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During his career, Indian actor-filmmaker
The film was to be produced under the Pakshiraja banner, but failed to commence shoot.
M. G. Ramachandran
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987), popularly known by his initialism M.G.R. and as Makkal Thilagam/Puratchi Thalaivar, was an Indian actor, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of ...
had worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his acting commitments or direction. Some of these projects fell into development hell or were officially cancelled.
''Adhirooba Amaravathi''
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Anna Nee En Deivam
''Anna Nee En Deivam'' () is a shelved Indian Tamil-language film directed by C. V. Sridhar and produced by Jayaar Movies. The film was to have starred M. G. Ramachandran, Latha, Sangeeta, M. N. Nambiar and V. S. Raghavan.
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''Andru Sinthiya Ratham''
The film, directed by C. V. Sridhar, began shooting in the 1960s, but was shelved when Ramachandran walked out after only a few days of shooting.''Bhavani''
The film was written by A. K. Velan and was to be directed by Masthan. Ramachandran's brotherChakrapani
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* Chakrapani, a name of the Hindu deity Vishnu, the chakra hand d(pani)
People with the surname
* Aluri Chakrapani
Aluru Venkata Subbarao (5 August 1908 – 24 September 1975), popularly known by his pen name Chak ...
produced this film, which got shelved after some progress, but Chakrapani later revived this film as '' Arasa Kattalai'' with Ramachandran returning.
''Chaaya''
The film was to be produced under the Pakshiraja banner, but failed to commence shoot.
''Inaindha Kaigal''
''Maadi Veettu Ezhai''
In 1966, Ramachandran and J. P. Chandrababu came together for a film titled ''Maadi Veettu Ezhai'', to be produced and directed by the latter. Although the film began shooting, it was shelved due to differences between the two.''Makkal En Pakkam''
The film was abandoned after Ramachandran quit the film industry to enter politics.''Nadodiyin Magan''
The film was to have been a sequel to Ramachandran's '' Nadodi Mannan'' (1958), but never came to fruition.''Parama Pitha''
The film was to be based on the life ofJesus
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. Shooting began, but ceased permanently after Ramachandran backed out. The film was to be shot in full length Eastmancolor
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and release in year 1961.
''Ponniyin Selvan''
In 1958, Ramachandran announced ''Ponniyin Selvan'', a film adaptation ofKalki Krishnamurthy
Ramaswamy Krishnamurthy (9 September 1899 – 5 December 1954), better known by his pen name Kalki, was an Indian writer, journalist, poet, critic and Indian independence activist who wrote in Tamil. He chose the pen-name "Kalki", the future i ...
's novel of the same name. Ramachandran bought the film rights to the novel for , and would produce, direct and star in the adaptation, which would feature an ensemble cast
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Structure
In contrast to the po ...
including M G Ramachandran
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987), popularly known by his initialism M.G.R. and as Makkal Thilagam/Puratchi Thalaivar, was an Indian actor, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of ...
, Gemini Ganesan
Ramasamy Ganesan (17 November 1920 – 22 March 2005), better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred as Kaadhal Mannan (King of Romance) for his romantic roles in films. G ...
, Vyjayanthimala
Vyjayanthimala Bali ( Raman; born 13 August 1933), known mononymously as Vyjayanthimala, is an Indian parliamentarian, dancer and former actress. Regarded as one of Hindi cinema's greatest actresses and dancers, she is the recipient of sever ...
, Padmini, Savitri, B. Saroja Devi
Bangalore Saroja Devi (born 7 January 1938) is an Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. She acted in around 200 films over seven decades. She is known by the epithets "''Abhinaya Saraswathi''" ( Saraswathi of ...
, M. N. Rajam, T. S. Balaiah, M. N. Nambiar
Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar (7 March 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Tamil cinema, renowned for his portrayals of villainous characters. With a career spanning over eight decades, he became a notable fig ...
, O. A. K. Thevar and V. Nagayya
Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya Sarma (28 March 1904 – 30 December 1973), popularly known as Chittoor Nagayya, was an Indian actor, singer, music composer, and director known for his works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, and Telugu theatre. Nagayya wa ...
. Before shooting could begin, Ramachandran met with an accident, and the wound took six months to heal; Ramachandran was unable to continue with the film despite renewing the rights four years later.
''Thoongathe Thambi Thoongathe''
''Uthama Puthiran''
The film would have featured Ramachandran in dual roles, but was shelved after Venus Pictures announced a film with thesame name
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starring Sivaji Ganesan.
See also
* M. G. Ramachandran filmographyReferences
Bibliography
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