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Sri MGR Year 100, 8th June, Thursday

Presently, I had an opportunity to watch one program in Vijay TV it is spoof of our Puratchi Thalaivar MGR's scintillating action movie Ayirathil Oruvan, and one of the judges is Baghyaraj.

The centre stage has a ship and in the background a large screen showing some dazzling backgrounds. As a fan I was not satisfied on the portrayal of Manimaran on screen by a boy. One instance, after Manimaran consenting to be a pirate, the boy while leaving the scene calls his comrades as "adimaigale"! (slaves) what? ridiculous isn't it. The whole concept of Manimaran character falls. But considering the age and how well he should known the background of our Thalaivar, we can pardon. The boy tried to imitate the post 1967 tone of MGR, he tried his best in showing MGR antics of Marthandan character from Nadodi Mannan. 

Apart from such mistakes we have to appreciate him for his performance and we have to take into consideration that his parents who are born a couple of decades after that movie, the remarkable image, the embodiment of MGR which imbibed in his young mind. Moreover they have already spoofed many movies and their heros which were all a pure mockery, this one stands apart. As one of the judge mentioned that representing MGR who is God to many is a very dangerous one. 

As part of MGR's centenary celebration MGR starrer 7 movies are re-released in Coimbatore this week the image is given above. The news is shared by MGR Devotee Yukesh Babu.

King Of Kings MGR

Sri MGR Year 98, 30th January, Friday

On the eve of our Puratchi Thalaivar MGR birthday Vijay TV telecasted a special programme titled Mannathi Mannan MGR (King of Kings MGR). MGR fans and devotees participated in the programme apart from the VIPs. The show was beautifully presented and the set looked like from a MGR movie.

The programme was hosted by Gopinath. The special program started with MGR’s speech about Makkal Atchi recorded for election speech in Doordarshan during 1977 period. The speech itself impacted the MGR devotees, the core subject of that speech provoked tears to many.

A part of the crowd who participated in the special programme.

The program was shot for 5 hours and edited to one hour and thirty minutes. As aptly Gopinath mentions in the end that this is only one slice of the Legend.

 

The program was hosted with chief guest such as B.R.Panthalu’s daughter B.R.Vijayalakshmi, Devar Films Thiyagarajan, Vellore Institute of Technology Founder and Chancellor Viswanathan, Sathya Bhama University MD Maria alias Azhagu Nila, Music Director Sankar Ganesh, Actor Mohan Ram, Director Karu Palaniappan, IAS – Gnana Rajasekaran and Ithayakani Editor Vijayan.

All the chief guests narrated from their life about our Puratchi Thalaivar humane nature the soul stirring incidents told by B.R.Vijayalakshmi and Sankar Ganesh took the limelight. Most of the participants and the chief guests mentioned MGR as God.

Music Director (Sankar) Ganesh emotionally points to MGR image telling the audience that MGR saved his life after the bomb blast and feel that Mannathi Mannan MGR is GOD.

A MGR devotee narrating the incident that happened to her for taking cinema ticket for Mattukara Velan. Needless to say many persons shed their tears.

MGR Devotee Kalaivanan who constructed MGR temple in Nathamedu.

Professor and Aeronautical HOD Ilangovan, M Tech Gold medalist, telling Gopinath how MGR helped the people of Danushkodi aftermath of the super cyclone. And also pointed out that those days MGR fans very termed as illiterate people and he wished to change it.

During the end they showed rare black and white video clippings some are given below it has MGR returning to Tamil Nadu after receiving Bharath Award, MGR in the Assembly, MGR with press reporters, MGR with NTR, MGR with the then President of India Gyani Zail Singh etc.

To know more about Mannathi Mannan MGR Video, click the below image.

Due to demand and more comments in youtube Vijay TV (view count to this day 58,023) again telecasted with small change on January 26th.

In the Name of Mimicry

Already MGR Devotees and MGR Fans have protested against the mimicry show of various talented artist who appeared in Sun TV and Vijay TV and showed their discomfort through Newspapers and magazine. To my knowledge all the mimicry artist imitate only the post 1967 voice of MGR, nobody so far had spoke the unique voice of MGR (before 1967).

 

I think that even a child can imitate post 1967 voice of MGR. Recently in Vijay TV  a very talented Mimicry artist named Siva Karthikeyan imitated our Beloved Leader MGR in a unacceptable manner, he took up the song “Loosu pennae” and tried the style of MGR Dance from Anbay Vaa, just only the waving of hand part he did but not the difficult twist dance part which MGR did when he was 55 years old.

 

Most of the MGR Fans Association has lodged a complaint against Siva Karthikeyan and gave a copy of the complaint to Vijay TV management. MGR’s Grand Son and Official Speaker of AIADMK MGCB Pradeep, B.S.Raju Editor Urimaikural Magazine, Professor Selva Kumar, S.S.Perumal, T.Nagar Ramamurthy, Kumar, Loganathan (Kalaiventhan MGR Bakthargal Trust), Yukesh Babu and Venkat (Ponmanachemmal Sri MGR Bakthargal) and others were present during the protest in front of Vijay TV.

 

Below is the link of the article given by MGR’s Grand Son MGCB Pradeep.

 

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