PICTURE COURTESY: HINDU
HIS PHYSICAL PRESENCE DISAPPEARED FROM OUR MIST AND HIS PORTRAYALS IN CELLULOID REMAINS FOR EVER.REMEMBERING THIS LEGEND WHO DEPICTED SO MANY PATRIOTIC,DEVOTIONAL,
REVOLUTIONARY CHARACTERS WITH HIS HISTRIONIC TALENTS WORTH GOLD,PLATINUM AND DIAMONDS. I WILL CONSIDER HIM AS THE BEST EVER ACTOR PRODUCED ON THE SILVER SCREEN WHO PORTRAYED THE CHARACTERS WITH SUPERB SENSE OF IMAGINATION WITH HIGH HISTRIONIC STANDARDS. STARTING HIS CAREER WITH THE FILM "PARASAKTHI", HE PERSONIFIED IN ANY CHARACTER DESIGNATED TO HIM.
CAN ANY ONE FORGET THE ROLES HE HAD PLAYED IN THIRUMBI PARR,MANOHARA,VANAGAMUDI, AMBIKAPATHI,ANNAYIN ANNAI; STELLAR PERFORMANCES AS VEERA PANDIYA KATTABOMMAN, KAPPALOTIYA TAMILAN,THIRUVARUTCHELVAR,KARNAN,SAMPOORNA RAMAYANAM,RAJA RAJA CHOLAN, PATRIOTISM,CULTURAL HERITAGE LIKE RATHA THILAGAM,BHARATHA VILAS; SUBTLE SUSTAINED PERFORMANCE IN NAVARATHRI,PADIKKATHA MEDHAI, DEIVA PIRAVI, DEIVA MAGAN; EMOTIONAL MELODRAMA IN UYARNTHA MANITHAN,IRU MALARGAL,PAVA MANNIPPU,PASA MALAR,FAMILY ORIENTED GAURAVAM,VIETNAM VEEDU,THANGA PATHAKKAM, GNANA OLI, ROMANTIC COMEDY IN GALATTA KALYANAM, SABAASH MEENA,ENGA MAMA, ARIVALI,OOTY VARAI URAVU,BALAE PANDIYA.IN THE LATER STAGES THE GREAT ONES WERE MUDHAL MARIYATHAI, THEVAR MAGAN,PADAYAPPA.
IN MY SHORT MEMORY I HAVE MENTIONED SOME FILMS WHICH I ALWAYS THINK AND RECOLLECT THE ROLES HE PERFORMED.HE PLAYED ANY ROLE WITH EASE AS HE POSSESSED THE FLAMBOYANT NATURE AND HAS TALENTS TO IMPROVIZE THE CHARACTER. HE HAS IMPRESSED THE AUDIENCE TO ADMIRE,APPRECIATE THE ACTING CAPACITY. THE FIRST MOVIE OF SIVAJI GANESAN I SAW WAS THE FILM 'PATHI BAKTHI'. I WAS TOTALLY IMPRESSED AND STARTED TO SEE ALL OLD FILMS AND BECAME FAN OR FANATIC ABOUT HIS ACTING,ESPECIALLY WITH HIS EYE BROWS MOVEMENTS ALONG WITH HIS EYE BALL IN A CO-ORDINATED MANNER WHICH IS UNIQUE TRAIT HE POSSESSED.
ONE OF MY PERSONAL DREAM IS THAT ANYHOW I SHOULD BE IN A FRAME WITH THIS LEGEND, WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FILM "KAL THOON" DIRECTED BY MAJOR SUNDARARAJAN. I FEEL PROUD AND VERY MUCH SATISFIED TO BE WITH ACTING GENIUS.MAJOR SUNDARARAJAN'S NEPHEW KRISHNASWAMY WAS MY BANK COLLEAGUE AND I USED TO VISIT THEIR HOUSE QUITE FREQUENTLY AND HAD CLOSE CONTACT WITH MAJOR'S FAMILY. THAT IS HOW MY AMBITION WAS FULFILLED.
THE DAYS I SPENT IN THE SOUTH INDIAN ARTIST'S ASSOCIATION IN THE EVENING FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS AT HABIBULLAH ROAD IS UNQUESTIONABLY UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. SINCE OUR BRANCH HAS SANCTIONED THE LOAN FOR BUILDING AN AUDITORIUM OF ARTISTS ASSN. WHERE MY FAVORITE GREAT SIVAJI GANESAN WAS THE PRESIDENT;MAJOR WAS THE SECRETARY;AND V.K.RAMASWAMY WAS THE TREASURER;ALL OF THEM VISIT THE ASSOCIATION TO SUPERVISE AND THEN SIT IN THE OPEN SPACE AND SIVAJI WILL RECALL HIS EARLIER DAYS, AND HIS NARRATION WILL BE SO INTERESTING AND WE WILL WATCH HIM SHARE WITH SO MUCH KEENNESS. ALL THE THREE ARTISTS ARE NO MORE BUT THEIR EFFORTS OF BUILDING THE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR EVER.
MY SINCERE WISH IS ANY ONE OF THE TAMIL UNIVERSITY SHOULD TAKE UP THE SIVAJI GANESAN'S FILMS FOR RESEARCH SO THAT THEY CAN SEE WHETHER THERE IS ANY CHARACTER LEFT OVER NOT PERFORMED BY THE GREAT LEGEND AND ANY OTHER ACTOR IN THIS WORLD HAS PERFORMED LIKE MY FAVORITE SIVAJI.
LONG LIVE DEEDS AND PORTRAYALS OF LEGEND SIVAJI GANESAN.
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