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Gemini Ganesan filmography

This article contains the entire filmography of Gemini Ganesan.

Gemini Ganesan

Films

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Year Title Role(s) Language(s) Notes Ref(s)
1947 Miss Malini Assistant director Tamil Billed as "R.G." [1]
1948 Chakra Dhari Panduranga Tamil Credited as Ganesh [2]
1952 Thai Ullam Sekar Tamil Credited as R. Ganesh [3]
Moondru Pillaigal Sekhar Tamil Credited as Ganesh [4]
1953 Avvaiyyar Deiveegan Tamil Credited as Ganesan [5]
Ashadeepam Shekhar Malayalam Simultaneously made in Tamil as Aasai Magan [6]
Aasai Magan Shekhar Tamil
Manam Pola Mangalyam Tamil Credited as R. Ganesh [7]
1954 Penn Raja Tamil
1955 Missiamma Balu Tamil
Valliyin Selvan Murthy Tamil Credited as R. Ganesan
Kanavane Kankanda Deivam Vijayan Tamil
Needhipathi Tamil
Maaman Magal Chandran Tamil
Maheswari Manickam Tamil [8]
Guna Sundari Prince Tamil
1956 Devta Vijay Hindi Credited as Ganesh
Pennin Perumai Raghu Tamil [9]
Aasai Sekar Tamil
Prema Pasam Ramu Tamil
Sadhaaram Tamil
Kaalam Maari Pochu Tamil
Marma Veeran Tamil Guest appearance
Mathar Kula Manikkam Chandra Shekar Tamil
1957 Miss Mary Arun Hindi Credited as Ganesh
Mayabazar Abhimanyu Tamil [10]
Iru Sagodharigal Sundar Tamil
Manaalane Mangaiyin Baakkiyam Jayanthan Tamil
Karpukkarasi Prathaban Tamil
Mallika Mohan Tamil [11]
Yaar Paiyyan Sundararajan Tamil
Soubhagyavathi Kalantharan Tamil
Pathini Deivam Rajendran Tamil
1958 Bhooloka Rambai Bhuvanendran Tamil
School Master Kannada Guest appearance
Manamalai Tamil
Kudumba Gouravam Gopal Tamil
Pathi Bakthi Moorthi Tamil
Vanji Kottai Valipan Sunderalingam Tamil
Thirumanam Nataraj Tamil [12]
Illarame Nallaram Tamil
Raj Tilak Chander Hindi
Kadan Vaangi Kalyaanam Raja Tamil
Athisaya Thirudan Athisaya Thirudan Tamil
1959 Ponnu Vilayum Bhoomi Nallan Tamil
Kalyana Parisu Baskar Tamil [13]
Nalla Theerpu Tamil
Veerapandiya Kattabomman Vellaiyathevan Tamil
Bhagya Devathai Tamil
Penn Kulathin Pon Vilakku Kothandam Tamil
Vaazha Vaitha Deivam Tamil
1960 Parthiban Kanavu Vikraman Tamil [14]
Ellarum Innattu Mannar Tamil
Meenda Sorgam Sekar Tamil
Kalathur Kannamma Rajalingam Tamil [15]
Kairasi Mohan Tamil
Pudhiya Pathai Tamil
Veerakkanal Parandhaman Tamil
1961 Paava Mannippu Rajan Tamil [16]
Nazrana Shyam Hindi [17]
Pasamalar Anand Tamil [18]
Thennilavu Raj Tamil
Bhagyalakshmi Tamil
Kappalottiya Thamizhan Madasamy Tamil [19]
Pangaaligal Tamil
Panithirai Mohan Tamil
1962 Konjum Salangai Amanendran Tamil [20]
Paarthal Pasi Theerum Velu Tamil
Manithan Maravillai Panjacharam Tamil
Aadi Perukku Raja Tamil [21]
Mangaiyar Ullam Mangatha Selvam Tamil
Kathiruntha Kangal Krishnan Tamil
Paadha Kaanikkai Sekar Tamil
Bandha Pasam Saravanan Tamil
Sumaithaangi Babu Tamil
1963 Lava Kusa Lakshmana Tamil [22]
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Idhayathil Nee Advocate Anandhan Tamil
Karpagam Sundaram Tamil
Ezhai Pangalan Raja Tamil
1964 Pasamum Nesamum Tamil
Vazhkai Vazhvatharke Kandan Tamil
Oral Koodi Kallanayi Malayalam
Veeranganai Tamil
Aayiram Roobai Tamil
1965 Poojaikku Vandha Malar Suresh Tamil
Vaazhkai Padagu Rajan Tamil [24]
Hello Mister Zamindar Sekar Tamil
Vallavanukku Vallavan Prakash Tamil
Veera Abhimanyu Krishna Tamil [25]
1966 Chitthi Muthaiyya Tamil
Muharasi Somu Tamil
Annavin Aasai Ramanathan Tamil
Ramu Raja Tamil
Chinnanchiru Ulagam Tamil
Saraswathi Sabatham Veeramallan Tamil
Thenmazhai Baskar Tamil
1967 Pattathu Rani Tamil
Kandhan Karunai Shiva Tamil
Seetha Tamil 100th Film
Thiruvarutchelvar Shiva Tamil
Pandhayam Tamil
Penn Endral Penn Tamil
1968 Panama Pasama Shankar Tamil
Thamarai Nenjam Murali Tamil
Balram Shri Krishna Hindi
Chakkaram Tamil
Siritha Mugam Tamil
1969 Kuzhandhai Ullam Tamil
Porchilai Tamil
Aindhu Laksham Radha Krishnan Tamil
Poova Thalaiya Ganesan Tamil
Manaivi Tamil
Shanti Nilayam Bhaskar Tamil
Kulavilakku Tamil
Thanga Malar Tamil
Iru Kodugal Gopinath Tamil
Avare En Deivam Tamil Credited as Gemini Ganesh
Kumara Sambhavam Paramashivan Malayalam
1970 Sangamam Tamil
Ethirkalam Ramu Tamil
Thabalkaran Thangai Postman Tamil
Vairakiyam Tamil
Patham Pasali Tamil
Snegithi Tamil
Kann Malar Tamil
Kaviya Thalaivi Suresh Tamil
Malathi Balu Tamil
1971 Nootrukku Nooru College principal Tamil Guest appearance
Thirumagal Kandasamy Tamil
Avalukendru Or Manam Kannan Tamil
Veguli Penn Ramu Tamil
Therottam Tamil
Aana Valarthiya Vanampadiyude Makan Malayalam
Sudarum Sooravaliyum Tamil
Annai Velankanni Susai Nathan Tamil
Anbukkor Annan Tamil
Aathi Parasakthi Shiva Tamil
Punnagai Sathya Tamil [26]
Ranga Rattinam Tamil
1972 Kanna Nalama Anand Tamil
Enna Muthalali Sowkiyama Tamil
Professor Mangalassery Malayalam
Appa Tata Tamil
Kurathi Magan Malai Kottai Tamil
Shakthi Leelai Lord Shiva Tamil
Ellai Kodu Tamil
Velli Vizha Bala Tamil
Sree Guruvayoorappan Malayalam
Deivam Aarumugam Tamil
1973 Ganga Gowri Shiva Tamil
Nalla Mudivu Tamil
Thirumalai Deivam Aagasarajan Tamil
Malai Naattu Mangai Tamil
Kattila Thottila Advocate Sundaram Tamil
School Master Tamil
Jesus Snapaka Yohannan (John the Baptist) Malayalam [27]
1974 Maanikka Thottil Tamil
Appa Amma Tamil
Naan Avanillai Various[a] Tamil Also producer
Devi Kanyakumari Vasudevan Malayalam
Devi Sri Karumari Amman Tamil
1975 Uravukku Kai Koduppom Tamil
Swami Ayyappan Pandalam Raja Malayalam Simultaneously made in Tamil
1976 Unakkaga Naan Tamil
Dasavatharam Arjuna Tamil
Idhaya Malar Krishnan Tamil Also director
Jai Jagat Janani Shiva Hindi
Lalitha Shankar Tamil
1977 Sreemurukan Lord Shiva Malayalam
Naam Pirandha Mann Joseph Tamil
1978 Sandharbha Kannada
Sri Kanchi Kamakshi Tamil
Bhrashtu Malayalam
1979 Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum Mir Qasim Malayalam Simultaneously made in Tamil as Allauddinun Arputha Vilakkum [28]
Gnana Kuzhandhai Shiva Tamil
1980 Esthappan Malayalam
1983 Nenjodu Nenjam Tamil
Oppantham Tamil
Soorakottai Singakutti Tamil
1988 Rudraveena Ganapati Sastry Telugu [29]
Unnal Mudiyum Thambi Marthandam Pillai Tamil [30]
1989 Ponmana Selvan Arunachalam (Ambalathar) Tamil
1996 Avvai Shanmugi Viswanatha Iyer Tamil [31]
Mettukudi Indhu's grandfather Tamil
1997 Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga Kausalya's grandfather Tamil
1998 Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar Prabhu's grandfather Tamil
Kondattam Anand's grandfather Tamil
1999 Thodarum Seetha's grandfather Tamil
2002 Gemini Himself Tamil Guest appearance [32]
2004 Adi Thadi Himself Tamil Guest appearance [33]

Television

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Year Serial Role
1991 Penn
2000–2001 Krishnadasi Rudhramurthi Sastri

Notes

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  1. ^ Gemini Ganesan played a single character with different names including David, 'Nanjil' Nambi, 'Kancheepuram' Aachari, Akbar Ali, Lakshmanan Sharma, Sahadeva Shastri, Hariharadas Swamigal, Jack Solomon, and Shathurukanan Menon.

References

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  1. ^ Guy, Randor (October 2008). "Round the City's old studios with Randor Guy". Madras Musings. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. ^ Guy, Randor (5 December 2008). "Chakradhari 1948". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  3. ^ Guy, Randor (25 April 2008). "Thaai Ullam 1952". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. ^ Guy, Randor (22 January 2011). "Moondru Pillaigal 1952". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. ^ Pillai, Swarnavel Eswaran (2015). Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre, and Ideology in Tamil Cinema. SAGE Publications. p. 166. ISBN 9789351502128.
  6. ^ Vijayakumar, B. (16 May 2010). "Ashadeepam (1953)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  7. ^ Guy, Randor (26 May 2012). "Manam Pola Mangalyam". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017.
  8. ^ Guy, Randor (4 April 2015). "Maheswari (1955)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  9. ^ Guy, Randor (4 May 2017). "Pennin Perumai (1956)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  10. ^ Ramnath, Nandini (28 August 2017). "Picture the song: 'Vivaha Bhojanambu' from 'Mayabazar' is a delicious tribute to gluttony". Scroll.in. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  11. ^ Guy, Randor (13 December 2014). "Mallika 1957". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  12. ^ Thirumanam Song Book (in Tamil). Shanthi Press, Chennai-1.
  13. ^ "Kalyana Parisu (1959)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  14. ^ Guy, Randor (29 May 2009). "Paarthibhan Kanavu 1960". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  15. ^ Guy, Randor (25 April 2015). "Kalathoor Kannamma (1959)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  16. ^ Rajadhyaksha & Willemen 1998, p. 370.
  17. ^ Kohli, Suresh (2 December 2011). "Nazrana (1961)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  18. ^ "Pasa Malar (1961)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  19. ^ Guy, Randor (20 December 2014). "Kappalottiya Thamizhan (1961)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  20. ^ Guy, Randor (23 May 2015). "Konjum Salangai 1962". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  21. ^ Guy, Randor (7 March 2015). "Aadiperukku – 1962". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  22. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (13 January 2017). "Lava Kusa (1963)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  23. ^ "லவகுசா [முழுநீள கேவாகலர்]" [Lavakusa [Gevacolor Feature]] (PDF) (songbook) (in Tamil). Lalitha Sivajothi Films. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017. Alt URL
  24. ^ Guy, Randor (15 December 2012). "Vaazhkai Padagu 1965". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  25. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (10 November 2017). "Veerabhimanyu (1965)". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  26. ^ Guy, Randor (6 April 2016). "Punnagai (1971)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  27. ^ Vijayakumar, B. (29 March 2015). "Jesus: 1973". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  28. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 90. ISBN 978-81-8475-796-5.
  29. ^ Rajadhyaksha & Willemen 1998, p. 486.
  30. ^ Srivatsan (23 January 2017). "Jallikattu row: These Tamil films reflected the current situation earlier". India Today. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  31. ^ "Avvai Shanmughi". The Hindu. 15 November 1996. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  32. ^ "Birthday Remembrance: Gemini Ganesan". Deccan Chronicle. 17 November 2013. p. 8. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  33. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (12 March 2004). "Adithadi". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

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