Biography of Sivaji Ganesan- Tamil Cinema Actor-Part 2

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

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• ‘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

1. ‘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

Sivaji Ganesan was given the “The Best Actor Award” in the “Filmfare Awards- South” for the following movies: