Google Pays Tribute To Actor Sivaji Ganesan On His 93rd Birthday

On Sivaji Ganesan’s 93rd birth anniversary, Google Pays tribute to Doodle. Sivaji Ganesan is widely accepted among the nation’s most influential actors of all time. He was a legendary actor in Indian cinema and one of the first method actors in India.

The doodle has been created by India-based guest artist Noopur Rajesh Choksi. Sivaji Ganesan was born in 1928 as Ganesamoorthy in Villupuram. Villupuram is a town in the state of Tamil Nadu.

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Many famous personalities took their Twitter to handle to share this google doodle in the honor of Shivaji Ganesan. Sreedhar Pillai, The Governor of Goa tweeted the photo of Doodle and wrote, “#Googledoodle honors the legendary #NadigarThilagam #SivajiGanesan on his 93rd Birthday Anniversary.”

Ganesan at the young age of 7, left home and joined a theatre group. Initially, he started playing child and female roles then switched on to lead roles. In December 1945, Ganesan made a name for himself. He became famous with his theatrical portrayal of 17th -century Indian King Shivaji. He also served as a member of parliament ( Rajya Sabha) from 1923 to 1986.

Though he was mainly active in Tamil cinema, Ganesan appeared in nearly 300 films in different languages. In a career that spanned nearly five decades, he won several awards. He was the 1st Indian to win Best Actor at an International Film festival and he was also referred to as ‘The Marlon Brando of Indian Cinema.’ He also won the President’s Award more than 12 times for his performance in various films and was honored with civilian awards such as Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the highest award in India for people involved in the film industry. He was also awarded the most prestigious award ‘Chevalier’ in 1995, by the National Order of the Legion of Honor in France.


Monali Patel