Sri MGR Year 95, 12th January, Saturday
Pongal festival is the only festival MGR celebrated. On this day some of MGR movies were released. Below is the list of MGR movies released on Pongal festival.
| No. | Name of the Movie | Year of Release |
| 01 | Harishchandra | 1944 |
| 02 | Alibabavum Narpathu Thirudargalum | 1956 |
| 03 | Rani Samyugdha | 1962 |
| 04 | Vettaikaran | 1964 |
| 05 | Enga Veetu Pillai | 1965 |
| 06 | Anbay Vaa | 1966 |
| 07 | Matukkara Velan | 1970 |
| 08 | Maduraiyai Meeta Sundarapandian | 1978 |
In the above list of 8 movies 7 movies are MGR starred as Hero, so we take here only the seven movies (Look number 7 coincidence!).
Number 1: Alibabavum Narpathu Thirudargalum
The first Tamil colour movie is our beloved Leader’s Alibabavum Narpathu Thirudargalum. Produced by Modern theaters and directed by Sundaram the movie was released on Pongal day.
Number 2 : Rani Samyugdha.
Historical story of Rajput clan Prithviraj Chauhan who defeated Mohamed Ghori in the First battle of Tarain (1191) and the love between the Jai Chandra’s daughter Samyugdha.
Duet song from this movie.
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Number 3 : Vettaikaran
Devar Films Black and White movie (part Cowboy movie) Vettaikaran was released on Pongal Day on 14th January 1964.
The famous philosophical song “Unnai Arinthal”
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The images are provided by B.S.Raju Editor Olikirathu Urimaikural Magazine.
Other movie reviews will continue.