As Vijay governs Tamil Nadu and Annamalai rebuilds from scratch, a rivalry is taking shape that echoes great Dravidian ...

In 2004, Ghilli, a Tamil remake of a Telugu sports film broke a box office record MGR had held for 35 years. In 2026, the same actor did something similar to the political order MGR spent a lifetime b ...

Sources indicate Annamalai's proposed political platform could be built around "Tamil nationalism and governance." ...

CHENNAI: It would not be an exaggeration to say that RM Veerappan, as MGR’s manager, was witness to and closely aided the leader’s emergence as a political leader from the big screen. MGR’s first ...

The extensive media coverage of the maiden State-level conference of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor Vijay, has spurred interest among the intelligentsia in how the press fared at the ...

MGR’s rule is often seen as a time of expansion in welfare but industrial and economic stagnation.Experts point to a robust industrial foundation being laid during the Congress rule followed by the ...

MGR was considered god on earth. Once, a Pondicherry farmer insisted on taking MGR to his land saying, ‘Your feet should touch my earth’ as it would bring him prosperity. Such was the faith among the ...

There is also the fact that Rajinikanth is neither a Tamil nor a South Indian. MGR --born in Sri Lanka -- was a Malayalee hailing from Kerala. He grew up in Tamil Nadu and was active in politics for ...