மன்னாதி மன்னனுக்கு மற்றுமொரு மகுடம்
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பத்மஸ்ரீ முனைவர் ஔவை நடராசன்
அவர்களின் சிறப்புரை
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பகுதி-229
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திரு.கண்ணன் மொழியாக்கங்கள் – பகுதி – 17
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அமெரிக்க கண்ணன் அவர்கள் புரட்சித்தலைவர் எம்.ஜி.ஆர். அவர்களின் திரையிசைப் பாடல்களை அருமையாக மொழிபெயர்த்ததை தொடராக பார்த்தீர்கள். இந்நூலில் பேரறிஞர் அண்ணாவைப் பற்றிய அறிமுகத்தை மிக அற்புதமாக அவர் எழுதியுள்ளது, ஒரு பானை சோற்றுக்கு ஒரு சோறு பதம் என்பதுபோல உள்ளது. அது உங்கள் பார்வைக்கு….
INTRODUCTION TO ANNA
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MGR attributes the good fortune’ of making Anna his elder brother, teacher and guide to DVN. MGR had seen Anna and DVN perform in Anna’s Chandrodayam (Moonrise), the play, at Victoria Public Hall, Madras. MGR was so impressed by DVN’s performance that he came to look upon him as ‘brother. They would meet a couple of times after this. MGR liked DVN’s altruism and concern for artists, and his belief that social change should come speedily. DVN turned a blind eye to MGR’s homespun dothes, the black-beaded chain he wore from Tirupati, his ash-smeared forehead and the vermilion between his eyebrows. Wishing to enlist MGR to his mission, he discussed with him the nation’s state of affairs, an area of interest to both. NSK had already prepared MGR to pay attention to new ideas and DVN now attempted to take this further, readying MGR to experiment with them.
DVN had seen MGR’s dash and agility in the film Maya Macheendra. One day, he asked if MGR would like to act in their party’s play penned by Anna. MGR quickly nodded agreement. DVN offered him the role of Shivaji in Sivaji Kanda Hindu Rajyam, which Anna had written with ĐVN in mind.
When they went to see Anna in 1944, at his relative Ettiappan’s house on Karuppanna Mudali Street, Chintadripet, he was on the terrace with S.V. Lingam, a party stalwart.” Bare-bodied, with a shawl wrapped around him, and in his veshti, Anna was surrounded by books, papers and pens. MGR noted how simple Anna was. He remained so until the very end, even after his rise to power. He cared little for his appearance or sartorial elegance. He wore no watch and often sported stubble. It was A major concession if he shaved. Anna had few possessions. His younger brothers and sisters of the DMK, whom he viewed as one family, of which he was the elder brother, were his only possession. Anna’s heart and head were in the right place, and humanism towered over all his other attributes. He described himself as a commoner and lived as one. As chief minister, he said that it is the common man’s ‘point of view that matters most’ and he claimed to represent him in all his ruggedness’. By then, he had already blossomed into a tall leader and a fine statesman. His years in office were the pride of the Tamils, the renaissance of their political power and the coming of the common man.
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