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Tamil filmnindustry has given many towering personalities. Some of the biggest names werenintricately involved with each other and remained so throughout their life –nMGR – Jayalalitha, MGR – Karunanidhi and MGR – Rajnikanth. There is anninteresting real life story of a rift between MGR and Rajnikanth. It is nothingnshort of a film script.
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nConflict BetweennRajnikanth and MGR
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nEven when thenfilmy graph of MGR was going down and his political graph was at thenculmination point, he had remained interested in the personal life of Tamilnactresses. His relationship with Jayalalitha is well-known. After becoming CM,nhe had asked Jayalalitha to join politics even though they had broken apart fewnyears back. Another lady with whom MGR was involved was Latha.
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nRajnikanth, thennew super star, was also having a crush for Latha. They were close friends andnMGR had no problem with that. However, one fine morning, Rajnikanth hadnproposed Latha for marriage.
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nLatha asked Rajninto wait and let her ponder over this. One day later, Latha accepted Rajninproposal and they decided to get married. Hearing this news, MGR got angry. Heninstantly called Rajni and asked him to back off which Rajni instantly refused.nMGR asked him to come to Ramavaram Garden for discussion. When Rajnikanthnreached Ramavaram Garden, more than 50 goons were waiting for him. Rajni wasnthrashed badly by these people who were allegedly sent by MGR for thisnpurpose.
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nKarunanidhi andnBalachander then went to see MGR and convinced him to stop this conflictnimmediately. They also conveyed that Rajni will not marry Latha.
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As a matter of fact, Rajnikanth had married Latha few years later. However, here only the name was same.nHe didn’t marry Latha, the actress, with whom he was in love. In the end, itnwas MGR who won this battle of titans as he successfully stopped Rajnikanthnfrom marrying Latha.
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