Sivaji Ganesan
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1928-10-01
Deathday 2001-07-21 (72 years old)
Place of Birth Villuppuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Also Known As சிவாஜி கணேசன்
Sivaji Ganesan
Biography
Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan Manrayar, commonly known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian stage and film actor active during the latter half of the 20th century. Well known for his versatility and acting skills with numerous roles depicted on screen, he remains one of the most respected stage and film actors in the history of Indian entertainment, with a career spanning close to five decades and nearly 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi to his credit. Arguably the preeminent leading man during the "Golden Age" of Tamil cinema, Ganesan was the first Indian film actor to win a "Best Actor" award at an international film festival, the Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Cairo, Egypt in 1960. He was also the first Indian actor to be made a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He won the President's Award for more than 12 times, and was later conferred the highest and the most prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to Indian cinema in 1997. An iconic figure in Tamil pop culture, his work has continued to enjoy an enduring, far-reaching influence in Tamil society in general.
Known For
Actor
as Padayappa's Father
as Ganesan
as Anantha Subramaniam
as Durairasu Thevar
as Periya Thevar
as Chaturvedi
as D.I.G. Pandidurai
as Rajasekhar
as Inspector Rajasingam
as Rajasekhar
as Sage Vishwamitra / King Kaushika
as Malaichami
as Captain Chidambaram
as Deenadayalan
as Gopinath
as Thacholi Othenakkurup
as Dr. Ramesh
as Alexander III of Macedon
as Dr. Siva
as Ravikumar
as Kumaraiya / Sundaram
as S. P. Choudhry
as Rangadurai / Rajapart
as Rajinikanth / Kannan
as Sivaji
as Rajaraja Cholan
as Gopal
as Anand
as Manickam
as Rangan
as Shankar
as Muthaiah
as Guest appearance
as Bharath
as Doctor Prabhakar / Doctor Babu
as Prabhu
as Nadaswara Chakravarthi "Sikkal" Shanmugasundaram
as Madhan
as Thief, Vishnuchitta and Sage
as Ravi
as Madhan
as Veerabaghu
as Vidyapathi
as Captain Swamy
as Kalidas
as Sundaram Pillai
as Babu
as Lord Shiva in Different Disguises
as Pazhani
as Karna
as Professor Krishnan
as Widowder Arputhraj/Drunkard/Doctor Karunagaran/Gunman/Villager/Leper/Actor Sathyavaan Singaram/Commissioner Veerapan/Bridegroom Anand
as Gopal
as Karnan
as Major Kumar
as Sundaram
as Aalavanthan
as Thyagarajan
as Dr Ravi
as Anandan
as Rajasekharan
as Shankar
as Ramu / Raheem
as Va. Vu. Chidambaram Pillai
as Chandru
as Rangan
as Madhavan
as Varendran
as Veerapandiya Kattabomman
as Bharathan
as Mohan
as Parthiban and Vikraman
as Prince
as Chengodayyan
as Dharmalinga Mudaliar
as Ashok
as Tenali Ramakrishna
as Vasudevan
as Sivagnanam
as Sundar
as Sundararangathan
as Ambalavannan / Ambalam
as Rajan
as Manohara
as Selvam
as Anand
as Umapathy
as Gunasekaran
Producer
Sound
as Playback Singer
Writer
as Screenplay