Gemini Ganesan ( (17 November 1920 – 22 March 2005)) was born in a Devadasi family as Ramasamy Ganesan in 1920 to Ramasamy Iyer and the Devadasi Gangammal. Ganesan’s grandfather, Narayanaswami, was the principal of the Maharajah’s College, Pudukkottai. Later in life, after losing his first wife, Narayanaswami lived with a Devadasi girl Chandramma who served as musician and dancer in a Temple.
Gemini Ganesan made his debut with Miss Malini (with Pushpavalli who became his second wife) in 1947 but was noticed only after playing the villain in Thai Ullam in 1953. After playing the lead role in Manam Pola Mangalyam (1954), he finally acquired star status. Ganeshan started living secretly with Pushpavalli after 1949 and fathered two daughters together in quick succession. The eldest of them is well known actress Rekha (born in 1954) and the younger is Radha, who briefly worked in Tamil movies before marrying and moving to the United States. Ganesan did not acknowledge paternity of the girls for several years, and was only an occasional visitor to Pushpavalli’s house. The relationship deteriorated quickly and the couple was soon estranged. As early as 1955, before the birth of Radha, Ganesan had secretly married the famous actress Savitri, and that relationship was publicly acknowledged as a valid marriage.
These are two chart of Gemini Ganeshan, first is of 18th November 1920 and second is of 17 November 1920.
A rare photo of Rakha with Father..
