Shivaji
First Assistant Director, Actor, Line Producer, Sound Designer
Funeral procession starts around 9AM from Narayani Apartments, Kamaraj Salai RA puram.
Ganesan was the first Indian artist to visit the United States as India’s cultural ambassador in 1962. He went there on the invitation of then US President John F Kennedy. Ganesan was a trained dancer in many classical dance forms like Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Manipuri. He was the first Indian actor to get a ‘Best Actor’ award at an international film festival. He won the best actor awards at the Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Cairo, Egypt in 1960 for his portrayal in the 1959 Tamil film Veerapandiya Kattabomman. In his filmy career spanning nearly five decades, Ganesan was seen in almost 300 films in various languages including Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Ganesan was last seen in a supporting role in the 1999 release Pooparika Varugirom before he passed away on July 21, 2001.
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