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Mother Sentiment

2012-02-01T22:28:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 95, 1st February, Wednesday MGR and mother sentiment are inseparable. The world knows that MGR always worshipped his Mother. Our beloved leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR is the only person who have christened his many movie names on Mother. For example, Thaiku Pin Tharam, Thai Sollai Thatathey, Thai Magaluku Katiya Thali, Thaiyai Katha Thanaiyan, Thaiyin Madiyil, Deiva Thai, Thaiku

MGR Birthday Function

2012-01-29T20:42:00.002+05:30

Sri MGR Year 95, 29th January, Sunday MGR’s 95th birthday function is going to be celebrated on 12th February 2012 this time in Bangalore by Manitha Deivam Makkal Thilagam MGR Mandram, Bangalore. The venue will be Sri Sai Baba Nagar Welfare Association Conference Hall, Sai Baba Nagar, Sriramapuram, Bangalore-21. Timing is from 2 pm onwards.All are welcome. More information about the

MGR Heroine Rathna

2012-01-28T20:37:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 95, 28th January, Saturday One of MGR’s heroine Rathna who have acted in Engal Veetu Pillai, Thozhilali and Ithayakani (one unfinished movie) have given an interview to Cinema Express magazine. She has mentioned about how she was selected to work with MGR in Thozhilali a Devar Films production. She also mentions about the unique character of our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar

MGR In Avinashi

2012-01-26T22:21:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 95, 26th January, Thursday Magnum Opus Emgeeyar Pictures Adimai Penn is re-released in Avinashi Chitralaya in Dts format this week. The movie is running successfully from 20.1.2012. The movie has been released in other major cities in Dts format and qube format two years back and we have provided the information already in our MGR Blog. The image and information was

Fame Of Politician

2012-01-24T07:56:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 95, 24th January, Tuesday As many Tamil magazines were publishing article about MGR, this week Junior Vikatan question and answers there is a question about how well the fame of politician should be? The answer was, person who remembers him even he had not received any favour. The author mentions that on January 17th many people have placed MGR’s photo with flowers and lighted

MGR’s Dream

2012-01-22T20:57:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 95, 22nd January, Sunday During MGR’s tenure as Chief Minister, he had a plan to name Trichy as the second capital of Tamil Nadu. He also aware about the fact that in due course like Chennai, Trichy will be congested so as a precautionary measure he created a small city near Trichy measuring 10 km radius with all facilities. The city project had broader roads, Parks,

Unforgettable MGR

2012-01-19T23:01:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 95, 19th January, Thursday Next day of MGR’s 95th birthday, Daily Thanthi carried an article about our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR titled “Maraka Mudiatha Maa Manithar”. They have written how people of Tamil Nadu celebrated his birthday in grand manner. And also mentions that some Leaders were remembered when they live, some leaders during their generation and some

World Celebrates

2012-01-19T22:34:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 95, 19th January, Thursday On 17th of January not only we celebrated MGR’s birthday even the world celebrated. Here is some of the images forwarded by my friends and MGR Devotees Tirupur Ravichandran, S.Vinod and Sailesh Basu. The above images are from Tirupur area captured by MGR Devotee Tirupur Ravichandran. The above images were from Bangalore S.Vinod

My Teacher MGR

2012-01-18T22:52:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 95, 18th January, Wednesday MGR Devotee Tirupur Ravichandran has forwarded a scanned image of Ananda Vikatan, Coimbatore special edition to share in our MGR Blog. An article about an ardent fan of MGR, Zahir Hussain from Gandhi Park, Coimbatore, is a film distributor. He helps for the marriage of poor and downtrodden. He says that the helping tendency he acquired because of

95th Birthday

2012-01-17T15:39:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 95, 17th January Tuesday Today is the 95th Birthday of our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR. From morning onwards MGR songs and MGR movies were telecasted in Jaya TV, Raj TV, Raj Digital, Zee Tamil, Mega TV, Polimer TV etc. MGR photos were kept in road sides and sweets were distributed to all. The above image is an example. MGR birthday was celebrated in Trichy the

Pongal Wishes

2012-01-15T12:15:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 15th January, Sunday Puratchi Thalaivar MGR celebrates only Pongal, on that day he used to give gifts, dress and food to every employees (MGR Nadaga Mandram and Emgeeyar Pictures) and friends. This function was celebrated in Ramavaram Garden in grand manner. MGR Devotee Tirupur Ravichandran has sent this image as a Pongal wish to all our Blog readers. We srimgr.com team

M.G.Chakrapani Birth Centenary

2012-01-15T12:05:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 15th January, Sunday January 13th is the 100th year or Centenary year of our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR’s brother M.G.Chakrapani. MGR’s grandson MGCB Pradeep have uploaded the 100th year as a beautiful post in his site. M.G.Chakrapani played a vital role in MGR’s life, he is also one of the person to shape the career of MGR. We srimgr.com team remembers and wishes

MGR Loyalists

2012-01-15T11:57:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 15th January, Sunday MGR Devotee from Bangalore S.Vinod sent this image to share in our MGR blog. The image was taken by another MGR Devotee Shivakumar from Shimoga, while on his journey through Ambur he saw this banner and captured. Another MGR Devotee from Vellore MR.Ramamoorthi have sent this banner to share in our blog for the 95th birthday of our beloved Leader

Media King

2012-01-15T10:26:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 15th January, Sunday MGR was always a King in the media before and after him. The Times magazine issued one page article about our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR during 1984. Our Puratchi Thalaivar has left us 24 years back but still he is living in the media. Every Tamil channels telecasts MGR movies once or twice a week. Every Newspapers, Magazines and even Internet

Birthday Posters

2012-01-14T09:18:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 14th January, Saturday Coming 17th is the 95th birthday of our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR. As usual MGR Devotees and MGR Fans have sent me some posters to share in our MGR Blog. The above poster is by Aanaithu Indiya Manitheneya Makkal Iyakkam. Poster by Chennai MGR Fans of the same association. These two posters by Madurai MGR Fans. MGR

MGR By Randor Guy

2012-01-11T21:20:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 11th January, Wednesday MGR Devotee Sailesh Basu forwarded a post written by Randor Guy who is a movie historian and a critic. Below is the excerpt from his post titled “The Indian Movie Mogul – A.V.Meiyappan”. Some years ago an American media expert went on record that he was the second most well-known Indian after Indira Gandhi. No movie star anywhere in the world has

MGR In Malaysia

2012-01-09T21:04:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 9th January, Monday One of my friend Sree Sitharan from Malaysia have sent two paper clippings to share in our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Blog. Malaysian satellite television Astro TV is broadcasting MGR movies this month. January 7th Nan En Piranthen was broadcasted. January 14th the movie will be Arasilangkumari, on 21st, Oru Thai Makkal, and on 28th

Looking Back 2011

2012-01-07T19:14:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 7th January, Saturday In the year 2011, our MGR blog have reached 151 posts and the posts acclaimed readership in over 65 countries from 7 continents. A look back at the 151 posts which garnered more than 1000 page views and comments. The list is given below month wise. MGR THE TAMIL TEACHER MGR was fondly called by Puratchi Thalaivar, Makkal Thilagam… and Vathiyar by his

Month Wise MGR Movies

2012-01-05T22:47:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 5th January Thursday Here is the break up of MGR movies released in month wise format. In the month of January Seven colour movies were released out of 13 movies. Five movies were Historical and the rest have social theme. In these double action movies are 2. S.No. Name of the Movie Year 01 Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum 1956 02 Chakravarthi Thirumagal 1957

New Year Wishes 2012

2012-01-01T14:55:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 1st January, Sunday We srimgr.com team wishes all our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Fans and Devotees and blog readers a very Happy and joyful New Year. The caption for the above image was provided by Methil Rajan one of our MGR Blog readers. Following MGR movies will be celebrating 50th year (or) Golden Jubilee this year. Movie Names Date of Release Rani

Remembrance Day 2011 Part 3

2011-12-30T15:13:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 30th December, Friday MGR Devotees from Bangalore have conducted a function for the remembrance day of our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR in Sriramapuram Bangalore. MGR Devotee Bangalore S.Vinod forwarded these images to share in our MGR Blog. கோடிக்கான தமிழர்களின் இதயதெய்வம் மக்கள் திலகம், பொன்மனச் செம்மல், புரட்சித்தலைவர் எம்.ஜி.ஆர் அவர்களின் 24வது ஆண்டு

The Kings Speech

2011-12-28T21:23:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 28th December, Wednesday I am not going to write about the Academy award winner movie The Kings Speech. This post is about the speech therapist who helped our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR after recuperating from stroke. (Second time in his life). MGR – Janaki Ramachandran family member Kumar Rajendran has sent these scanned images from Kumudam to share in our MGR

Remembrance Day 2011 Part 2

2011-12-26T22:26:00.000+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 26th December Monday As said in the earlier post MGR’s Grandson MGCB Pradeep have published the remembrance day in his blog. He has also updated the newspaper Anna published in 24.12.1987. And several other pages and video about the funeral. Click here to read further.

Remembrance Day 2011

2011-12-25T14:21:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 25th December, 2011 Yesterday is our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR’s remembrance day. Millions of MGR Devotees and MGR Fans attended and they paid their respect to their dear Leader. The above image is from e-edition of Daily Thanthi. MGR’s Grandson MGCB Pradeep gave floral tribute and he presided for the function conducted by Aanaithu Indiya Manithaneya

New MGR Book

2011-12-23T22:23:00.001+05:30

Sri MGR Year 94, 23rd December Friday A new MGR Book titled “Dharani Kanda Thanipiravi MGR” was being released by Nakkeeran Publications. The price of the book is not mentioned. The author of the Book is A.Sankar Rao, who has worked with our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR in more than 30 movies as still photographer. A.Sankar Rao has attended Golden Jubilee of Nadodi Mannan and