Born in Kandy, British Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] — Jan 17 1917• Died Dec 24 1987

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.
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Ramu / 'Ilango' Lakshmanan

JB




Manimaran
Murugan
Muthaiya

Gobinath
Thangam

Murugan

Jayamal

Sundharam

Manickam (the East Africa doctor) and Kumar

Durai

Ranga
Nataraj

Prithviraj Chauhan



Mohan


Selvam
Kumaran

Veeran

Mani


Raju

Raju (in archival footage)
Prathapan

Kanagu

Maran
Rajendran


Veeramohan
Vasu
Chandran



Sundaram / Ranjith

Paintamizh 'Sundharapandiyan' Kumaran

Muthu

Murugan

Vikramaadhithan

Rangaiah Naidu
Indran



Alibaba



Mahendran





Mahendra Varman




Police constable

Arjunan
