The Image Trap
Pandian, M.S.S.
creator
M S S Pandian.
text
New Delhi
: Sage Publications
, 1992
monographic
eng
166p. : 24cm.
This book examines the fascinating career of the late M G Ramachandran (or `MGR′), the film-actor-turned-politician of Tamilnadu.
The author begins by explaining why MGR′s career merits serious attention and then moves on to elaborate the various elements of the cinematic persona of MGR, to study the reasons for his acceptance at a popular level, to explore the roots of this popularity and finally to analyze his transition into political life.
/M.S.S. Pandian.
Social Science
Image
Films and Politics
320.9 PAN
: Donated by Prof. Ines. G. Zupanov & Jabin Thomas(IRGS)
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