Ellis R. Dungan
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Ellis Roderick Dungan was an American film director, who was well known for working in Indian films, predominantly in Tamil cinema, from 1936 to 1950. He was an alumnus of the University of Southern C
Ellis R. Dungan directing M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and M. R. Santhanalakshmi in Ambikapathy (1937)
M. G. Ramachandran
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Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, popularly known by his initials M. G. R., was an Indian politician, actor, environmentalist and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 u
Ellis R. Dungan
…and moved to India in 1935. During his film career in South India, Dungan directed the debut films of several popular Tamil film actors, such as M. G. Ramachandran in Sathi Leelavathi, T. S. Balaiya, Kali N. Ratnam and N. S. Krishnan. An Irish-American, Dungan was born in Barton, Ohio. on May 11, 1909. He attended…
Portrait of M.G.R. from a 2017 commemorative stamp
Ramachandran in his debut film Sathi Leelavathi
Ramachandran with Janaki in Mohini (1948)
M. G. Ramachandran collecting the petitions from the public