Vythilingam Palanisamy Ganesan (known as ''V. P. Ganesan'') was a

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Ganeshan was the president of the trade union,

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and father of

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, a Sri Lankan Minister and human rights defender, Praba, a former Member of Parliament, Gowri, a solicitor, Baskaran and Prakash, prominent industrialists in the hotel trade. He produced and acted in the lead roles in three movies, ''Pudhiya Kattru'', ''Naan Ungal Thozhan'' and ''Naadu Pottra Vaazhgha''. As of now, he remains the only film producer to make three Tamil films in Sri Lanka and all of them were reasonable successes.

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1999 deaths Indian Tamil actors of Sri Lanka Indian Tamil film producers of Sri Lanka Indian Tamil trade unionists of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Hindus Year of birth missing {{SriLanka-politician-stub

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