On Sivaji Ganesan's 93rd birth anniversary, a Google Doodle tribute

Friday, October 1, marks the 93rd birth anniversary lately actor Sivaji Ganesan, and Google has paid tribute to the legendary thespian by arising with a Doodle on him. Bengaluru-based artist Noopur Rajesh Choksi has created the Doodle, Google noted.

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Actor Vikram Prabhu, the ace actor's grandson, was among those that shared the Doodle on Twitter. “Here is that the #Googledoodle honouring the Legendary #SivajiGanesan on his 93rd birthday. Appreciate the people from Google India and their guest artist Noopur Rajesh Choksi for the doodle art. Another proud moment! Love him and miss him more per annum ,” Prabhu said in his post.

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Ganesan was born on October 1, 1928, as Ganesamoorthy in Villupuram in Madras Presidency (present-day Tamil Nadu) of what was then British India. At the age of just seven, he left his home to hitch a theatre group. In December 1945, Ganesamoorthy portrayed Maratha ruler Shivaji during a play titled “Shivaji Kanda Hindu Rajyam.” Such iconic was his performance that the name stuck, and Ganesamoorthy earned the moniker of “Sivaji,” being known by that name for the remainder of his life.

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Though he was mainly active in Tamil cinema, where he made his debut in 1952's “Parasakthi,” Ganesan appeared in nearly 300 films, including those in languages like Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. during a career that spanned nearly five decades, he won several awards, and was the primary Indian actor to win a Best Actor award at a world festival (Afro-Asian festival in Cairo, Egypt), winning for his performance in 1960's “Veerapandiya Kattabomman.”

Did You Know? Sivaji Ganesan passed up on the Tamil version of 'Kasturi Nivasa'

'Kasturi Nivasa' completes 50 years of its release today. A landmark achievement in many regards, the film saw yet one more collaboration between the director duo Dorai-Bhagavan and Dr. Rajkumar come to life within the better of ways - their fourth real film together, to be precise. 'Kasturi Nivasa' was digitally colorized a few years later - the second Kannada film to realize the feat after 'Satya Harishchandra' - and was rereleased to packed cinema halls, thus establishing its prominence together of the simplest Kannada films of all time. However, there is a small backstory to the making of the film that a lot of won't remember of. The story of 'Kasturi Nivasa' was originally written by Tamil writer G. Balasubramaniam whose rights were later bought by film maker Noor for an amount of Rs. 25,000, with a transparent intent of casting Sivaji Ganesan within the lead role. However, the thespian declined the offer and his main peeve was the very fact that the story had a tragic ending.

Sivaji Ganesan Birth Anniversary: Lesser-known Fact About the 'Marlon Brando of Indian Cinema'

In his filmy career spanning nearly five decades, Sivaji Ganesan was seen in almost 300 films in various languages including Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

Born as V. Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy on October 1, 1928, Sivaji Ganesan was among the foremost successful actors within the Tamil movie industry during the latter half the 20th century. Ganesan worked in many on-stage plays before making a debut in Tamil films with the 1952 release Parasakthi. He began performing on stage at the age of 10 when after he joined a drama troupe in Sangiliyandapuram.

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 during a supporting role within the 1999 release Pooparika Varugirom before he gave up the ghost on July 21, 2001.

How did Sivaji Ganesan die?

Sivaji Ganesan suffered from heart ailments and respiratory problems and was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Chennai on 21 June 2001. He died at 7:45 pm that day at the age of 72.

What's the name of the film of Sivaji Ganesan s 200th film?

Thirisoolam (1979) 200th Movie