![]() ![]() In 1997, Ganesan was conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honour for films in India.In addition, he received four Filmfare Awards South and a National Film Award (Special Jury).He received the President Award for Best Tamil Actor on twelve occasions.Many leading South Indian film actors have stated that their acting was influenced by Ganesan.In a career that spanned close to five decades, he had acted 288 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.Ganesan was the first Indian film actor to win a "Best Actor" award in an International film festival, the Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Cairo, Egypt in 1960.He was known for his versatility and variety of roles depicted on screen, which gave him also the Tamil nickname Nadigar Thilagam (transl.?the pride of actors).He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century.Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor, and producer.
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