MGR's 90th b'day celebrated in style

By: Settu Shankar
Friday, March 30, 2007
People in various field try to show their loyalty and kindness to the late legendary leader MGR by organising functions to felicitate him. One such function was organised in a grand manner by Vijayan, editor of Idayakkani magazine at Kamaraj Arangam on Sunday, on the occasion of MGR's 90th birth anniversary.

The programme was named as 'MGR-90'.

All those who worked with MGR, was mentored by MGR, and his admirers in Tamil cinema and politics gathered under one roof on this occasion. It is a wonder that the leader still holds a vast mass appeal even 20 years after his death.

K.Bagyaraj, Sathyaraj, Manorama, T.M.Soundararajan, P.Suseela, Na.Kamarasan, Pandiyarajan, Mayilsami are few from the film world who attended the event. Former MP Jagathratchagan of Veera Vanniya Peravai helped a lot in organising this event.

The auditorium witnessed a full house scene after a long time. More than 3000 ardent fans from Chennai, Kovai and Madurai attended the function.

Sathyaraj told, 'MGR was a rare phenomenon in both politics and cinema. He is an unparalleled man and a great all-rounder in the field in which he was involved. I'm sure that his centenary celebrations would touch a new peak in the country'.

T.M.Soundararajan was honoured in this function. Manorama, who joined MGR in 26 films, remembered her glorious days with the 'Master of Cinema'.

Lakshman Sruthi orchestra presented the super hit songs of MGR till late night, and the entire crowd stayed back in the auditorium for the concluding song too.

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