MGR ------- Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR.He was an Indian actor(TAMIL) and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for ten years between 1977 and 1987. He was the first film actor to become a chief minister in INDIA. M.G.R's autobiography ‘Naan Yaen Piranthaen’ (‘Why I was born’) was published in 2003 .