 According to The Times of India , Anbe Vaa emerged an " uncommon triumph " for M. G. Ramachandran , who had previously acted mainly in " scrappily made cop and robber flicks " . It was one of several films featuring Ramachandran which he used to propagate his ideologies during his election campaigns . Actor and film historian Mohan V. Raman noted that M. G. Ramachandran 's acceptance of the role " that went against the then accepted formula for an MGR film " was a demonstration of the actor 's faith in Tirulokchandar . Likewise , The Times of India noted , " A C Thirulokchander [ ... ] had imbibed the deportment by observing his role model L V Prasad - that film stars looked up to him . So much so that even the usually interfering MGR allowed himself to be moulded under the filmmaker 's baton in the film Anbe Vaa ( 1966 ) . " 
