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M. G. Chakrapani
Vadavannur, Kingdom of Cochin, British India
Marudur Gopala Chakrapani (13 January 1911 – 17 August 1986), commonly known as M. G. Chakrapani or Ettan ("elder brother" in Malayalam), was an Indian actor based in the Tamil fi…
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Marudur Gopala Chakrapani (13 January 1911 – 17 August 1986), commonly known as M. G. Chakrapani or Ettan ("elder brother" in Malayalam), was an Indian actor based in the Tamil film industry. He was the elder brother of actor-politician M. G. Ramachandran. Chakrapani was born in Vadavannur, Kingdom of Cochin (now Kerala), on 13 January 1911. His parents, Gopala Menon and Sathyabhama, named him Neelakantan, but was soon changed to Chakrapani because of his father's religious beliefs. Soon after his birth, the family migrated to Ceylon where Chakrapani's two younger siblings (brother M. G. Ramachandran and a sister) were born. His father, Gopala Menon, worked as a magistrate in Kandy, until he suffered an early death. Chakrapani's sister also died while they were in Ceylon. Sathyabhama took her sons to Kumbakonam, India to be close to her brother. Chakrapani studied at Yanaiadi School, but left after the seventh grade. His mother then enrolled him and Ramachandran in the Madurai Original Boys Company (MOBC), a professional Tamil theatre company, where Ramachandran found success, but Chakrapani did not.
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1975
Naalai Namadhe
Movie Devdass
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1974
Netru Indru Naalai
Movie Manavalan Thangappapuram, Manickum alias Kumar father
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1973
Ulagam Sutrum Valiban
Movie
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1972
Idhaya Veenai
Movie
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1969
Nam Naadu
Movie Producer
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1967
Arasa Kattalai
Movie Self
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1962
Rani Samyuktha
Movie Shankaroy
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1961
Manithan Maravillai
Movie Director
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1960
Mannadhi Mannan
Movie
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1959
Thaai Magalukku Kattiya Thaali
Movie Sundara Mudaliar
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1959
Nalla Theerpu
Movie
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1958
Kadan Vaangi Kalyanam
Movie Producer
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1958
Nadodi Mannan
Movie
- 1956
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1955
Gunasundari
Movie Producer
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1954
Malaikallan
Movie
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1953
Genova
Movie General Annas
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1953
Naam
Movie
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1952
Kalyanam Panni Paar
Movie Producer
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1952
En Thangai
Movie Karunagaram Pillai
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1952
Amarakavi
Movie
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1950
Thigambara Samiar
Movie Pattabhi Raman
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1948
Raja Mukthi
Movie Minister
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1947
1000 Thalaivangi Apoorva Chinthamani
Movie Neethikethu
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1946
Sri Murugan
Movie
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1939
Maya Machindra
Movie
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1936
Iru Sahodarargal
Movie
