The Image Trap: M G Ramachandran in Film and Politics
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Book Details
Author(s)
M.S.S Pandian
Publisher
SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
ISBN / ASIN
0803994036
ISBN-13
9780803994034
Sales Rank
#18,594,819
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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.
