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MGR Remembered – Part 10
Budding hero between 1947 and 1949
Kathiresan Thavamani Devi in 1992
by Sachi Sri Kantha, August 11, 2013
Part 9
Last few months had seen the deaths of quite a few Tamil movie personalities who were involved with MGR during his film career. The obituary list includes actoresses Rajasulochana and Manjula, playback singer T.M. Soundararajan, lyricist Vaali, and music director T.K. Ramamoorthy of the Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy duo. Among these, lyricist Vaali (born as S. Rangarajan in 1931) had recorded ample anecdotes in his 1995 autobiography ‘Naanum Intha Noorandum’ (This Century and Me) about his interaction with patron MGR. Those still living among the actors’ clan who had worked with MGR during 1950s includes fellow actor-politician S.S. Rajendran, heroines Anjali Devi, M.N. Rajam, and the then ‘new face’ B. Saroja Devi as well as comedian Manorama. Not to be forgotten, among MGR’s acquaintances of late 1940s, was the then Jupiter’s ‘office boy’ named M.S.Viswanathan, who later blossomed into music director.
In this part, I’ll focus on the period between 1947 and 1949, when MGR had to play supporting roles and wait for his ‘big break’ as the Tamil hero. India received its independence on August 15, 1947. As it often happens in the movie indus
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