You can tell he loved immersing himself into the narrative of the characters he portrayed on screen, so I really wanted to represent his artistic range through the Doodle,” said Bengaluru-based Noopur Rajesh Choksi who designed the Sivaji Ganesan Google doodle. I love seeing the evolution of his looks across movies and all the eccentric facial hair he sported through the years. “Sivaji Ganesan was known for his versatility and the variety of roles he portrayed on screen. The Indian government honoured his legacy with Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award in India for cinema professionals. French government bestowed its highest award – Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honour upon Ganesan in 1995. Other accolades came his way towards the fag-end of his career.
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He was cremated with full state honours.Ganesan went onto become the first Indian performer to win the Best Actor award at an international film festival for his performance in the film ‘Veerapandiya Kattabomman’ in 1960. His end came at 22 March 2005, 13:30 IST at the age of 84 in his residence after a prolonged illness caused by Renal Failure and multiple organ failure. Jaya Shreedhar the film actress Bhanurekha Ganesan aka Rekha Ms. He is survived by eight daughters and a son. Though there is different news about the number of wives he had, general information says that Alamelu (family woman), Savitri and Pushpavalli (actresses) were his wives. Gemini Ganesan is known as the romance king of Tamil films. In his long film career spanning over five decades he had acted in more than 200 films, including a few in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Towards the end of his acting career he kept himself busy with elegant roles in television serials.
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Another notable movie was Avvai Shanmughi (1996), in which characteristically, he entered into the skin of an old man longing for an old maid. Notable among these was Rudraveena (remade in Tamil as Unnal Mudiyum Thambi), considered one of the best movies ever made in Telugu. Later in his career, he switched to little different character roles. He had paired with many top heroines such as Savitri whom he later married, Anjalidevi, Banumathi, Padmini, Saroja Devi, Vaijayanthimala, "Sowcar" Janaki, KR Vijaya, Devika, and Jayalalitha. The song "Kalangalil aval vasantham" will always be remembered and associated with Gemini Ganesan. Many memorable duets of P.B.Srinivos with female playback singer S.Janaki are popular even today. Srinivos's mellifluous voice in particular complemented Gemini Ganesan. Gemini Ganesan's performances on the screen were enhanced by some talented playback singers like A.M. Sivaji excelled in films with drama, and MGR dominated movies with fight-sequences and, Gemini Ganesh held his own with sensitive portrayals of the yearning lover.įondly known as Kadhal Mannan (King of Romance) among his fans, Ganesan had acted in several box-office hits during his heyday (1950s–1970s).
Ganesan was one of the Big Three of Tamil cinema, the other two being M. From then on, he carved out a niche for himself in Tamil cinema with films that required a lot of `romance' but little `action'. The film paired him with Savitri, who became the mother of two of his children - a daughter and a son. The next year, he was upgraded as a hero with Manampol Mangalyam. However, not until 1953, when he played the villain in the film Thai Ullam, did people take notice of him as an actor. This was followed by Chakravarthi, in which he played Lord Krishna. From the casting department, Ganesan got his first break in films with Miss Malini. His first cinema-related work (Production Executive in 1947) with the Gemini Studios added the title Gemini to his name. His first job was as a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at Madras Christian College. He did not take the traditional route of the theatre to the tinsel world. He graduated from the prestigious Madras Christian College and was one of the few graduates to enter the film world in those days. He was nicknamed "Kadhal Mannan" (King of Romance) of Tamil cinema for the romantic roles he played in movies.