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	\| birth_place = Vallathira Kottai, [[Pudukottai]] and [[Aranthangi]], [[Tamil Nadu]]		\| birth_place = Vallathira Kottai, [[Pudukottai]] and [[Aranthangi]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
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	He has been elected to the legislative assembly two times and to the legislative council three times. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in the Tirunelveli constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the Tamil Nadu state assembly bye-election in 1986 and in the [[Kangayam]] constituency of Tamil Nadu state assembly bye-election in 1991[2].		He has been elected to the legislative assembly two times and to the legislative council three times. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in the Tirunelveli constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the Tamil Nadu state assembly bye-election in 1986 and in the [[Kangayam]] constituency of Tamil Nadu state assembly bye-election in 1991[2].

			== MGR Kazhagam ==
			'''MGR Kazhagam''' (MGR Federation), a [[political party]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The president of MGR Kazhagam is [[R. M. Veerappan]], a former [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) founder and leader of the House.

			MGR Kazhagam supported the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK)-led [[Democratic Progressive Alliance]] in the 2004 [[Lok Sabha]] elections.and [[Bahujan Samaj Party\|BSP]] (tentatively) for 2026 upcoming elections.
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = R.M. Veerappan
| office1 = Minister for Information and Hindu Religious Endowments
| term_start1 = 30 June 1977
| term_end1 =17 February 1980
| term_start2 = 9 June 1980
| term_end2 =9 February 1985
| office3 = Minister for Local Administration
| term_start3 = 10 February 1985
| term_end3 = 24 December 1987
| term_start4 = 24 December 1987
| term_end4 = 7 January 1988
| term_start5 = 7 January 1988
| term_end5 = 30 January 1988
| office6 =Minister of Education and Youth Welfare
| term_start6 = 24 June 1991
| term_end6 = 12 May 1996
| birth_date = {{ Birth date and age|df=yes|1926|09|09}}
| birth_place = Vallathira Kottai, [[Pudukottai]] and [[Aranthangi]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]], [[AIADMK]], [[MGR Kazhagam]]
| occupation = [[Politician]], [[Film producer|Producer]]
| spouse = Rajammal
| children = 6
| parents = Ramasamy (father), Deivanai (mother)
}}
'''R. M. Veerappan''' (also referred to as RMV or Rama Veerappan) is an Indian politician, an early Dravidian Leader, and a movie producer and screenwriter from the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He is the founder and leader of the [[MGR Kazhagam]] party.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071028170917/http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/10/stories/2006091011770400.htm R.M. Veerappan always yearned for Dravidian unity: Karunanidhi]</ref> He served as a Cabinet Minister in five governments from 1977 to 1996, is a three-time [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Council|Member of Legislative Council]] and a two-time member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]. He was the Leader of the House for Legislative Assembly and Leader of ADMK party of the Legislative Council. He was the architect behind the ADMK organization, unified the MGR fan clubs for the party formation. He was called as the 'Chanakya' of AIADMK politics in the 70's and 80's.<ref>{{Cite web|title=R.M. Veerappan steals a march over his political foe Jayalalitha|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19860215-r.m.-veerappan-steals-a-march-over-his-political-foe-jayalalitha-800591-1986-02-15|date=15 February 1986|first=S. H.|last=Venkatramani|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Succession battle erupts between Veerappan and Jayalalitha as MGR falls ill|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19851130-succession-battle-erupts-between-veerappan-and-jayalalitha-as-mgr-falls-ill-802209-2014-01-21|date=21 January 2015|first=S. H.|last=Venkatramani|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Raising The Dead |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/raising-the-dead/200677|website=www.outlookindia.com/|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref>

== Political and entertainment career ==
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RMV was introduced to [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy|Periyar]] in [[Karaikudi]] by [[Rama Subbaiah (politician)|Rama Subbaiah]]. He soon began to follow his Dravidian ideologies. He moved to Erode with Periyar and was there with him for some time. He met many other Dravidian leaders. He subsequently joined K R Ramaswamy's Krishnan Drama Company as supervisor. During this period, he became an admirer of [[Arignar Anna]] and also friends with Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan. The company was closed in 1950 and R. M. V. went to Madras.

In 1953 he met MGR through the advice of his mentor C N Annadurai and joined his drama company as Manager, later becoming an executive director of the Company Em.Gee.Yar Pictures. ''Nadodi Mannan'' was the first film under this banner which was released on 22 August 1958. The company later filmed ''Adimai Penn'' and ''Ulagam sutrum Valiban''.

RMV later started his own production house and the banner's debut movie titled "Deiva Thai," with MGR in the lead role, was released in 1964. Director [[Kailasam Balachander|K Balachander]] made his debut into the Tamil film industry by writing the dialogues for this movie. Following that, MGR and RMV appeared together in many movies under this banner, such as ''Naan Anayittal'', ''Kaavalkaran'', ''Kannan En Kadhalan'' and ''Idhaya Kani''. ''Rickshawkaran'', produced by Sathya Movies, helped MGR achieve the National award for his performance. In addition to this, the production house made films including ''Kadhal Parisu'', ''Kakki Chattai'', ''Ranuva Veeran'', ''Moondru Mugam'', ''Thanga Magan'', ''Oor Kavalan'', ''Panakaran'', ''Baasha'', ''Mandhira Punnagai'', and ''Puthiya Vaanam''. Among his movies, ''Basha'', was remarkable and set box office records in all major South Indian languages.

RMV was using the super star status of MGR to propagate the DMK ideologies in his films and Rickshawkaran was a prime example where the movie was used to propagate Arignar Anna's DMK ideology during 1971 elections. When MGR moved out of the DMK following differences with [[M. Karunanidhi]] in 1972, RMV organised the fan clubs and helped him in starting the [[AIADMK party]]. In 1984, while MGR was ill, K. RMV, oversaw the party proceedings and election campaigning. Following the death of MGR in 1987, the party broke up into two factions where the larger faction was headed by him. He garnered support of 98 MLA's to instill V.N. Janaki as the Chief Minister and then later reconciled with [[J. Jayalalithaa]]'s faction and was the Joint General Secretary of the party.

He has been elected to the legislative assembly two times and to the legislative council three times. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in the Tirunelveli constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the Tamil Nadu state assembly bye-election in 1986 and in the [[Kangayam]] constituency of Tamil Nadu state assembly bye-election in 1991[2].

== Literary and social service activities ==
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He is the founder and President of Kamban Kazhagam and Azhvargal Aaiyvu Maiyam. He also runs an education trust which funds the education of the oppressed.

== Family life ==
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R.M.V married Thirumathi Rajammal on 12 March 1956, in Thiruparangundram. The wedding was conducted in the Tamil tradition under Arignar Anna. They have 3 daughters and 3 sons. The eldest daughter, Thirumathi Selvi, married [[T. G. Thyagarajan]] of Sathya Jyothi Films, son of Thiru. Venus Govindarajan of Venus Pictures.

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
! Year
! Film
!Cast
!class=unsortable| Notes
|-
| 1964 ||''[[Dheiva Thaai]]''
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]], [[Saroja Devi]], [[M. N. Nambiar]]
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|-
| 1966 ||''[[Naan Aanaiyittal]]''
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]], [[Saroja Devi]], [[K. R. Vijaya]]
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|-
| 1967 ||''[[Kaavalkaaran (1967 film)|Kaavalkaaran]]''
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]], [[Jayalalithaa]], [[Sivakumar]]
|
|-
| 1968 ||''[[Kannan En Kadhalan]]''
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]], [[Jayalalithaa]], [[Vanisri]]
|
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Kanni Penn]]''
|[[Jaishankar]], [[Vanisri]], [[Lakshmi]], [[Sivakumar]]
|
|-
| 1971 ||''[[Rickshawkaran]]''
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]], [[Manjula Vijayakumar|Manjula]]
|
|-
| 1973 ||''[[Manipayal]]''
|[[A.V.M. Rajan]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], [[Master Sekhar]]
|
|-
| 1975 ||''[[Idhayakkani]]''
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]], [[Radha Saluja]]
|
|-
| 1980||''[[Oru Velladu Vengaiyagiradhu]]''
|[[Sivakumar]], [[Saritha]]
|
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Ranuva Veeran]]''
|[[Rajinikanth]], [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Sridevi]]
|
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Moondru Mugam]]''
|[[Rajinikanth]], [[Raadhika Sarathkumar|Raadhika]], [[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]]
|
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Thanga Magan (1983 film)|Thanga Magan]]''
|[[Rajinikanth]], [[Poornima Jayaram]], [[Jaishankar]]
|
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Kakki Sattai]]''
|[[Kamal Haasan]], [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]
|
|-
| 1986 || ''Mandhira Punnagai''
|[[Sathyaraj]], [[Nadhiya]], [[Sujitha]]
|
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Oorkavalan]]''
|[[Rajinikanth]], [[Raadhika Sarathkumar|Raadhika]], [[Raghuvaran]]
|
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Kadhal Parisu]]''
|[[Kamal Haasan]], [[Radha (actress)|Radha]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]
|
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Puthiya Vaanam]]''
|[[Sathyaraj]], [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Rupini]], [[Gauthami]]
|
|-
| 1989 || ''[[En Thangai (1989 film)|En Thangai]]''
|[[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], [[Gauthami]]
|
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Panakkaran]]''
|[[Rajinikanth]], [[Gautami]], [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]
|
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Nila Pennae]]''
|[[Anand (actor)|Anand]], [[Divya Bharati]]
|
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Pudhu Manithan]]''
|[[Sathyaraj]], [[Bhanupriya]], [[Sarath Kumar]]
|
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Enga Thambi]]''
|[[Prashanth (actor)|Prashanth]], [[Subhashri]], [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]
|
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Baashha]]''
|[[Rajinikanth]], [[Nagma]], [[Raghuvaran]]
|
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Em Magan]]''
|[[Bharath (actor)|Bharath]], [[Gopika]], [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]
|
|-
|}

<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/For-the-second-time-AIADMK-wins-election-with-its-leader-in-hospital/articleshow/55570149.cms | title=For the second time, AIADMK wins election with its leader in hospital | first=B | last=Sivakumar | date=23 November 2016 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=22 September 2019 }}</ref>

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