Why MGR loved Coimbatore
The Hindu
Readers of ‘Ithayakkani’, a monthly magazine on MGR, relive the icon’s illustrious journey
There is only one hero and that is our MGR;Thalaivar lives in our hearts forever — this was a collective emotion of MGR fans who gathered recently in Coimbatore, to celebrate the icon and his journey. “It is a meeting of our readers after a gap of three years,” says S Vijayan, editor and publisher of Ithayakkani, a monthly magazine dedicated to the late matinee idol and politician. The magazine launched in 2000, packs in anecdotes and information about the actor’s rise to stardom, rare photographs, filmography, political life and more. “We have readers from as many as 150 cities in Tamil Nadu, 10 cities in Kerala, besides Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Malaysia and Singapore,” says Vijayan, a self-confessed fan of MGR from his childhood. “He is the only leader from Tamil Nadu after Swami Vivekananda to have a statue in Malayasia.”
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