Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran Born on January 17, died 1917 December 24, 1987 popularly known as MGR எம்.ஜி.ஆர்., Puracthi Nadigar, Ponmana Chemmal, Makkal Thilakam and Puratchi Thalaivar was a long time leading Tamil film actor and Chief Minister of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death.