Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/M. G. Ramachandran filmography/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 23:32, 10 November 2017 (UTC).

M. G. Ramachandran filmography

 * Nominator(s): —  Ssven2  Looking at you, kid 17:17, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because M. G. Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, is one of Tamil cinema's biggest icons (alongside Sivaji Ganesan) and a very important figure in Dravidian politics. His body of work encompasses 130-odd films. He has been in the industry for 42 years. Constructive comments are most welcome. — Ssven2  Looking at you, kid 17:17, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Great work with this list. I have only have two relatively minor comments so I will support this. Good luck with this. Aoba47 (talk) 20:02, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Comments from Aoba47
 * In the following sentence (In the latter he featured in dual roles, as a king and a commoner, for the first time in his career.), add a comma after “In the latter”.
 * In this phrase (Also made in Tamil with the same title) in the “Films” table, I would provide a link for “Tamil”.
 * Your two comments have been resolved. Thanks again, Aoba. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated. —  Ssven2  Looking at you, kid 09:31, 20 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Comments from Pavanjandhyala
 * "On approaching M. Kandasamy Mudaliar, father of actor M. K. Radha, for a role in Ellis R. Dungan's 1936 film Sathi Leelavathi, Mudaliar requested the film's producer Marudachalam Chettiar to give him the role of a police inspector. Chettiar agreed and thus Ramachandran made his cinematic debut with this film." -- To be honest, this detailing is too much for a filmography list. Any specific reason for this inclusion?
 * A footnote for zamindar would help non-Indian readers.
 * "In 1969, he appeared as a prince who brings down a tyrant who usurps his throne and mistreats his people in K. Shankar's historical fiction film Adimaippenn, and as a government clerk who masquerades as a billionaire to bring down the corrupt trio of a doctor, a builder and a merchant in Nam Naadu (1969)." -- brings down repeats twice in the same sentence.

—  Pavanjandhyala (talk)  16:05, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Your comments have been resolved. —  Ssven2  Looking at you, kid 09:08, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the timely response. I support this nomination's promotion to FL. Regards,  Pavanjandhyala (talk)  09:29, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Pavanjandhyala. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated. —  Ssven2  Looking at you, kid 10:40, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Comments from FrB.TG
 * Ramachandran made his cinematic debut in Ellis R. Dungan's 1936 - I would scrap 'cinematic' since film is the only thing he seems to have done (professionally).
 * In addition to social dramas, Ramachandran received positive feedback and commercial success for his fantasy swashbuckler films such as Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956) - from "his" I am assuming he directed these films?
 * No, he starred in them. —  Ssven2  Looking at you, kid 10:56, 24 October 2017 (UTC)


 * I would de-link comedy drama.
 * where he featured as twins of stark opposite natures, one a coward and the other courageous - that's a little too much for a filmography.
 * I have removed "stark". I specified this as Enga Veettu Pillai is one of his most significant films. —  Ssven2  Looking at you, kid 10:56, 24 October 2017 (UTC)


 * with his role in the latter also garnering him acclaim → also garnering acclaim for the latter
 * I would wiki-link rickshaw. Also, if it is auto rickshaw he drives in the film, I would be more specific.
 * The following year, he received the National Film Award for Best Actor for his role as a rickshaw driver in Rickshawkaran, making it the first film and him the first actor from South Indian cinema to do so - first actor from South Indian cinema to win the NFA or play a rickshaw driver? The former seems more likely but it can mean any of it the way it is phrased at the moment.
 * a scientist and a Central Bureau of Investigation officer - just CBI would do, I think. – FrB.TG (talk) 10:25, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I have hopefully resolved your remaining comments, Frank. —  Ssven2  Looking at you, kid 10:56, 24 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Support on prose. – FrB.TG (talk) 13:27, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Frank. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated. —  Ssven2  Looking at you, kid 14:28, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * No problem. I would appreciate some comments on the FLC of Beyonce videography (which has stalled) although I appreciate that it might not be of interest to you. – FrB.TG (talk) 20:37, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Not that it wouldn't be of interest to me. I'm on a break from reviewing anything now as per my talk page statement. Hope everything pans out well with your FLC. —  Ssven2  Looking at you, kid 09:44, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Support – My comment is very minor so I'll support now. Great job! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 21:20, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment from BeatlesLedTV
 * My only comment or concern is I think the year column should be centered. However, most of the other filmography featured lists don't have the year column centered so if you don't want to I think you'll be just fine.
 * Thank you, BeatlesLedTV. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated. —  Ssven2  Looking at you, kid 10:57, 6 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Source review – All of the references appear to be to reliable sources, and the link-checker shows no problems. While the references are generally well-formatted, there are a couple of minor issues that should be looked at. First, reference 15 has some improper all caps in the title that need to be fixed. Second, a couple of the full book cites have 10-digit ISBN numbers, when 13-digit numbers are the preferred style. There are ISBN converters you can search for online that will find the 13-digit numbers for you and make this easy to resolve. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 21:08, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Giants2008. I have resolved your queries. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated. —  Ssven2  Looking at you, kid 09:30, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I'd say this source review is a pass, in that case. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 23:01, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

One issue where the publisher looked like the url (DBSJeyaraj.com, not dbsjeyaraj.com), but the rest is fine and I just did it myself. Promoted. -- Pres N  22:10, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
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