Tamil Cinema's First Superstar: M.K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar's Rise and Fall

Imagine a movie star who was so famous in India that everyone knew his name – that was M.K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, the first big star of Tamil movies.

He had a beautiful singing voice and was great at acting, starting on stage before moving to movies in the 1930s.

His movie 'Haridas' was a massive hit and played in theaters for a super long time, longer than almost any other movie back then!

He even owned a fancy car, which was rare for celebrities at the time.

But then, something sad happened.

He was arrested because police thought he might be involved in a famous murder case.

Even though he was later found innocent and let go, being in jail and on trial made people see him differently, and his amazing career ended too soon.

Now, his life story is being made into a new movie.