Well known as "Makkal Thilagam" (People's King) in Tamil Nadu, Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician, known for his work in the Tamil industry. Popularly called MGR, he made his acting debut in a supporting role in the 1936 film Sathi Leelavathi. MGR got his first lead role in the 1950 movie, Manthiri Kumari. It was written by current politician, M. Karunanidhi. But it was the 1954 movie, Malaikallan, which own the President's Silver Medal, that put MGR firmly amongst the top Tamil heroes of the era.

M. G. Ramachandran

Bhairappa Saroja Devi, known as B. Saroja Devi, is an Indian actress who has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies. She acted in around 200 films in over six decades. She is known by the epithets "Abhinaya Saraswathi" in Kannada and "Kannadathu Paingili" in Tamil. 

Saroja Devi

Enga Veetu Pillai (1965)

Ramu is the son of a rich landlord who runs away from his house to escape from his evil brother-in-law, Narendran. However, his lookalike, Ilango, soon replaces him and teaches Narendran a lesson.