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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 | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/rajakumari-1947/article3023314.ece | title=Rajakumari 1947 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | authorlink=Randor Guy | date=5 September 2008 | accessdate=6 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606103311/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/rajakumari-1947/article3023314.ece | archivedate=6 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> He established himself as an [[action hero]] akin to [[Errol Flynn]] and [[Douglas Fairbanks]] in [[Tamil cinema]] with ''[[Manthiri Kumari]]'' (1950) and ''[[Marmayogi]]'' (1951).{{Sfnm|1a1=Kasbekar|1y=2006|1p=220|2a1=Joshi|2a2=Dudrah|2y=2016|2p=80}}<ref name="Marmayogi Hindu">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/marmayogi-1951/article3022660.ece | title=Marmayogi 1951 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=14 March 2008 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603092756/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/marmayogi-1951/article3022660.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> Both films had political undertones which earned Ramachandran a [[Robin Hood]] persona of being a champion for the downtrodden.<ref name="BSAP">{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/jayalalithaa-tamil-nadu-s-mercurial-pharaoh-116120500928_1.html | title=Jayalalithaa: Tamil Nadu's mercurial pharaoh | work=[[Business Standard]] | first=Aditi | last=Phadnis | date=6 December 2016 | accessdate=7 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607080344/http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/jayalalithaa-tamil-nadu-s-mercurial-pharaoh-116120500928_1.html | archivedate=7 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> His performance as the caring brother Rajendran who tries to keep his family together in ''[[En Thangai (1952 film)|En Thangai]]'' (1952) earned him critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/en-thangai-1952/article3023607.ece | title=En Thangai 1952 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=28 November 2008 | accessdate=6 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606162639/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/en-thangai-1952/article3023607.ece | archivedate=6 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> In 1953, he made his debut in [[Malayalam]] films opposite [[B. S. Saroja]] in ''[[Genova (1953 film)|Genova]]''.<ref name="Genova Hindu">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/GENOVA-1953/article15708179.ece | title=GENOVA 1953 | work=The Hindu | first=B. | last=Vijayakumar | date=5 April 2010 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603100045/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/GENOVA-1953/article15708179.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | 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%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 | archivedate=9 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> In addition to social dramas, Ramachandran received positive feedback and commercial success for fantasy swashbuckler films such as ''[[Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956 film)|Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum]]'' (1956), the first [[Cinema of South India|South Indian]] full-length colour film,{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|pp=339–340}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-11/ | title=MGR Remembered&nbsp;– Part 11 | publisher=Ilankai Tamil Sangam | date=28 September 2013 | accessdate=22 June 2017 | first=Sachi Sri | last=Kantha | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907031512/http://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-11/ | archivedate=7 September 2016 | deadurl=no}}</ref> ''[[Madurai Veeran (1956 film)|Madurai Veeran]]'' (1956),{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|pp=339, 346}} ''[[Chakravarthi Thirumagal]]'' (1957),<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Chakravarthi-Thirumagal-1957/article14677017.ece | title=Chakravarthi Thirumagal 1957 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=9 April 2011 | accessdate=9 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609084648/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Chakravarthi-Thirumagal-1957/article14677017.ece | archivedate=9 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> and ''[[Mahadhevi]]'' (1957).<ref name="MGR100HT"/><ref name="Mahadhevi Hindu">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Mahadevi-1957/article14001528.ece | title=Mahadevi (1957) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=16 January 2016 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603104308/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Mahadevi-1957/article14001528.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>

According to Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen in the book ''Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema'', the success of Ramachandran's 1961 film ''[[Thirudathe]],'' marked a beginning of transition to roles that had "a contemporary setting". He often played "a saintly member of an oppressed class".{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=188}}<ref name="MGRFilms"/> The act of showering love and affection for his family members was a recurring theme in his films during this period.<ref name="Thozhilali Hindu">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Thozhilaali-1964/article14028732.ece | title=Thozhilaali (1964) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=30 January 2016 | accessdate=10 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610083812/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Thozhilaali-1964/article14028732.ece | archivedate=10 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> The films he appeared in during the 1960s played a crucial part in his subsequent career as a politician.{{Sfn|Kasbekar|2006|p=220}} The 1963 comedy-drama film ''[[Periya Idathu Penn]]'' had him play a farmer who seeks revenge from his village's [[zamindar]].{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=377}}{{efn|The word [[zamindar]] refers to a landowner who leases his land to tenant farmers.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/zamindar | title=Definition of zamindar in English | publisher=Oxford English Dictionary | accessdate=21 October 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021090627/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/zamindar | archivedate=21 October 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>}} The following year, he appeared in ''[[Thozhilali]]'' as a bus conductor who exposes the fraudulent methods of a rival bus company, and in ''[[Padagotti]]'' as a fisherman who resolves to end the dispute between two fishing communities.<ref name="Thozhilali Hindu" /><ref name="Pagadotti Hindu">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/padagotti-1964/article8290305.ece | title=Padagotti (1964) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=28 February 2016 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604094114/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/padagotti-1964/article8290305.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> In 1965, he collaborated with [[Tapi Chanakya]] in ''[[Enga Veettu Pillai]]'', where 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 roles he was doing during this period and was also commercially successful.<ref name="Anbe Vaa Hindu">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/anbe-vaa-1966/article4084816.ece | title=Anbe Vaa 1966 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=10 November 2012 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604094143/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/anbe-vaa-1966/article4084816.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Moorings-and-musings/article14959853.ece | title=Moorings and musings | work=The Hindu | first=Malathi | last=Rangarajan | date=24 March 2011 | accessdate=10 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610172109/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Moorings-and-musings/article14959853.ece | archivedate=10 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> He continued to achieve success at the box-office with films like ''[[Arasa Kattalai]]'' 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 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> In 1969, he appeared as a prince who brings down a tyrant who usurps his throne and mistreats his people in [[K. Shankar]]'s [[historical fiction]] film ''[[Adimaippenn]]'', and as a government clerk who masquerades as a billionaire to defeat the corrupt trio of a doctor, a builder and a merchant in ''[[Nam Naadu (1969 film)|Nam Naadu]]'' (1969).<ref name="MGR100HT"/>{{Sfnm|1a1=Rajadhyaksha|1a2=Willemen|1y=1998|1pp=398, 400|2a1=Joshi|2a2=Dudrah|2y=2016|2p=80}} The former won him the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]] at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.<ref name="MGRAwards"/>

Ramachandran began the 1970s with roles in such social dramas as ''[[Maattukara Velan]]'' and ''[[Engal Thangam]]'' (both released in 1970), both of which enjoyed commercial success.<ref name="MGRFilms"/>{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|pp=400, 403}} The following year, he received the [[National Film Award for Best Actor]] for his role as a [[cycle rickshaw]] driver in ''[[Rickshawkaran]]'', making it the first film and him the first actor from South Indian cinema to win the award.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/Did-you-know/article15421181.ece | title=Did you know? | work=The Hindu | date=2 October 2016 | accessdate=11 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611090435/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/Did-you-know/article15421181.ece | archivedate=11 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref> It went on to become the highest-grossing film of the year.<ref name="MGR100HT"/> He then directed and produced the [[Action film#Subgenres|action-adventure]] film ''[[Ulagam Sutrum Valiban]]'' (1973) where he also starred in dual roles as brothers, a scientist and a [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] officer. It became his most commercially successful film to that point.<ref name="MGR100HT"/>{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=419}} Ramachandran retired from filmmaking in 1978 to take up his duties as the [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]]; his last venture, entitled ''[[Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan]],'' was a commercial failure.<ref name="MGRFilms"/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rajinikanths-battle-remark-may-just-be-a-publicity-comment-before-his-film-kaala-karikaalans-release/articleshow/58847830.cms | title=Rajinikanth's ‘battle’ remark may just be a publicity comment before his film Kaala Karikaalan's release | work=[[The Economic Times]] | first=V. Prem | last=Shanker | date=26 May 2017 | accessdate=11 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6r8aYIXEa | archivedate=11 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>

== Films ==
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*''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col"|Film
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Role(s)
! scope="col"|Director(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Sathi Leelavathi (1936 film)|Sathi Leelavathi]]''
| 1936
| Rangaiah Naidu
| {{sort|Dungan|[[Ellis R. Dungan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="TNT"/><br/><ref name="Iru1936">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/iru-sahodarargal-1936/article3021811.ece | title=Iru Sahodarargal 1936 | work=[[The Hindu]] | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=14 August 2009 | accessdate=2 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602162908/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/iru-sahodarargal-1936/article3021811.ece | archivedate=2 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Iru Sahodarargal]]''
| 1936
| Police constable
| {{sort|Dungan|[[Ellis R. Dungan]]}}
| Credited as G. Ramachandran
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Iru1936"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Dakshayagnam (1938 film)|Dakshayagnam]]''
| 1938
| [[Vishnu]]
| {{sort|Chandrasekhar|Raja Chandrasekhar}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/daksha-yagnam-1938/article2483005.ece | title=Daksha Yagnam 1938 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=25 September 2011 | accessdate=2 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602164357/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/daksha-yagnam-1938/article2483005.ece | archivedate=2 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Veera Jagathis]]''
| 1938
| Police constable
| {{sort|Kailasam|T. P. Kailasam}}<br/>{{sort|Prakash|R. Prakash|nolink=1}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/>{{Sfn|Rajanayagam|2015|p=271}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Maya Machhindra]]''
| 1939
| Sooryakethu
| {{sort|Chandrasekhar|Raja Chandrasekhar}}
| Credited as Ramachandar
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/maya-machhindra-1939/article5617395.ece | title=Maya Machhindra (1939) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=25 January 2014 | accessdate=2 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602164402/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/maya-machhindra-1939/article5617395.ece | archivedate=2 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Prahalada (1939 film)|Prahalada]]''
| 1939
| [[Indra]]
| {{sort|Rao|B. N. Rao}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/prahalada-1939/article2354913.ece | title=Prahalada 1939 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=14 August 2011 | accessdate=2 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602164407/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/prahalada-1939/article2354913.ece | archivedate=2 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Vedavathi Alladhu Seetha Jananam]]''
| 1941
| Indrajith
| {{sort|Raghunath|[[T. R. Raghunath]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/vedavathi-1941/article18150991.ece | title=Vedavathi (1941) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=20 April 2017 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603075547/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/vedavathi-1941/article18150991.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Ashok Kumar (film)|Ashok Kumar]]''
| 1941
| Mahendran
| {{sort|Chandrasekhar|Raja Chandrasekhar}}
| Credited as M. G. Ramachandar
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=288}}<br/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/ashok-kumar-1941/article3022478.ece | title=Ashok Kumar 1941 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=25 January 2008 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603080050/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/ashok-kumar-1941/article3022478.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Tamizhariyum Perumal]]''
| 1942
|
| {{sort|Raghunath|[[T. R. Raghunath]]}}
| Guest appearance
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Dhaasippen]]''
| 1943
| [[Shiva]]
| {{sort|Dungan|[[Ellis R. Dungan]]}}
| The film had two alternative titles: ''Jyothi Malar'' and ''Thumbhai Mahatmyam''
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/Dasi-Penn-Jyothimalar-1943/article15451315.ece | title=Dasi Penn (Jyothimalar) 1943 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=20 February 2011 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603081041/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/Dasi-Penn-Jyothimalar-1943/article15451315.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Harichandra (1944 film)|Harichandra]]''
| 1944
| Sathyakeerthi
| {{nowrap|{{sort|Nagabhushanam|[[Kadaru Nagabhushanam]]}}}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/harishchandra-1944/article3021653.ece | title=Harishchandra 1944 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=3 July 2009 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603082025/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/harishchandra-1944/article3021653.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite AV media | title=Harichandra | publisher=Sri Rajarajeswari Film Company | year=1944 | time-caption=Opening credits from | type=Motion picture | location=India | language=Tamil | time=00:00:00 to 00:00:20}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Saalivaahanan]]''
| 1945
| [[Vikramaditya]]
| {{sort|Rao|B. N. Rao}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/saalivaahanan-1945/article2135380.ece | title=Saalivaahanan 1945 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=26 June 2011 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603082626/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/saalivaahanan-1945/article2135380.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Meera (1945 film)|Meera]]''
| 1945
| Jayamal
| {{sort|Dungan|[[Ellis R. Dungan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Meera Hindu"/><br/><ref>{{cite AV media | title=Meera | publisher=Chandraprabha Cinetone | year=1945 | time-caption=Opening credits from | type=Motion picture | location=India | language=Tamil | time=00:00:21 to 00:00:31}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Sri Murugan]]''
| 1946
| [[Shiva]]
| {{sort|Sami|[[A. S. A. Sami]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/sri-murugan-1946/article3021432.ece | title=Sri Murugan 1946 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=1 May 2009 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603084618/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/sri-murugan-1946/article3021432.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Rajakumari (1947 film)|Rajakumari]]''
| 1947
| Mohan
| {{sort|Sami|[[A. S. A. Sami]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Paithiyakkaran]]''
| 1947
| Moorthy
| {{sort|Panju|[[Krishnan–Panju]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/paithiakaaran-1947/article3023014.ece | title=Paithiakaaran 1947 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=13 June 2008 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603085816/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/paithiakaaran-1947/article3023014.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Abhimanyu (1948 film)|Abhimanyu]]''
| 1948
| [[Arjuna]]
| {{sort|Somasundaram|M. Somasundaram}}<br/>{{sort|Kasilingam|A. Kasilingam}}
| Credited as M. G. Ramachandar
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/abhimanyu-1948/article3021993.ece | title=Abhimanyu 1948 | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=2 October 2009 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603090040/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/abhimanyu-1948/article3021993.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Raja Mukthi]]''
| 1948
| Mahendra Varman
| {{sort|Chandrasekhar|Raja Chandrasekhar}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><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>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Mohini (1948 film)|Mohini]]''
| 1948
| Vijayakumar
| {{sort|Sathyam|Lanka Sathyam}}
| Credited as M. G. Ramachandar
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Ratnakumar]]''
| 1949
| Baladevan
| {{sort|Panju|[[Krishnan–Panju]]}}
| Credited as Ramachandar
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Marudhanaattu Ilavarasi]]''
| 1950
| Kandeeban
| {{sort|Kasilingam|A. Kasilingam}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Manthiri Kumari]]''
| 1950
| Veeramohan
| {{sort|Dungan|[[Ellis R. Dungan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=318}}<br/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/manthiri_kumari_1950 | title=Manthiri Kumari (1950) | publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | accessdate=6 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606081736/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/manthiri_kumari_1950 | archivedate=6 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Marmayogi]]''
| 1951
| Karikalan
| {{sort|Ramnoth|[[K. Ramnoth]]}}
| Also made in [[Hindi]] as ''Ek Tha Raja''
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Marmayogi Hindu"/><br/>{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=323}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Sarvadhikari (film)|Sarvadhikari]]''
| 1951
| Prathapan
| {{sort|Sundaram|[[T. R. Sundaram]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Andhaman Kaidhi]]''
| 1952
| Nataraj
| {{sort|Krishnan|V. Krishnan}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=325}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Kumari (1952 film)|Kumari]]''
| 1952
| Vijayan
| {{sort|Padmanaban|[[R. Padmanaban]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[En Thangai (1952 film)|En Thangai]]''
| 1952
| Rajendran
| {{sort|Rao|[[Chitrapu Narayana Rao]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Naam (1953 film)|Naam]]''
| 1953
| Kumaran
| {{sort|Kasilingam|A. Kasilingam}}
| Also producer
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/naam-1953/article4252688.ece | title=Naam (1953) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=29 December 2012 | accessdate=3 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603095930/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/naam-1953/article4252688.ece | archivedate=3 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-21/ | title=MGR Remembered&nbsp;– Part 21 | publisher=Ilankai Tamil Sangam | first=Sachi Sri | last=Kantha | date=30 September 2014 | accessdate=12 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612153241/http://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-21/ | archivedate=12 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Genova (1953 film)|Genova]]''
| 1953
| Cipresso
| {{sort|Nagoor|F. Nagoor}}
| [[Malayalam]] film<br/>Also made in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] with the same title
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Genova Hindu"/><br/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-32/ | title=MGR Remembered&nbsp;– Part 32 | publisher=Ilankai Tamil Sangam | last=Kantha | first=Sachi Sri | date=24 December 2015 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604065555/http://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-32/ | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Panakkaari]]''
| 1953
| Sundar
| {{sort|Gopalakrishnan|K. S. Gopalakrishnan}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Malaikkallan]]''
| 1954
| Kumaradevan
| {{sort|Naidu|[[S. M. Sriramulu Naidu]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Koondukkili]]''
| 1954
| Thangaraj
| {{sort|Ramanna|[[T. R. Ramanna]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Gulebakavali (1955 film)|Gulebakavali]]''
| 1955
| Dasan
| {{sort|Ramanna|[[T. R. Ramanna]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956 film)|Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum]]''
| 1956
| [[Ali Baba]]
| {{sort|Sundaram|[[T. R. Sundaram]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|pp=339–340}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Madurai Veeran (1956 film)|Madurai Veeran]]''
| 1956
| Veeran
| {{sort|Yoganand|[[Dasari Yoganand]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=346}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thaikkupin Tharam]]''
| 1956
| Muthaiyan
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Chakravarthi Thirumagal]]''
| 1957
| Udhayasuriyan
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/>{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=349}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Raja Rajan (film)|Raja Rajan]]''
| 1957
| Rajan
| {{sort|Sundaram|T. V. Sundaram}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Pudhumai Pithan (1957 film)|Pudhumai Pithan]]''
| 1957
| Jeevagan
| {{sort|Ramanna|[[T. R. Ramanna]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Mahadhevi]]''
| 1957
| Vallavan
| {{sort|Nadkarni|[[Sundar Rao Nadkarni]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Mahadhevi Hindu"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Nadodi Mannan]]''
| 1958
| Marthandan, Veerangan{{efn|[[M. G. Ramachandran]] played dual roles in this film.|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Ramachandran|[[M. G. Ramachandran]]}}
| Also producer
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=355}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thaai Magalukku Kattiya Thaali]]''
| 1959
| Kanagu
| {{sort|Chandiran|R. R. Chandiran}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Baghdad Thirudan]]''
| 1960
| Abu
| {{sort|Sundaram|T. P. Sundaram}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Raja Desingu]]''
| 1960
| Tej Singh alias Desingu, Dawood Khan{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Raghunath|[[T. R. Raghunath]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/tamil-film-raja-desinghu-1960-featuring-mgr/article7544279.ece | title=Raja Desingu (1960) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=15 August 2015 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604073009/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/tamil-film-raja-desinghu-1960-featuring-mgr/article7544279.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Mannadhi Mannan]]''
| 1960
| Manivannan
| {{sort|Natesan|M. Natesan}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Arasilangkumari]]''
| 1961
| Arivazhagan
| {{sort|Sami|[[A. S. A. Sami]]}}<br/>{{sort|Kasilingam|A. Kasilingam}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=367}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thirudathe]]''
| 1961
| Balu
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Sabaash Mapillai]]''
| 1961
| Vasu
| {{sort|Raghavan|S. Raghavan}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Nallavan Vazhvan]]''
| 1961
| Muthu
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thaai Sollai Thattadhe]]''
| 1961
| Raju
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mgr-and-saroja-devi-in-thaai-sollai-thattathe1961/article8659814.ece | title=Thaai Sollai Thattathe(1961) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=28 May 2016 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604081620/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mgr-and-saroja-devi-in-thaai-sollai-thattathe1961/article8659814.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Raani Samyuktha]]''
| 1962
| [[Prithviraj Chauhan]]
| {{sort|Yoganand|[[Dasari Yoganand]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/tamil-film-rani-samyuktha-1962/article7668441.ece | title=Rani Samyuktha (1962) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=19 September 2015 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604074922/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/tamil-film-rani-samyuktha-1962/article7668441.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Maadappura]]''
| 1962
| Ramu
| {{sort|Subbaraman|S. A. Subbaraman}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thayai Katha Thanayan]]''
| 1962
| Sekar
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Kudumba Thalaivan]]''
| 1962
| Vasu
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Paasam]]''
| 1962
| Gopi
| {{sort|Ramanna|[[T. R. Ramanna]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Vikramaadhithan]]''
| 1962
| [[Vikramaditya]]
| {{sort|Raghunath|[[T. R. Raghunath]]}}<br/>{{sort|Ramadass|N. S. Ramadass}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Panathottam]]''
| 1963
| Selvam
| {{sort|Shankar|[[K. Shankar]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Koduthu Vaithaval]]''
| 1963
| Selvam
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Dharmam Thalai Kaakkum]]''
| 1963
| Chandran
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Dharmam-Thalai-Kaakkum-1963/article14384567.ece | title=Dharmam Thalai Kaakkum (1963) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=4 June 2016 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604082119/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Dharmam-Thalai-Kaakkum-1963/article14384567.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Kalai Arasi]]''
| 1963
| Mohan, [[Extraterrestrial life|Alien]]{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Kasilingam|A. Kasilingam}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19630426&printsec=frontpage&hl=en | title="Kalai Arasi" is full of synthetic thrills | work=[[The Indian Express]] | date=26 April 1963 | accessdate=5 June 2017}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tamil-film-had-aliens-spaceships-anti-gravity-boots-half-century-ago-44272 | title=A Tamil film that had aliens, spaceships, anti-gravity boots half a century ago | work=[[The News Minute]] | first=Sruthi Ganapathy | last=Raman | date=3 June 2016 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605161201/http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tamil-film-had-aliens-spaceships-anti-gravity-boots-half-century-ago-44272 | archivedate=5 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Periya Idathu Penn]]''
| 1963
| Murugappan
| {{sort|Ramanna|[[T. R. Ramanna]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=377}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Anandha Jodhi]]''
| 1963
| Anand
| {{sort|Reddy|[[V. N. Reddy]]}}<br/>{{sort|Sami|[[A. S. A. Sami]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Needhikkuppin Paasam]]''
| 1963
| Gopal
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Kaanchi Thalaivan]]''
| 1963
| Narasimha Pallavan (Mamallan){{efn|[[M. G. Ramachandran]] played a single character in the film who has two or more different names.|name=character}}
| {{sort|Kasilingam|A. Kasilingam}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/kanchi-thalaivan1963/article7981469.ece | title=Kanchi Thalaivan(1963) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=13 December 2015 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604082150/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/kanchi-thalaivan1963/article7981469.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Parisu]]''
| 1963
| Venu
| {{sort|Yoganand|[[Dasari Yoganand]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Vettaikaaran (1964 film)|Vettaikaaran]]''
| 1964
| Babu
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/vettaikaaran-1964-tamil/article8262341.ece | title=Vettaikaaran (1964) tamil | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=21 February 2016 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604094044/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/vettaikaaran-1964-tamil/article8262341.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[En Kadamai]]''
| 1964
| Nathan
| {{sort|Natesan|M. Natesan}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Panakkara Kudumbam]]''
| 1964
| Nallathambi
| {{sort|Ramanna|[[T. R. Ramanna]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Dheiva Thaai]]''
| 1964
| Maran
| {{sort|Madhavan|[[P. Madhavan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mgr-and-saroja-devi-in-dheiva-thaai-1964/article8426472.ece | title=Dheiva Thaai (1964) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=2 April 2016 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604094133/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mgr-and-saroja-devi-in-dheiva-thaai-1964/article8426472.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thozhilali]]''
| 1964
| Raj
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Padagotti]]''
| 1964
| Manickam
| {{sort|Rao|[[Tatineni Prakash Rao]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Pagadotti Hindu"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thaayin Madiyil]]''
| 1964
| Raja
| {{sort|Rao|[[Adurthi Subba Rao]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Enga Veettu Pillai]]''
| 1965
| Ilango, Ramu{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Chanakya|[[Tapi Chanakya]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Panam Padaithavan]]''
| 1965
| Raja
| {{sort|Ramanna|[[T. R. Ramanna]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Aayirathil Oruvan (1965 film)|Aayirathil Oruvan]]''
| 1965
| Manimaran
| {{sort|Panthulu|[[B. R. Panthulu]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|pp=383–384}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Kalangarai Vilakkam]]''
| 1965
| Ravi
| {{sort|Shankar|[[K. Shankar]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Kanni Thaai]]''
| 1965
| Saravanan
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thazhampoo]]''
| 1965
| Durai
| {{sort|Ramadass|N. S. Ramadass}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Aasai Mugam]]''
| 1965
| Manohar
| {{sort|Pullaiah|[[P. Pullaiah]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Anbe Vaa]]''
| 1966
| J. B. (Balu){{efn|name=character}}
| {{sort|Tirulokchandar|[[A. C. Tirulokchandar]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Anbe Vaa Hindu"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Naan Aanaiyittal]]''
| 1966
| Pandiyan
| {{sort|Chanakya|[[Tapi Chanakya]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Mugaraasi]]''
| 1966
| Ramu
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thaali Bhagyam]]''
| 1966
| Murugan
| {{sort|Nagabhushanam|[[Kadaru Nagabhushanam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Nadodi (1966 film)|Nadodi]]''
| 1966
| Thyagu
| {{sort|Panthulu|[[B. R. Panthulu]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mgr-and-saroja-devi-in-naadodi-1966/article8232587.ece | title=Naadodi (1966)tamil | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=13 February 2016 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604095748/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mgr-and-saroja-devi-in-naadodi-1966/article8232587.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Chandhrodhayam]]''
| 1966
| Chandran
| {{sort|Shankar|[[K. Shankar]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past-Chandhrodhayam-1966/article13990301.ece | title=Blast from the past: Chandhrodhayam (1966) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=9 January 2016 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604095753/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Blast-from-the-past-Chandhrodhayam-1966/article13990301.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thanipiravi]]''
| 1966
| Muthaiah
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/thanipiravi-1966/article8632743.ece | title=Thanipiravi (1966) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=22 May 2016 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604104803/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/thanipiravi-1966/article8632743.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Parakkum Paavai]]''
| 1966
| Jeeva
| {{sort|Ramanna|[[T. R. Ramanna]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mgr-sarojadevi-and-kanchana-in-parakkum-paavai-1966/article8600468.ece | title=Parakkum Paavai (1966) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=14 May 2016 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604095800/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mgr-sarojadevi-and-kanchana-in-parakkum-paavai-1966/article8600468.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Petralthan Pillaiya]]''
| 1966
| Anandhan
| {{sort|Panju|[[Krishnan–Panju]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/petraalthan-pillaiya-1966-starring-mgr-saroja-devi-and-sowcar-janaki/article8570034.ece | title=Petraalthan Pillaiya (1966) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=7 May 2016 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604094149/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/petraalthan-pillaiya-1966-starring-mgr-saroja-devi-and-sowcar-janaki/article8570034.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thaikku Thalaimagan]]''
| 1967
| Marudhu
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/>{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=394}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Arasa Kattalai]]''
| 1967
| Vijayan
| {{sort|Chakrapani|[[M. G. Chakrapani]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/arasa-kattalai-1967/article14253740.ece | title=Arasa Kattalai (1967) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=24 April 2016 | accessdate=4 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604104819/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/arasa-kattalai-1967/article14253740.ece | archivedate=4 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Kaavalkaaran]]''
| 1967
| Mani
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Vivasayee]]''
| 1967
| Muthaiah
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Ragasiya Police 115]]''
| 1968
| Ramu
| {{sort|Panthulu|[[B. R. Panthulu]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thaer Thiruvizha]]''
| 1968
| Saravanan, Himself{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/><ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCHMTax97uA | title=Ther Thiruvizha : MGR Speech | publisher=Devar Films | work=Tamil Movies | year=1968 | time-caption=Ramachandran appears as himself from | type=Motion picture | location=India | language=Tamil | time=00:00:00 to 00:02:42}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Kudiyirundha Koyil]]''
| 1968
| Anand, Sekar (Babu){{efn|[[M. G. Ramachandran]] played dual roles in this film, one of who has two or more different names.|name=dual2}}
| {{sort|Shankar|[[K. Shankar]]}}
| [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/><ref name="MGRAwards"/><br/><ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmD_DO7_Dmw | title=Kudiyirundha Koyil | publisher=Saravana Screens | work=[[Rajshri Media|Rajshri Tamil]] | year=1968 | time-caption=Character's names mentioned from | type=Motion picture | location=India | language=Tamil | time=00:15:50 to 00:18:05, 00:48:05 to 00:48:15 and 02:30:45 to 02:31:00}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Kannan En Kadhalan]]''
| 1968
| Kannan
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Pudhiya Bhoomi]]''
| 1968
| Katheeravan
| {{sort|Chanakya|[[Tapi Chanakya]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=396}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Kanavan]]''
| 1968
| Valaiyan
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=396}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Oli Vilakku]]''
| 1968
| Muthu
| {{sort|Chanakya|[[Tapi Chanakya]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/oli-vilakku-1968/article8318648.ece | title=Oli Vilakku (1968) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=6 March 2016 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605071812/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/oli-vilakku-1968/article8318648.ece | archivedate=5 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Kadhal Vaaganam]]''
| 1968
| Sundaram
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/><ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5KDApNVuQ0 | title=Kadhal Vaaganam | publisher=Devar Films | work=Tamil Movies | year=1968 | time-caption=Character's name mentioned from | type=Motion picture | location=India | language=Tamil | time=00:04:35 to 00:04:45}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Adimaippenn]]''
| 1969
| Vengaiya Malaiyan, Vengaiyyan{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Shankar|[[K. Shankar]]}}
| Also producer<br/>[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRAwards"/><br/>{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=398}}<br/><ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvLW5DJ8M9Q | title=Adimaippenn | publisher=Emgeeyar Pictures Ltd | work=[[Raj Television Network|Raj Video Vision Tamil]] | year=1969 | time-caption=Character of Vengaiya Malaiyan seen from | type=Motion picture | location=India | language=Tamil | time=00:01:10 to 00:07:30}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Nam Naadu (1969 film)|Nam Naadu]]''
| 1969
| Dorai
| {{sort|Jambulingam|C. P. Jambulingam}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=400}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Maattukara Velan]]''
| 1970
| Velan, Raghu{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=400}}<br/><ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFnlbr_9To | title=Maattukara Velan | publisher=Jayanthi Films | work=Raj Video Vision Tamil | year=1970 | time-caption=The name of M. G. Ramachandran's second character Raghu is mentioned from | type=Motion picture | location=India | language=Tamil | time=00:19:30 to 00:22:30}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[En Annan]]''
| 1970
| Rangan
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thalaivan (1970 film)|Thalaivan]]''
| 1970
| Ilango
| {{sort|Thomas|[[P. A. Thomas]]}}<br/>Singamuthu
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2dmn8p&s=8#.WTUVfhOGP-Y | title=Thalaivan Poster | publisher=Thomas Pictures | year=1970 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605082603/http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2dmn8p&s=8#.WTUVvROGP-Y | archivedate=5 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Thedi Vandha Mappillai]]''
| 1970
| Shankar
| {{sort|Panthulu|[[B. R. Panthulu]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Engal Thangam]]''
| 1970
| Thangam
| {{sort|Panju|[[Krishnan–Panju]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=403}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Kumari Kottam]]''
| 1971
| Gopal
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Rickshawkaran]]''
| 1971
| Selvam
| {{sort|Nair|[[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]]}}
| [[National Film Award for Best Actor]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/><ref name="MGRAwards"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Neerum Neruppum]]''
| 1971
| Manivannan, Karikalan{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Oru Thaai Makkal]]''
| 1971
| Kannan
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Sange Muzhangu]]''
| 1972
| Murugan
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Nalla Neram]]''
| 1972
| Raju
| {{sort|Thirumugam|[[M. A. Thirumugam]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Raman Thediya Seethai (1972 film)|Raman Thediya Seethai]]''
| 1972
| Raman
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Naan Yen Pirandhen]]''
| 1972
| Kannan
| {{sort|Nair|[[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Annamitta Kai]]''
| 1972
| Durairaj
| {{sort|Nair|[[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Idhaya Veenai]]''
| 1972
| Sundaram
| {{sort|Panju|[[Krishnan–Panju]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Ulagam Sutrum Valiban]]''
| 1973
| Raju, Murugan{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Ramachandran|[[M. G. Ramachandran]]}}
| Also producer
|style="text-align:center;"|{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=419}}<br/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/ulagamsutrum-vaaliban1973/article8541302.ece | title=Ulagam Sutrum Vaaliban (1973) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=30 April 2016 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605084705/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/ulagamsutrum-vaaliban1973/article8541302.ece | archivedate=5 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Pattikaattu Ponnaiya]]''
| 1973
| Ponnaiah, Muthaiah{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Panju|[[Krishnan–Panju]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Netru Indru Naalai (1974 film)|Netru Indru Naalai]]''
| 1974
| Rathnam (Manickam), Kumar{{efn|name=dual2}}
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/><ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBrvj8Mn-i0 | title=Netru Indru Naalai | publisher=Amalraj Films | work=Tamil Movies | year=1974 | time-caption=Character's names mentioned from | type=Motion picture | location=India | language=Tamil | time=01:12:35 to 01:19:25, 02:24:00 to 02:27:00 and 02:30:40 to 02:32:00}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Urimaikural]]''
| 1974
| Gopi
| {{sort|Sridhar|[[C. V. Sridhar]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Sirithu Vazha Vendum]]''
| 1974
| Ramu, Rahman{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Balan|[[S. S. Balan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/><br/>{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=188}}
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Ninaithadhai Mudippavan]]''
| 1975
| Sundaram, Ranjith Kumar{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/ninaithathai-mudippavan-1975-tamil/article8455946.ece | title=Ninaithathai Mudippavan (1975) TAMIL | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=10 April 2016 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605092516/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/ninaithathai-mudippavan-1975-tamil/article8455946.ece | archivedate=5 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Naalai Namadhe]]''
| 1975
| Shankar, Vijay{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Sethumadhavan|[[K. S. Sethumadhavan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Idhayakkani]]''
| 1975
| Mohan
| {{sort|Jagannathan|[[A. Jagannathan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/idhayakkani-1975/article8484082.ece | title=Idhayakkani (1975) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=17 April 2016 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605092440/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/idhayakkani-1975/article8484082.ece | archivedate=5 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Pallandu Vazhga]]''
| 1975
| Rajan
| {{sort|Shankar|[[K. Shankar]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/pallandu-vazhga-1975-tamil/article8375445.ece | title=Pallandu Vazhga (1975) tamil | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=20 March 2016 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605092507/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/pallandu-vazhga-1975-tamil/article8375445.ece | archivedate=5 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Needhikku Thalaivanangu]]''
| 1976
| Vijay
| {{sort|Neelakantan|[[P. Neelakantan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/Neethikku-Thalai-Vanangu-1976/article14016088.ece | title=Neethikku Thalai Vanangu (1976) | work=The Hindu | first=Randor | last=Guy | date=24 January 2016 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605093309/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/Neethikku-Thalai-Vanangu-1976/article14016088.ece | archivedate=5 June 2017 | deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Uzhaikkum Karangal]]''
| 1976
| Ranga
| {{sort|Shankar|[[K. Shankar]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Oorukku Uzhaippavan]]''
| 1976
| Selvam, Kumar{{efn|name=dual}}
| {{sort|Nair|[[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Navarathinam]]''
| 1977
| Thangam
| {{sort|Nagarajan|[[A. P. Nagarajan]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Indru Pol Endrum Vaazhga]]''
| 1977
| Murugan
| {{sort|Shankar|[[K. Shankar]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Meenava Nanban]]''
| 1977
| Kumaran
| {{sort|Sridhar|[[C. V. Sridhar]]}}
|
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan]]''
| 1978
| Sundarapandian
| {{sort|Ramachandran|[[M. G. Ramachandran]]}}
| Also producer
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="MGRFilms"/>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Avasara Police 100]]''
| 1990
| Raj
| {{sort|Bhagyaraj|[[K. Bhagyaraj]]}}
| 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 ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col"|Film
! scope="col"|Role(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Director(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
!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 ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== Bibliography ==
{{Refbegin|30em}}
* {{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}}
{{Refend}}

==Other websites==
* {{IMDb name|name=M. G. Ramachandran filmography|id=0707901}}

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