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Sivaji Ganesan is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Playback Singer Indian born on 1 october 1928 at Viluppuram (Inde)

Sivaji Ganesan

Sivaji Ganesan
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Birth name Vettaithidal Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan
Nationality Inde
Birth 1 october 1928 at Viluppuram (Inde)
Death 21 july 2001 (at 72 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Awards Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, NTR National Award, Filmfare Awards South

Vettaithidal Chinnaiahpillai "Sivaji" Ganesan (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian stage and film actor active during the latter half of the 20th century and was one of the most respected film actors in India. He was well known for his versatility and acting skills with numerous roles depicted on screen, which gave him also the Tamil honorific name Nadigar Thillagam (English: the pride of actors). He progressed from a stage actor since his childhood to the filmdom with such an authority that the Tamil cinema considered as the golden era. In a career spanning close to five decades he has acted in nearly 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. His eidetic memory helped him remember his scripts at a glance.

Ganesan was the first Indian film actor to win a "Best Actor" award in an International film festival, the Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Cairo, Egypt in 1960. Many leading South Indian film actors have stated that their acting was influenced by Ganesan. He was also the first Indian actor to be made a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Ganesan is remembered as an iconic figure of Tamil cinema. He is referred to as "The Marlon Brando of Indian Cinema". He received the President's Award for Best Tamil Actor on numerous occasions. He is a recipient of four Filmfare Awards South and a National Film Award (Special Jury). In 1997, Ganesan was conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, highest honour for films in India. He received in 1998 the NTR National Award. In spite of his celebrated film career, his short stint in politics became a futile attempt.

Usually with

M.S.Viswanathan
M.S.Viswanathan
(95 films)
Aachi Manorama
Aachi Manorama
(86 films)
Sundarrajan
Sundarrajan
(76 films)
V K Ramasamy
V K Ramasamy
(78 films)
Nagesh
Nagesh
(77 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sivaji Ganesan (307 films)

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Chandramukhi
Chandramukhi (2005)
, 2h46
Directed by P. Vasu
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films, Comedy horror films
Actors Rajinikanth, Prabhu, Jyothika, Nayantara, Vadivelu, Malavika
Roles Senthilnathan's father (uncredited, only photo shown)
Rating71% 3.597833.597833.597833.597833.59783
Saravanan (Rajinikanth), a psychiatrist, visits India on vacation. He meets up with his foster brother Senthilnathan, alias Senthil (Prabhu), and his wife Ganga (Jyothika). Senthil's mother Kasthuri (K. R. Vijaya) wanted Senthil to marry Priya (Malavika), the daughter of his father's cousin Kandaswamy (Nassar), to reunite the two branches of the family after 30 years of separation because Senthil's father (Sivaji Ganesan) chose to marry Kasthuri instead of Kandaswamy's sister, Akhilandeshwari (Sheela). Saravanan learns that Senthil had bought the Vettaiyapuram mansion, despite attempts by the local village elders to dissuade them, and moves in with them. Akhilandeshwari is jealous of Saravanan and plots to kill him with the help of her assistant Oomaiyan (Sonu Sood).
Padayappa
Padayappa (1999)
, 3h12
Directed by K.S.Ravikumar
Genres Drama
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan, Soundarya, Lakshmi Narayan, Nassar
Roles Padayappa's Father
Rating81% 4.0956254.0956254.0956254.0956254.095625
Padayappa is an engineer who returns to his village from Chennai to attend his sister's wedding. His sister is engaged to their maternal uncle's son Suryaprakash. During his stay, he comes across Vasundhara, and falls in love with her. However, shyness and fear of Neelambari, her landlady, prevents Vasundhara from initially expressing her feelings. In addition, Neelambari is Suryaprakash's spoiled sister, who is madly in love with Padayappa.
Once More
Once More (1997)

Directed by S.A.Chandrasekhar
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Vijay, Simran, B. Saroja Devi, S. Manivannan, Anju Aravind
Roles Ganesan
Rating67% 3.395443.395443.395443.395443.39544
Vijay (Vijay) is a rich young business man, whose only one aim in life is to have fun, is the managing director of a big tea estate in Ooty and his company goes on a big loss because of his mismanagement. Vijay spends most of his time in partying and flirting with girls whenever he feels like. To manage the loss to his company, Vijay invites his father Rajasekar (who is in the United States) to come to India to sign some documents. As fate would have it, Vijay's father dies in a plane crash on his way to India. His maternal uncle (Manivannan) comes up with the idea of having another elderly person to act as Vijay's father for a while until the documents are signed. So they visit a senior home, where they meet Selvam (Sivaji Ganesan) and they request him to act as Vijay's father. He agrees to it and starts to act as Vijay's father.
Swarnachamaram
Swarnachamaram (1996)

Directed by T. Rajeevnath
Actors Mohanlal, Sivaji Ganesan, Nagesh, Ranjitha, Nedumudi Venu, Venu Nagavally

Swarnachamaram is the story of two friends, Sivaji Ganesan and Mohanlal and the happenings in their life. The film had a tragic climax where Mercy killing takes place.
Pasumpon
Pasumpon (1995)
, 2h15
Directed by P. Bharathiraja
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Prabhu, Sivaji Ganesan, Sivakumar, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Saranya, Ponvannan
Roles Durairasu Thevar
Rating67% 3.3992053.3992053.3992053.3992053.399205
For several years, Thangapandi (Prabhu) is in feud with his stepbrothers (Ponvannan and Vignesh).
Vietnam Colony
Vietnam Colony (1994)

Directed by Santhana Bharathi
Genres Comedy
Actors Prabhu, Aachi Manorama, Vineetha, Goundamani, Delhi Ganesh, Manorama
Rating60% 3.0465753.0465753.0465753.0465753.046575
Prabhu, hailing from an orthodox Brahmin community gets a job with Calcutta Constructions as supervisor. Calcutta Company has been in efforts to restructure their land by vacating an illegal colony lying adjacent to its premises. Popularly known as Vietnam Colony, it is inhabited by mainly daily labourers. The company has been in efforts to demolish the colony for long time, but failed to do so. The colony is now under the rule a few hardcore criminals to whom the residents have to pay specific amount every week. Now, Prabhu is appointed by company to evacuate the colony, by dealing with these criminals. He is assisted by Goundamani. Both arrive in the colony under the disguise of professional writers who are planning to write a story on the life of colony residents. Upon arrival, both enter the house of Manorama in search of a house, but she mistakes them to have come to see her daughter Vineetha and calls Unni to bring tea and snacks. But after knowing about the goof happened, she lets them stay on the top floor of her house. Upon the advice of the House broker, Manorama believes that with time, her daughter might fall in love with Prabhu and might get married to this educated Brahmin guy. In the coming days, Prabhu befriends with various members of the colony and tries to read out their idea about vacating the colony. But he realizes that it is not an easy task to evacuate the people and thinks about different plans to be operated. From Manorama, Prabhu comes to know that the entire colony was owned by Nassar, a millionaire, who even gave up his mom for money. What happens next is rest of story.