing, he had to choose elite lyricists, lyrics arrangers (aka music directors) and playback singers to promote pro-DMK songs.

In this, MGR was blessed. Those who had talent, received MGR’s nod, irrespective of political affiliations. Among the lyricists, he promoted Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram (1930-1959) though the latter had Communist sympathies.

There were other lyricists Bharathidasan, Udumalai Narayanakavi (1899-1981), Tanjai Ramaiya Das (1914-1965) and last but not the least Kannadasan (1927-1981).

Among the music directors, talent was aplenty and MGR had to chose among G. Ramanathan, K.V. Mahadevan, his close pal S.M. Subbiah Naidu, and Visvanathan-Ramamoorthy duo.

For playback singers, he could rely on four elite Tamil singers Tiruchi Loganathan, Chidambaram S. Jayaraman, T.M. Soundararajan and Sirkazhi Govindarajan. The magic produced by the collaborative efforts of these lyricists, music directors, singers and MGR still reverberate in numerous songs extolling Tamil pride.

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One fact which deserves admiration is that, even after 42 years of its establishment by MGR as an offshoot of DMK party, and 26 years after the death of its founder, that AIADMK should possess some exceptional degree of attachment with Tamilnadu voters to shine so big in this year’s general election.

This was the party, which was ridiculed as a ‘100-day movie show’, by MGR’s political opponents (including Karunanidhi), many media pundits and wags in Tamilnadu, when it was founded. Latest technological advances in media in the past 20 years (computer use, DVDs, cell phones and YouTube) perpetuate MGR’s memories via his movies and ‘philosophy-packed’ songs.

Especially of note was the 60-year old song, ‘Ethanai Kaalam Thaan Emarruvaar Intha Naatile?’ (How long these guys will be cheating us?). This time-less, meaningful song appeared in the Malai Kallan (Mountain Thief, 1954) movie, in which MGR played the hero. The song was set in a mountain-range, where MGR was lip-synching the song while accompanying the heroine P. Bhanumathi, seated in a white horse.

Though this song’s lyricist was Thanjai Ramaiah Das, musically arranged by S.M. Subbiah Naidu and sung by T.M. Soundararajan, it is perpetually identified as MGR’s supreme song. Ironically, the script for this movie was written by none other than Karunanidhi. Among the Tamil movie songs, it has a high quotient of You Tube access, for its catchy tune and political meaning for the down-trodden.