Shivaji Ganeshan

Shivaji Ganeshan (1928-2001) is a Kannada Actor known for the movies School Master(1958), Makkala Rajya(1960), Modala Thedi(1955)

Name	Shivaji Ganeshan (சிவாஜி கணேசன்)
Titles	Nadigar Thilagam
Other Names	Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan, Vettaithidal Chinnaiah Ganesan
Date Of Birth	1 October 1928
Age	(Age at Death: 72 years 9 months 20 days)
Place Of Birth	Villuppuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Date Of Death	21 July 2001
Place Of Death	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Wife	Kamala Ganesan(m. 1952–2001)
Sons	Prabhu Ganesan , Ramkumar Ganesan
Daughters	Shanthi Ganesan , Thenmozhi Ganesan
Biography In a career spanning close to five decades he has acted in nearly 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi

Interesting Facts and Trivia

Received Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil 3 times in 1973, 74, 86
He received several major awards like Padma Bhushan, Dada Saheb Phalke Award, NTR National Award, Chevalier
He received Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1997
Ganesan has won the President's Award for more than 12 times for his performance in various films