When the Tamil movie industry was primarily dialogue-driven, MGR turned the tide around by packaging small pockets of profound wisdom in his film songs.

Eminent Tamil poets like Bharathiyar, Bharathidasan and Kannadasan joined hands with the enigmatic numero uno star of Tamil Cinema, MG Ramachandran or MGR.

The profound meaning and wisdom in MGR’s film songs were highly liberating and morale-boosting for the common folk, who cherished the songs delivered by MGR close to their heart.

The songs hit the bull’s eye of the heart of the common man whose mundane sufferings in life they addressed. Yet, they had so much of heightened esoteric philosophy inherent in them in different multiple layers.

Such was the magic of a combination like MGR as the protagonist delivering the lines of Kavi Arasu (King among Lyricists) Kannadhasan, Paavendhar Bharathidasan, Bharathiyar and so on and so forth.

Not only did the songs enchant...