Biography of Sivaji Ganesan -Part 1
Biography of Sivaji Ganesan-Part 2
A List of Films acted by Sivaji Ganesan
Sivaji Ganesan has acted in a total of 309 Movies as detailed below:
Tamil Movies: 282
Telugu Movies-19
Kannada Movies-2
Malayalam Movies-3 and
Hindi ( in guest roles)-3
Sivaji Ganesan has acted in a variety of Tamil movies, of social/family stories, of both humourous and serious themes, historic stories, Tamil epics/Hindu mythology based stories.
Sivaji Ganesan has acted in single role, double roles, triple roles and even in nine roles.
Even in a single role Sivaji Ganesan has exhibited the various feelings called 'navarasam'/nine different emotions of man, by his facial expressions/body language and unique lips movements for dialogues and songs.
The following is a list of some of the notable Tamil Movies acted by Sivaji Ganesan:
- ‘Parasakthi’- Sivaji Ganesan’s First Movie-1952
Ta- ‘Thirumbi Paar’- Acted as villain-1953
- ‘Manohara’-1954
- ‘Koondukili’- In a negative role-The only movie co-starred with MGR-1954
- ‘Thooku Thooki-1954
- ‘Kalvanin Kadhali’-1955
- ‘Rangone Radha’-1956
- ‘Thanga Malai Ragasiyam”-1957
- ‘Ambigabathi’-1957
- ‘Uthama Puthiran’-The First Dual Role Movie-1958
- ‘Thanga Padhumai’-1959
- ‘Veera Pandia Katta Bomman’-1959
- ‘Bhaga Pirivinai’-1959
- ‘Padikkadha Medhai’-1960
- ‘Paava Mannippu’-1961
- ‘Paasa Malar’-1961
- ‘Kappal Ottiya Thamizhan’-1961
- ‘Padithal Mattum Podhuma’-1962
- ‘Bale Pandiya’-1962
- ‘Ratha Thilagam’-1963
- ‘Karnan’-1964
- ‘Pudhiya Paravai’-1964
- ‘Navarathiri’- in 9 roles-1964
- ‘Thiruvilayadal’-1965
- ‘Saraswathi Sabadham’-1966
- ‘Kandhan Karunai’-1967
- ‘Ootty Varai Uravu’-1967
- ‘Galata Kalyanam’-1968
- ‘Thillana Mohanambal’-1968
- ‘Uyarndha Manidhan’-1968
- ‘Thanga Churangam’-1969
- ‘Deiva Magan’- in Triple Roles-The First South Indian Movie Nominated For ‘Oscar Award’-1969
- ‘Vietnam Veedu’-1970
- ‘Engirundho Vandhal’-1970
- ‘Sumadhi En Sundhari’-1971
- ‘Babu’-1971
- ‘Gnana Oli’-1972
- ‘Vasantha Maaligai’-1972
- ‘Bharadha Vilas’-1973
- ‘Raja Raja Cholan’-1973
- ‘Gauravam’-1973
- ‘Thanga Padhakkam’-1974
- ‘Anbe Aruyire’-1975
- ‘Uthaman’-1976
- ‘Annan Oru Kovil’-1977
- ‘Andaman Kadhali’-1977
- ‘General Chakravarthi’-1978
- ‘Thirisoolam’-In Triple roles-1979
- ‘Rishi Moolam’-1980
- ‘Kall Thoon’-1981
- ‘Mirudhanga Chakravarthi’-1983
- ‘Dhavani Kanavugal’-1984
- ‘Mudhal Mariyadhai’-1985
- ‘Thaiku Oru Thalattu’-1986
- ‘Devar Magan’-1992
- ‘Once More’-1997
- ‘Padaiyappa’-1999
- ‘Pooparikka Varigirom’- The Last Movie Acted by Sivaji Ganesan-1999
Awards and honours Given To Sivaji Ganesan:
The following is a list of the “National” and “International”Awards Given to Sivaji Ganesan for his outstanding performance in Indian Cinema Field
- “Padma Shri”-By the Union Government of India-1966
- “Padma Bhushan”-By the Union Government of India-1984
- ‘Dadasaheb Phalke Award”- For Life Time Achievement in the field of Indian Cinema-The highest award given by the Union Government of India in the Cinema Field- 1997
- “Chevalier”-By the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France -1995-On 22nd April 1995, in a ceremony held at the ‘MA Chidambaram Stadium’ in Chennai, Mr.Philip Petit, the French Ambassador to India presented the Chevalier title and medallion to Sivaji Ganesan
- “Kalaimamani”-By the "Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Manram" / Tamilnadu Literature, Music and Drama Association of Tamilnadu- 1997
- “NTR National Award”-By the State Government of Andhra Pradesh-1998
- Sivaji Ganesan was given the -“Special Jury Award” in the National Film Awards by the Union Government of India- for his performance in the Tamil Movie-‘Devar Magan’-199
- 'Gnana Oli’- 1973
- ‘Gauravam’- 1974
- ‘Mudhal Mariyadhai’- 1986.
- Sivaji Ganesan was invited by the President of the United States of America/U.S.A. John F.Kennedy,as the ‘Cultural Ambassador’ under the ‘Cultural Exchange Programme’ in the year 1964
- Annamalai University- Chidambaram, Tamilnadu gave an “Honorary Doctorate” to Sivaji Ganesan in the year 1986
- The Government of the United States of America/U.S.A. gave to Sivaji Ganesan the ‘Citizenship in the Columbia, USA’ in the year 1991.
- The Union Government of India, released a commemorative- 'Postage-Stamp' with Sivaji Ganesan's image on 1st October 2001.
- The State Government of Pondicherry/Puducherry erected a statue of Sivaji Ganesan to honour him for his talented acting in Indian Cinema and for the large numbers of his fans in Pondicherry State
- The State Government of Tamilnadu erected a statue of Sivaji Ganesan on the ‘Kamarajar Road’
- The South Indian Film Artists’Association had declared the birthday of Sivaji Ganesan, the 1st of October as the “Actors’Day” for the entire Film Industry in Tamilnadu.
- The State Government of Maharashtra has instituted a State Award in the name of the “Sivaji Ganesan Award” under the ‘Best Actor’ category of its annual awards.
- A Memorial to Sivaji Ganesan has been built inside the 'A.V.M.' Studios, Chennai, on the spot where V.C.Ganesan faced the cinema camera for the first time for his first movie 'Parasakthi'. The Memorial is made of a black granite slab, placed vertically, with a brass plate in the centre, with a close up figure of Sivaji Ganesan delivering his first opening word "SUCCESS" on the top of the slab with the details of the memorial in the brass plate. The "Sivaji Ganesan Memorial" was inaugurated on 17th October 2002, the 50th Anniversary of the release of the movie 'Parasakthi'
Sivaji Ganesan's forty years of active acting career (From 1952 To 1992) , with his best performances in Tamil Cinema Field, have made 'Nadigar Thilagam'-Chevalier-Dr.Sivaji Ganesan, a "Live University in Acting" in Tamilnadu.
Quote By Sivaji Ganesan:
"Whatever I learnt was outside the walls (of Schools and Colleges). I learnt in life by asking questions"
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