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

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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 23:32, 10 November 2017 (UTC) [1].[reply]

M. G. Ramachandran filmography edit

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

Nominator(s): — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 17:17, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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”.

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)[reply]

@Aoba47: 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

@Pavanjandhyala: Your comments have been resolved. — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 09:08, 21 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the timely response. I support this nomination's promotion to FL. Regards, Pavanjandhyala (talk) 09:29, 21 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Pavanjandhyala: Thank you, Pavanjandhyala. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated. — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 10:40, 21 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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?

@FrB.TG: No, he starred in them. — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 10:56, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

~~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.~~

@FrB.TG: 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)[reply]

~~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)~~[reply]

@FrB.TG: I have hopefully resolved your remaining comments, Frank. — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 10:56, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Support on prose. – FrB.TG (talk) 13:27, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@FrB.TG: Thank you, Frank. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated. — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 14:28, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

@FrB.TG: 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)[reply]

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.

Support – My comment is very minor so I'll support now. Great job! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 21:20, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@BeatlesLedTV: Thank you, BeatlesLedTV. Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated. — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 10:57, 6 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

@Giants2008: 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)[reply]

I'd say this source review is a pass, in that case. Giants2008 (Talk) 23:01, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Source review

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)[reply]

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