MGR: A Life
$32.00
Author: | R. Kannan |
ISBN 13: | 9780143429340 |
Year: | 2017 |
Subject: | Biography and Autobiography |
About the Book
Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran or MGR-founder of the AIADMK founder and
three-time chief minister, Bharat Ratna recipient-dominated Tamil Nadu's
stratosphere for four decades.
In this richly detailed biography of the man often called vathiyar or teacher, R.
Kannan traces MGR's life from his early poverty-ridden years-a Class Three
dropout-to his rise as a matinee idol, before becoming a politician of repute. He
examines MGR's lifelong association with mentor Annadurai and other Dravidian
cultural icons and his tumultuous political friendship with Kalaignar Karunanidhi
and Jayalalithaa, his cine heroine and political prot