When Mohanlal humanised MGR in Mani Ratnam´s Iruvar
(WorldNews Entertainment)

Legendary poet Kannadasan had foreseen the legacy of MG Ramachandran before anybody else. He had written a song about it for the 1960 movie En Kadamai. The evergreen song goes thus: Moondrezhuthil En Moochchirukkum, Adhu Mudindha Pinaalum Pechchirukkum, Ullam Endroru Ooirukkum, Andha Oorukkul Enakkoru Per Irukkum. The description of these lines is: the hero declares that his legacy will live on in three letters way past his natural life on the earth. And that three letters are M.G.R, which is omnipresent in cinema and politics to date. MGR is one of the most influential personalities of the 20th century in the country. In movies, he was projected as an attractive man who was ready to die in the...