For the past one year I am seeing MGR fans and blog readers subscribing to mgrroop.wordpress.com, for them I have to inform that, I am not publishing any new posts in this particular blog. All the posts are been published in srimgr.com and it is regularly updated.

So please, who have subscribed to wordpress blog are asked to subscribe in srimgr.com. Thank you.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 10,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

MGR Devotee Sree Sitharan has forwarded all these images to be shared in our MGR Blog. In this juncture I thank him for his kindness. A little about the person Late Mr.Lem who is an amateur photographer, took these images and he had given this to his son Chin Kon Lem, who is fortunately our Sree Sitharan’s Chinese friend. There were 26 photos only these lasted to this day. We srimgr.com team thanks MGR Devotee Sree Sitharan for preserving this timeless treasure.

Puratchi Thalaivar MGR visited Malaysia on behalf of the shooting for his movie Emgeeyar Pictures Ulagam Sutrum Vaaliban, Malaysian Tamil people gave a grand welcome to our Leader. He also attended the function organized by Shaw Brothers who were Tamil movie distributors and who had already distributed MGR first directorial venture movie Nadodi Mannan.

The above images are captured in Stadium Merdeka (Independence Stadium) Malaysia.

Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr.P.Ramlee also known as the Icon of Malay entertainment and Famous Malaysian actor attended the function he is seen seated in between Asokan and MGR (left image) and in the right 2nd image you can see him smiling with our MGR.

Solo still of Late Actress Manjula and to the right is Nagesh, MGR and P.Ramlee.

The same image showing full VIPs who are seated in the dais. The 2nd left image might be captured in Federal Hotel, Malaysia, as told by his friend. Image to the right is the Vazhthu madal given to MGR on 20.10.1970 during the function.

The above image is from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, which appears during the duet song “Lily malaruku kondattam”. The colour image is added by us (thanks to Sailesh Basu).

Here’s an excerpt:

4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 16,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 4 Film Festivals

Click here to see the complete report.

Below is the detailed list of MGR movies released in Chennai theaters during the first release.

The list shows only Hero acted movies of MGR which comes to 115. For the past two months the list is checked for errors. But I am not sure this list is 100 percent correct. Senior MGR fans are requested to check this list for any corrections.

The break up details will follow soon.

Year	Name of the Movie	Theatres	No. of Centers
1947	Rajakumari	Star Roxy Crown	3
1948	Mohini	Gaiety Saraswathy Prabath	3
1950	Maruthanattu Ilavarasi	Sagar Sayani	2
1950	Manthiri Kumari	Paragon Broadway Rajakumari	3
1951	Marma Yogi	Chitra Prabath Rajakumari	3
1951	Sarvathikari	Sagar Saraswathy Broadway	3
1952	Andaman Kaithi	Chitra Sri Krishna Lakshmi	3
1952	Kumari	Chitra Prabath Saraswathy	3
1952	En Thangai	Chitra Broadway Saraswathy	3
1953	Nam	Chitra Sri Krishna Rajakumari	3
1953	Panakari	Paragon Prabath Rajakumari	3
1953	Jenovah	Paragon Prabath Kamadhenu Lakshmi	4
1954	Malai Kallan	Casino Prabath Saraswathy	3
1954	Kundukili	Paragon Rajakumari Maharani Uma	4
1955	Kulabaghavali	Gaiety Krishna Uma Rajakumari	4
1956	Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum	Chitra Saraswathy Prabath	3
1956	Madurai Veeran	Chitra Saraswathy Prabath Kamadhenu	4
1956	Thaiku Pin Tharam	Chitra Krishna Uma	3
1957	Chakravarthy Thirumagal	Chitra Krishna Mahalakshmi Kamadhenu	4
1957	Rajarajan	Midland Maharani Rajakumari Mahalakshmi	4
1957	Puthumaipithan	Midland Krishna Rajakumari Uma	4
1957	Mahadevi	Srikrishna Wellington Sayani Uma Rajakumari	5
1958	Nadodi Mannan	Paragon Srikrishna Uma	3
1959	Thai Magalukku Katiya Thali	Paragon Srikrishna Uma	3
1960	Baghdad Thirudan	Paragon Srikrishna Uma	3
1960	Rajadesingh	Wellington Srikrishna Uma Liberty	4
1960	Mannathi Mannan	Paragon Prabath Saraswathy	3
1961	Arasilangkumari	Wellington Prabath Saraswathy	3
1961	Thirudathae	Plaza Bharath Mahalakshmi	3
1961	Sabash Mapillai	Plaza Bharath Mahalakshmi Ram	4
1961	Nallavan Vazhvan	Plaza Bharath Mahalakshmi	3
1961	Thai Sollai Thatathae	Plaza Bharath Mahalakshmi	3
1962	Rani Samyugdha	Gaiety Bhuvaneswari Brighton Liberty	4
1962	Madapura	Plaza Bharath Mahalakshmi Liberty	4
1962	Thayai Katha Thanaiyan	Plaza Bharath Mahalakshmi	3
1962	Kudumba Thalaivan	Plaza Mekala Bharath	3
1962	Pasam	Paragon Mahalakshmi Maharani	3
1962	Vikramadityan	Chitra Prabath Ram Bhuvaneswari	4
1963	Panathottam	Plaza Mekala Crown	3
1963	Koduthu vaithaval	Casino Maharani Bhuvaneswari	3
1963	Dharmam Thalaikakum	Chitra Prabath Saraswathy	3
1963	Kalai Arasi	Plaza Mekala Murugan Jayaraj	4
1963	Periya Idathu Penn	Chitra Crown Mahalakshmi	3
1963	Anandha Jothi	Paragon Sri Murugan Mekala Thangam	4
1963	Neethiku Pin Pasam	Chitra Crown Mekala	3
1963	Kanchi Thalaivan	Chitra Broadway Bhuvaneswari	3
1963	Parisu	Mekala Plaza Crown Srinivasa	4
1964	Vettaikaran	Chitra Mekala Broadway	3
1964	En Kadamai	Plaza Bhuvaneswari Crown Srinivasa	4
1964	Panakara Kudumbam	Broadway Mekala Chitra	3
1964	Deiva Thai	Plaza Crown Bhuvaneswari	3
1964	Thozhilali	Chitra Broadway Mekala	3
1964	Padagotti	Plaza Crown Bhuvaneswari	3
1964	Thayin Madiyil	Chitra Mahalakshmi Bharath Srinivasa Thangam	5
1965	Enga Veetu Pillai	Casino Mekala Broadway	3
1965	Panam Padaithavan	Plaza Crown Mahalakshmi	3
1965	Ayirathil Oruvan	Midland Sri Krishna Mekala	3
1965	Kalangarai Vilakam	Wellington Murugan Roxy Srinivasa	3
1965	Kanni Thai	Sapphire Ashok Sayani Brighton	4
1965	Thazhampoo	Paragon Maharaja Natraj Krishnaveni	4
1965	Asai Mugam	Paragon Prabath Saraswathy Noorjahan	4
1966	Anbay Vaa	Casino Sri Krishna Mekala	3
1966	Nan Aanai Ittal	Midland Broadway Uma Srinivasa	4
1966	Mugarasi	Gaiety Prabath Saraswathy	3
1966	Nadodi	Plaza Broadway Uma	3
1966	Chandrodayam	Mekala Gaiety Bharath Srinivasa	4
1966	Thali Baghyam	Plaza Prabath Mekala Noorjahan	4
1966	Thani Piravi	Wellington Prabath Sayani	3
1966	Parakum Pavai	Paragon Mekala Sri Krishna	3
1966	Petral Than Pillaiya	Star Maharani Noorjahan	3
1967	Thaiku Thalaimagan	Wellington Broadway Roxy Liberty	4
1967	Arasakattalai	Paragon Sayani Maharaja Srinivasa	4
1967	Kavalkaran	Globe Agasthiya Mekala Noorjahan	4
1967	Vivasahi	Star Srikrishna Krishnaveni Bhuvaneswari	4
1967	Ragasiya Police 115	Plaza Agasthiya Mekala Srinivasa Globe	5
1968	Ther Thiruvizha	Wellington Mahalakshmi Maharaja Noorjahan	4
1968	Kudieruntha kovil	Globe Srikrishna Bhuvaneswari	3
1968	Kannan En Kadalan	Star Prabath Mekala Noorjahan	4
1968	Puthiya Bhoomi	Globe Srikrishna Mekala Noorjahan	4
1968	Kanavan	Globe Srikrishna Mekala Srinivasa	4
1968	Oli Vilakku	Broadway Mahalakshmi Midland Noorjahan Agasthiya	5
1968	Kadal Vaghanam	Globe Srikrishna Saravana Srinivasa	4
1969	Adimai Penn	Midland Sri Krishna Mekala Noorjahan	4
1969	Nam Nadu	Chitra Sri Krishna Saravana Srinivasa	4
1970	Mattukara Velan	Plaza Broadway Krishnaveni Sayani	4
1970	En Annan	Midland Krishna Mekala Noorjahan	4
1970	Thedi Vantha Mapillai	Paragon Agasthiya Saravana Noorjahan	4
1970	Thalaivan	Globe Maharaja Saravana Noorjahan	4
1970	Engal Thangam	Broadway Chitra Mekala Noorjahan	4
1971	Kumari Kottam	Globe Broadway Mahalakshmi	3
1971	Rickshawkaran	Srikrishna Devi Paradise Saravana	3
1971	Neerum Nerupum	Devi Paradise Srikrishna Mekala	3
1971	Oru Thai Makkal	Plaza Maharani Mahalakshmi Noorjahan	4
1972	Sangay Muzhangu	Wellington Srikrishna Saravana Kamala	4
1972	Nalla Neram	Chitra Mekala Maharani Ram	4
1972	Raman Thediya Seethai	Midland Srikrishna Saravana	3
1972	Nan En Piranthan	Globe Srikrishna Saravana Palaniappa	4
1972	Ithaya Veenai	Globe Sri Krishna Mahalakshmi Rajakumari	4
1972	Annamitta Kai	Plaza Prabath Saravana Liberty	4
1973	Ulagam Sutrum Valiban	Devi Paradise Agasthiya Uma	3
1973	Pattikattu Ponniah	Globe Maharani Palaniappa Saravana	4
1974	Netru Indru Naalai	Plaza Maharani Sayani Krishnaveni	4
1974	Urimaikural	Odeon Maharani Uma Noorjahan	4
1974	Sirithuvazhavendum	Plaza Srikrishna Mahalakshmi Krishnaveni	4
1975	Ninaithathai Mudipavan	Devi Paradise Agasthiya Uma	3
1975	Nalai Namathey	Odeon Pandian Rajakumari Muralikrishna	4
1975	Ithayakani	Sathyam Maharani Uma Kamala	4
1975	Pallandu Vazhga	Devi Paradise Agasthiya Saravana	3
1976	Neethiku Thalaivanangu	Devikala Maharani Uma Krishnaveni Odeon	5
1976	Uzhaikum Karangal	Srikrishna Santham Uma Kamala	4
1976	Uruku Uzhaipavan	Maharani Abirami Pilot Kamala	4
1977	Navarathinam	Wellington Maharani Abirami Ram	4
1977	Indru Pol Endrum Vazhga	Devi Paradise Maharani Uma	3
1977	Meenava Nanban	Devi Paradise Agasthiya Uma Kamala	4
1978	Madurai Meeta Sundarapandian	Devi Devi Paradise Agasthiya Uma Kamala	5

]]> https://mgrroop.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/chennai-theaters/feed/ 8 646 mgrroop madurai_veeran arasakattalai kulabaghavali https://mgrroop.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/re-release-baghdad-thirudan-ii/ https://mgrroop.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/re-release-baghdad-thirudan-ii/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:24:24 +0000 http://mgrroop.wordpress.com/?p=637 Sri MGR Year 95, 14th June, Thursday

Southern Movies Baghdad Thirudan was re-released this week in Coimbatore Royal. This same news was posted already in our MGR blog.

MGR Devotee Tirupur Ravichandran has sent the images captured by Olikirathu Urimaikural Photographer Senthil to share in our MGR Blog.

The above images were taken during evening show on 10th June 2012 in Royal Theater Coimbatore.

Section of the crowd entering the theater. In the previous post we had published image with section of crowd for Enga Veetu Pillai re-release in Royal Theater and some one literally counted that image and published it in internet as these are the only persons who watched MGR movie. Here is another chance for him to count and publish.

The below image shows the section of the crowd watching or rather enjoying our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR’s mesmerizing performance on screen.

srimgr.com team conveys their regards to Senthil.

When some one from Nadigar Thilagam fan base wrote a poem about Karnan successful re-release, and in the poem he has indecently wrote about Puratchi Thalaivar MGR, MGR fans started to write comment about the re-release of Karnan in the srimgr.com site.

Seeing this a Nadigar Thilagam fan who comes in the name of Saradhi, Amudhan, Unami vilambi, Sowrirajan, Sathyasai, Sivakumar, Adapaavingala, Arun, Politics_since60s etc. all are the same person wrote comments and replies. I can judge because apparently every comment was published from 1st May 2012 from 10.45 am onwards. I do not got that much traffic on that day to my site for this innumerable comments. All the comments arise from one location, I am spending nearly 1 to 2 hours everyday checking the traffic pattern of my site through webstat and Google analytics. So it is not difficult for me to correlate how many persons or person has given this comment.

I have been writing MGR blog from 2005 and I know how many people will comment, for what and why they comment. The above said name was logged on to our srimgr.com site on 1st May 2012 from 10.45 am and the same person was giving comments till 5 pm, the whole office hour, but it is not a working day. And he thinks that I am idiot, below are some of the comments that he has written.

A MGR fan has given comment that Ithayakani movie has generated 50 lakhs as tax, here he asks the published proof, when other MGR fan gives the published proof he says that this was published by us! he wants the proof from thinathanthi, dinamani etc. I know the above was given in a daily definitely not in thinathanthi, at the time MGR and Adhithinar are not in good terms.

The above was given to notify the different names he used, watch the date and time of comment.

He further states that to defeat Karnan release MGR movies were released weekly. How intelligent he is. I have been posting how many MGR movies were re-released every year from 2007. I am asking him how many Nadigar Thilagam movies were released during 2007 to 2012 and do you think to counter his movies, 40 to 45 MGR movies were released every year in Chennai alone, and you think MGR movies were only re-released because of Nadigar Thilagam movie release? And he says that family crowd is only for Nadigar Thilagam! do you think MGR movies are adults only?

Here is another move by him, he feels that MGR fans are from cheri that is downtrodden people. He, in another name Sathyan, a name given by his subconscious mind, that Karnan is running in Sathayam theater that time, copy pasted an article written by Gopalan Ravindran in blogs.wide journal. org. He feels that I will be mortified by saying that “Do you think this group will ever understand your diction..? They will take this to all universities to understand the meaning of what you have written !”. Ok Sir, do you know what Gopal Ravindran has written?

For your kind information I have been writing this blog not for persons who majored in English Literature and my Blog subject is not English literature, my readers are MGR Fans, some are less educated, who have some knowledge of English language, operating the computer and watching internet. This I should keep in mind and use simple words to make them understand what I am trying to say.

If you feel my writing is not standard why do you visit? Am I giving any money for your visit? or did I beg your self to pay a visit?

Another genius question by him.

His knowledge of Puratchi Thalaivar MGR and Nadigar Thilagam are limited you can understand how well he knows about Nadigar Thilagam.

Here in the above comment he says that our beloved Leader MGR is a person to be prosecuted under section 420. And further states that Rajiv Gandhi was killed by MGR’s attitude.

And another comment which clearly states his knowledge about MGR. He says that Chandrababu who directed Maadi Veetu Ezhai and became pauper? and Chandrababu set fire to the negative of the movie.

Sir do you know this fact, when was the movie maadi veetu ezhai was produced? After 1964 MGR gave chance to Chandrababu to act in Parakum Paavai, a meaty role in Adimai penn all this happened after Maadi Veetu Ezhai incident. About the fire part, he might have gone through a book written by Vijayan titled MGR Kathai there Vijayan mentions that MGR did not give proper call sheet to Gemini S.S.Vasan for Olivilakku and S.S.Vasan asked his assistant to go to Ramapuram gardens and ask the call sheet if MGR did not answer rightly, throw the negatives and burn it in front of his house. And MGR gave call sheet and completed Oli Vilakku. This is what Vijayan has written in MGR Kathai, the commenter has gone through this and related to Chandrababu incident. His attitude clearly states that he is half baked in his views.

Please do not write if you do not know about Puratchi Thalaivar MGR. Write about Nadigar Thilagam properly, if you have doubt ask your senior Nadigar Thilagam fans who know quite well about his movies and politics.

There is a saying.

Nobody knows how much or how little one knows until he starts talking (writing).

In the above comment he has given a reply for Professor Selvakumar about the election result of Nadigar Thilagam. Read and understand how childish his reply.

In the above comment he has challenged MGR Fans to release and break Karnan Records. Why we should do? and he thinks that MGR Fans are the persons re-releasing MGR movies from 1978 to till date.

The pinnacle of his comment, he mentions that we MGR Fans preferred Jayalalitha rather than Janaki Ramachandran. Are you ok Sir, do you think the votes garnered by Jayalalitha comes only from MGR Fans? even MGR votes are people vote, they did not look MGR as Actor. Some people not liked his movies but voted for him. Ask senior Nadigar Thilagam Fans if you have doubt.

Finally I want to say to him is, I am writing about MGR only, glorifying him, and not about Nadigar Thilagam Sir. And at the same time if you Sir like to see articles about degrading MGR, you are looking at the wrong site, just Google, I am assuring you Sir. So please do not waste your precious time by reading the junk written by downtrodden people.

The first time I heard the crystal clear voice of our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR was the BBC Tamil Oosai interview he had given to Mr.Krishnamurthy in London and the same was published in our MGR Blog during September 23rd 2009.

I do not have enough information like where the interview took place and the exact date of the interview like wise. Till date the interview was heard by 238418 people in youtube. The same was copied by others and posted and it also made some staggering hundred hits per day.

Recently Mr.Ramesh sent me a message on seeing the interview of MGR and told me that he had been in tears on hearing the interviewer’s voice, because he is the son of Mr.Krishnamurthy, the interviewer, who worked in BBC Tamil Oosai as a freelance contributor in the late 1950s, then became Head of the BBC World Service Tamil Section in the 1960s, and after that contributed again on a freelance basis, until he sadly passed away in February 1974.

Ramesh asked me to forward the whole 17-minute MGR – Krishnamurthy Interview, and I emailed him with one condition not to pass this on the internet. Because I have not posted the second part so far and I am working on it. And Mr.Ramesh has sent some pictures to share in our MGR blog. One photo is MGR speaking with other members of BBC Tamil Oosai in the BBC Bush House, Strand, London, WC2B 4PH, where World Service (including Tamil Section) was housed. The place where the interview took place.

Mr.Krishnamurthy came to London in 1951, and his family moved on to United Kingdom in 1953. Mr.Ramesh lived in Chennai (Madras, as many people called it in those days) from 1959 to 1961 and that time he watched some Tamil and many Hindi movies with his cousins, but he cannot remember which MGR movies he saw. He also came to India again in 1973 and returned in 1974 a week before his father’s death.

Here comes the date part. I am not sure exactly when this interview was recorded. I have mentioned that on returning from the Moscow Film Festival MGR had been interviewed and I safely put the date to 1974. But Mr.Ramesh informed me that his father has left this earth in early Feb 1974. And we know that the Moscow film festival was held on 10th to 23rd July 1973. Fortunately, Mr.Ramesh has sent me the BBC Bush House office photo, where a Tamil Calendar showing July 1973 can be seen hanging behind MGR. that gives us the exact month, so the interview should be July 1973 and the date? It should be after 23rd July. Since both MGR and Mr.Krishnamurthy are no more and we still cannot get the exact date of this interview, but only Actress Latha can.

Mr.Ramesh further told me that he cannot understand the interview in detail because he remembers only a little Tamil from his childhood. He did study Tamil later, during 1978-80 with Dr John Marr at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), London University, but that was only Classical (Sangam) Tamil poetry.

For persons who thinks that this photo of MGR and Krishnamurthy (Tamil Calendar behind) must be in Tamil Nadu.

(Please see:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-17198031

which states that World Service was in Bush House from 1940 to 2012.

Anyone who worked in the World Service would recognize that the office

in the photo was in Bush House)

Ramesh has given me 3 more photos of his father, one taken in the BBC Bush House Studio, one with 2 kathakali performers in London, and one with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Michael Ramsey.

Ramesh was working as a University Lecturer until he retired last year, and now he is an amateur actor.

The above post was corrected by Ramesh.

More about Ramesh

http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff/krishnamurthyr/

And his career history below

http://www.btinternet.com/~ramesh28/

As usual MGR movies re-released in Chennai city alone comes to 40 and the 40 movies were released in 89 centres. Emgeeyar Pictures Nadodi Mannan was released in 24 centres all over Tamil Nadu and the same movie was released in 9 centres in over 7 weeks.

Below is the list compiled by MGR Devotee Venkat.

MGR Re-Release movie in year 2011.

BAPASI conducts book fair every year in Chennai. This year was 35th in the row. More than 450 stalls with most number of stalls were by Tamil publishers.

This time there was 15 plus titles of MGR books displayed in the fair. I have purchased 10 books.

Tharani Kanda Thani Piravi MGR by A.Sankar Rao published by Nakkheeran, No.105, Jani Jahan Khan Road, Royapettah, Chennai-14. Pages 264, price of the Book is Rs.150/- The author is a Still photographer who worked with our beloved Leader Puratchi Thalaivar MGR for 35 movies.

Makkal Thilagam MGR Ennum Ma Manithar by Sri Shenbaga Publishers, Old No.24, Krishna Street, T.Nagar, Chennai- 600 017, pages 128, price of the book is Rs.35/-

Vaazhnthu Kaatiya Vallal MGR – Interesting anecdotes from the life of MGR remembered by Bommai Saarathi, published by Narmadha Pathipagam, Chennai-17, pages 168, price of the book is Rs.70/-

Manitha Neyathal Maraiyathavar by Peru Thulasi Palanivel, published by Nakkheeran Publications, 105, Jani Jahan Khan Road, Royapettah, Chennai-600 014. Total number of pages 104, price of the book is Rs.65/-

Varalaru Padaitha Vallal by Mekala Chitravel, Published by Vijaya Pathippagam, 20, Raja Street, Coimbatore – 641 001. Total number of pages 280, price is Rs.140/-

Makkal Aasan MGR by Rangavasan, published by Kaaliswari Pathipagam, No.4/2, Sundaram Street, T.Nagar, Chennai-600 017, total number of pages 160, price of the book is Rs.50/-

Makkal Thilagam Cinemavil Ennai Vithaithavar by Director Mahendran, total number of pages 160 hardbound price of the book is Rs.125/- published by Nakkheeran Publications, 105, Jani Jahan Khan Road, Royapettah, Chennai-600 014.

Chokkath Thangam MGR by P.Angamuthu (Art Director who worked with MGR in many movies including Ulagam Sutrum Valiban) total number of pages 108, price of the book is Rs.60/- published by Annai Puthakalayam, 3, Sivagnanam Salai, T.Nagar, Chennai-600 017.

Marakka Mudiyatha Makkal Thilakam by Stunt N.Sankar (Stunt assistant to Fight Master Shyam Sundar and also worked as Fight Master for MGR movies) total number of pages 160, price of the book is Rs.60/- published by Annai Puthakalayam, 3, Sivagnanam Salai, T.Nagar, Chennai-600 017.

MGR Thamizharae by Sa.Rasu, M.A. Ph.D, a laudable work of finding the roots of MGR’s ancestry re publihsed after 26 years by Megathudan Pathippagam, No.7, Chinnappa Ravuther Street, Triplicane, Chennai-600 005. Total number of pages 240, price of the book is Rs.120/-

MGR books are present in most of the stalls our Leader MGR is ruling the Book publishing Industry also.