Gemini Ganesan
Acting
Born: 1920-11-17 in Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India
Biography
Ramaswamy Ganesan, better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian film actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was nicknamed "Kadhal Mannan" (King of Romance) for the romantic roles he played in films.Ganesan was one among the "three biggest names of Tamil cinema", the other two being M. G. Ramachandran and Sivaji Ganesan. While Sivaji Ganesan excelled in films with drama, and MGR dominated films with fight sequences, Gemini Ganesan held his own with sensitive portrayals of the yearning lover. A recipient of the Padmashree in 1971, he had also won several other prestigious awards such as the "Kalaimamani", "MGR Gold Medal" and "Screen Lifetime Achievement Award". He came from an orthodox Brahmin family, and was one of the few graduates to enter the film industry at that time.
Known For
Thenmazhai
Basker
Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum
Mir Qasim
Penn
Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga
Pasamalar
Anand
Parthal Pasi Theerum
Varisu
Palanisamy (Portrait Only)
Unnal Mudiyum Thambi
Bilahari Marthandam Pillai
Kondattam
Anand Grandfather
Thiruvarutchelvar
Kurathi Magan
Malai Kottai
Gnana Kuzhandhai
Lord Siva
Professor
Professor Mangalassery
Oppandham
Avvai Shanmugi
Vishwanathan Iyer
Nalla Mudivu
Aayiram Roobai
Lalitha
Shankar
Unakkaga Naan
Ramu / Sankar
Vallavanukku Vallavan
Prakash
Adi Thadi
Himself
Ganga Gowri
Lord Siva
Thodarum
Patham Pasali
Pasamum Nesamum
Avalukkendru Oru Manam
Kannan