digital desk,Chennai. Muthuvel Karunanidhi, a five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and an icon of the Dravidian movement, was one of the most respected screenwriters in the Tamil film industry.He wrote extensively on the difficulties faced by the common workers and labourers.The veteran DMK leader had once said in an interview that he promotes rationalism and equality in his films and had distanced himself from the life images of his characters.He had said that his characters are generally common people and lead a difficult life. The stories penned by Kalaignar generally had an impact on ordinary men and women and they looked up to Karunanidhi as a messiah to overcome their worries and difficulties.
M. Karunanidhi, who earned the title Kalaignar or artist through his writing, wrote scripts for 75 films, with the MGR starrer Rajkumari being his first. Incidentally, the veteran leader’s film Parasakthi saw the rise of another superstar of the Tamil film industry, Sivaji Ganesan. Karunanidhi’s last film for which he wrote the screenplay was Ponnar Shankar in 2011. After Rajkumari, Karunanidhi wrote the screenplay for Abhimanyu (1948) and then Marudhanattu Ilavarasi (1950). MGR was the hero in both the films.
Most of his films featured strong characters who fought against inequality, intolerance and misogyny, and had a strong sense of socialism and rationalism. The scripts also portrayed poverty at the bottom rungs of Tamil society. He once remarked that he had followed in the footsteps of his mentor, the Dravidian stalwart and first non-Congress chief minister of Tamil Nadu, CN Annadurai. Who was a respected screenwriter in the Tamil film industry. The film Naam, scripted by Kalaignar, showed the plight of the working class. The former CM had said in another interview that the film showed his passion for the communist movement and the ideal of equality.
While his film Thai Illa Pillai was based on caste, the second film Kanchi Thalaivan was based on the ideals of CN Annadurai. His life revolved around the film industry and his two main rivals in Tamil Nadu politics were MG Ramachandran and J.J. Jayalalithaa was also from the film industry. When MGR was at his peak, Karunanidhi appointed his elder son M.K. Tried to bring Muthu into the film industry as a counter to MGR but he did not succeed. MGR became immensely popular and was loved and respected in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere.
Interestingly, Kalaignar also staged plays like Ore Ratham, Palainappan, Manimagudum, Naane Arivali and Udhayasuryan. These plays were staged across the state and were mainly based on equality and Dalits. These plays and scripts changed the course of Tamil Nadu politics and through these scripts of Kalaignar Karunanidhi, the Dravidian ideology became a home in the minds of the people.
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