20 Sivaji Ganesan Movies Must Watch
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1. Parasakthi (1952)
Not Rated | 188 min | Drama
Brothers Chandrasekaran, Gnanasekaran and Gunasekaran are Indian immigrants living in Burma. Things take a turn when their brother-in-law dies in an accident and their father dies of shock.
Directors: R. Krishnan, S. Panju | Stars: Pandari Bai, Doraiswamy, Shivaji Ganesan, T.P. Muthulakshmi
Votes: 354
2. Manohara (I) (1954)
199 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Director: L.V. Prasad | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, T.R. Rajakumari, Kannamba, Sadasivarao
Votes: 49
3. The Good Son (1958)
Its story of a queen who gives birth to twins. But as fate, one of the twins is forcefully abandoned and grows up elsewhere. When fate brings both the twins together they start fighting, it is only their mother who can bring peace.
Director: T. Prakash Rao | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Kannamba, M.N. Nambiar, Padmini
Votes: 43
4. Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959)
201 min | Biography, Drama, History
When the British East India Company forces polygar Kattabomman to pay taxes, levies and be their subsidiary ruler, he openly defies their policy and battles them until his arrest and hanging.
Director: B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Padmini, Varalakshmi S.
Votes: 255
5. Pasamalar (I) (1961)
Not Rated | 197 min | Drama
The bond of love between a brother and a sister is tested due to the machinations of a greedy relative.
Director: A. Bhimsingh | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Savitri, Gemini Ganesan, K.A. Thangavelu
Votes: 218
6. Palum Pazhamum (1961)
Not Rated | 184 min | Drama
Sivaji is a doctor searching for a cancer cure. Saroja Devi is Sivaji's nurse who assists him in his research. Sivaji offers to marry her after her father's death. After putting in enormous... See full synopsis »
Director: A. Bhimsingh | Stars: Saroja Devi B., T.S. Balaiah, Shivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki
Votes: 50
7. Kappalottiya Thamizhan (1961)
Not Rated | 197 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biography of Kappalottiya Tamizhan, "The Tamil Helmsman", an Indian freedom fighter and founder of Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company.
Director: B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Savitri, T.K. Shanmugham
Votes: 110
8. Bale Pandiya (1962)
Not Rated | 156 min | Comedy, Romance
Bale Pandiya (Sivaji Ganesan) is a young man who leads a troubled life. He is continuously being chased by Marudhu (also Sivaji Ganesan) - a look-alike of him and Marudhu's boss Kabali (M. ... See full summary »
Director: B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, M.R. Radha, Devika, K. Balaji
Votes: 121
9. Karnan (1964)
187 min | Action, Drama, History
Story of the central hero of Mahabharata who rises from nothing to becoming the world's greatest warrior ever born in history and emerges as the hero of the Kurukshetra war.
Director: B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, N.T. Rama Rao, S.A. Ashokan, R. Muthuraman
Votes: 619
10. Pudhiya Paravai (1964)
Not Rated | 147 min | Romance, Thriller
When a rich man in Ooty falls in love with a woman he recently befriended, his presumed-dead wife returns home to tell him that she is still alive. He claims her to be a lookalike but no ... See full summary »
Director: Dada Mirasi | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Saroja Devi B., M.R. Radha, Sowcar Janaki
Votes: 172
11. Navarathri (1964)
164 min | Drama
Navarathri traces Nalina's (Savitri) experience of nine emotions on nine consecutive nights.
Director: A.P. Nagarajan | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Aachi Manorama, Nagesh, V.K. Ramasamy
Votes: 120
12. Thiruvilayadal (1965)
Not Rated | 154 min | Drama, Family, Musical
Lord Shiva goes through an adventurous ride and performs various antics to test the people on earth. Based on Paranjothi Munivar's epic "Thiruvilayadal Puranam".
Director: A.P. Nagarajan | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Savitri, K.B. Sundarambal, T.S. Balaiah
Votes: 402
13. Thillana Mohanambal (1968)
175 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Love between a danseuse and a musician brought under attack from various sources. Will their love survive amidst treachery and competition?
Director: A.P. Nagarajan | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Padmini, Aachi Manorama, T.S. Balaiah
Votes: 281
14. Deiva Magan (1969)
166 min | Drama, Family
The story is about a father and his sons--all three roles played by Sivaji Ganesan. One son who had disappeared shortly after his birth reappears, spends time with his father, and solves ... See full summary »
Director: A.C. Trilogchander | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Jayalalitha J, Pandari Bai, Major Sundarrajan
Votes: 157
First Tamil Movie to Submit for Oscar from India
15. Sivandha Mann (1969)
179 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
The Portuguese want to set up an army base in Vasanthapuri, a zameen in Tamil Nadu, India. They approach Diwan (M.N. Nambiar), a corrupt citizen of the area and decide to make him the king ... See full summary »
Director: C.V. Sridhar | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Kanchana, M.N. Nambiar, Jawar N. Sitaraman
Votes: 40
First Tamil Movie to Shot in Foreign Places
16. Raja Raja Chozhan (1973)
174 min | Drama, History, War
Emperor Raja Raja Chozan seems to count a little too much on his newly-appointed, deceptive minister. But he knows what he is doing.
Director: A.P. Nagarajan | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Varalakshmi S., Gandhimathi, Sirkazhi S. Govindarajan
Votes: 137
17. Andha Naal (1954)
130 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
After an engineer is shot dead, several people around him relate different versions and the related incidents that may have led to the murder.
Director: Sundaram Balachander | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Pandari Bai, Jawar N. Sitaraman, T.K. Balachandran
Votes: 478
18. Gauravam (1973)
Drama
Emotional drama of two lawyers - uncle and nephew - Shivaji Ganesan in dual role. Uncle obsessed with legalities alone whereas the nephew intent on looking at the moralities too.
Director: Vietnam Veetu Sundaram | Stars: Pandari Bai, Chendamarai, Shivaji Ganesan, Jayakumari
Votes: 134
19. Muthal Mariyathai (1985)
Not Rated | 163 min | Drama
A friendship between a middle-aged upper-caste man in a village and a boatman's daughter raises eyebrows.
Director: Bharathiraja | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Radha, Renjini, Sathyaraj
Votes: 519
best middle age love movie
20. Thevar Magan (1992)
145 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The urbane son of a village chieftain struggles between his personal aspirations and those of his family.
Director: Bharathan | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Shivaji Ganesan, Nassar, Revathi
Votes: 8,027
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