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Gemini Ganesan

Gemini Ganesan

Acting • 1920-11-17 • Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India

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.

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Avvai Shanmugi7.0

Avvai Shanmugi

1996

Rudraveena7.3

Rudraveena

1988

Parthal Pasi Theerum8.2

Parthal Pasi Theerum

1962

Pasamalar6.7

Pasamalar

1961

Unnal Mudiyum Thambi8.2

Unnal Mudiyum Thambi

1988

Veerapandiya Kattabomman6.4

Veerapandiya Kattabomman

1959

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