Tamil film
industry has given many towering personalities. Some of the biggest names were
intricately involved with each other and remained so throughout their life –
MGR – Jayalalitha, MGR – Karunanidhi and MGR – Rajnikanth. There is an
interesting real life story of a rift between MGR and Rajnikanth. It is nothing
short of a film script.
Conflict Between Rajnikanth and MGR
Even when the
filmy graph of MGR was going down and his political graph was at the
culmination point, he had remained interested in the personal life of Tamil
actresses. His relationship with Jayalalitha is well-known. After becoming CM,
he had asked Jayalalitha to join politics even though they had broken apart few
years back. Another lady with whom MGR was involved was Latha.
Rajnikanth, the
new super star, was also having a crush for Latha. They were close friends and
MGR had no problem with that. However, one fine morning, Rajnikanth had
proposed Latha for marriage.
Latha asked Rajni
to wait and let her ponder over this. One day later, Latha accepted Rajni
proposal and they decided to get married. Hearing this news, MGR got angry. He
instantly called Rajni and asked him to back off which Rajni instantly refused.
MGR asked him to come to Ramavaram Garden for discussion. When Rajnikanth
reached Ramavaram Garden, more than 50 goons were waiting for him. Rajni was
thrashed badly by these people who were allegedly sent by MGR for this
purpose.
Karunanidhi and
Balachander then went to see MGR and convinced him to stop this conflict
immediately. They also conveyed that Rajni will not marry Latha.
As a matter of fact, Rajnikanth had married Latha few years later. However, here only the name was same.
He didn’t marry Latha, the actress, with whom he was in love. In the end, it
was MGR who won this battle of titans as he successfully stopped Rajnikanth
from marrying Latha.
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