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M. G. Ramachandran filmography
[[File:MGR (cropped).jpg|thumb|alt=M. G. Ramachandran looking towards his left|[[M. G. Ramachandran]] in ''[[Mohini (1948 film)|Mohini]]'' (1948)]]
[[M. G. Ramachandran]] (17 January 1917&nbsp;– 24 December 1987),<ref>{{cite web |  url=  http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/50906 |  title=Magical "MGR" Charisma of Kandy- Born Actor-Politico M.G.  Ramachandran. |  publisher=  DBSJeyaraj.com |  first=D.  B.  S. |  last=Jeyaraj |  authorlink=  D. B. S. Jeyaraj |  date=26 January 2017 |  accessdate=6 June 2017 |  archiveurl=  https://web.archive.org/web/20170606083445/http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/50906 | archivedate=6 June 2017 |  deadurl=no}}</ref> popularly known by his initials "MGR",<ref name="MGR100HT">{{cite news |  url=  http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/mgr-s-centenary-the-man-who-dominated-tamil-films-for-3-decades/story-3aN5zgVfkI6nWqX8csbD7J.html |  title=MGR’s centenary: The man who dominated Tamil films for 3 decades |  work=[[Hindustan Times]] |  first=Nivedita |  last=Mishra |  date=17 January 2017 |  accessdate=7 June 2017 |  archiveurl=  https://web.archive.org/web/20170607083231/http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/mgr-s-centenary-the-man-who-dominated-tamil-films-for-3-decades/story-3aN5zgVfkI6nWqX8csbD7J.html |  archivedate=7 June 2017 |  deadurl=no}}</ref>{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=188}} was an Indian actor, director and producer who had an extensive career primarily in [[Tamil language]] films. After starring in numerous commercially successful films from the 1950s to the early 1970s, he has continued to hold a [[matinée idol]] status in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="MGR100HT"/> Ramachandran made his debut in [[Ellis R. Dungan]]'s 1936 film ''[[Sathi Leelavathi (1936 film)|Sathi Leelavathi]]'', where he played a police inspector.{{Sfnm|1a1=Kannan|1y=2010|1p=85|2a1=Kannan|2y=2017|2p=37}}<ref name="TNT">{{cite news |  url=  http://www.thehindu.com/books/tunes-and-trivia/article3931963.ece |  title=Tunes and trivia |  work=[[The Hindu]] |  first=K. |  last=  Jeshi |  date=24 September 2012 |  accessdate=2 June 2017 |  archiveurl=  https://web.archive.org/web/20170602162913/http://www.thehindu.com/books/tunes-and-trivia/article3931963.ece |  archivedate=  2 June 2017 |  deadurl=no}}</ref> He followed it with a string of minor appearances and supporting roles in many films, notably ''[[Ashok Kumar (film)|Ashok Kumar]]'' (1941), where he played the general of emperor [[Ashoka]]'s army,{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=288}} and as a [[captain]] in Dungan's ''[[Meera (1945 film)|Meera]]'' (1945).<ref name="Meera Hindu">{{cite news |  url=  http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/meera-1945/article3022713.ece |  title=Meera 1945 | work=The Hindu |  first=Randor |  last=Guy |  date=  28 March 2008 |  accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=  https://web.archive.org/web/20170603083033/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/meera-1945/article3022713.ece |  archivedate=3 June 2017 |  deadurl=no}}</ref>

Ramachandran's breakthrough came with his first lead role in [[A. S. A. Sami]]'s [[swashbuckler film]] ''[[Rajakumari (1947 film)|Rajakumari]]'' (1947) where he played a villager who marries a princess.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-1/ | title=MGR Remembered, Part 1 | publisher=[[Ilankai Tamil Sangam]] | first=Sachi Sri | last=Kantha | authorlink=Sachi Sri Kantha | date=12 December 2012 | accessdate=6 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606103517/http://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-1/ | archivedate=6 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="MGRFilms">{{cite book | url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/mgr_76.asp |  title=  சாதனைகள் படைத்த தமிழ்த் திரைப்பட வரலாறு&nbsp;— புரட்சி நடிகர் நடித்த திரைப்படங்கள் |  trans_-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films&nbsp;— MGR Filmography | publisher=Sivakami Publishers | author=Film News Anandan | authorlink=Film News Anandan | date= 23 October 2004 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | location=Chennai | language=Tamil | archiveurl=https://archive.is/uESKe | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> Based on the ''[[One Thousand and One Nights|Arabian Nights]]'', ''Rajakumari'' was a commercially successful venture.<ref>{{cite news (contracted; show full)| deadurl=no}}</ref> Ramachandran continued to play roles which enabled him to adopt his ideas of fighting injustice meted out to the poor such as an outlaw in ''[[Malaikkallan]]'' (1954), and ''[[Nadodi Mannan]]'' (1958).<ref name="MGR100HT"/><ref name="BSAP"/> In the latter, he featured in dual roles, as a king and a commoner, for the first time in his career.{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=355}}<ref>{{cite book | url=
  http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/nadodi_mannan.asp |  title=நாடோடி மன்னன் பற்றி எம்.ஜி.ஆர். |  trans_-title=  MGR on Nadodi Mannan |  publisher=  Sivakami Publishers |  author=Film News Anandan |  date= 23 October 2004 |  accessdate=  7 June 2017 | location=Chennai | language=Tamil |  archiveurl=  https://archive.is/XUST3 |  archivedate=7 June 2017 |  deadurl=no}}</ref> Both ''Malaikkallan'' and ''Nadodi Mannan'' were commercially successful,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-25/ | title=MGR Remembered&nbsp;– Part 25 | publisher=Ilankai Tamil Sangam | first=Sachi Sri | last=Kantha | date=6 March 2015 | accessdate=8 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608165716/http://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-25/ | archivedate=8 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> becoming the highest-grossing films of their respective release years.<ref name="MGR100HT"/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://tamil.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-100-26-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%93%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%93%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF/article8384172.ece | title=எம்ஜிஆர் 100 - 26 - படம் ஓடினால் மன்னன், ஓடாவிட்டால் நாடோடி! | trans_-title=  MGR100 - 26 - If the film is successful, he is a king, if not he is a vagabond! | work=[[The Hindu (Tamil)|The Hindu Tamil]] | language=Tamil | first=ஸ்ரீதர் | last=சுவாமிநாதன் | date=22 March 2016 | accessdate=9 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609080647/http://tamil.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-100-26-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%93%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AE%E0(contracted; show full)he featured as twins of opposite natures, one a coward and the other courageous. He also featured in [[B. R. Panthulu]]'s ''[[Aayirathil Oruvan (1965 film)|Aayirathil Oruvan]]'' the same year as a doctor who joins, and later becomes the leader of, a rebellion against a dictator.{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|pp=188, 383–384}}<ref name="MGR Dinamalar">{{cite news | url=http://cinema.dinamalar.com/cinema-news/26166/special-report/MGRs-Best-movies---MGR-Special.htm |
  title=எம்.ஜி.ஆர்-ன் சிறந்த சாதனை படங்கள்...! |  trans_-title=Best Films of MGR |  work=[[Dinamalar]] |  language=Tamil |  date=17 June 2015 |  accessdate=10 June 2017 |  archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610092058/http://cinema.dinamalar.com/cinema-news/26166/special-report/MGRs-Best-movies---MGR-Special.htm | archivedate=10 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> Both the films were major commercial successes.<ref name="MGR100HT" /> The [[romantic comedy film|romantic comedy]] ''[[Anbe Vaa]]'' (1966), where Ramachandran played an industrialist and was his only film under [[AVM Productions]], is considered an [[antithesis]] of the (contracted; show full)]]'' and ''[[Kaavalkaaran]]'' (both released in 1967),<ref name="MGR100HT" /><ref>{{cite news | url=http://tamil.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-100-87-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D/article8736411.ece |
  title=எம்ஜிஆர் 100 - 87 - பெண்களை தெய்வமாக மதித்தவர்! | trans_-title=MGR 100 - 87 - Treated women as goddesses! |  work=The Hindu Tamil | language=Tamil |  first=ஸ்ரீதர் | last=சுவாமிநாதன் | date=16 June 2016 | accessdate=11 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611083039/http://tamil.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-100-87-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D/article8736411.ece | archivedate=11 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> also garnering acclaim for the latter.<ref name="MGR Dinamalar" /><ref name="MGRAwards">{{cite book | url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/mgr_70.asp |  title=  சாதனைகள் படைத்த தமிழ்த் திரைப்பட வரலாறு&nbsp;— புரட்சி நடிகர் எம்.ஜி.ஆர். அவர்கள் பெற்ற விருதுகள் |  trans_-title=  History of Landmark Tamil Films&nbsp;— Awards received by MGR |  publisher=Sivakami Publishers |  author=Film News Anandan |  date= 23 October 2004 |  accessdate=11 June 2017 |  location=  Chennai |  language=Tamil |  archiveurl=  https://archive.is/vkyCI |  archivedate=  11 June 2017 |  deadurl=no}}</ref> Ramachandran's portrayal of twins, a club dancer and a criminal, who are separated as children in ''[[Kudiyirundha Koyil]]'' (1968) garnered him the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor]].<ref name="MGR Dinamalar"/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://tamil.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%BF-20-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%88/article9504346.ece | title=என்னருமை தோழி..! 20: எம்.ஜி.ஆருக்கு ஆலோசனை! |  trans_-title=  My dear companion..! 20: Consultation to MGR! |  work=The Hindu Tamil |  language=Tamil | first=டி.ஏ. | last=நரசிம்மன் | date=27 January 2017 | accessdate=10 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610092656/http://tamil.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%BF-20-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%88/article9504346.ece | archivedate=10(contracted; show full)"/><br/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/raja-mukthi-1948/article3022799.ece | title=Raja Mukthi 1948 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=18 April 2008 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603090913/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/raja-mukthi-1948/article3022799.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite news | url=
  http://www.dailythanthi.com/Cinema/CinemaNews/2016/03/19113617/26-Shock-defeated-the-Tamil-Movies.vpf |  title=26. அதிர்ச்சி தோல்வியுற்ற தமிழ்த் திரைப்படங்கள் |  trans_-title=26. Tamil films that surprisingly flopped |  work=[[Dina Thanthi]] |  language=Tamil |  date=19 March 2016 |  accessdate=6 June 2017 | archiveurl=  https://web.archive.org/web/20170606094148/http://www.dailythanthi.com/Cinema/CinemaNews/2016/03/19113617/26-Shock-defeated-the-Tamil-Movies.vpf | archivedate=6 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
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!scope="row" | ''[[Mohini (1948 film)|Mohini]]''
| 1948
| Vijayakumar
| {{sort|Sathyam|Lanka Sathyam}}
| Credited as M. G. Ramachandar
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
(contracted; show full)
| Posthumous release. Archive footage of Ramachandran's unfinished film ''Anna Nee En Dheivam'' used.
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/><ref name="HinduMGR">{{cite news | url=http://tamil.thehindu.com/opinion/blogs/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-100-41-%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF/article8465371.ece |
  title=எம்ஜிஆர் 100 - 41 - அமுதசுரபி! | trans_title=  MGR 100 - 41 - Amudhasurabhi! |  work=  The Hindu Tamil |  first=ஸ்ரீதர் |  last=  சுவாமிநாதன் |  language=Tamil | ldate=12 April 2016 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://archive.is/zMtGV | archivedate=5 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite web | url=  http://www.vikatan.com/anandavikatan/2012-oct-17/exclusive/25001.html |  title=விகடன் மேடை - கே.பாக்யராஜ் | trans_-title=In Vikatan&nbsp;— K. Bhagyaraj | work=[[Ananda Vikatan]] | language=Tamil | date=17 October 2012 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605101514/http://www.vikatan.com/anandavikatan/2012-oct-17/exclusive/25001.html | archivedate=5 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Nallathai Naadu Kekum]]''
| 1991
| Raja
| [[Jeppiaar]]
| Posthumous release. Archive footage of Ramachandran's unfinished film of the same name used.
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=  "HinduMGR"/><br/><ref>{{cite AV media |  url=  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-Gc2SVYoY |  title=Nallathai Naadu Kekum |  publisher=  Jeppiar Pictures |  work=Classic Movies |  year=1991 |  time-caption=Character's name mentioned from |  type=Motion picture |  location=  India |  language=Tamil |  time=00:46:50 to 00:49:10}}</ref>
|}

== Unfinished films ==
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!scope="row" | ''[[Ponniyin Selvan (unfinished film)|Ponniyin Selvan]]''
| [[Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan]]
| {{sort|Ramachandran|[[M. G. Ramachandran]]}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |  url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/age-hardly-withers-charm-of-ponniyin-selvan/article2550847.ece |  title=Age hardly withers charm of Ponniyin Selvan |  work=The Hindu |  first=A. |  last=Srivathsan |  date=19 October 2011 |  accessdate=5 June 2017 |  archiveurl=  https://web.archive.org/web/20170605103559/http://www.thehindu.com/books/age-hardly-withers-charm-of-ponniyin-selvan/article2550847.ece |  archivedate=5 June 2017 |  deadurl=no}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite web| |url=  http://www.vikatan.com/news/coverstory/75830-mgrs-dream-on-ponniyin-selvan-movie-mgr-memorial-day-special-article.html |  title=  கல்கியின் நாவலும் கலைந்துபோன எம்.ஜி.ஆரின் கனவும்...! எம்.ஜி.ஆர் நினைவு தினச் சிறப்புப் பகிர்வு |  trans_-title=  Kalki's novel and MGR's unrealised dream...! A special article on MGR's death anniversary |  work=Ananda Vikatan |  language=Tamil |  first=எஸ். |  last=  கிருபாகரன் |  date=24 December 2016 |  accessdate=5 June 2017 |  archiveurl=  https://web.archive.org/web/20170605104522/http://www.vikatan.com/news/coverstory/75830-mgrs-dream-on-ponniyin-selvan-movie-mgr-memorial-day-special-article.html |  archivedate=  5 June 2017 |  deadurl=no}}</ref>
|}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
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* {{cite book |  first1=Priya |  last1=Joshi |  first2=Rajinder |  last2=Dudrah |  title=The 1970s and Its Legacies in India's Cinemas |  url=  https://books.google.com/books?id=RggfDAAAQBAJ |  date=16 May 2016 |  publisher=[[Routledge]] |  location=[[New York City]] |  isbn=  978-0-415-83658-6 |  ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |  first=R. |  last=Kannan |  title=  Anna: The Life and Times of C.N. Annadurai |  url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQc_Xi0J8M0C |  year=2010 |  publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |  location=[[New Delhi]] |  isbn=  978-0-6700-8328-2 |  ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |  first=R. |  last=Kannan |  title=  MGR: A Life |  url=  https://books.google.com/books?id=2mclDwAAQBAJ | year=2017 | publisher=Penguin Books | location=New Delhi | isbn=978-93-8649-588-4 | ref=harv}}
* {{cite book | first=Asha | last=Kasbekar | title=Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv7Uk0UcdM8C | year=2006 | publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] | location=[[Santa Barbara, California]] | isbn=1-85109-636-1 | ref=harv}}
* {{cite book | first1=Ashish | last1=Rajadhyaksha | first2=Paul | last2=Willemen | url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf | title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | location=New Delhi | origyear=1994 | year=1998 | isbn=0-19-563579-5 | ref=harv}}
* {{cite book | first=S. | last=Rajanayagam | title=Popular Cinema and Politics in South India: The Films of MGR and Rajinikanth | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5FHeCQAAQBAJ | year=2015 | publisher=Routledge | location=New Delhi | isbn=978-1-138-82203-0 | ref=harv}}
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==Other websites==
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