For more than five decades, the state’s voters have repeatedly transformed movie icons into political heavyweights — and in ...

Vijay's TVK won 108 seats in its first Tamil Nadu Assembly election, drawing immediate comparisons with MGR's rise. The ...

In a big surprise, actor-turned-politician Vijay’s TVK has emerged as the single-largest party in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

In the February of 1948, as MGR went through the letter he had received from a hazy acquaintance, asking for his help to enter films as an actor, his mind raced through his own celluloid career. He ...

Tamil Nadu Film Stars Election Result: As counting day for the 2026 Assembly elections approaches, political attention in Tamil Nadu has turned sharply toward actor-turned-politician Vijay. With ...

Tamil Nadu’s 2026 Assembly election is turning into a political drama as big‑screen icon Thalapathy Vijay steps into politics with a storm. Decades after his 1992 debut film Naalaiya Theerpu flopped, ...

MSS Pandian's The Image Trap – MG Ramachandran in Films and Politics, published in 1992, remains one of the definitive studies of the popularity cult surrounding the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister ...

With late legendary actor-politician MGR’s centenary celebrations around the corner, P. Mani and Krishnakumar, (who have no filmy connection but are ardent fans of the former Chief Minister), are ...

December 24: Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran known popularly as MGR ruled Tamil movidom for three decades until becoming Chief Minister of India's Tamil Nadu State in 1977. MGR served as chief minister ...

Veteran actor Rajendra Prasad sparked controversy with remarks about late Tamil actor and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M G Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, made while praising Telugu actor ...

As you are reading this, you would have already heard the news that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has passed away at 11.30 PM – a news that has plunged the nation in deep grief. But where ...

Producer, director, and actor Vishal has strongly condemned Telugu actor Rajendra Prasad for his recent comment on iconic Tamil star and leader MGR, urging the veteran Telugu actor to tender an ...