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	Sivaji Ganesan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sivaji Ganesan (சவாஜி கணேசன்) (October 1, 1927 - July 21, 2001) was a famous Indian actor and politician.
		Ganesan was born in Sirkali, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
		Ganesan erected the statue of Kattabomman at Kayatharu
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan (623 words)

	rediff.com: Tamil Film Actor Sivaji Ganesan Dead
		Sivaji Ganesan, a stalwart of Tamil cinema, died in Apollo Hospital, Madras, on Saturday.
		Sivaji, who had been suffering from a heart ailment as well for the last one decade, was moved to the intensive care unit after renal complications also set in and his condition became critical.The end came at about 1945 IST on Saturday.
		Sivaji's actor son Prabhu, who was shooting in Switzerland for a movie, was informed at 0300 IST that his father was on the edge.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jul/21siv.htm (386 words)

	ARTS & CULTURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sivaji was well known in South India for his generous contributions towards Flood Relief, The National Defence Fund, construction of schools and hospitals, provision of water facilities in rural areas and various other causes including aid to numerous students in schools, colleges and technical institutions.
		Sivaji Ganesan was the first artist from India to visit the USA, in the Cultural Exchange Programme of the US Government, in 1962, establishing himself as a distinguished Indian Cultural Ambassador.
		In the New year awards of 1984, Sivaji Ganesan was honoured by the conferment of ‘Padma-bhushan’ by the President of India on recognition of his multifarious charitable as well as National activities and his very outstanding contribution to the stage and screen of South India.
	www.tamilguardian.com /culture.htm (1423 words)

	Screen The Business Of Entertainment-Regional-Tamil-Cover Story
		When Sivaji had lost a fortune running his own political outfit and his properties were pledged, it was Vetri Vizha, the first film under the banner of Sivaji Films to sign an outside hero that got him back his wealth.
		Sivaji was the only guest who was present from South film industry at the closed-door wedding of Kamal Hassan and Sarika shows the closeness of the families.
		Sivaji, tongue-in-cheek, used to say that it was only his country that did not recognise him as a good actor.
	www.screenindia.com /20010803/rtam1.html (1690 words)

	» A doyen among actors
		SIVAJI GANESAN, 72, one of the brightest stars on the Tamil film firmament for nearly five decades, passed away at a Chennai hospital on July 21.
		Villupuram Chinniah Ganesan, or V.C. Ganesan, was born on October 1, 1928, in Villupuram, which was then in Tamil Nadu’s South Arcot district, to Chinnaiapillai, a railway employee and freedom fighter, and Rajamani, in whose name he was to launch later a successful film company, Rajamani Pictures.
		Sivaji was honoured with the titles Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan and the Tamil Nadu government conferred on him the Kalaimamani award.
	transcurrents.com /tamiliana/archives/183 (1358 words)

	In Memory of Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan
		Sivaji was never considered to be a stylish actor by his critics.
		Sivaji, who usually is present in the recording, missed it and got to know about this song and requested director K.Shanker more time to picture this sequence.
		Sivaji perhaps used his power of observation, mixed it with his creative intelligence and produced these characters with the sophistication and style that they deserved.
	www.chennaionline.com /events/news/sivajifilm.asp (1613 words)

	Tamil cinema's lodestar
		Sivaji Ganesan's rich and varied contribution to Tamil cinema was recalled by President K.R. Narayanan, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Tamil Nadu's acting Governor Dr. C.
		Sivaji Ganesan's forte was dialogue delivery, and it was this aspect of his performance that attracted youth to his films, at least in the first decade of his career.
		Sivaji Ganesan was perhaps the first film personality in Tamil Nadu to be loved and respected in such large measure merely for his excellence in acting.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1816/18161140.htm (1166 words)

	Welcome to Bellevision Global (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ganesan, 84, is survived by wife T R Alamelu (Bobji), seven daughters and a son.
		Ganesan in his long film career, spanning five decades, acted in all southern languages, besides some in Hindi.
		Ganesan never tried his hand in politics unlike Sivaji Ganesan and MGR, who went on to become Chief Minister in 1977.
	www.bellevision.com /newshead.asp?nhid=2553 (360 words)

	Sivaji: The legend lives on
		Born V.C. Ganesan, the title Sivaji was conferred on him after his role as the Maratha chieftain.
		Sivaji graduated to the screen from the stage, and that probably explains his powerful delivery of dialogues.
		Sivaji, a staunch follower of Kamaraj, was for long in the Congress, later the Congress (I) and even floated his own political outfit.
	www.blonnet.com /businessline/2001/07/24/stories/18244401.htm (611 words)

	The Music Magazine -- India's first and finest music e-zine
		Sivaji Ganesan's death marks the end of a generation nurtured by the Dravidian politics of Tamil Nadu.
		Sivaji attempted a small role in politics later in his life, and was associated with the Congress.
		Sivaji is survived by his wife Kamalammal, two sons (Ramkumar and actor Prabhu) and two daughters.
	www.themusicmagazine.com /sivajiobit.html (674 words)

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		Sivaji (born Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan) is undeniably one of the greatest Actors and certainly the greatest from India.
		Sivaji Ganesan won numerous awards highlighted by the “Chevalier” award (which is equivalent to an Oscar’s lifetime achievement award), National Award, Padmashree and Padmabhushan (the highest honors that any Indian can get).
		Sivaji Ganesan is well known for his outstanding modulation of dialogue delivery, facial expressions and his presence in front of the camera.
	brando.crosscity.com /Brando/Main.aspx?Page=Articles/Sivaji.ascx (802 words)

	The celluloid connection
		Sivaji Ganesan, actor non-pareil, was not astute enough to brave the rough and tumble of politics.
		Unlike MGR, Sivaji Ganesan, although a marvellous actor, never used songs and dialogues in his films to boost his image or for his personal advancement in politics.
		Sivaji Ganesan contested from Papanasam and was defeated.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2115/stories/20040730003803600.htm (1162 words)

	A man for all seasons
		Sivaji Ganesan has been an inspiration even to the supremos, Rajanikant and Kamal Haasan.
		He had once remarked to a writer in despair, "You need a political lobby to boost you up but even when I was the Rajya Sabha MP it never occurred to me to lobby for an honour conferred by the government.
		Sivaji Ganesan has always excelled in dramatic roles but he was not as comfortable doing actions scenes.
	www.screenindia.com /jul18/south2.htm (670 words)

	Times of Oman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Aged 84, Ganesan is survived by ‘Bobji’ T. Alamelu, seven daughters, including Hindi actress Rekha, and a son.
		One of the big three of the Tamil cinema along with the late MGR and Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini earned the sobriquet ‘Kadal Mannan’ (King of Romance) for his easy acting and portrayal of subtle emotions, especially in love scenes.
		Except Rekha, all the other daughters of Ganesan were present at the crematorium besides a large number of his relatives and friends.
	www.timesofoman.com /print.asp?newsid=12760 (573 words)

	Sivaji Ganesan
		Along with M.G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan dominated Tamil Cinema to such an extent that the two automatically demanded Madras distribution rights in their contracts and could bankrupt a producer by causing production delays and stalling a film's release if they so desired.
		Sivaji acted on the stage when it was scandalous for women to do so.
		Sivaji was acknowledged as a consummate actor, vastly imitated but never equalled.
	www.upperstall.com /people/sivaji.html (828 words)

	Sivaji Ganesan - Nadigar Thilakam
		During the shooting days, Sivaji would be seated outdoors near the shooting floor with crossed legs and be in conversation with me, while having a cigarette in his lips.
		At a cultural function held at the Saraswathie Hall, Bambalapitiya, Sivaji Ganesan was the guest of honor.
		"Sivaji Ganesan's voice and diction not only changed the course of dialogue delivery in Tamil films and plays, but also had a deep impact on the manner in which the language is spoken by narrators on radio and television.
	www.tamilnation.org /hundredtamils/sivaji.htm (2237 words)

	A lion in his own lifetime
		Sivaji Ganesan was good and very often a great actor.
		Sivaji (one knows) had a phenomenal capacity to absorb and memorise his lines, which were invariably read out to him.
		Sivaji himself was aware of this criticism and he once said something very relevant.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2001/07/30/stories/183044sa.htm (1071 words)

	Idle Brain - Tribute - Sivaji Ganesan - Tamil & Telugu film actor
		Villupuram Chinniah Pillai Ganesan was born on October 1, 1927.
		Sivaji was never the one to worry about his image and possibility of screen roles spoiling his image.
		Sivaji will remain etched forever in people's mind for his portrayal of a wide range of characters, social, political, historical, mythological with equal finesse and felicity of expression, and expressive dialogue
	www.idlebrain.com /celeb/bio-data/bio-sivaji.html (758 words)

	BBC News \| FILM \| Indian cinema legend dies
		Ganesan, a household name in southern India, died following a heart and kidney ailment on Saturday, doctors said.
		Ganesan had undergone by-pass surgery a few years ago and had been taking treatment off and on, a hospital spokesman said.
		Ganesan acted in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam languages.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/1451237.stm (349 words)

	IBNLive : Ganesan is Gandhi's new companion
		On the death anniversary of thespian Sivaji Ganesan a statue was unveiled on Friday at the Marina Beach in Chennai.
		Nobody can ever doubt the greatness of the late Shivaji Ganesan as an actor par excellence or a remarkable human being.But having said that,errecting his statue in front of the one in memory of the father of our nation Mahatma Gandhi is out of order.
		Ideally,Shivaji Ganesan's statue should have been errected on the Arcot High Road somewhere in Kodambakkam or Vadapalani which is THE PLACE associated with the history of cinema in Tamil Nadu.
	www.ibnlive.com /news/ganesan-is-gandhis-new-companion/16319/comments.html (579 words)

	MK unveils actor Sivaji's statue
		The statue already erected opposite to that of Mahatma Gandhi, was unveiled amidst controversy, after the Madras High Court declined to restrain the state Government from unveling it on a plea by a freedom fighter that it would obstruct the view of the Gandhi statue.
		The statue, perceived by Mr Karunanidhi, who had written the the late thespian's first film 'Parasakthi'' in 1952, was to perpetuate the memory of Sivaji, often hailed as 'actors' actor' when he blazed Tamil cinema with his charecteristic portrayal of a variety of roles in various genres like socials, mythologicals, historicals and folklore.
		Sivaji's acting prowess, reportedly hailed by even Hollywood greats like late Marlon Brando of the "Godfather" fame, was for the first time acknowledged at international level when another of his film "Veerapandya Kattabomman"- the story of a freedom fighter, which he portrayed with great zeal, won him the Best Actor award, in Cairo in 1959.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060721/398582.html (346 words)

	Veerapandiya Kattabomman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The cast includes Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Padmini, S.Varalakshmi, and Ramaswamy V.K. It was one of the memorable films of Sivaji Ganesan, it was produced and directed by B.R. Banthulu, Kattabomman was the Tamil chieftain who rose in rebellion against the East India Company and fought with alien combination.
		This role of a historic figure Kattabomman was played with majesty and grandeur by this great actor Sivaji Ganesan portrayed this spitfire personality of the rebel hero in a most effective manner.
		The fight he launched in Panchalankurichi has been hailed as the inspiration behind the first battle of independence of 1857, which the British called the Sepoy Mutiny.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Veerapandiya_Kattabomman (274 words)

	rediff.com: Movies: How V C Ganesan became Sivaji
		Ganesan met his father for the first time at age four when his father was released from jail.
		Through these questions, Ganesan looks back at his life, the struggles he went through from a very young age, the kinds of people that he encountered in the long journey and the innumerable twists and turns and ups and downs in his life.
		At Ganesan's insistence, the autobiography was given the question and answer format.
	www.rediff.com /entertai/2002/oct/14siv.htm (525 words)

	Tamil Movies Online News
		Chennai, July 23: The mortal remains of thespian Sivaji Ganesan were consigned to flames at the Besant Nagar crematorium here at 1230 hrs today with full police honours, watched by thousands of mourners including leading lights of the film industry.
		Sivaji Ganesan was born at Villupuram, South Arcot Distdct, in the then Madras Province, on 1st October 1928.
		Ganesan's debut film Parasakthi (1952) was a superhit and he became the face of DMK Films, the studio geared to promoting the political idealogy of the DMK political party.
	www.tamilmovies.com /cgi-bin/news/archives.cgi?category=1&view=7-01 (1191 words)

	Nilacharal
		The name Sivaji Ganesan is firmly attached to the augmentation of the South Indian film industry into one of the most vigorous kinds of cinema in India.
		Sivaji Ganesan was honoured at the Afro-Asian Festival at Cairo for his powerhouse performance in the film Veerapandiya Kattabomman.
		But it was only in 1997 that Ganesan's contribution to Indian cinema was finally acknowledged by the Indian government, which gave to him the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
	www.nilacharal.com /feature/jambavangal/jb3.html (959 words)

	SIVAJI GANESAN
		In the New year awards of 1984, Sri Sivaji Ganesan was honored by the conferment of
		Sivaji was honored by being invited as the Chief Guest to inaugurate the 26th International
		Dr.Sivaji Ganesan was presented the Chevalier Title and Medallion by the
	members.tripod.com /~shri_ram/sivaji.htm (744 words)

	Rajni's comeback with Sivaji Ganesan- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The film is being launched this year on the occasion of the 50th year of the company.
		Sivaji's actor son Prabhu will also play a major role in the production of the golden-jubilee year.
		This, besides his close relations with the Sivaji clan, is said to be behind his willingness to star in the film.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/867665.cms (241 words)

	Thevar Magan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Critically considered by some to be amongst the best films released in the Tamil film industry, the film stars Kamal Haasan, Sivaji Ganesan, Nasser, Revathi and Gouthami in acclaimed roles.
		The American-educated Shakti (Kamal Haasan), son of a village chieftain Peria-thevar (Sivaji Ganesan) returns home after a long stay abroad.
		Accompanying Shakti is his girlfriend (Gouthami), with whom he intends to settle in a city and start a restaurant business.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thevar_Magan (276 words)

	Mayer Mint Gmbh
		Dr. Sivaji Ganesan was known as one of the world’s greatest actors and one of the most dominating figures in the history of Indian Cinema.
		An inherently talented actor, Dr. Sivaji Ganesan was well-known for his outstanding ability to depict a variety of real life characters ranging from a prince to a beggar, a revolutionist to a dictator, and thief to a saint.
		He was also known for his quest to help the underprivileged that led him to set up the Sivaji Prabhu Charities Trust in 1996 that initiated various social responsibility initiatives.
	www.mayermint.com /MayermintShop/NumismaticsShop/SpecialCommemorative/DrSivaji.asp (375 words)

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