TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Pandian, M.S.S.
AU  - M S S Pandian.
TI  - The Image Trap
U1  - 320.9 PAN 
PY  - 1992///
CY  - , New Delhi
PB  - : Sage Publications
KW  - Social Science
KW  - Image
KW  - Films and Politics
N2  - 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
ER  -