Gemini Ganesan filmography

This article contains the entire filmography of Gemini Ganesan.


Year	Title	Role(s)	Director	Language(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
1947	Miss Malini		Kothamangalam Subbu	Tamil		^[1]
1948	Chakradhari	Panduranga	K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Tamil		^[2]
1952	Thai Ullam	Sekar	K. Ramnoth	Tamil		^[3]
1952	Moondru Pillaigal		R. Nagendra Rao	Tamil		^[4]
1953	Avvaiyyar	Deiveegan	Kothamangalam Subbu	Tamil
	Ashadeepam	Shekhar	G. R. Rao	Malayalam	Simultaneously made in Tamil as Aasai Magan	^[5]
	Manam Pola Mangalyam		P. Pullaiah	Tamil
1954	Penn	Raja	M. V. Raman	Tamil	Simultaneously made in Hindi and Telugu as Ladki and Sangham
1955	Missiamma	Balu	L. V. Prasad	Tamil	Simultaneously made in Telugu as Missamma
	Valliyin Selvan		Kothamangalam Subbu	Tamil
	Kanavaney Kankanda Deivam	Vijayan	T. R. Raghunath	Tamil
	Needhipathi		A. S. A. Sami	Tamil
	Maaman Magal	Chandran	R. S. Mani	Tamil
	Maheswari	Manickam	T. R. Raghunath	Tamil		^[6]
	Guna Sundari	Prince	K. Kameswara Rao	Tamil	Remake of Telugu movie Gunasundari Katha
1956	Devta		Pattana	Hindi	Remake of Tamil movie Kanavaney Kankanda Deivam Debut in Hindi
	Pennin Perumai	Raghu	P. Pullaiah	Tamil	Remake of Telugu movie Ardhangi	^[7]
	Aasai	Sekar	M. Natesan	Tamil
	Prema Pasam	Ramu	Vedantam Raghavaiah	Tamil	Simultaneously made in Telugu as Bhale Ramudu
	Sadhaaram		V. C. Subbaraman	Tamil
	Kaalam Maari Pochu		Chanakya	Tamil	Remake of Telugu movie Rojulu Marayi
	Marma Veeran		T. R. Raghunath	Tamil	Guest Appearance
	Mathar Kula Manickam	Dr. Chandra Shekar	T. Prakash Rao	Tamil	Simultaneously made in Telugu as Charana Daasi
1957	Miss Mary	Arun	L. V. Prasad	Hindi	Remake of Telugu and Tamil movie Missiamma
	Mayabazar	Abimanyu	K. V. Reddy	Tamil	Simultaneously made in Telugu as Mayabazar Akkineni Nageswara Rao plays his role in the Telugu version One of highest grosser	^[8]
	Iru Sagodharigal	Sundar	Vedantam Raghavaiah	Tamil
	Manaalane Mangaiyin Baakkiyam	Jayanthan	Vedantam Raghavaiah	Tamil	Simultaneously made in Telugu as Suvarna Sundari
	Karpukkarasi	Prathaban	A. S. A. Sami	Tamil
	Mallika	Mohan	Joseph Thaliath Jr.	Tamil		^[9]
	Yaar Paiyyan	Sundararajan	T. R. Raghunath	Tamil
	Soubhagyavathi	Kalantharan	Jampanna	Tamil
	Pathini Deivam	Rajendran	CH. Narayana Murthy	Tamil
1958	Boologa Rambai	Bhuvanendran	D. Yoganand	Tamil
	Manamalai		CH. Narayana Murthy	Tamil	Guest Appearance
	Kudumba Gouravam	Gopal	B. S. Ranga	Tamil	Remake of Telugu movie Kutumba Gowravam
	Padhi Bhakti	Moorthi	A. Bhimsingh	Tamil
	Vanjikottai Valiban	Sunderalingam	S. S. Vasan	Tamil
	Thirumanam	Nataraj	A. Bhimsingh	Tamil		^[10]
	Illarame Nallaram		P. Pullaiah	Tamil
	Raj Tilak	Chander	S. S. Vasan	Hindi
	Kadan Vaangi Kalyaanam	Raja	L. V. Prasad	Tamil
	Athisaya Thirudan	Athisaya Thirudan	P. Pullaiah	Tamil
1959	Ponnu Vilayum Bhoomi		A. Bhimsingh	Tamil
	Kalyana Parisu	Baskar	C. V. Sridhar	Tamil	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil	^[11]
	Nalla Theerpu		T. Prakash Rao	Tamil
	Veerapandiya Kattabomman	Vellaiyathevan	B. R. Panthulu	Tamil	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil
	Bhagya Devathai		Chanakya	Tamil
	Pennkulathin Ponvilakku	Kothandam	B. Vittalacharya	Tamil
	Vaazha Vaitha Deivam		M. A. Thirumugam	Tamil
1960	Parthiban Kanavu	Vikraman	D. Yoganand	Tamil	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Simultaneously made in Telugu and Sinhalese	^[12]
	Ellorum Innaattu Mannar		T. Prakash Rao	Tamil
	Meenda Sorgam	Sekar	C. V. Sridhar	Tamil
	Kalathur Kannamma	Rajalingam	A. Bhimsingh	Tamil		^[13]
	Kairasi		K. Shankar	Tamil
	Pudhiya Padhai		Chanakya	Tamil	Simultaneously made in Telugu as Kumkuma Rekha
	Veerakkanal	Parandhaman	G. K. Ramu	Tamil
1961	Paava Mannippu	Rajan	A. Bhimsingh	Tamil
	Pasamalar	Anand	A. Bhimsingh	Tamil		^[14]
	Nazrana	Shyam	C. V. Sridhar	Hindi		^[15]
	Pangaaligal		G. Ramakrishna	Tamil
	Then Nilavu	Raj	C. V. Sridhar	Tamil
	Bhagyalakshmi		K. V. Srinivasan	Tamil
	Kappalottiya Thamizhan	Madasamy	B. R. Panthulu	Tamil		^[16]
	Panithirai	Mohan	V. Srinivasan	Tamil
1962	Konjum Salangai	Amanendran	M. V. Raman	Tamil		^[17]
	Paarthaal Pasi Theerum	Velu	A. Bhimsingh	Tamil
	Mangaiyar Ullam Mangatha Selvam		Vedantam Raghavaiah	Tamil	Simultaneously made in Telugu as Swarnamanjari
	Aadi Perukku	Raja	K. Shankar	Tamil		^[18]
	Manithan Maravillai	Panjacharam	Chakrapani	Tamil	Simultaneously made in Telugu as Gundamma Katha
	Kathiruntha Kangal		T. Prakash Rao	Tamil
	Paadha Kaanikkai		K. Shankar	Tamil
	Bandha Pasam		A. Bhimsingh	Tamil
	Sumaithaangi		C. V. Sridhar	Tamil
1963	Lava Kusa	Lakshmana	C. Pullaiah C. S. Rao	Tamil	Simultaneously made in Telugu as Lava Kusa	^[19] ^[20]
	Karpagam	Sundaram	K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Tamil
	Idhayathil Nee	Advocate Anandhan	V. Srinivasan	Tamil
	Ezhai Pangalan		K. Shankar	Tamil
1964	Oral Koodi Kallanayi		P. A. Thomas	Malayalam
	Vazhkai Vazhvadharkey		Krishnan–Panju	Tamil
	Pasamum Nesamum		D. Yoganand	Tamil
	Aayiram Roobai		K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Tamil
1965	Poojaikku Vandha Malar	Suresh	V. Srinivasan	Tamil
	Vaazhkai Padagu	Rajan	C. Srinivasan	Tamil		^[21]
	Hello Mister Zamindar	Sekar	K. J. Mahadevan	Tamil
	Vallavanukku Vallavan	Mr.Prakash	R. Sundaram	Tamil
1966	Chitthi		K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Tamil
	Mugaraasi	Somu	M. A. Thirumugam	Tamil
	Annavin Aasai		Dada Mirasi	Tamil
	Ramu	Raja	A. C. Tirulokchandar	Tamil
	Chinnachiru Ulagam		K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Tamil
	Saraswati Sabatham	Veeravallan	A. P. Nagarajan	Tamil
	Thenmazhai	Baskar	V. Srinivasan	Tamil
1967	Kandhan Karunai	Lord Shiva	A. P. Nagarajan	Tamil
	Engalukkum Kaalam Varum		A. Vincent	Tamil
	Pattathu Rani		S. Ramanathan	Tamil
	Karutha Rathrikal		Mahesh	Malayalam
	Seetha		A. P. Nagarajan	Tamil
	Thiruvarutchelvar	Lord Shiva	A. P. Nagarajan	Tamil
	Pandhyam		A. Kasilingam	Tamil
	Penn Endral Penn		Aarur Das	Tamil
1968	Panama Pasama		K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Tamil
	Balram Shri Krishna		Chandrakant	Hindi
	Thamarai Nenjam	Murali	K. Balachander	Tamil
	Chakkaram		A. Kasilingam	Tamil
	Siritha Mugam		V. V. Raman	Tamil
1969	Kuzhandhai Ullam		Savitri	Tamil
	Porchilai		A. V. Francis	Tamil
	Aindhu Laksham	Radha Krishnan	G. Ramakrishnan	Tamil
	Poova Thalaiya	Ganesan	K. Balachander	Tamil
	Manaivi		G. K. Ramu	Tamil
	Shanti Nilayam	Bhaskar	G. S. Mani	Tamil
	Kula Vilakku		K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Tamil
	Thanga Malar		D. S. Rajagopal	Tamil
	Iru Kodugal	Gopinath	K. Balachander	Tamil
	Avare En Deivam		C. N. Shanmugam	Tamil
	Kumara Sambhavam	Paramashivan	P. Subramaniam	Malayalam
1970	Patham Pasali		K. Balachander	Tamil
	Ethirkalam	Ramu	M. S. Solaimalai	Tamil
	Thabalkaran Thangai		K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Tamil
	Snegithi		G. Ramakrishnan	Tamil
	Sangamam		Dada Mirasi	Tamil
	Kanmalar		Pattu	Tamil
	Kaaviya Thalaivi	Suresh	K. Balachander	Tamil
	Malathi		K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Tamil
	Vairakiyam		A. Kasilingam	Tamil
1971	Therottam		V. T. Arasu	Tamil
	Nootrukku Nooru	College principal	K. Balachander	Tamil	Guest Appearance
	Thirumagal	Kandasamy	A. S. A. Sami	Tamil
	Anbukkor Annan		N. S. Maniam	Tamil
	Avalukendru Oru Manam	Kannan	C. V. Sridhar	Tamil	Simultaneously made in Hindi as Duniya Kya Jane
	Veguli Penn	Ramu	S. S. Devadoss	Tamil
	Aana Valarthiya Vanampadiyude Makan		P. Subramaniam	Malayalam
	Annai Velankanni	Susai Nathan	K. Thangappan	Tamil
	Sudarum Sooravaliyum		S. R. Puttanna	Tamil
	Rangarattinam		Krishnan–Panju	Tamil
	Aathi Parasakthi	Lord Shiva	K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Tamil
	Punnagai	Sathya	K. Balachander	Tamil		^[22]
1972	Kanna Nalama	Anand	K. Balachander	Tamil
	Appa Tata		Malliyam Rajagopal	Tamil
	Professor	Mangalassery	P. Subramaniam	Malayalam
	Kurathi Magan	Malai Kottai	K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Tamil
	Shakthi Leelai	Lord Shiva	T. R. Ramanna	Tamil
	Enna Muthalali Sowkiyama		Malliyam Rajagopal	Tamil
	Ellai Kodu		S. Raghavan	Tamil
	Velli Vizha	Bala	K. Balachander	Tamil
	Sree Guruvayoorappan		P. Subramaniam	Malayalam
	Dheivam	Aarumugam	M. A. Thirumugam	Tamil
1973	Nalla Mudivu		C. N. Shanmugam	Tamil
	Ganga Gowri	Lord Shiva	B. R. Panthulu	Tamil	Remake of Kannada movie Gange Gowri
	Thirumalai Deivam	Aagasarajan	A. P. Nagarajan	Tamil
	Malai Naattu Mangai		P. Subramaniam	Tamil
	Kattila Thottila	Advocate Sundaram	Malliyam Rajagopal	Tamil
	School Master		B. R. Panthulu	Tamil	Remake of Kannada movie School Master
	Jesus	Snapaka Yohannan (John the Baptist)	P. A. Thomas	Malayalam		^[23]
1974	Appa Amma			Tamil
	Maanikka Thottil			Tamil
	Naan Avanillai			Tamil
	Devi Kanyakumari	Vasudevan		Malayalam
	Devi Sri Karumari Amman			Tamil
1975	Uravukku Kai Koduppom			Tamil
1975	Swami Ayyappan			Tamil
1976	Unakkaga Naan			Tamil
	Dasavatharam	Arjunan		Tamil
	Idhaya Malar	Ganesh	Gemini Ganesan	Tamil
	Jai Jagat Janani	Shiva		Hindi
	Lalitha			Tamil
1977	Sreemurukan	Lord Shiva		Malayalam
1977	Naam Pirandha Mann			Tamil
1978	Sandharbha			Kannada
	Sri Kanchi Kamakshi			Tamil
	Bhrashtu			Malayalam
1979	Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum	Meergha Singh		Malayalam
	Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum	Meerkashim		Tamil
	Gnana Kuzhandhai	Shiva		Tamil
1980	Esthappan			Malayalam
1983	Nenjodu Nenjam			Tamil
	Oppantham			Tamil
	Soorakottai Singakutti			Tamil
1988	Rudraveena	"Bilahari" Ganapati Sastry	K. Balachander	Telugu
1988	Unnal Mudiyum Thambi	"Bilahari" Marthandam Pillai	K. Balachander	Tamil		^[24]
1989	Ponmana Selvan			Tamil
1996	Avvai Shanmugi	Vishwanathan Iyer	K. S. Ravikumar	Tamil
1996	Mettukudi			Tamil
1998	Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga			Tamil
	Naam Iruvar Nammaku Iruvar			Tamil
	Kondattam			Tamil
1999	Thodarum			Tamil
2002	Gemini	Himself	Saran	Tamil	Guest appearance	^[25]
2004	Adi Thadi	Himself	T. Shivraj	Tamil	Guest appearance	^[26]

References[change | change source]

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↑ Guy, Randor (5 December 2008). "Chakradhari 1948". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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↑ Vijayakumar, B. (16 May 2010). "Ashadeepam (1953)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
↑ Guy, Randor (4 April 2015). "Maheswari (1955)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
↑ Guy, Randor (4 May 2017). "Pennin Perumai (1956)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
↑ Pasumarthi, Santhi (24 March 2017). "Mayabazar @ 60 - The Legacy Lives On". Swarajya. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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↑ Guy, Randor (25 April 2015). "Kalathoor Kannamma (1959)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
↑ "Pasa Malar (1961)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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Gemini Ganesan filmography on IMDb

[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] Vijayakumar, B. (16 May 2010). "Ashadeepam (1953)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[6] Guy, Randor (4 April 2015). "Maheswari (1955)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[7] Guy, Randor (4 May 2017). "Pennin Perumai (1956)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[8] Pasumarthi, Santhi (24 March 2017). "Mayabazar @ 60 - The Legacy Lives On". Swarajya. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[9] Guy, Randor (13 December 2014). "Mallika 1957". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[10] Thirumanam Song Book (in Tamil). Shanthi Press, Chennai-1.

[11] "Kalyana Parisu (1959)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[12] Guy, Randor (29 May 2009). "Paarthibhan Kanavu 1960". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[13] Guy, Randor (25 April 2015). "Kalathoor Kannamma (1959)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[14] "Pasa Malar (1961)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[15] Kohli, Suresh (2 December 2011). "Nazrana (1961)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[16] Guy, Randor (20 December 2014). "Kappalottiya Thamizhan (1961)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[17] Guy, Randor (23 May 2015). "Konjum Salangai 1962". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[18] Guy, Randor (7 March 2015). "Aadiperukku - 1962". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[19] Narasimham, M. L. (13 January 2017). "Lava Kusa (1963)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[20] "லவகுசா [முழுநீள கேவாகலர்]" [Lavakusa [Gevacolor Feature]] (songbook) (in Tamil). Lalitha Sivajothi Films. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[21] Guy, Randor (15 December 2012). "Vaazhkai Padagu 1965". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[22] Guy, Randor (6 April 2016). "Punnagai (1971)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[23] Vijayakumar, B. (29 March 2015). "Jesus: 1973". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[24] 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.

[25] "Birthday Remembrance: Gemini Ganesan". Deccan Chronicle. 17 November 2013. p. 8. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

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