M.G.R. was born in Kandy, Ceylon,[4] to a Melakkath Gopalan Menon and Maruthur Satyabhama[5] from Palakkad, in the modern-day state of Kerala.[6] Gopalan Menon died when M.G.R was just two and a half years old. Just after the death of his father his sister too had died due to ill health.
His mother had to struggle alone to bring up M.G.R and his brother. She took the decision to return to India and went back to Kerala where she failed to get the support of her relatives. With the support of Velu Nair of Kumbakonam, Satyabhama found employment as a housemaid and put both her sons in school with her paltry earnings.
It was in school that M.G.R started his acting career and joined the Boys Company drama troupe taking part in the rigorous training programs conducted by the troupe in the areas of singing, dancing, sword fighting, diction and memory with active interest and involvement. The challenges faced by him during his early life and childhood played an important role in shaping his character and political career. After a brief acting stint overseas with the help of Madras Kandasamy Mudaliar, during which he had play female roles, he returned to India and rejoined the Boys Company and started playing lead roles for the first time
His mother had to struggle alone to bring up M.G.R and his brother. She took the decision to return to India and went back to Kerala where she failed to get the support of her relatives. With the support of Velu Nair of Kumbakonam, Satyabhama found employment as a housemaid and put both her sons in school with her paltry earnings.
It was in school that M.G.R started his acting career and joined the Boys Company drama troupe taking part in the rigorous training programs conducted by the troupe in the areas of singing, dancing, sword fighting, diction and memory with active interest and involvement. The challenges faced by him during his early life and childhood played an important role in shaping his character and political career. After a brief acting stint overseas with the help of Madras Kandasamy Mudaliar, during which he had play female roles, he returned to India and rejoined the Boys Company and started playing lead roles for the first time
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