Thirumaran,
Thanks for the article. :)
I am in tears! :cry:
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Thirumaran,
Thanks for the article. :)
I am in tears! :cry:
I bought the "Karnan" CD few weeks before...
His majestic voice, commanding presence and as a abandoned child... wow.. great performance :clap:
TM,
ur article moved me to tears.
Lion he was !!!!Quote:
S S Rajendran was trying to wake him up but he was not supposed to. When he did, you should see the way he threw away the sheet and looked at the camera! It was like a lion getting up from his sleep.
The lion which woke up from his sleep, nearly 50 years ago, never slept after that; he was roaring ever since.
:( How unlucky I am, that I dont know him in persn.
Joe dear and Murali Srinivas
Can you enlighten us on why NT could not succeed in politics ?
Though I was also a part of those days, still I could not get a concrete answer to this ?
Its not the charisma factor which MG had he lacked ? I mean the mass appeal up to the nook and corner of every village ?
I know he was sidelined by Moopanar ( wonder why Moopanaar and Shivaji could not get along well ) and there were some dirty politicians from tamil nadu who always envied NT and never liked him ......
Infact NT had the highest regards from Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi as well...
Its really sad that NT , who was taken in by Perumthalaivar Kamaraj, was always negelected ( except that once he made it to Rajya sabha )
I know, when he floated the party, he had Major Sundarrajan and V.K.R. as support but they also deserted him over a period of time.....
THE WORST PART OF IT.... EVEN NT HIMSELF COULD NOT WIN IN THIRUVAYAARU ( a constituency he meticulously selected after careful analysis )
Moopanaar , for all his political skills and traits , could not get along well with Shivaji ... why ?
true, NT never projected himself like MG in movies ( champion of poor , vallal, koduthu sivandha karam etc ) but he was not a poor man to be neglected so cheaply in the hustings .......
I think his party - Thamizaga munnetra munnani stood in many constituencies and lost all !!
after this bitter experience, NT never went back to politics I understand .......
WHAT PROMPTED HIM TO LAUNCH A PARTY ? WHO WERE THE CULPRITS IN MISLEADING HIM TO DO SUCH AN ACT ?
The Tamil nadu congress also has its eternal internal politics with Kumari anandhan, Thangabalu, Moopanaar, Dindivanam ramamurthy , Maragatham chandrasekhar etc etc....... who were all instrumental in NT getting sidelined....
is the MG's success story , he took as inspiration ?
I know for sure, his family never liked this idea and chided him for having lost the elections besides losing hard earned money.....
I also wish to know one more thing..... Did NT spoke against MG in any election meetings ( while he was in congress )
I had some known ppl who told me,
"shivaji was too plain and frank at heart and NUANCES, TRICKERY etc which is very much needed in politics was lacking in him. He was too true a man to be into politics" :roll:
TM,That article moved me to tears.WOW!!
This is just a common statement made by many under certain circumstances like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
1. If they dont want enter into politics.
2. In favour of their favourites who could not succeed in politics.
That statement is just to favor their favourites.
One digression......
Probably Rajini also realised this harsh fact very late ( but never ) and withdrew himself from launching a political party........
though I was one of those disappointed, I feel his decision was wise ultimately............
However not all politicians were / are bad..... even Annadurai was a decent man ( no intentions to loot public money )but unfortunately he passed away before he could meet with electoral promises he made ....
Rani Annadurai was virtually left uncared by DMK and others . I understand JJ did something to her....
Digression ends......
Exactly TM !!! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Thirumaran
It's very similar to this analogy ... Taken from http://www.businessballs.com/aesopsfables.htm
A hungry fox passed below a fine bunch of grapes hanging high from a vine. After trying in vain to jump and reach them he gave up, saying to himself as he walked off, "the grapes looked ripe, but I see now they are quite sour."
:oops: :oops: :oops:
PS: This does not apply to any one person ... I just reminded myself of this famous anectode when I read TM's post !!! :)
<Digr>Quote:
Originally Posted by S.Balaji
Exactly ... I'm sure he did have political aspirations, otherwise why would he have talked abt all those things in his movies ... But then sooner or later, he just would have figured out it was not his thing, and backed off !!!! :oops: :cry: :oops:
Though I was worried at that time, now when I think abt it, he couldnt have been wiser than withdraw !!! :thumbsup:
<Digr>
Let me also join in this dig.. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by m_23_bayarea
//Dig start
I actually wanted Rajini to join with Congress during 1996 and contest. They would have definetly won in my opinion. A best chance Rajini missed. Probably TN too. After that he did not had any chance later.
Atleast rajini would have taken steps in making either GK Moopanara or Chithambaram instead of supporting DMK that time.
Atleast we could have got some change instead of the routine DMK and ADMK rule.
This is my personal opinion.
// Dig end
DIGR CONT..
Following is my personal opinion..
Sivaji in politics..though the thespian did dabble in it,personally I think he was not suited for the role of a politician.His passion was acting and he was amazing in that.He was not a good politician.I dont even think he wanted to be one.Got probably tempted by the power.
Now Rajini..he could have made a good chief minister..but no by joining DMK or AIDMK..he should have joined congress as TM said.Now its too late..hes too embroiled with both JJ and thatha to be of any help to TN.
END DIGR
Balaji,
Thanks for raising an important question on NT's political unsucessful.
Initially NT was a great supporter of DK ,then DMK since he was very close with Periyar ,Anna and kalainjar..Whwn NT was very active in DMK ,MGR was a congressman ..NT invloved in many fund raising drama shows across the state ,which he did purely free for the party..He even went to streets to collect money for the party.At that time NT was given much importance in DMK and Anna had a special affection for NT.
Later MGR joined DMK.Both MGR and NT were in DMK ..periodically DMK gave more importance to MGR ..Few people waiting to ridiclue NT..They got a chance when NT went to Thiruppathi vengadachapathi temple together with B.R.Pandulu ,who forcefully brought him there..When NT return from Thiruppathi ,there was a huge hue and cry in DMK by his opposite side that sivaji went against DMK principle ,which is atheism .They pasted the posters "Thirupathi ganesa..govinda"..Sivaji was terribly upset and decided to quit DMK .Anna was very upset by the exit of DMK and said "Thampi! Engirunthaalum Vaazhga" (later kannadasan used this line as a stating of the song "Engirunthaalum vaazhga").
Unlike others ,NT a open minded ,he never refused that he beleive in GOD .There were many in DMK who used to go to temples ,but in secret .Even there was a talk that MGR used to go to Thai moogampigai kovil ,though he project him as a atheist.After NT quit from DMK ,he met Kamarajar ,who he had great respect and joined Congress.
After the emergency by Indira Ghandi,Congress split into 2 ,Original congress (kamaraj) and Indira congress ..NT was with kamaraj ,almost all congress leaders(Including Moopanar) now were with Indira..After Kamaraj ,Congress became one again under Indira ..Moopanar was against sivaji ,just because NT was a threat to his position in congress.
NT was not active like MGR in politics ..DMK used MGR to maximum extend and spread their propaganda ,but Congress leaders dodn't have that much talent to make use of NT equally ,since they themselves blaming DMK as 'Cinema Kadchi'.
NT has more equal if not more fans than MGR ..But NT fans like NT as an actor ,not as thalaivar ..But MGR fans consider MGR as their thalaivar as well ,since MGR mantram was well organised and a important part of DMK.NT fans were just his rasigars whereas MGR fans mostly his rasigars as well as his pakthargal.
NT invloved in many election campaign for congress .But he was not agressive and he never bad mouthed anybody personally ..He just campaign in the name of Kamaraj,Nehru Indira..Especially he never attacked MGR personally (Most of the time MGR had allainace with congress except few times).
After MGR passed away ,Few inexperienced Jaalras of NT forced him to start a party .He started 'Thamizhaga munnetra Munnani' and joined hands with ADMK (Janagi)..At that time DMK cadres are in full force ,since there was a clear chance to DMK after 13 years..They were ready to give their soul to make DMK come again .
NT was wrongly informed by his jaalras that he can win easily if he contest from his home area ,Thiruvaiyaaru ..During the election ,I have read in Junior Vikatan..They stated "In this election among 234 seats ,only one seat result is confirmed ..That is Thiruvaiyaru..sivaji is going to win ..The question is how much big margin"..these kind of informations made experienced DMK caders to try hard and finally NT was defeated by DMK candidate by 6000 votes ...In my personal opnion NT should have contested in nagercoil .I am not saying because nagercoil is my home town .But it is the truth ..Nagercoil is Nt's kottai even now ..In that election NT's party came second in nagercoil beating congress ,ADMK (JJ)..If sivaji contest there ,I am damn sure he would have no opponent,since irrespective of parties NT has that much respect in nagercoil ..The reason is when Kamarajar was contested in nagercoil ,NT came there for campaign for kamaraj and from the begining NT has crazy fans in nagercoil ,even now.
Apart from this ,Most of the NT fans didn't see him as their was not ready to vote for NT party(I was not eligible to vote then,is another matter) ,though I love him so much...NT has no eblity to show off as a political leader ..He never planned to boost his image and act infron of others ,off-screen.
NT's political failure is nothing to do with his fan following ..The DMK candidate who defeated NT at Thiruvaiyaaru released a statement after his victory "I myself a die-hard fan of Nadigar Thilagam .But I have no choice as a party man..I will be always NT fan"..This is the bottom line.
Thirumaran,
I agree that NT lacks leadership quality required for current plotical trend..A small request ,Pls don't compare NT with people like T.rajendar,Bagyaraj etc who failed in politics...We are taking NT is spl because He was equal to MGR in popularity and fan force..That is why we are analysing why NT was not succesful like MGR ..Nobody surprise about political failure of T.Rajendar,Bagyaraj,sarathkumar etc since they never had such a popularity NT had ..Infact JJ was no match with NT in popularity as a cinema artist..But in politics ,Planning and luck is very important ,in which NT failed in politics....NT couldn't even win a MLA seat ,whereas ramarajan won MP seat and Ratharavi won MLA seat..Does it mean Ramarajan and ratharavi has more popularity and support than NT among puplic..It purely depends on then situation and political climate.
Tamil nadu is a state ,defeated even Kamrajar and Anna in MLA election ..Kamarajar was able to became Congress president when there was a respect for sincearity and divine..If kamaraj enters politics now ,he may not be able to become even as a 'vatta seyalalar' since it needs cunningness and all bad aspects.
Thirumaran,
I do not admit what you said about Sivaji: "Basically i believe Shivaji lacked leadership qualities which is necessary for a politician". Tell me which politican in TN has got leadership qualities?
MGR was a shrewd person, but definitely not a leader. How do you define a leadership? For me, a leader is one who has some vision. MGR never had any vision, except to take up CM chair. According to history, Kamaraj had a great vision to make TN a model state; which he did. Anna/Karuna/MGR/JJ are nowhere near Kamaraj in doing something to the state. MGR used his popularity to achieve what he wanted. Analyze his CM period - TN restricted itself so low that neighboring states/cities, especially Bangalore boomed. In his rule of 12-15 years, there were only few noteworthy achievements: free meal scheme (extended from Kamaraj vision), common entrace exams and few more. With his unimaginable power, charisma and personality, MGR could have achieved a lot more, but he didn't. MGR, as he hailed from poor family, could have eliminated poverty to a good level, but he didn't. Thats why I said MGR was never a good leader. But I admit he was a better person comparison to other TN politicians. Just to give an example: I may say PVNarasimha Rao was a good leader, who opened our economy in the early 90s. A leader should have a vision like that, which benefit mass.
On the other hand, Sivaji was a great actor and he did best what he knew. Sivaji concentrated on doing different roles, even acting as a womaniser on screen was fine for him, which MGR never dared to touch. I read that when NT was the president of Madras Film association, he did a good work for the upliftment of the association. If Sivaji had won at least an MLA seat, I am sure he would have done a great deal of work to his constitutency. Because NT was good by heart. But TN people did not give him a chance. I wish he never entered politics and by doing so, he spoiled his image.
People like NT for what he is. Excellent actor and courageous to do different roles. On par with the best of the best in the world stage of acting.
Please do not bring NT as a politician, because it is so allergetic to his fans. Also, do not compare NT with other so called politicians like ramarajan, sschandran,etc. Because comparing NT with them is a SIN. Sivaji's fans just love him.
Regards
Two good and too good posts from Joe Anne and Tacinema.......
interesting facts ......excellent recap of the entire events ......thanks Joe dear........
However, i wish to add one on the difference between Kamaraj and MGR / Mukaa / others
Kamaraj became the CM when our country was just fresh from indepedence....and all the leaders were BASICALLY FREEDOM FIGHTERS WHO HAD ALL THE ENTHUSIASM AND URGE TO MAKE THE COUNTRY GET BACK ITS OLD PRIDE ....
MGR, Muka belong to the next generation of ACTUAL POLITICIANS ...incidentally Baktavatsalam followed Kamaraj for Congress
So I am not surprised with what Kamaraj contributed as he was one of those freedom fighters and someone with a pure heart to do something best for the country.......
Mukaa and MGR never had any great ambitions for the country's / state's welfare .....if you recollect the history, MGR even said once that INDIAN RAANUVATHAI KATHI MUNAYIL SANDHIPPEN !!
an outburst which came out of his youth !
Anna wanted an alternative force to get rid of Congress for various reasons ?? and he smartly created a team of yougsters like Mukaa , MGR etc and what happened was history......
Its really sad that NT could not make it in politics......... However he was a Rajyasabha member once .....but failed to contribute much ........
Ultimately, AS A TYPICAL ANOTHER HARDCORE NT FAN, EVEN I ALSO NEVER CONSIDERED HIM TO BE A POLITICIAN ....... FOR ME HE IS THE UNIVERSITY OF ACTING........
Thanks balaji!
Now you have clearly explained what I really wanted to..The first generation leaders after independence were really good people since they really came up high with their dedication and thirst for freedom..But now if somebody have that simplicity ,dedication and vision for country ,no party will consider him to make even as a counsler..This is the fact..Nowdays I can see only one leader in tamil nadu ,being a top leader of a party and still maintain his simplicity and clean hand ,that is Mr.Nalla kannu.
Joe
Nalla kannu is Nalla kannu as he comes from Communist party which is known tradionally for commonness and comradeship.....
you know even E.K. Nayanaar was another simple politician ....
I have heard a lot about V.P.Chinthan
Another interesting fact I wish to highlight......
While MGR will be projecting Anna as thenaaatu Gandhi etc ......
our NT will be portraying Kamarajar as Thenaatu Gandhi ( remember Barathamay en adimai song ) and also Thangangalay naalai thalaivargalay ( briefly touches ...palli chaalai thandhavan ezai thalaivanai dhinamum ennungal )
this trend continued for sometime
Balaji,
You are right.I beleive Anna also very nice person..We are unfortuante,his rule ended in 2 years..But surely kamaraj is greatest CM we had so far..He was called as 'Karuppu Ghandhi'.
Btw: I sent you a PM.Pls check.
Joe Anne
Unfortunately Anna passed away soon....else he would have done something for the poor atleast ....
beyond doubt, Kamarajar was the best ever CM .... after Lal Bahadur Shastri, he could have become PM but he didnt have enough push ( urge ) and he himself volunteered Indira Gandhi....
Joe,
I was going through my posts several times. But still i could not get where i made comparisions between NY and other mediocores(Bhakyaraj, TR, etc). In my post for any lines i did not mean like the way you thought. Could you please explain, where did i mention like that directly or indirectly.
Tacinema,
It was not me who brought the topic, NT as a politician. You also please check and let me know where i compared NT with TR, bhakya, etc.. Also i dont understand what is the point in comparing the roles MGR and Shivaji did in their cine careers regarding this.
Joe and tacinema,
I said my opinion that Shivaji lack leadership qualities. I thought of putting my views on this and why Shivaji could not succeed in politics, some other time. But here after i wont do that. For you guys people should keep on talking only good things abt NT. No one should give Negative comments on Shivaji and Shivaji's acting. You could not tolerate that.
For satisfying all die hard Shivaji fans, I am accepting the statement from SP that, Shivaji is too good a person to fit for politics.
I am taking off from this thread. If i could post positive things about Shivaji, i will definetly post.
Thanks,
Quote:
Originally Posted by Thirumaran
Thirumaran,
These above generalised statements made me to explain..Here you are putting NT with all actors who were not succesful.
Anyway,I didn't took you wrong..I just took this as a oprtunity to explain the difference..Pls no hard feelings.
Joe,Quote:
Originally Posted by joe
That was just a general statement on comments people give. You can see many, who does not show any interest in even reading political informartions. They will say a reason that they are too good even to understand politics. I dont favor that argument.
SP, being a great fan NT, in order to favour him made that statement which was not acceptable to me. Several others including me, sometimes will say certain things like this just in support of the persons we like.
However i was not thinking abt anyone else when i made that comments. just a common opinion.
I even went further explaining my comment saying, that a Too Good person like Kamaraj already succeeded in politics infavour of my comments and the view of SP was not right.
Anyhow,
No problem Joe. Though i was a bit disturbed before, it is gone now.
I wont do blunders like comparing a Sun with Tubelights.
:)
Thirumaran,
Thanks for your clarification..I too agreed great people like kamaraj suceed..and I discused that too.
Once again sorry if I hurt your feelings.
Is Nadigar Thilagam Marginalised? - Memorial issue blowing up
Village deities will get festivities once in a year. People will throng to the temple for 10 days. Cobwebs will be swept away. Renovations will take place. For 10 days the temple will be the happening place.
From the 11th day, the temple will be left alone. Cobwebs will once again find refuge here. In sun and rain, the village deity will be all alone. No one to care for.
Have the Tamils forgotten Nadigar Thilakam like the village deities? Particularly the Nadigar Sangam? Nadigar Sangam is once again in the eye of the storm when Pondichery government installed Sivaji's statute. "It is years since the Nadigar Sangam President Vijayakanth promised to build Sivaji's memorial. But no effort has been taken in that direction up to now," complains Sivaji fans with anger.
As the elections are approaching a political party is taking up the issue of Sivaji's memorial and criticizing Vijayakanth. Sivaji's elder son Ram Kumar has claimed that even without the financial help of Nadigar Sangam, the Memorial can be built.
What is the problem in building the Memorial for Sivaji. Who are the people creating the problem? When will it be done?
On behalf of the Nadigar Sangam a proposal was given to the Government requesting allocation of land for Sivaji's Memorial some months after his demise on July 21 2001. The Government accepted this proposal and announced the allocation of land of 0.65 acre in September 2002. The land lies opposite Sathya Studios.
After the allocation of land, the fans were hopeful that efforts will begin soon. But the Memorial work was lying untouched. Arguments followed?discussions took place.
It was reported that the land was lying on the way leading to the residences of Judges and Ministers. When this issue was raised in the Assembly, it was demanded that Nadigar Sangam should bear the cost of laying a diversion. Nadigar Sangam had also made the payment. The road issue was also resolved.
The work of building the Memorial was taken up. On May 22 last year, the land was consecrated on behalf of Nadigar Sangam. Speaking on that occasion Vijayakanth claimed that the Memorial work would be taken on hand and that it will be completed in four months.
This announcement is now years old. But not even one brick is in place at the Memorial. Why is this delay?
Sivaji fans openly accuse that Vijayakanth is a fan of M.G.R. and that he never liked Sivaji. That is the reason behind delaying the Memorial project.
When Vijayakanth assumed office, he was very involved in the Nadigar Sangam activities, which is not the case now. Since starting the political party his focus has turned to politics. He is not participating in discussions on important issues in the Sangam.
Though all the above may be true, Vijayakanth alone cannot be blamed for the delay in building the Sivaji Memorial. If only all the members of Nadigar Sangam were eager to build the Memorial, the likes and dislikes of the President of Nadigar Sangam is of no consequence. By now the Memorial would be standing.
The first reason was is that the dedication was missing among those who had love and respect for Sivaji in turning them into concrete action. The second reason, of course, is money. The fund required for that is yet to be collected by the Sangam. Even for that, there seems to be a solution. In this context, it is important to take notice of the interview given by Sivanji's elder son Ram Kumar.
"There are thousands of my father's fans all over the world who are waiting to donate funds to raise the Memorial. We are prepared to donate Rs.1 crore from our family for this project."
Raising the fund alone will not start the project. Because the complete plan for the Memorial is not in place. Many think that it was enough to build a memorial with a marble arch like those of Anna and M.G.R. memorials. But Sivaji family thinks that more than an arch, it was important that the Memorial should have more facilities for visitors.
Ram Kumar says "it should be thought of as a museum with a library, Sivaji photo gallery, space for display of memorabilia, awards and trophies."
He also says that both Rajini and Kamal have different take on how the Memorial should be.
Now that the Pondichery Government had established a statue for Sivaji, it has revived discussions on the Memorial project that was almost dumped sometime ago. A group is trying to take advantage by terming this as the failure of Vijayakanth.
But it is an insult to the great institution called Sivaji who served art until his last breath. Nadigar Thilagam has been treated like the village deities only to be remembered on the days of his birth and death. Every body is hoping that there will soon be a resolution to this issue.
Author - JBR..
Source - Cinesouth.
Not sure whether this was already posted. The article dated 22nd Feb 2006.
It was very nice and interesting to read so many different views on NT and his brand of politics. I think Joe had given a lucid description of things that happened early in NT’s political life, the circumstances that led to his ouster from DMK, his subsequent innings in Congress and the events that led to the formation of TMM etc. Let me put up some small corrections here and there and add what I all I know about his political career. Before entering let me get your permission to travel back in history to trace the political career of NT, which itself can be divided into 4 phases.
1. Period from 1954-1967
2. Period from 1967-1975
3. Period from 1975-1988
4. Period from 1988- 1993.
It will be lengthy and so I will divide my posts also. Sorry if somebody finds it boring.
I think the early periods say 1955- 1961, there was not much of political activity for NT. Only after this period, did NT involve himself actively in politics. Also TN was enjoying the golden period of Perunthalaivar’s rule during that time (1954-63). During that decade there were many things that were taking shape in TN, which were to play a major part in the destiny of TN in the later stage. DMK was formed in 1949 and started with its first gimmick that it will not contest elections. The General Elections of 1952 threw up a fractured verdict (for the first and last time till now). The State was then called the Madras Rajadhani, as it comprised of parts of Kerala, Karnataka & Andhra. The then Governor asked Rajaji to take up the CM’s post and form a coalition Govt.This was mainly done to prevent Communists from seizing power as they were considered anathema to Congress. Rajaji who was there as CM for 2 years had to make way for some one else because of Kula Kalvi Thittam, which he introduced. He advocated vocational training for students in addition to normal education. Though this was done to help find some occupation, it was branded as pro-Brahmin & anti – other castes. At this stage Congress had to choose another person to head the ministry. There were 2 contestants. One was Perunthalaivar and the other was C.Subramaniam. Rajaji pledged his support for CS, but ultimately PT won. The Gentleman he was, he took CS in his cabinet. PT who was not a member of assembly or council (MLC) contested a by-election from Kudiyatham and won. It was around this time that trouble started for NT in DMK. He had gone to Tirupathi and there were war cries in DMK about this. (Thirupathi Ganesa! Thirumbi Paar). It was widely known that MuKa was behind this and MGR was slowly being brought to the forefront. Unfortunately Kannadasan also joined this bandwagon and in his journal (I think it was Thendral) he published a still from Tenali Raman, which showed NT neck deep in sand about to be trampled by an elephant standing with his leg up. On seeing this NT got wild and when they met in the studio, NT & KD almost came to blows. NT quit the DMK and went over to Congress. But after this there was a lull.
In 1957, DMK decided to contest election and in their first encounter they won 15 seats, with Annadurai, MuKa & Nedu all won. MGR now firmly in DMK, released Nadodi Mannan in 1958 and the MGR pictures emblem itself showed two people with the DMK flag (the flag was subsequently changed to ADMK flag in U.S.V & later also in NM & AP, the three movies that were produced under MGR pictures banner). See this was the period that MGR consolidated and grew along with DMK and whoever became the fan of MGR also became attracted towards DMK and vice-versa. Whereas in the same period NT was concentrating only in cinema and he was having a purple patch. The Pa series, VPK, Uthama Puthiran all were happening at that time and so the fan base of NT was growing leaps and bounds, but unlike MGRs’, NTs’ fans were not politicized. That angle was not there. But NT a true nationalist to the core was taking up the roles of V.O.C etc to show where his heart belonged. Again 1962 elections came and still Congress won the elections comfortably, though DMK was able to increase its strength to 50. But Annadurai lost the election from Kanchi and this election also saw the first actor ever to become a MLA, when SSR was elected from Theni. MGR canvassed in this election for DMK and I think NT did for Congress, though I am not sure. NT’s active participation started after 1962 China war. The Government and the Congress party were caught napping when China invaded us. There were widespread protests and the film fraternity also contributed handsomely to the fund collection. Not satisfied with just stage shows and plays NT started Rathaa Thilagam and see, the banner itself was National Pictures. As you know RT had a story line based on the Chinese aggression and KD by this time had come out of DMK along with EVK Sampath (F/O EVKS Elangovan) and had floated Tamil Desiya Katchi that later merged with Congress. In the Pani Padarantha Malayin mele song the last stanza would say that there is a strong leader and there is no need to worry (I am not remembering the exact lines right now) and that was the first time NT started speaking for Congress in his films. See that was in 1963 and in 1964 May, Nehru passed away. Andavan Kattalai released in June 1964 will have a last scene where NT as a college professor will be eucologising the virtues of Nehru with a portrait of him behind. This was shot after Nehru’s death and included in the film.
Around this time APN, a staunch congressman and a strong believer joined hands with NT to produce Bakthi films. This move was primarily aimed to check the DMK campaign of atheism. Come 1965 January, TN was engulfed by the anti Hindi agitation and Congress was fast loosing ground. Before this the Congress had not done well in 1962 Parliament elections and in some state assemblies. PT the great man he is, brought the K Plan, which on implementation saw the senior leaders occupying ministerial positions resigning and going for the organizational work and in their places junior leaders assumed ministerships. So the golden period of PT starting from 13.04.1954 came to an end on 02.10.1963. In his place M.Bakthavatsalam became the CM. MB was a very good administrator, but he lacked charisma like PT. And he was no match to the oratorical skills of DMK leaders and youth caught in the fascination of fiery oratory on the one side and MGR’s cinemas on the other side were flocking to the DMK. At this stage anti Hindi agitation was also not handled properly by TN govt. PT by this time had become the AICC President and he could not devote time to TN politics. Here APN & NT combination with Thiruvilayadal, Saraswathy Sabatham, Kandan Karunai was able to stop the atheist propaganda, but on the political front the dice was clearly loaded in favour of DMK. Rajaji who could never console himself to his ouster from power had founded Swatranta Party in the early 60’s now joined hands with DMK and TN for the first time saw the formation of an alliance. Rajaji who in 50’s was called, as Kulluka Battar by the DMK became Mootharingar to them. Meanwhile MGR starting from NM had been growing in stature and successive hits like Mannadhi Mannan, Padagoti, Ayirathil Oruvan had taken him very high and Enga Veetu Pillai catapulated him to Super Stardom. The DMK leaders by now had realized the vote catching capacity of him. DMK the clever strategist they were/are, conducted a conference in Virugambakkam, an outskirt in Chennai at that time (Dec 1966). A target of Rs 10 L was fixed as election fund. MGR volunteered to give the entire amount, when Annadurai said “Show your face. It will fetch me 30 L votes”. While DMK was carrying out its plans in the most meticulous manner, Congress as usual was far behind. But PT realizing the gravity of the situation came back to TN and gave his nomination from Virudhunagar. But unfortunately he met with an accident and his leg was fractured. He was bed ridden and could not undertake campaign. The grand alliance (DMK, Swatantra, CPM & Muslim League), the apathy among the voters, the anti incumbency factor which was building up were itself enough to defeat Congress. Added to it came Jan 12th, 1967. The day MGR was shot by MR Radha. The photo of MGR lying in the bed with a bandage around his neck and folded hands was enough to deliver a deathblow to the Congress. NT canvassed
for Congress, but everything was against Congress. DMK ended up with 138 seats and Congress finished with 49 seats. Congress, which was ousted in March 1967, is yet to return. This forms the first phase of NT’s political career.
That was an excellent analysis Srinivas. :thumbsup:
Waiting for your analysys on the remaining phases :)
Murali,
Excellent analysis..Pls continue.
இந்த வார ஆனந்த விகடனில் இயக்குநர் சேரன் நம் நடிகர் திலகத்தை சந்தித்ததை இப்படி எழுதுகிறார்...
நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜி கணேசனுக்கு 'தாதா சாகேப் பால்கே' விருது!
இயக்குநர்கள் அத்தனை பேரும் வாழ்த்தப் போயிருந்தோம்.'அன்னை இல்லம்'...எங்கேயோ தொலைதூரத்துக் கிராமத்துச் சிறுவனாக இருந்தபோதே ,என் கனவுகளில் உலவிய நாயகனின் அரண்மனை.என் எத்தனையோ சாயங்காலங்களைச் சந்தோஷப்படுத்திய ராஜகுமாரனை நேரில் சந்திக்கப் போகிறேன்.
"வாங்கப்பா டைரக்டர்ஸ்" எழுந்து நின்று வரவேற்கிறார் சிவாஜி.ஜிப்பா வேட்டியில் சிகப்பான பெரியப்பா போல இருக்கிறார்..கூச்சத்தில் ஓரமாக ஒதுங்கிய என்னை முன்னே இழுத்து "இவன் சேரன்.இவன் தான் இப்போ பெரிய டைரக்டர்" என்று சிவாஜியின் காலடியில் தள்ளுகிறார் பாரதிராஜா சார். விழுந்து வணங்கிய என் கை பற்றி "நல்ல்ல்ல்ல படம்ப்பா.நல்ல்ல்ல்லா பண்ணியிருந்தே .நல்ல்ல்ல்லா இரு!" என்று சிம்மக் குரலில் ராகம் போட்டு சிவாஜி சார் என்னை வாழ்த்த..இதைப் பார்க்க என் அம்மாவும் அம்மாச்சியும் பக்கத்தில் இல்லயே என ஏங்கினேன்.
சிவாஜி அய்யாவை வைத்து ஒரு படம் இயக்கவும் ஆசைப்பட்டேன்.'தேசிய கீதம்' படத்துக்கு என் முதல் சாய்ஸ் சிவாஜி சார்தான்.கதை சொல்லப் போயிருந்தேன்.
முழுசாக இரண்டரை மணி நேரம் நான் கதை சொல்ல சொல்ல ..என் முகத்தையே குறுகுறுவெனப் பார்த்தார்.எமோஷனலாக நான் சில காட்சிகளை விவரிக்கும் போது ,அவர் புருவங்கள் விளையாட..கண்கள் உருண்டோட முகபாவங்கள் மாறுவதை பக்கத்தில் இருந்து பார்க்க வேண்டுமே..அத்தனை அழகு!
நடுவே ஏதோ வெளியூருக்குக் கிளம்பிக் கொண்டு இருந்த அவரது பேத்தி ,தாத்தாவிடம் ஆசி வாங்க வந்து தயங்கி நிற்க "எக்ஸ்க்யூஸ் மி டைரக்டர் சார்..ஒரே ஒரு நிமிஷம் ப்ளீஸ்" என்று பேத்தியின் தலை தொட்டு ,கன்னத்தில் முத்தமிட்டு அனுப்பினார்.
"நல்ல கதை.பெருந்தலைவர் காமராஜர் ,என் நண்பன் கக்கன் மாதிரி நல்ல மனுஷங்க அரசியல்ல இருந்த காலமெல்லாம் எங்கடா போச்சுன்னு கேக்க வந்திருக்கே..நான் நிச்சயமா நடிக்கிறேன்..அந்த கிளைமாக்ஸ் சொன்னல்ல..ந்தா பாரு..இப்பிடி!" என்று எழுந்தார்.
ஒரே ஒரு ரசிகனுக்காக நடிகர் திலகமே நடிக்க எழுகிறார். முதுமையில் உடல் தள்ளாட,பெருங்கோபத்தில் உள்ளம் கொதிக்க .."நான் இப்படி நிக்கிறேன் .நீ எதிர்ல பேனை புல்லா போடு .காத்துல என் தாடி ,தலைமுடியெல்லாம் பறக்குது. என் கண்ணு செவக்குது .கன்னம் துடிக்குது .எதிர்ல இருக்குற ஒவ்வொருத்தனையும் பார்வையாலயே பஸ்பமாக்குற மாதிரி என் நெஞ்சு கொதிக்குது .'இதுக்காடா நாங்க இவ்ளோ கஷ்டப்பட்டு சொதந்திரம் வாங்கினோம்?" னு அழுகையும் ஆத்திரமுமா நான் கேக்கிறேன். நல்லா இருக்கா? இது ஓ.கே.யா?'
எத்தனை உயர்ந்த மனிதர் .என்னைப் போன்ற ஒரு சின்ன பையனிடம் ,ஏதோ தன் முதல் படத்துக்கு வாய்ப்பு கேட்பதைப் போன்ற வேகத்துடன் தாகத்துடன் நடித்துக்காட்டுகிறாரென்றால்..அது தானே தொழில் பக்தி!
இன்றைக்கு கேரவேன்களுக்கு வெளியே இயக்குநர்களைக் காக்கவைத்துவிட்டு திமிருடன் திரியும் சில நடிகர்களை நினைத்தால் எனக்குள் வேதனை வழியும்.
காரைக்குடியில் கொளுத்தும் வெயில் காலத்தில் படப்பிடிப்பு .கதைக்களம் அப்படி .அப்போது உடல்நலக்குறைவில் தொடர்ந்து சிகிச்சையில் இருந்த சிவாஜி சாரை கஷ்டப்படுத்திவிடக்கூடாது என்பதால் ,எனக்கு அந்த பாக்கியம் இல்லாமல் போயிற்று.
நன்றி : விகடன்
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Originally Posted by joe
Joe Anne
Idhu pondra postings galai thamizil padikka migavum nandraaga irukkiradhu
One could get the maxium impact only when you post in tamil ......
Great !!
Wish to add what Director Ravikumar K.S. said once ......
while he was directing Padayappa , there is a scene wherein Rajini, Lakshmi, Manivannan, Radharavi all will participate........
NT was very particular and he asked for the entire scene in advance for which KSR wondered Yen Anney ketkareenga ??
for which NT responded :
indha scene oru mukyamaana scene endru naan ninaikiren...... ovvoruvarum thannudaya thiramayai kaanbikka pogiraargal.....
naanum muyandru enaal aanadhai seyya thaan unnai mudhalil ketten !!!
Thats what NT is all about.....DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT ..
Another aspect of NT...... he was always the first to reach the spot for the shooting ....always on time..... and this has made other artists to rush to the spot most of the times as a mark of respect to the Lion of acting !!
Murali Srinivas
Looking forward to the second leg of NT in politics.....
Let the interesting discussion on NT's Politics go. I wish to know why few directors from NT's camp have joined MGR camp.
Already about C.V.Sridhar, it is mentioned by some one. Sridhar told once that directing MGR brought some gap in the relationship with NT. But even after directing the 2 films with MGR, he was directing NT and said he would be always a good friend of NT.
Director B.R.Bandhulu who directed NT for the films Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Kappalottia Thamizhan, Karnan, Bale Pandiya etc. left NT's camp and directed MGR for Aayirathil Oruvan, Thedi vantha Mappillai, Ragasiya Police 101. I don't know whether he came back to NT's camp or not.
A.P.Nagarajan who gave all great Bhakthi films, Thillana Mohanambal & Navarathiri with NT joined MGR camp at the end and gave films like "Navarathinam" (a flop) & "Madhuraiyai Meeta Sundara Pandiyan". He did not come back to NT's camp, I think.
Pa. Neelakandan initially directed few films of NT, joined MGR's camp (from the beginning of MGR's raise) directed a lot of commercial hit films of MGR. He did not come back to direct NT.
Has any other director joined MGR camp like this after directing NT for few films? I have read in some newspaper long time back that: Karnan and Vettaikaran released at the same time. Karnan did not do well and B.R.Bandhulu had a huge loss of money; but Vettaikaran had good collections and Thevar made a huge profit out of it. Then Bandhulu drifted to MGR's camp directed "Aayirathil Oruvan" etc. Was it true?
Was it based on commercial reason? I doubt. Because APN made tons of money with all Bhakti movies, lost heavily in MGR's Navarathinam. Did APN direct MMSP?
BR Bandhulu was successful with one MGR movie, but average to flop with others.
Also NT had his own directors like P.Madhavan and others. I believe they did not make any movies with MGR. Actor Balaji produced all his movies wiht Sivaji. That might because he is a very close friend of sivaji.
Did thevar films make any movie with Sivaji? But Thevar made plenty of movies with MGR such as Tharmam thalai kaakum, thai sollai thaththe, etc. Are all these movies successful?
I believe the separation of some these directors with NT must be purely on ego clash.
NT’s Political Career – 1967-1975
This was the most active and aggressive period of all the four phases, wherein NT & his fans plunged into active politics. As I said earlier, Congress was defeated and what shocked many Congressmen and public in general was the defeat of PT in Virudhunagar. Many stalwarts of Congress lost and PG Karuthiruman became the leader of the opposition. Annadurai had not contested the assembly elections, but he had contested the South Chennai Parliament seat and won. (Elections starting from 1952 till 1971 were held simultaneously for both Parliament and assembly in TN). Annadurai who had lost the assembly election on 1962 had become the Rajya Sabha MP in 1963. The DMK right from its inception was pressing for Dravida Nadu, but after the Chinese aggression, came the news that all outfits propagating secession will be banned and DMK famous for it’s volte faces when it comes to crunch, dropped that demand. The stint in Rajya Sabha also mellowed Annadurai and he assumed Chief Ministership, by becoming an MLC. The South Chennai seat, which became vacant, saw the candidature of Murasoli Maran (The seeds of MuKa family rule was sown). PT wished DMK the very best and said he will not open his mouth for 6 months. Rajaji too after having achieved his goal gave 6 months to the new ministry and after that he said, “The honeymoon is over”. He also started realizing that he had committed a mistake. Annadurai was suffering from cancer and he knew this even before elections. Very few people were privy to this info and MuKa was one of them. There began the diabolical act of MuKa to capture power after Annadurai. (Joe & Balaji, you were saying that Annadurai was good, but he was as good as (or) as bad as MuKa, it depends on how you look at it. I will give my detailed opinion separately later). The functioning of Govt was ordinary and only gimmicks like changing Madras State to Tamil Nadu, conducting the second Ulaga Tamizh Mahanadu and legalizing register marriages were happening. The much proclaimed assurance Rupaikku Moondru Padi; Illayel Musanthiyil Niruthi Savukkualadi was thrown to winds. The Rupaikku Moondru Padi scheme was never implemented but for once in Coimbatore on Pongal day of 1968 and then discontinued. Annadurai’s illness was also getting worse and he visited US for treatment. MuKa now wanted to establish himself as the next heir and for this he used Si.Pa.Adithanar, who was the founder of Dina Thanthi. MuKa used to address many meetings and his speech used to be reported in full by Thanthi. There were only 2 main Tamil newspapers at that time and Dinamani was perceived to be an educated man’s paper and Thanthi was for the commoner. So MuKa was slowly getting into the leader’s slot in the minds of the ordinary DMK men and Nedu unaware of all these plans was so casual that he thought that his accession to power after Annadurai was just a formality.
But fate was against him. Annadurai passed away in Feb 1969 and immediately the power struggle started. MuKa and Maran transported people from all over TN and they converged at Gopalapuram and started raising slogans in favour of MuKa. (See, vaadakaikku aatkalai kooti varum kodumaium MuKa than arambithu vaithathu) and Nedu was no match to all these manipulative politics of MuKa. But he was getting support from people who were there in DMK right from the beginning. But at this time MGR decided to side with MuKa. The reason was Nedu and MGR were not the best of friends and Nedu was cut up with even Annadurai, whom he thought was giving undue importance to MGR. This made MGR support MuKa and the rest of the MLAs also fell in line. MuKa became CM and Nedu did not join the cabinet. Now Nedu wanted at least the General secretary post of DMK. MuKa, the manipulator he is also refused to this. Nedu after 8-9 months joined the ministry and was also made as the General secretary, but MuKa created a post of President for himself. MGR was made the treasurer.
People going thro’ this post might be wondering why there is no mention of NT, our Kathanayagan? I thought you should know the political background of TN during that period. Before going to NT, let us also see what was cooking in Delhi. Indira Gandhi who assumed Prime Ministership in Jan 1966, barely managed to get a majority of her own in 1967 general election. She had difficulty in coordinating with the old guard of the party. Morarji Desai was the Finance Minister and his budgets had become unpopular due to the tough taxation measures. Indira had a feeling that Morarji who had lost the race to the Prime Minister’s office twice (once to LB Sasthri & second to her) was creating problems for her. She eased him out of the ministry and the old guard did not take this lightly. So a confrontation was brewing in the party.
Now after 1967, NT’s fans attitude began to change and they were beginning to be more vociferous and aggressive. Even during the screening of NT movies, the atmosphere inside the theatre began to change. It was more of a festival. The fans wanted to show their political leanings in public and even the name of Kannadasan (now in Congress) when shown in the titles of NT movies was drawing huge applause. The defeat of PT & the fact that their archrival had become an MLA rejuvenated the NT fans. During that period there were verbal clashes between the fans’ in every town, which at times was escalating into physical clashes. In the intervening period there were two by elections. There was one at Tirumangalam (Madurai) and NSV Chithan, a close friend of NT (now he is the MP from Dindigul) was elected. NT canvassed for him and his victory was a shot in the arm for Congress. NSV went on to secure the distinction of having asked the maximum no of questions in assembly during that assembly’s life time (1968-1971). The second was at Tenkasi and DMK having tasted defeat at Tirumangalam did not want to take chances and the job was entrusted to MGR. He immediately asked the Tenkasi brothers (PKV Sankaran & Arumugam), who were in Sathya Movies to start a movie and in a start to finish call sheet, Puthiya Bhoomi was completed. The Tenkasi DMK candidate name was Kathiravan and if you notice MGR character’s name in PB was also Kathiravan. The movie was released just before the elections and DMK strained every nerve to achieve victory. So both were equally placed. At this time (1969) there came another by election and this time it was for Parliament and the seat was Nagerkoil. PT decided to contest and NT and his fans just plunged into the campaign. Nagerkoil people
atoned for the mistake of Virudhunagar people and PT won handsomely.
Another factor that antagonized NT and his fans was the behaviour of TN Govt in the matters of cinema. After coming to power DMK Govt established cinema awards and in that they began to pressurize. MGR was selected as the best actor (!) for 1967, for Kavalkaran. Remember NT had Nengirukkum Varai, Thiruvarutselvar and Iru Malargal to name a few that were miles ahead of Kavalkaran in that year. So in the next year when NT was awarded the best actor for Thillana, he refused the award. In the cinematic front also MGR had a mediocre run. In 1967 there was no Super hits for him and Kavalkaran, which was widely publicized as MGR’s comeback movie also, did not have a great run. His other movies like Arasa Kattalai, Thaikku Thalaimagan & Vivasayee were just average. Come 1968, except Kudiyirantha Kovil and to a certain extent Rahasiya Police 115 & Oli Vilakku, others (there were 5 other releases) failed to strike it rich. So NT’s graph was rising. But in 1969, MGR came back strongly with Adimai Penn & Nam Nadu (he had only 2 releases) and the clash was becoming big.
In 1969, Zakir Hussain, the President of India had passed away and there was going to be an election. The Congress working committee had deliberated on many names and decided on Sanjeeva Reddy. Indira was against his candidature but finally agreed. But there was uneasy calm. VV Giri had filed his papers as an independent. (Grapevine was, Indira had asked him to file the nomination) and suddenly she asked the Congress MPs to vote according to their conscience. This was bolt from the blue for the old guard who immediately categorized this as indiscipline and stated that Reddy’s candidature stands good. But Indira was firm and there were two parallel sessions of Congress working committee. Morarji, Nijalingappa, SK Patil, Ashok Mehta, Tarakeswari Sinha, Sanjeeva Reddy along with our PT were on the one side and Indira along with the young brigade was on the other side. The old guard came to be known as Congress (Organization) & Indira’s was known as Congress (Ruling). The election took place and Giri won. The DMK (MuKa was the CM) supported Indira. The split in Congress did not affect the TN unit as 99% of the party was with PT. Only a handful of people like CS, MB, KTKosalram, Gboovaraghavan, RVSaminathan & PChidambaram had gone to Indira’s fold. NT when asked about his choice said “ Raman irukkum idame seethaikku Ayodhi. Perunthalaivar irukkumidame enakku Congress.”
From here NT’s active politics started. He decided to make use of his fans in a constructive manner and all Mandrams that were operating were brought under a single umbrella- Akila India Sivaji Ganesan Rasikar Mandram. Sivaji Rasikar Mandram was the first one of its kind to become more organized. Chinna Annamalai was named the President and office started functioning in Teynampet Congress Building. The primary aim was to form a solid base for Congress and all these Mandrams worked as Congress utkilaikal. Only after seeing this, the MGR Mandrams were organized and there also the Potti Manapanmai came out when MGR named it as Akila Ulaga MGR Rasikar Mandram. Musiri Puthan became its President. (It was another comedy story that after some time MGR himself became the President of this. When the anomaly was pointed out, MGR changed the name to Akila Ulaga MGR Mandram).
Now having brought the fans under one fold, NT wanted them to get a clear message. He wanted to meet all and a conference was thought of. Every year the fans were celebrating NT’s birthday on Oct 1st and that was considered to be the apt date and the next day being Gandhi Jayanthi, a holiday, and a 2-day conference was arranged on 1st & 2nd of October 1970. The venue was Salem. The first day celebrations were for cinema people and the second day was political in nature. The crowds that thronged Salem were unprecedented and NT by this conference had sent out a message that he and his fans will give their heart and soul to Congress. (Another interesting info on the sidelines was, it was in this conference that JJ participated and told the gathering that she did not know what was acting till she acted with NT. She having been sidelined by MGR for USV and just days before this conference, he was shooting at Expo-70 at Osaka, Japan and she further went on to say while some heroes will suppress others in their movie, NT will encourage every artist in the movie. She asked the people to watch out for her performance in Engiruntho Vandhal, which was getting released on Deepavali (ie) 29th October 1970). The conference was filmed and shown along with Engiruntho Vandhal, during movie’s interval and Major did the background voice.
Meanwhile the conference had caught the imagination of everybody and the opponents could not digest its massive victory. MGR fans wanted to show their might and they organized a reception for him, when he came back after the Japan shooting. From the airport, he was taken on a procession and deliberately they reached Mount Road and when they reached Shanthi, they started throwing stones and whatever they could lay their hands on. The Police was a silent spectator and on hearing this NT fans were outraged and there were widespread protests. Some aggressive fans were ready to go on a warpath and I remember a poster in our neighbourhood that warned “ Naangal Thiruppi Thakkinal Sathya Studio-ve irukkathu”. Again a point on the sidelines is MGR’s Engal Thangam released just after this (10.10.1970) received an average reception, whereas NT’s Engiruntho Vandhal & Sorgam both released on Deepavali day (29.10.1970) went on to complete 100 days.
While such things were happening in TN, at Delhi Indira was bringing in legislations such as Nationalisation of Banks and abolition of Privy Purses to the royal families. The DMK was supporting her and so were the left. But since the Congress was split she was just scrapping thro’. In Rajya Sabha, she had just half way mark and when the bills were put to motion, it was defeated by a single vote. The culprit was none other than our SSR. He later gave the reason that he was suffering from Dysentery and that’s why he could not be present during voting. But unconfirmed sources said something else as the reason.
The Supreme Court had also struck down the legislations and Indira took an Adhiradi Mudivu. She recommended dissolution of Parliament and fresh elections were announced. On seeing this MuKa also recommended dissolution and fresh elections.
The Congress (O) leaders in other states may or may not have been ready for elections, but in TN, Congress was ready and now Rajaji realizing his earlier mistake of supporting DMK made common cause with PT and the whole of TN welcomed the joining of these two leaders. The Congress workers were on the field and NT fans fresh from the Salem conference started doing fieldwork. NT announced his election campaign, taking a break from shooting. He started from Tiruthani, and he was presented with a Vel in the abode of Lord Muruga and NT said, with this he will complete the Soora Samharam. The crowds that NT drew throughout his campaign were unprecedented and people were waiting past midnight to see and hear NT (No deadline of 10 pm, during those days) and wherever he went it looked like people wanted a change. PT was getting huge crowds and the joint meeting of PT & Rajaji at Marina was supposed to be the biggest ever. Why, even Cho who took up campaigning (his Thuglak was just 1 year old at that time) drew a mammoth crowd at Marina. Of course MGR & MuKa were also on tour and they were also getting big crowds. But there was news that Intelligence report (now the much accused Ulavu Thurai) gave Congress an edge. Indira, now on the mission of political elimination of her opponents made the first cardinal mistake of aligning with DMK. She started the downfall of Congress by this and till now Congress is unable to come out of this vicious circle of aligning with either of the Dravidian parties. Her only aim was to defeat PT and DMK sensing this treated Indira Congress in the worst possible manner. MuKa refused to give even a single assembly seat to IC and offered just 10 Parliament seats to it. Even Indira’s intervention did not help and people like CS and all accepted this. Indira met the elections with the slogan Gharibi Hato and the Congress old guard was unable to match the firepower of Chandrasekar (who later became PM) and company who were called as young Turks (Yuva Thurukkiyar). The elections were held in March 1971 (in fact NT had a release on the election day itself (i.e.) Arunodayam on Mar 5th, 1971) and the results were out in a couple of days. To every NT fans’ dismay, Congress alliance was routed and it could secure just 16 seats and Swatantra just 1. DMK finished with 184, a record till now. In parliament election results, Indira swept the polls and got two-thirds majority and in TN, out of 39 Parliament seats only PT emerged successful from Nagerkoil. It was unbelievable. People talked about malpractices and the use of Russian ink was widely talked about, in the sense the indelible mark was fast vanishing and this helped bogus voting, it was alleged. Nobody could really tell what went wrong. PT the ever-genuine person he is, dismissed these talks with his customary response (Maiyellam summanen, Makkal namakku vote podale, avvalauthanen). So Indira and MuKa assumed power with brute majority.
One reason that could point to the reversal of fortunes may lie in the fact that our TN people always voted for the same party in Parliament and assembly elections, if elections for both were held together. See they voted for Congress for both Parliament & Assembly in 1952,1957.1962. People voted for DMK alliance in 1967 & 1971. They voted for ADMK alliance in 1984 & 1991. They gave their verdict in favour of DMK-TMC alliance in 1996. Joint elections happened in the above mentioned years. When it was held separately, people gave a different verdict, like voting for DMK-Congress alliance in 1980 January for Parliament and voting for ADMK for assembly in 1980 June. Same way people voted for DMK in 1989 Jan assembly elections and for ADMK-Congress alliance in 1989 Nov Parliament elections. Well this is my thinking.
As the results were out, one question loomed large in front of Congress (O) people and NT fans. What next? What is our job hereafter? People were waiting for directions.
Friends, as this phase covers a lot of happenings, it is becoming too lengthy. I will break here and post the 1971-1975 happenings separately in 2-3 days time, which was also an important phase in NT’s political career.
Joe,
What Tamil font should I download to read your postings in Tamil?
Regards
Tsc avarangal or Avarangal font or install ekalppai tool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Murali Srinivas
Btw,Between just to read my posts ,unicode support is enough,since I post in unicode.
Dear Joe Anne and Murali Srinivas Anne and others
Tamil ofcourse will be the most beautiful thing to read but a request to you all....
I wish this thread gets read by friends from all languages and hence please post in English only
This will enlighten friends who cannot read tamil to know more about OUR NT
Thanks
Murali Srinivas
Thalai suthudhu !! so many events have happened !!
Pl continue with your stupendous work !
THIS THREAD IS REACHING ITS PEAK I FEEL NOW !
Just one digression....
when did RV stood for South Madras Constituency ....was it during 77 elections ? I think Murasoli Maran was the opponent .....
digression ends....
Murali,
Just to read tamil unicode ,no need to download anything if you are using win XP and above.If you are using IE ,just choose View-encoding-Unicide(UTF-8) in IE
This thread has not even taken off....what do you mean peaked.? Let us stick to NT....I feared that we were getting into politics...thank god...During one of my visits to Boag Road(as it was called then)...after the political/election disaster - he had spent over 1.5 crores...he told me,'ellarayum kadankarangala vittuttu porein."...I told him that he is not going anywhere and that everything that is there is his blood,sweat and tears,so he shouldn't feel bad about it and that the family will easily overcome this setback.In fact after he finished the election campaign and retired to his "thottam" in soorakottai, he told my friend..."pochchuda,onnumey theiradhu...ellarum ennai rasikuraanga...nambamattaanga pola irukkuthu."
He knew the pulse....
Regarding the memorial,I had mentioned earlier...the memorial site is very close to the residence of Judges/Ministers etc and the Road leading to their Residence passes through the memorial and had to be relocated....there are some problems,they are being addressed,albeit a bit slowly,probably because of the elections....the family,the fans and friends of NT are well aware of it.In fact I am confidant that post elections work will soon commence.Porumai.....Bhoomi aluvome.
I am fascinated by Mr.Murali Srinivas,must meet him. :!: :D :!:
Welcome back Mr. Mohanram .....vanakkam
Atleast visit us once in 3 days pls ....
Murali Srinivas....... NOW ITS VASHISHTAR VAAYAL BRAHMARISHI
Oru artist ungalai paaraatumbodhu yetru kollungal ....
continue with your splendid work