Screengrab of artists performing a track in “Naalai Namadhe,” a movie starring MGR. Photograph: X/@narendramodi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (February 8, 2026) mentioned that his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim is a “large fan” of MGR, similar to “a number of of us in India,” as a track from the Tamil actor’s film ‘Naalai Namathe’ was offered throughout a lunch hosted for the Indian chief.
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Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, popularly often called MGR, was a widespread Indian actor, director and producer who based Tamil Nadu’s All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) get together and went on to change into Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister. He died in 1987.
‘Naalai Namadhe’ is without doubt one of the actor’s a number of blockbusters, launched in 1975.
“On the lunch hosted by my buddy, PM Anwar Ibrahim, one of many songs sung was Naalai Namathe, from a film starring the good MGR!,” PM Modi posted on X.
Mr. Modi added that “PM Anwar Ibrahim, like a number of of us in India, is a giant fan of MGR!” Malaysia has the second-largest Indian-origin neighborhood, largely Tamils, on the earth.
Earlier, PM Modi, who’s on a two-day go to to Malaysia, whereas addressing a neighborhood programme in Kuala Lumpur, mentioned that “members of the Tamil diaspora in Malaysia are serving society in numerous fields and famous that the Tamil diaspora has been current in Malaysia for a lot of centuries.”
He mentioned that, impressed by this historical past, India had established the Thiruvalluvar Chair on the College of Malaya and would now arrange a Thiruvalluvar centre to additional strengthen shared heritage.
Revealed – February 08, 2026 01:17 pm IST