Ramkumar Ganesan

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Ramkumar Ganesan
M. Venkaiah Naidu being presented a memento by Shri Ramkumar Ganesan and Shri Prabhu (sons of legendary Actor Late Sivaji Ganesan), at the 88th birthday celebrations of the Actor late Sivaji Ganesan, in Chennai.jpg
Ramkumar Ganesan (left) and Prabhu (right) presenting a memento to former vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu (center) in 2016
Born
Ramkumar Manrayar Ganesamoorthy

(1955-07-03) 3 July 1955 (age 69)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s) Film producer, Actor
Political party BJP (2021)
Spouse
  • Kannammal
Children Dushyanth
Shivakumar
Dharshan
Rishyan
Parent(s) Sivaji Ganesan (father)
Kamala (mother)
Relatives Prabhu (brother)
Vikram Prabhu (nephew)

Ramkumar Ganesan (born Ramkumar Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, 3 July 1955) is an Indian film producer and actor. He is the head of Sivaji Productions, a film production company that has produced several films, particularly featuring his father Sivaji Ganesan or his younger brother Prabhu.

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Early life

Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Ramkumar is the eldest son of Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan and the older brother of Tamil actor Prabhu, Shanti and Thenmozhi. He studied at Bishop Cotton Boys' School Bangalore and graduated with a degree in business administration from Vivekananda College and began working at the production company Sivaji Productions established by his father. [1]

Career

Ramkumar took over Sivaji Productions after his uncle V. C. Shanmugham had died. [2] The company is being led by Ramkumar along with his brother Prabhu. [3] The most notable production under Ramkumar remains the blockbuster Chandramukhi in 2005. In 2009, the brothers produced the film Aasal starring Ajith Kumar. [4] Ramkumar has also acted in a couple of scenes, playing notable supporting roles in Aruvadai Naal and My Dear Marthandan , both starring Prabhu. He appeared as one of the antagonists in director Shankar's I . [2]

Personal life

Ramkumar has been married to Kannamal. They have three sons, Dushyanth who works with Sivaji Productions and has acted in the Tamil films Success and Machi, [5] and twins Dharshan and Rishyan.

Filmography

As Producer
YearFilmLanguageDirectorNotes
1986 Aruvadai Naal Tamil G. M. Kumar
1987 Anand C. V. Rajendran
1988 En Thamizh En Makkal Santhana Bharathi
1989 Vetri Vizha Pratap Pothan
1990 My Dear Marthandan
1991 Thalattu Ketkuthamma Rajkapoor
1992 Mannan P.Vasu
1993 Kalaignan G. B. Vijay
1994 Rajakumaran R. V. Udayakumar
2005 Chandramukhi P.Vasu
2007 Delhii Heights HindiAnand Kumar
2010 Aasal Tamil Saran
As actor
YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Aruvadai Naal Father Vicent Parker Soosai
1990 My Dear Marthandan
2005 Chandramukhi Special appearance
2015 I Indrakumar
2019 LKG Bhojappan
2019 Boomerang Akash
2022 Kaari Sethu's coach
2023 Modern Love Chennai DoctorSegment: Ninaivo Oru Paravai

References

  1. ↑ "Sivajiproductions.com". Sivajiproductions.com. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Grand re-entry". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Tamil Cinema News | Tamil Movie Reviews | Tamil Movie Trailers – IndiaGlitz Tamil". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "'Asal' to see 500 screens". IndiaGlitz. 2009. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to". Sify.com. 20 January 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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