MG Ramachandran : There is information about the incident where MGR got angry saying who will look at my face for 2 hours.
During the time when the actor was acting in MGR films, he used to talk to the producers first about which actors and actresses should act with him in subsequent films and get their call sheet. That’s how he would commit both Sarojadevi and Nagesh to act in his films continuously.
Once the producer of a film talked to MGR about the film and told him that the entire film should be shot in such a way that only your character is exposed. Even then MGR said to leave it all alone but commit to cast Nagesh first in the film.
To that the producer Nagesh said, “What a big Nagesh MGR’s market, where is MGR’s market now? MGR, can you say this yourself, only you should act in this film.” MGR, who was a bit tensed, said that if they show only my face for two hours, no one will see it, and they will fight.
If actors like Nagesh and Manoramma are in our film, the film will be good. It will be exciting for the audience too, so first of all you have said that you should commit Nagesh to act in this film. Director Viji said in a recent interview that this is a big thing to say.
