Delhi Ganesh is an Indian actor who mostly acts in supporting roles in

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and serials. He has acted in more than 400 films from 1976 to present. Before films, he was a member of the

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-based theatre troupe, ''Dakshina Bharata Nataka Sabha''. Ganesh served in the Indian Air Force from 1964 to 1974 before quitting in favour of films. He was given the stage name Delhi Ganesh by K. Balachander.

Career

He was introduced to Tamil Film Industry by K. Balachander in the film '' Pattina Pravesam'' (1976). Ganesh played the hero in the 1981 film ''

Engamma Maharani ''Engamma Maharani'' is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language film directed by M.A.Kaja starring Delhi Ganesh, Sumithra, Roopa and Y. Vijaya in lead roles. The film won the 1981 Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist for Pulamaipithan and remain ...

''. His most popular roles have been as a supporting actor or a comedian, but he has also played villainous roles in films like '' Apoorva Sagodharargal'' (1989). He won the

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for his performance in ''

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'' (1979). He also received various state awards like

Kalaimamani The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the ''Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram'' (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of ...

(1994) given by the then Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. His most notable films are '' Sindhu Bhairavi'' (1985), ''

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'' (1987), ''

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'' (1990), '' Aahaa..!'' (1997) and '' Thenali'' (2000). Delhi Ganesh also appeared in TV serials. He also made an appearance in the short film ''What if Batman was from Chennai'' as a version of

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. In 2016, he had a brief role as Sriman (the man who lodges complaint about his missing son, only later to find out that his son is dead) in ''

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'' under Karthick Naren's direction alongside Rahman. In 2015, he launched his first production venture, '' Ennul Aayiram'' (2016) which would star his son Maha in the leading role.

Filmography

Films

Dubbing artist

Television

Serials

Web series

Dubbing artist

References

External links

The Hindu article
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