It is a
well-known fact that Jayalalitha was chosen by MGR as his successor (not
directly, though). MGR had even taken risk of alienating his family, friends
and thousands of core supporters in his bid to launch an actress in the
politics. The relationship between them has remained one of the most
interesting love-hate affairs of India. There is no doubt that MGR was
attracted towards Jayalalitha. However, it is also widely believed that he
treated Jayalalitha in an inhuman way which even led to Jayalalitha deciding
not to be in a relationship with any man in future (well, Sobhan Babu has also
played a part in this of her decision). After the death of Jayalalitha, people
again got interest in this relationship.
Love Story of MGR and Jayalalitha
The relationship
between these two political stalwards of India started on-screen. Their
chemistry had become an instant hit and the couple had given 28 hits. MGR and
Jayalalitha remained the most iconic on screen pair of Tamil Cinema.
Jayalalitha fell
in love with MGR. She wanted him to marry her. MGR was also quite close to her,
but was taking this relationship on a professional level. He was miffed when
Jayalalitha showed interest in his personal life and proposed him to marry. MGR
refused and they drifted apart. Jayalalitha then fell in love with another man
Sobhan Babu who was also married. Interestingly, same thing again happened and
Sobhan Babu also refused to marry Jayalalitha saying that his wife and children
matter a lot for him.
There is no
denying that MGR was a mentor to Jayalalitha, both in the film industry and in
the politics. After becoming the Chief Minister, he had convinced Jayalalitha
to join AIADMK and directly take on his arch rival M. Karunanidhi. Jayalalitha
started to again get close to him. Further, her political graph was also
increasing which created a sort of jealousy in other senior AIADMK.
The relationship
again started to nose dive and a moment came when MGR and Jayalalitha were not
even making eye contact. Credit goes to MGR for not obstructing Jayalalitha in
her political work.
When MGR was
hospitalized in the hospital, first in India and then to the USA, Jayalalitha
was not even allowed to see him. It is THIS issue that has given major boost to
Deepa because she was also not allowed to see her aunt Jayalalitha in the
Apollo Hospital by Sasikala.
If you look into
the personal lives of these two charismatic personalities, you may find it
tough to believe that they were in any sort of romantic relationship. MGR was
31 years elder to Jayalalitha. In an interview, Amma had said that MGR had
become everything for him – father, mother, friend, guide and philosopher. He
was a person with whom anyone can fall in love. She further added that they
were not having any romantic relationship off screen.
Still, people
are not ready to believe that these two towering personalities were not
romantically involved. Many call Jayalalitha as a mistress of MGR calling the
latter as a womanizer. I think it is not good on the part of us to recklessly
say anything about two persons when both of them are no more.
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