Savitri telugu actress gemini ganesan
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Rise and Fall of Legendary Telugu Actress Savitri
2018-07-20 Fri
Mahanati Savithri was a legendary Telugu actress who rose to fame from 50’s to early 70’s. India post had released a set of six commemorative stamps in 2011 to honour famous heroines of India, and one of them was dedicated to Savitri. The 5 rupees stamp features a close-up photo of Savitri along with another picture from one of her films.Savitri was not only a brilliant actress but was also a playback singer, dancer, director and producer. She was paired onscreen with leading actors in Telugu and Tamil movies and also appeared in Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films. She got her first big break in the 1952 Telugu film Pelli Chesi Choodu and received the Rashtrapati Award in 1960 for her work in ‘Chivaraku Migiledi’. She produced and directed the Telugu film Chinnari Papalu in 1968, which got the state Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Silver). The 30th International Film Festival of India nominated her in the list
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The recent release and box-office success of the Telugu biographical movie ‘Mahanati’ (Great Actress) has created a great deal of interest in the famous South Indian actress Savitri.
The bio-pic simultaneously released in Tamil as ‘Nadigaiyar Thilagham’ (Doyenne of Actresses) is about yesteryear actress K. Savitri who was known as Savitri Ganesh after she married Tamil romantic actor Gemini Ganesan also known as R. Ganesh and Gemini Ganesh.
Savitri ruled the roost in Telugu and Tamil filmdom for nearly 15 years in the fifties and sixties of the last century and was hailed as the finest actress of her time. The actress was extremely popular with Tamil and Telugu audiences during her time and enjoyed what could be termed as a cult following at the peak of her career.
The titular role of ‘Mahanati/Nadigaiyar Thilagam’ denoting Savitri is played by a young actress Keerthy Suresh who is of mixed parentage with a Malayalee father
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Gemini Ganesan
Indian actor (1920–2005)
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Ramasamy Ganesan (17 November 1920 – 22 March 2005),[1] better known bygd his scen name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred as Kaadhal Mannan (King of Romance) for his romantic roles in films.[2] Ganesan was one of the "three biggest names of Tamil cinema", the other two being M. G. Ramachandran and Sivaji Ganesan.[3] While Sivaji Ganesan excelled in dramatic films and M. G. Ramachandran was popular as an action hero, Gemini Ganesan was known for his romantic films.[4] A recipient of the Padma Shri in 1971, he had also won several other awards including the Kalaimamani, the MGR Gold Medal, and the Screen Lifetime Achievement Award. He was one of the few college graduates to enter the fi