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Podcast: Dravidian Stock
Episode: M G R | The Image Trap | பிம்பச்சிறை | M G Ramachandran in Film and Politics - M.S.S. Pandian (EP-9) | #பரியின்பனுவல்பட்டறை
Description: This book examines the fascinating career of the late M G Ramachandran (or `MGR′), the film-actor-turned-politician of Tamilnadu.The author begins by explaining why MGR′s career merits serious attention and then moves on to elaborate the various elements of the cinematic persona of MGR, to study the reasons for his acceptance at a popular level, to explore the roots of this popularity and finally to analyze his transition into political life.
He is one of the foremost authority on scholarship of Dravidian movement.Prof. Pandian’s book, “The Image Trap - M G Ramachan...