Randor Guy

Article summary

Madabhushi Rangadorai ( ; 8 November 1937 – 23 April 2023), better known by his pen name Randor Guy ( ), was an Indian lawyer, columnist and film and legal historian associated with the English language newspaper The Hindu. He was also the official editor of the weekly column "Blast from the Past" that appeared in The Hindu for many years; in this series Randor Guy wrote about not so well known details of Tamil movies and the personalities (producers, directors, movie stars, lyricists, featured songs and box office collections), produced since the mid-1930s to the late 1960s.

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1. date of birth: 1937-11-08 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of death: 2023-04-23 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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