Gemini Ganesan filmography

This article contains the entire filmography of Gemini Ganesan.

Gemini Ganesan

Films

Year	Title	Role(s)	Language(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
1947	Miss Malini	Assistant director	Tamil	Billed as "R.G."	[1]
1948	Chakra Dhari	Panduranga	Tamil	Credited as Ganesh	[2]
1952	Thai Ullam	Sekar	Tamil	Credited as R. Ganesh	[3]
	Moondru Pillaigal	Sekhar	Tamil	Credited as Ganesh	[4]
	Mugguru Kodukulu	Gopal	Telugu		[5]
1953	Avvaiyyar	Deiveegan	Tamil	Credited as Ganesan	[6]
	Ashadeepam	Shekhar	Malayalam	Simultaneously made in Tamil as Aasai Magan	[7]
	Aasai Magan	Shekhar	Tamil	Credited as R. Ganesh
	Manam Pola Mangalyam		Tamil	Credited as R. Ganesh	[8]
1954	Penn	Raja	Tamil
1955	Missiamma	Balu	Tamil	Credited as R. Ganesh
	Valliyin Selvan	Murthy	Tamil	Credited as R. Ganesan
	Kanavane Kankanda Deivam	Vijayan	Tamil	Credited as R. Ganesh
	Needhipathi		Tamil
	Maaman Magal	Chandran	Tamil
	Maheswari	Manickam	Tamil		[9]
	Guna Sundari	Prince	Tamil
1956	Devta	Vijay	Hindi	Credited as Ganesh
	Pennin Perumai	Raghu	Tamil		[10]
	Aasai	Sekar	Tamil
	Prema Pasam	Ramu	Tamil
	Sadhaaram		Tamil
	Kaalam Maari Pochu		Tamil
	Marma Veeran		Tamil	Guest appearance
	Mathar Kula Manikkam	Chandra Shekar	Tamil
1957	Miss Mary	Arun	Hindi	Credited as Ganesh
	Mayabazar	Abhimanyu	Tamil		[11]
	Iru Sagodharigal	Sundar	Tamil
	Manaalane Mangaiyin Baakkiyam	Jayanthan	Tamil
	Karpukkarasi	Prathaban	Tamil
	Mallika	Mohan	Tamil		[12]
	Yaar Paiyyan	Sundararajan	Tamil
	Soubhagyavathi	Kalantharan	Tamil
	Pathini Deivam	Rajendran	Tamil
1958	Bhooloka Rambai	Bhuvanendran	Tamil
	School Master		Kannada	Guest appearance
	Manamalai		Tamil
	Kudumba Gouravam	Gopal	Tamil
	Pathi Bakthi	Moorthi	Tamil
	Vanji Kottai Valipan	Sunderalingam	Tamil
	Thirumanam	Nataraj	Tamil		[13]
	Illarame Nallaram		Tamil
	Raj Tilak	Chander	Hindi
	Kadan Vaangi Kalyaanam	Raja	Tamil
	Athisaya Thirudan	Athisaya Thirudan	Tamil
1959	Ponnu Vilayum Bhoomi	Nallan	Tamil
	Kalyana Parisu	Baskar	Tamil		[14]
	Nalla Theerpu		Tamil
	Veerapandiya Kattabomman	Vellaiyathevan	Tamil
	Bhagya Devathai		Tamil
	Penn Kulathin Pon Vilakku	Kothandam	Tamil
	Vaazha Vaitha Deivam		Tamil
1960	Parthiban Kanavu	Vikraman	Tamil		[15]
	Ellarum Innattu Mannar		Tamil
	Meenda Sorgam	Sekar	Tamil
	Kalathur Kannamma	Rajalingam	Tamil		[16]
	Kairasi	Mohan	Tamil
	Pudhiya Pathai		Tamil
	Veerakkanal	Parandhaman	Tamil
1961	Paava Mannippu	Rajan	Tamil		[17]
	Nazrana	Shyam	Hindi		[18]
	Pasamalar	Anand	Tamil		[19]
	Thennilavu	Raj	Tamil
	Bhagyalakshmi		Tamil
	Kappalottiya Thamizhan	Madasamy	Tamil		[20]
	Pangaaligal		Tamil
	Panithirai	Mohan	Tamil
1962	Konjum Salangai	Amanendran	Tamil		[21]
	Paarthal Pasi Theerum	Velu	Tamil
	Manithan Maravillai	Panjacharam	Tamil
	Aadi Perukku	Raja	Tamil		[22]
	Mangaiyar Ullam Mangatha Selvam		Tamil
	Kathiruntha Kangal	Krishnan	Tamil
	Paadha Kaanikkai	Sekar	Tamil
	Bandha Pasam	Saravanan	Tamil
	Sumaithaangi	Babu	Tamil
1963	Lava Kusa	Lakshmana	Tamil		[23] [24]
	Idhayathil Nee	Advocate Anandhan	Tamil
	Karpagam	Sundaram	Tamil
	Ezhai Pangalan	Raja	Tamil
1964	Pasamum Nesamum		Tamil
	Vazhkai Vazhvatharke	Kandan	Tamil
	Oral Koodi Kallanayi		Malayalam
	Veeranganai		Tamil
	Aayiram Roobai		Tamil
1965	Poojaikku Vandha Malar	Suresh	Tamil
	Vaazhkai Padagu	Rajan	Tamil		[25]
	Hello Mister Zamindar	Sekar	Tamil
	Vallavanukku Vallavan	Prakash	Tamil
	Veera Abhimanyu	Krishna	Tamil		[26]
1966	Chitthi	Muthaiyya	Tamil
	Muharasi	Somu	Tamil
	Annavin Aasai	Ramanathan	Tamil
	Ramu	Raja	Tamil
	Chinnanchiru Ulagam		Tamil
	Saraswathi Sabatham	Veeramallan	Tamil
	Thenmazhai	Baskar	Tamil
1967	Pattathu Rani		Tamil
	Kandhan Karunai	Shiva	Tamil
	Seetha		Tamil	100th Film
	Thiruvarutchelvar	Shiva	Tamil
	Pandhayam		Tamil
	Penn Endral Penn		Tamil
1968	Panama Pasama	Shankar	Tamil
	Thamarai Nenjam	Murali	Tamil
	Balram Shri Krishna		Hindi
	Chakkaram	Babu	Tamil
	Siritha Mugam		Tamil
1969	Kuzhandhai Ullam		Tamil
	Porchilai		Tamil
	Aindhu Laksham	Radha Krishnan	Tamil
	Poova Thalaiya	Ganesan	Tamil
	Manaivi		Tamil
	Shanti Nilayam	Bhaskar	Tamil
	Kulavilakku		Tamil
	Thanga Malar		Tamil
	Iru Kodugal	Gopinath	Tamil
	Avare En Deivam		Tamil	Credited as Gemini Ganesh
	Kumara Sambhavam	Paramashivan	Malayalam
1970	Sangamam		Tamil
	Ethirkalam	Ramu	Tamil
	Thabalkaran Thangai	Postman	Tamil
	Vairakiyam		Tamil
	Patham Pasali		Tamil
	Snegithi		Tamil
	Kann Malar		Tamil
	Kaviya Thalaivi	Suresh	Tamil
	Malathi	Balu	Tamil
1971	Nootrukku Nooru	College principal	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Thirumagal	Kandasamy	Tamil
	Avalukendru Or Manam	Kannan	Tamil
	Veguli Penn	Ramu	Tamil
	Therottam		Tamil
	Aana Valarthiya Vanampadiyude Makan		Malayalam
	Sudarum Sooravaliyum		Tamil
	Annai Velankanni	Susai Nathan	Tamil
	Anbukkor Annan		Tamil
	Aathi Parasakthi	Shiva	Tamil
	Punnagai	Sathya	Tamil		[27]
	Ranga Rattinam		Tamil
1972	Kanna Nalama	Anand	Tamil
	Enna Muthalali Sowkiyama		Tamil
	Professor	Mangalassery	Malayalam
	Appa Tata		Tamil
	Kurathi Magan	Malai Kottai	Tamil
	Shakthi Leelai	Lord Shiva	Tamil
	Ellai Kodu		Tamil
	Velli Vizha	Bala	Tamil
	Sree Guruvayoorappan		Malayalam
	Deivam	Aarumugam	Tamil
1973	Ganga Gowri	Shiva	Tamil
	Nalla Mudivu		Tamil
	Thirumalai Deivam	Aagasarajan	Tamil
	Malai Naattu Mangai		Tamil
	Kattila Thottila	Advocate Sundaram	Tamil
	School Master		Tamil
	Jesus	Snapaka Yohannan (John the Baptist)	Malayalam		[28]
1974	Maanikka Thottil		Tamil
	Appa Amma		Tamil
	Naan Avanillai	Various[a]	Tamil	Also producer
	Devi Kanyakumari	Vasudevan	Malayalam
	Devi Sri Karumari Amman		Tamil
1975	Uravukku Kai Koduppom		Tamil
	Swami Ayyappan	Pandalam Raja	Malayalam	Simultaneously made in Tamil
1976	Unakkaga Naan		Tamil
	Dasavatharam	Arjuna	Tamil
	Idhaya Malar	Krishnan	Tamil	Also director
	Jai Jagat Janani	Shiva	Hindi
	Lalitha	Shankar	Tamil
1977	Sreemurukan	Lord Shiva	Malayalam
	Naam Pirandha Mann	Joseph	Tamil
1978	Sandharbha		Kannada
	Sri Kanchi Kamakshi		Tamil
	Bhrashtu		Malayalam
1979	Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum	Mir Qasim	Malayalam	Simultaneously made in Tamil as Allauddinun Arputha Vilakkum	[29]
	Gnana Kuzhandhai	Shiva	Tamil
1980	Esthappan		Malayalam
1983	Nenjodu Nenjam		Tamil
	Oppantham		Tamil
	Soorakottai Singakutti		Tamil
1988	Rudraveena	Ganapati Sastry	Telugu		[30]
	Unnal Mudiyum Thambi	Marthandam Pillai	Tamil		[31]
1989	Ponmana Selvan	Arunachalam (Ambalathar)	Tamil
1996	Avvai Shanmugi	Viswanatha Iyer	Tamil		[32]
	Mettukudi	Indhu's grandfather	Tamil
1997	Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga	Kausalya's grandfather	Tamil
1998	Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar	Prabhu's grandfather	Tamil
	Kondattam	Anand's grandfather	Tamil
1999	Thodarum	Seetha's grandfather	Tamil
2002	Gemini	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance	[33]
2004	Adi Thadi	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance	[34]

Television

Year	Serial	Role
1991	Penn
2000–2001	Krishnadasi	Rudhramurthi Sastri

Notes

1. Gemini Ganesan played a single character with different names including David, 'Nanjil' Nambi, 'Kancheepuram' Aachari, Akbar Ali, Lakshmanan Sharma, Sahadeva Shastri, Hariharadas Swamigal, Jack Solomon, and Shathurukanan Menon.