1. Murasoli Maran was an Indian politician and an important leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party which was headed by his maternal uncle and mentor, M Karunanidhi.
13 Facts About Murasoli Maran
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Apart from being a politician, Maran was a journalist and scriptwriter for films too.
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Murasoli Maran was born on 17 August 1934 to Shanmugasundari, the elder sister of M Karunanidhi, in Thirukkuvalai Village Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu.
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Murasoli Maran's younger son Dayanidhi Maran was an MP and his elder son Kalanithi Maran heads and owns the popular TV Network Sun TV.
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Murasoli Maran was very vocal against Hindi being introduced in Tamil Nadu and for this he was arrested in 1965 during anti-Hindi agitations for his articles.
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Murasoli Maran was detained for a year under Maintenance of Internal Security Act during the emergency.
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Maran edited a daily newspaper in Tamil Murasoli published from Chennai.
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Murasoli Maran was an editor of The Rising Sun, a weekly in English.
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Murasoli Maran published Kungumam, Muththaram, Vannathirai and Sumangali in Tamil language.
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Murasoli Maran provided screen play and dialogues for more than twenty films in Tamil.
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Murasoli Maran has produced five and directed two films in Tamil.
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Murasoli Maran was awarded the President's Certificate of Merit and Tamil Nadu Government Award for three best feature films.
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Murasoli Maran died aged 69 on 23 November 2003 at Apollo Hospital in Chennai.