01/10/2018
Sivaji Ganesan Birth Anniversary held recently
My Comment below published in the Hindu Tamil Newspaper Chennai sometime back"
ஒரு சூரியன்; ஒரு சந்திரன்; ஒரேயொரு சிவாஜி!
"நடிகர் திலகம் நடிப்பில் சிகரம். அவரை வெல்வதானால் இன்னொரு சிவாஜி பிறக்க வேண்டும். நிமிர்ந்த நடை, நேர் கொண்ட பார்வை எதற்கும் அஞ்சா நெஞ்சம் இவரது நடிப்பின் அச்சாணிகள் வாழ்க அவரது நாமம்.வளர்க அவரது நினைவு ." - சிவா சிவப்பிரகாசம்.
"I want to die with my makeup intact"- Sivaji
Sivaji Ganesan –The Portrait of a Thespian on his Birth Anniversary
Sivaji Ganesan is considered as one of the best Indian actors of all time. He was also acknowledged as a consummate actor and one of the most imitated ones. He was praised for his body language and his resounding voice and dialogue delivery. Ganesan is known for his versatility in taking different roles and characters in his films.
During his visit to the U.S.he was honoured by being made the honorary mayor of Niagara Falls, New York for one day and was presented the golden key to the city. The only other Indian who has had this honour before Ganesan was Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. When President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt visited India, Sivaji Ganesan was the only individual granted permission by the then-Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, to host a party for Nasser.
Despite claims to the contrary ("I am an ordinary actor, a middleclass man who became lucky"), Sivaji was no ordinary actor and certainly not an average man. But it was the man more than the actor that the masses moaned.
Suffering from respiratory problems, Ganesan was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in Chennai on 1 July 2001. He had been suffering from a prolonged heart ailment for about 10 years. He died at 7:45 pm (IST) on 21 July 2001 at the age of 73 just three months prior to his 74th birthday for which he had special plans. His funeral was attended by thousands - politicians, personalities, public and those from the South Indian film fraternity. His eldest son, Ramkumar, performed his last rites at the Besant Nagar Crematorium, Chennai.
He was the people’s champion, someone they could look up to. But in the final run, he was a man- who as a child ran away from home to act in plays-inseparable from the actor. He once said "I want to die with my make-up intact."
Sivaji was a Champion when it came to acting but politics was a disaster for him. As the well-known writer Theodore Bhaskaran put it in his book “Sivaji was meant for acting not for politics”.
(Input: Wikipedia)
"எனது உரைகளுக்கு உயிர் கொடுத்தவன் சிவாஜி" - கலைஞர் கருணாநிதி
"கலைஞரின் உரைகளை பராசக்தி படத்தில் பேசியதால் ஒரே இரவில் வானத்தை தொட்டுவிட்டு வந்தேன்" - சிவாஜி கணேசன்
