MGR

Chimpanzee Zippy arriving at the Madras airport in 1955 PV Gopalakrishnan, now 77, speaks about the Fifties like it was yesterday. He was in Class V when he first heard about Zippy, a chimpanzee specially being flown in to Madras to shoot…

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Actor Sasikumar and director Ponram get talking about ‘MGR Magan’, releasing tomorrow, and how they deal with their respective image trappings Sasikumar is familiar with the reputation he has earned along with Samuthirakani through…

The national award-winning make-up artist on bringing back MGR to the big screen in Kangana Ranaut-starrer ‘Thalaivii’ Seated comfortably in his room at a guest house in Vadapalani, just a stone’s throw away from AVM Studios, make-up…

Express News Service The jury may be out on Thalaivii, specifically concerning the romanticisation of the protagonist, Jaya (Kangana Ranaut), but everyone has been unanimous and effusive in their appreciation for…

By PTI CHENNAI: The opposition AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Friday objected to certain references about party stalwarts--the late MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa-- in the latter's multi-lingual biopic 'Thalaivii,' and…

It is odd that 3/4th of the film, which claims to be a biopic on Jayalalithaa, is taken over by men where Jaya is sidelined, which in itself is reflective of her private-public life. It is equally odd that the two most stand- out…

Actor Arvind Swami on getting into the character of MGR for upcoming film ‘Thalaivii’, starring Kangana Ranaut As a child, growing up in a farm in Nazarathpettai near Poonamallee, Arvind Swami used to take long drives every day to get…

Readers of ‘Ithayakkani’, a monthly magazine on MGR, relive the icon’s illustrious journey There is only one hero and that is our MGR;Thalaivar lives in our hearts forever — this was a collective emotion of MGR fans who gathered…