Kamaraj (film)

Kamaraj Tamil is a 2004 Tamil biographical film directed by Balakrishnan made about the life of the Indian politician K. Kamaraj from Tamil Nadu, widely acknowledged as the Kingmaker in Indian politics during the 1960s. He was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu during 19541963 and a Member of Parliament during 19521954 and 19691975.

The narration is divided into three phases. The preIndependence period, depicting Kamarajs childhood, the influence of Satyamurthy, Kamarajs growth as a politician and his prison life.The second phase depicts his taking over as the Congress Chief Minister of the state, the reforms he tries to bring in, especially in education, his largesse and his bending the rules for a good causelike for the urgent eyeoperation of a kid. It also displayed his sense of humour like his response when his mother in the village sends word that she needed a fan and a blanket, his refusal to take advantage of his position asking for the newly installed tap to be removed from his villagehouse. ........

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