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Known as one of the "big three" of South Indian Cinema of yesteryear (the other two being M.G. Ramchandran, and Sivaji Ganesan), Ramaswamy Ganesan had acted in several box-office hits between 1950 and 1978 as the lead hero. Born on November 16, 1919, he was a graduate from an orthodox Brahmin family, and had begun his career as a Lecturer in the Madras Christian College, but subsequently began to work with Gemini Studios as an Executive from 1947, hence he was referred to as "Gemini" Ganesan. He became a movie film hero by the age of 30 in a movie made by AVM Productions, and would soon attain star status.
Fondly referred to as the "King of Romance", he was paired with a number of top-rated heroines of his times, including Vyjantimala, Saroja Devi, Sowkar Janaki, and Devika. He ended up getting married to Savithri, another top heroine.
He was the proud father of one son and seven daughters. One of his daughters is Bollywood mega-star Rekha, and a second daughter named Ji Ji also a movie actress in two Tamil films. One of his other daughter is a well-known Chennai-based gynecologist, Kamala Selvaraj.
Unlike the other big two, Ganesan never tried his hand in politics, and continued doing films in Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Malyalam, and Kannada languages, even after his prime, after which he did father roles up until the late 1990s. The total number of movies he acted in come to around 200 in all different languages.
A Padmasree recipient in 1971, Ganesan also won the Kalaimamani, MGR Gold Medal, and Screen Life Time Achievement awards.
After several months of bad health, he passed away on Tuesday 22 March 2005 at his home. He was 84 years of age.- Director
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Sy Gowthamraj was born on 12 Febraury 1986 in Aranthangi, Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu. He completed his BA English from Alagappa University and at MGR Government Film and Television Institute before entering the film industry. He began working in film industry as a writer, director and lyricist for Raatchasi.
Sy Gowthamraj (born 12 February 1986) is an Indian film director who works primarily in the Tamil film industry. He is best known for writing and directing the tamil drama film Raatchasi (2019). He made his directorial feature debut with the drama movie Raatchasi starring Jyothika to play the leading role in a "female-centric" script, for which he won the JFW Award 2020 for Best Director - Women Centric Film. He also received honors from the Minister of Education Malaysia - Maszlee Malik (2019) in Malaysia for writing and directing Raatchasi movie.- Producer
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Mathivanan Rajendran is an Independent Film Producer and Actor. He is the founder of Stray Factory, an Independent film studio that works on International Co-productions based out of India. Credits include Nirvana Inn (2019) Nasir (2020) and Freddie's Piano (2020) He is a graduate of Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech- Actor
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Raja Sandow P.K. was born in 1894 in Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was an actor and director, known for Peyum Pennum (1930), Karna (1922) and Anadhai Penn (1930). He was married to leelabai. He died in 1942 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, British India [now India].