Gemini Ganesan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-11-17 (85 years old)

Deathday

2005-03-22

Place of Birth

Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India

Gemini Ganesan

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" a...

Acting

2023

Varisu

as Palanisamy (Portrait Only)

1988

Unnal Mudiyum Thambi

as Bilahari Marthandam Pillai

1960

Kalathur Kannamma

as Rajalingam

1972

Kanna Nalama

as Anand

1996

Avvai Shanmugi

as Vishwanathan Iyer

1989

Ponmana Selvan

as Ambalakarar

1972

Shakthi Leelai

as Lord Shiva

1969

Kumara Sambhavam

as Paramashivan

1962

Aadi Perruku

as Raja, Philanthropist Krishnan

1971

Adi Parasakthi

as Lord Shiva

1967

Kandhan Karunai

as Lord Shiva

1966

Saraswathi Sabatham

as Veeramallan

1961

1959

Veerapandiya Kattabomman

as Vellayathevan

1961

Pasamalar

as Anand

1956

1956

Matharkula Manikkam

as Dr. Chandra Shekar

1960

Parthiban Kanavu

as Vikraman

1961

1961

1958

Crafty Thief

as Athisaya Thirudan

1960

1963

Karpagam

as Sundaram

1968

1966

Thenmazhai

as Basker

1972

1971

Punnagai

as Satya

1969

Iru Kodugal

as Gopinath

1973

Ganga Gowri

as Lord Siva

1957

Yaar Paiyyan

as Mahagana Porundhiya Sriman Sundararajan

1974

Devi Kanyakumari

as Vasudevar

1955

Maheswari

as Manickam

1975

Swami Ayyappan

as Pandalam raja

1952

Thai Ullam

as Sekar

1958

Vanjikottai Valiban

as Sunderalingam / Vanjikottai vaaliban (Youth of vanjikottai) / Sunderam

1954

1998

Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar

as Prabhu / Deva's Grandfather

1988

Rudraveena

as 'Bilahari' Ganapati Sastry

1958

Raj Tilak

as Chander (as Gemini Ganesh)

1969

Poova Thalaiya

as Ganesan

2002

Gemini

as Cameo

1970

1971

Nootrukku Nooru

as The College principal

1976

Dasavatharam

as Arjuna

1961

1972

Professor

as Professor Mangalassery

1961

Nazrana

as Shyam, Vasanthi's boss in a Guest appearance.

1979

Gnana Kuzhandhai

as Lord Siva

1965

1956

Devta

as Vijay

1973

Jesus

as John the Baptist

1966

2004

Adi Thadi

as Himself

Production

1976

Idaya Malar

as Director

1974

Naan Avanillai

as Producer

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