Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (February 8, 2026) said that his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim is a “big fan” of MGR, just like “several of us in India,” as a song from the Tamil actor's movie 'Naalai Namathe' was presented during a lunch hosted for the Indian leader.
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Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, was a popular Indian actor, director and producer who founded Tamil Nadu’s All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party and went on to become Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister. He died in 1987.
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'Naalai Namadhe' is one of the actor’s several blockbusters, released in 1975.
